Julie Chen predicts 'Big Brother’ winner, reacts to 'showergate’ & Rachel Reilly’s return

Julie Chen Moonves opened up to us about who she thinks has a good shot at winning the $750,000 grand prize, her reaction to “showergate” and what her first thought was when she found out Rachel Reilly was making a comeback.

“Big Brother” host Julie Chen Moonves is not often left speechless, but when she found out Rachel Reilly was joining the BB27 cast this summer she “couldn't believe it. I never thought she would come back after, having two little kids and being married and living in Alabama. There were other guesses I had, and she was never on the list. I never thought she would do it again. You know, she's won it. Do you really want to try it again? And then, when they told me, I thought epic, epic!”

She continues, “Rachel Reilly, and she hasn't been in the house in 14 years. So, what can we expect from her? [] The game has changed a lot.”

Besides the much anticipated first live eviction of the season, the one topic on every BB fan’s mind is “showergate.” Ashley took an almost two-hour shower in Vince, the HOH’s personal bathroom, before he was even able to use it. While Vince didn’t seem to care too much, the other houseguests were offended for him. When JCM first saw the occurrence, she was thinking, “Oh no, this is happening. This is too much so fast. And the thing that really kind of shocked me was, I think the housemates were more offended than Vince, who had his shower, you know, hijacked for two hours, the reaction of the house guests who were offended by it and it didn't even affect them. That really showed how, I don't know if it showed people are out to put targets on others, or how, how unaware someone like Ashley could be so early on, like the first night.”

But when it comes to predicting the winner, Julie has her sights set on one person in particular, “I'm kind of liking Morgan. You know, she's a former D1 athlete, so I know she has the physical capabilities, and she's a professional gamer, and she already has her little alliance with Jimmy, who I think knows the game, is a very smart player, and in real life, he's a strategist, and he hasn't revealed that to his housemates. So right now, early on and she hasn't really made any enemies, she's not really rocking the boat. I think Morgan stands a good chance as of now.”

Make sure to catch “Big Brother” Season 27 airing Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 8/7c on CBS.