'Big Brother' Houseguests Bravely Battle Earthquake with Torrent of 'Omigawds,' Stripping
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 3:40 AM on July 31, 2008
Following a 5.4 earthquake that dealt most of its damage to people's Facebook status updates ("Jim is: EARTHQUAKE!"), it was only natural to wonder how the tremor might have affected the city's old, its infirm, and its Big Brother 10 residents. Fortunately, the Hollywood Reporter can help us out on at least one of those fronts: its video update reveals that the Big Brother houseguests bypassed the "Is that a truck? Oh, wait..." stage experienced by most Los Angelenos, instead rushing out into the backyard to doff their clothes and trade "Omigawds." Video after the jump.
Even the brave souls at E!'s Sunset Tan were not immune to the quake, though they faced it with their clothes already off:
"Sunset Tan" sales rep and cast member Holly Huddleston was stuck in a tanning booth when things started to vibrate during an FHM photo shoot promoting the E! series.
"I was in nothing but a bra and panties and wearing these high heels when everything started shaking," Huddleston said. "I kind of stopped and looked around to see if it was just me, if I was the one shaking or if I was just positioned funny.
Satisfied that the shaking was due to natural causes and not a few too many Stoli/Red Bulls, Huddleston went back to work, bravely illustrating the (paraphrased) axiom that "a woman can do any earthquake a man can, she just has to do it backwards, in high heels, while a photographer grouses, 'Can someone keep those nipples iced up?'"
- Reality TV stars react to the Los Angeles quake [Los Angeles Times]
- Video: Earthquake Hits The Big Brother House [THR]

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DrAftershave
Posted 4:13 AM 31/7/08
@TryThisAtHome: i sure as hell wouldn't do that. on top of an earthquake, i would blind people from the sun reflecting off my pasty white skin. you would think someone was aiming mirrors at the sun.
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heidiho
Posted 4:06 AM 31/7/08
People, seriously with the running outside. Don't do it.
heidiho
TryThisAtHome
Posted 4:00 AM 31/7/08
So when an earthquake hits you're supposed to go outside and take off your shirt? I just want to be clear.
TryThisAtHome
kookla
Posted 4:22 AM 31/7/08
Considering all the goes on in the Big Brother house, I would be afraid of Armageddon too.
kookla
CatherineTrammell
Posted 5:10 AM 31/7/08
I think the producers should have told them it WAS Armageddon. Jesus came back and took his followers. And they were all left behind.
Then when Ollie goes to the confessional, the producers could say to Ollie, "Jesus called. He said maybe next time."
CatherineTrammell
OldTowneTavern
Posted 5:55 AM 31/7/08
Not only are you not supposed to run outside during an earthquake, you're not supposed to run inside to tell others to run outside. If that were a serious earthquake, that guy would have been squashed by the sliding door with glass shards in his chest while being brained by a potted cactus from a nearby balcony.
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TurdBlossom
Posted 6:45 AM 31/7/08
@OldTowneTavern: Oh sure, further dissapoint with a "could-have"...
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