The Twist

When Anthony Scaramucci turned up in Davos this week, eyebrows were raised. Wasn't he competing on Celebrity Big Brother? (Unlike my personal reality TV fave, The Bachelor, I've never watched Big Brother and until this week, I didn't realize it was filmed live in real time. I had assumed it was filmed in advance like The Bach.) I was enjoying the whole "he lasted longer in the Trump White House than he did on Big Brother" narrative but it turns out it was all a ruse.

The Mooch wasn't really a contestant or "houseguest," as explained by eonline.com:

When Friday's episode kicked off, host Julie Chen warned that not everything was what it seemed. Minutes later, the houseguests received a celebrity news update courtesy of ET's Kevin Frazier, who announced, "One celebrity is not a real houseguest." That houseguest was the Mooch!

"Hello guys, surprise. I'm actually not a Big Brother houseguest, but I'm part of a Big Brother twist... From this moment on, I'm out of the house. That means you're all one step closer to the quarter million dollar prize," Scaramucci said via video message. "In Washington, you get judged quickly before people really know who you are, and you never get a second chance... I'm giving the current nominees a second chance at safety."

He then revealed that for the first time ever, there will be two Veto competitions prior to the eviction. Ryan Lochte, as HOH, had to nominate a new person for the block, and the three houseguests would be forced to compete for "Mooch's Veto," which was all about the former White House staffer.

After exiting Celebrity Big Brother, Scaramucci resurfaced on Wednesday in Switzerland, where he opened up about his time on the show at a business conference. (Read more here.) 

Read my first "The Mooch is on Big Brother" post here.