Big Brother Africa 4: Elizabeth Hits The High Road

JUST last week, she joked about how she and Emma would become ‘widows’ in the BB house if Kevin were to leave the house before her.

Little did Tanzania’s Elizabeth know that Kevin would be left the widower in the whole equation. What’s confusing however is that when The Namibian spoke to Elizabeth yesterday, she made it clear that things between her and boyfriend (yes, the one she often spoke about in the house) are cool (as in good). Leaves one wondering whether this Tanzanian TV presenter and actress knows the real meaning of a ‘widow’ in the first place. The Miss Tanzania top 10 finalist expressed her frustration for having left the house before Nigeria’s Nkenna because according to her ‘Nkenna did so many bad things’. Read on and find out:How are you finding being out of the house?Well, it’s not easy because I initially wanted to stay longer. I wanted to stay until the end of the game, but I can say I am coping.What was the highlight for you? It was a great opportunity because I got to be in the revolution and, as a result, it has created a platform for me. Although I didn’t win, I look forward to all opportunities that await me. I know a lot of doors have opened for me and that’s what I am looking forward to.And what was your lowest moment?There were moments when I argued with people in the house, but I wouldn’t say those were low moments, it happens when you are with people. But I have apologised and I am happy about that.Why do you think you were evicted?I can’t really say. I mean it’s a game and it’s Africa that decides. Africa made the decision and it was bound to happen because you can’t please everybody. I gave it my best at the end of the day.You said, more than once, anything but to be evicted before Nkenna. You actually said something to the effect that you would rather kill yourself than leave before her. Why? And how are you coping with leaving before her?I can’t remember actually saying that I will kill myself but what I did say is that Nkenna did a lot of things that were not cool, and that if I had to leave before her it would be as if though I am worse than she is. I mean I did not go around backstabbing people and lying, and though I did things, I wasn’t as bad as her. All I said was that she was worse than I was.You and Kevin and Jeremy and Emma seemed to almost regard yourselves as ‘untouchable’, as house royalty, and appeared offended when any one of you were nominated. Do you realise that the four of you were seen by many viewers as behaving quite arrogantly, and that it might have rebounded on you?That could be it, but whoever goes to that game has their own positive thing going on. I had to be confident and I did not know that I would meet Kevin, Emma and Jeremy in the house. However when I met them, I saw that they had the same outlook as me. It’s not that we felt we were untouchable, it’s a game and it’s played. I hung with them because they were more like me.What was your strategy? Did it involve stringing Kevin along?To be honest, before I entered the house, I thought I would have a strategy but when you enter the house, things change. I didn’t have a strategy at all when I entered the house and as for Kevin, he was someone that inspired me and someone I was close to. In the first place, I didn’t know there was going to be a Kevin in the house for me to have had a strategy already. Kevin was just my friend.Do you think being involved with Kevin cost you votes?Well, I can’t say because Africa saw us differently. I think it’s even a blessing that Kevin is my friend and if people liked me, it’s because of me and not because of Kevin. I don’t think Kevin cost me votes at all.Itai called you ‘psycho’ after you and he had a major squabble. Are you volatile by nature? No, I am not volatile and yes he called me psycho, but to be in the BBA house you cannot be a psycho. Just because he said that, it doesn’t mean it is so. My emotions came out in the house and I called him names, he called me names, but that doesn’t make me any of those names he called me. And whatever names I have called him were also said in anger and doesn’t make him that at all.Do you think Itai is sneaky?Well, there were times when I thought so while inside the house, but I haven’t really watched the show after leaving the house and would need to watch it to see how he is playing the game now in order to determine whether he is sneaky or not.What was that argument you had with Eddie after realising that Eddie replaced Mzamo with you?Firstly, it wasn’t an argument, and it was not towards Eddie. It was just talk for that moment, because he said he looked at Mzamo as a little sister and she made a remark that was not pleasant, and all I was saying was that she needed to be careful and not to just say whatever remarks she felt like. I said that because with Eddie one can’t be to sure with what he says or the reason he says what he says. I was in fact just trying to point that out.On a number of occasions, you talked about something traumatic that had happened to you shortly before you entered the Big Brother house. Can you tell us about that?As much as I would like to share that, I cannot share that with anyone right now and would rather keep it to myself.Do you think you might need therapy as a result?Not really, it’s something to do with myself and I think the house provided that therapy for me.You were sick a lot, especially at the beginning. Were you acting or was it a ploy to get sympathy votes? Were you diagnosed with an illness before you entered the house?We get doctors in the house and at that moment I don’t think I was the only one who felt unwell. I don’t know what it was but perhaps it was the change of weather that got to us, especially me. I mean sympathy is something you cannot get at the beginning of the game as the public did not know us well back then. I was really sick.Those pills you kept asking for, what were they for?They were painkillers and they were part of a medical process. Have you spoken to your boyfriend, and is everything still cool between you?I haven’t really spoken to him yet but I believe everything is cool.You spoke about family difficulties. Do you think your time in the house has equipped you to help resolve that situation.Not really but thank God I’ve got a platform to call all my family members together who have caused these family difficulties. I actually see it as a blessing and the only thing left for me now is to work hard.Would you do anything differently if you had to do it all over again?No, I wouldn’t do anything differently. I was myself. There’s nothing I would change.Who do you think the final three will be and who would you like to win?Kevin, Emma and Eddie. I would like Kevin to win.What’s on the cards for you now. From your various conversations in the house, you seem to be keen on pursuing a career in acting.I hope there is someone out there who will help me with my acting career, but otherwise I will find my way. Like I said, I am looking forward to the opportunities that may have opened up for me.