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112. Daniel Durston (Big Brother 24, 12th place) [15/16]
Im possibly being a bit too harsh on Daniel with this ranking due to one particular moment that really gets under my skin on a personal level, but even if that wasnt the case, he still probably would have been bottom 10, because he was still awful. His week one HoH was one of the most unnecessarily-mean-spirited ever, because he just aggressively went after Michael, repeatedly saying Theres only room for one superfan in this game. Granted, Michael played terribly in week 1 and set himself up as an obvious target, but Daniels try-hard attitude about it was so grating. Then when Michael won Veto, Daniel put Taylor on the block, telling her that this was her chance to apologize for things he didnt even know the full details of and in fact she didnt actually do. It was very nasty and it felt as if he were trying to insert himself into the drama of the house rather than shy away from it. He then cried because he was afraid of being seen as racist for putting two black contestants on the block in week 1. As if he couldnt have put anybody but Terrance up as his pawn in the first place. It was kind of obnoxious.

Week two was whatever for Daniel. Pooch tanked his own game and Daniel was barely a part of it. But then week 3 and the Festie Bestie twist happened. And Taylor, the person Daniel hated the most (for no real reason other than hearsay) was partners with Nicole, Daniels closest friend and ally in the house. Because the Veto competition had to be played in pairs, Daniel and Nicole plotted for Nicole to throw the competition and then convince HoH Turner to put Taylor and Nicole on the block so Taylor could be evicted. And Im going to gloss over some of the Nicole stuff here because shell get hers soon enough, but basically she starts crying because she knows she has to throw the challenge even though shes not a quitter, and Daniel just keeps reminding her of how awful Taylor is and that this is what they have to do. So Taylor sees Nicole crying and goes in to comfort her, and Nicole comes running out of the room with the typical Taylor-hating bullshit to tell Daniel that she was being disrespectful. And heres where we get the moment that puts Daniel in the bottom three for me. He goes and verbally attacks Taylor, and when no one comes to her aid, continues to berate her and even has the audacity to accuse her of being the reason Palomas mental health was so bad that she had to quit (I mean indirectly hes not wrong but it was because Paloma was obsessed with Taylor for no reason, not because of anything Taylor did other than exist). It really felt reminiscent of the Will/Shirin scenario, but maybe even worse because Will attacked Shirin for something she supposedly said about him. Taylor never said or did anything to or about Daniel and he STILL felt the need to get this abusive with her. Ive been in this position quite a few times in my life, where somebody was verbally attacking me over something invalid without giving me the opportunity to defend myself. Its scary and its harmful and its abusive, and Daniels actions brought up these memories for me.

So anyway the rest of Daniels time in the house is pretty much on par with week 1. Week 3 proceeds with Taylor surviving and Daniel having no idea what is really going on, and despite this he and Nicole STILL plot to get Taylor out, which means Nicole going up as a pawn. They spend the whole week being incredibly cocky bullies thinking wicked witch Taylor is finally going to be gone, and when, surprise surprise, Nicole goes instead, Daniel immediately runs to his room and starts pouting and screaming Just end the season already! He really saw himself as the Cody Nickson of the season and thought that America loved him and hated Taylor as much as they hated Paul. This was increasingly evident in his fifth and final week in the house, where he ended his run by using his eviction speech to beg the houseguests to evict him and tell them that they were giving America a boring season and he didnt want to be a part of it. He did seem genuinely humbled when Julie informed him that he was seen as a bully, but it was way too little, way too late. Hed already gone down as one of the worst members of this cast, and thats really saying quite something.

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