An Interview with Brandi Cunningham

In a new interview, one of our favorite reality TV rejects, Brandi Cunningham, opens up about her I Love Money elimination, being double-crossed by Toastee Toof and Pumkin, what happened during Real’s proposal to Hoopz, the nature of her relationship with Megan Hauserman, and more ...

Q: Why were you so upset as your final episode went on? Were you just wasted or what?

Brandi Cunningham: No! I don’t think you guys can see how crazy it was that day. Even the food fight doesn’t look as intense as it was being in it. After I realized Hoopz was Paymaster, I had a feeling I’d be targeted just because I would be the easiest person to get rid of without pissing anyone else off. But Pumkin and Toastee turned on [Megan Hauserman] and me that day. We were doomed. After being their for a month and fight for a month to stay, all this s**t went to hell in 30 seconds. It was so intense and shocking.

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Q: Wasn’t it going to get to the point where you and Megan had to turn on Pumkin and Toastee anyway?

Brandi Cunningham: We weren’t going to turn on them. It was our secret alliance! We thought we could be the four people at the end. We never had it in our heads to turn on Toastee and Pumkin. If anything, that morning our mindset was, “We need to talk to Toastee and Pumkin to see what we can all do.”

Q: You offered yourself up to save Megan, but were you aware that there would be another elimination following your forfeit?

Brandi Cunningham: Once I figured that I was just kind of screwed, I told the producers I wanted to quit. “I can’t do this anymore. My mental capacity can’t take anymore. It’s just too hard.” They told me that if I did quit, they’d have to put a third person in the box. Since I trusted Hoopz’s word, it was my only chance to screw over the girls that screwed us over. But coming to the end of that competition, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to beat Hoopz or Whiteboy. It’s not that I wasn’t a threat. I guess I am weaker than Hoopz or Whiteboy or Real, but at the same time, I was a threat to those who went before me.

Q: You sold yourself as a non-threat as a matter of strategy, right?

Brandi Cunningham: Of course. It was like, bye bye, 12 Pack. Bye bye, Heather. I’m so much of a non-threat that you guys just went home. I just laid low. People really didn’t realize that we had an alliance going on.

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