November 23, 2025 • 20 mins
In today’s episode of TV Reload, I’m joined by the radiant and refreshingly honest Mia Wijewardene, the Big Brother housemate whose loud laugh, lilac power-suit and unapologetic authenticity made her one of this season’s most compelling players.
Fresh out of the house, Mia opens up about everything viewers didn’t get to see. From the pressure of representing her South Asian identity to navigating her sexuality on her own terms. We dive into her emotional journey inside the house.
Including feeling misunderstood by fellow contestants, the exhaustion of constantly having to explain herself and why she believes Australia got to know her more deeply than the people she lived with.
Mia also shares candid thoughts about her dynamic with Edward and sets the record straight about their flirtation.
Plus she speaks honestly about Holly, gaslighting accusations and what moments she now sees differently after leaving the game.
We unpack the controversial twist that left her eviction up to a single caller, how she really feels about being sent home this way and why she’s ultimately at peace with her Big Brother fate.
Before signing off, Mia reveals who she thinks is destined to win the season, and reflects on what she hopes Australia learned about he. Beyond labels, bios and first impressions.
It’s vulnerable, funny, thoughtful and incredibly reaL. Everything we’ve come to love about Mia.
Tune in now for one of the most heartfelt and eye-opening Big Brother exit chats of the season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast last week their line geta guys,
Welcome back to TV Reload, the podcast that dives deep
into the biggest moments of reality television. And today I'm
speaking with one of the most talked about personalities from
this season of Big Brother Australia. This week Australia said
goodbye to Mia, a housemaid whose laugh cracked the microphone
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on launch nine, whose honesty never wavered, and whose vulnerability
made her one of the most compelling players of the season.
From the moment she stepped on to that stage in
her Lilac powersuit, she definitely stood out, not just visually
but energetically. Straight away she walked in, and I think
a lot of those housemaids were always wondering if her
(00:43):
conversations even allowed her enough for him to breathe. Over
the next twenty minutes, you are going to get a
taste of what exactly made Mia so unforgettable. She will
deliver her warmth, her humor, her introspection, and the incredible
raw way that she breaks down everything from stunt casting,
accusation and the cultural identity to the love triangle that
never was with Edward, plus how she really felt being
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eliminated by a single member of the public. We also
will talk about the moment that she felt misunderstood by
her fellow housemates, why expressing herself sometimes meant speaking a
little bit too fast just to be heard, and how Australia,
more than the people that she lived with, ended up
truly seeing her for who she is and stick around
because Mia dropped some huge truth bombs about Holly, clears
(01:27):
up her sexuality storyline, reveals the real meaning behind the
iconic Lilac suit, and gives her prediction about who is
going to win Big Brother twenty twenty five. Guys, this
is a really fun chat with Mia, so sit back
and relax as we unpack Big Brother twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Ben am I speaking with a past Big Brother winners.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
You are, Oh my god, how comic.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Well, you're very iconic to me because I fell in
love with you on this show when you first came
on the launch night and you were sort of laughing.
Your laugh was so loud it sort of cracked the microphone.
I thought to myself, how's this going to go? But
every day that I watched you in there, I felt
more and more drawn to who you are as a person.
Maybe a little intoxicated.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
God, wow, intoxicated.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
That's strong.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I think you had a very compelling journey in the show.
There's some people that are in there that are kind
of flying under the radar and you kind of forget
about where with you. I'm like, there's something really compelling
and interesting and unique.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
To what you brought to the Big Brother House.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Oh my god, I mean thank you. I mean my
intention was just to share as much as possible, be myself.
I didn't have the ability to fly under the radar.
I mean I stood out from night one. I came
in with the powers through the you know, the big energy,
and there was just no shying away from the first moment,
no choice anyway that I just wanted to be that person.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Who gave it all. Well, you nailed the brief. The
thing I had a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I had a little bit of an issue with the
fact that when we were introduced to you from the
public's perspective, we got you in your cultural garb, you know,
we got you in your cultural outfit, and then when
you came into the house, we never saw you wear
any of that. Do you think it was a bit
stunt casting to try and dress you up like that
if that's not how we were going to see you, you.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Know, I don't think so it was generally because I
didn't pack the sorry, because I was like, it takes
up so much room because there's a lot to it.
It's a lot of fabric. You know, we are restricted
on what we can pack.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
So I brought the jewelry.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
But yeah, I did not have this. I maybe I
should have thought ahead and sacrificed a lot of my
other stuff that I didn't end up using, and so
I could have shown people, oh my god, like this
is how I draped the Sorry, but also sorry, they
aren't the most comfortable and it is a very occasion
sort of thing. Okay, So I didn't feel like there
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it would have been, well, my eviction night, it would
have been outset that I could have worn. But I
don't feel like it would have actually made sense to
wear the Sarian.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well you're kind of a power suit girly anyway, because
I really enjoyed the power suit.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
I thought it was great that.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Lilac powersuit was actually what I.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Wore for my Year twelve formal.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Oh wow, And the reason why I got this suit
was because so when I was in high school, so
I hadn't fully come out yet, and I didn't feel
like I was like the other gay girls, and I thought, okay,
how can I I knew that all the gay girls
had planned to wear suits, and I was like, how
do I make this to my own because I'm quite feminine,
So I thought, okay, I'll just do like a super
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you know, feminine color, and I'll wear it how I
want to. So that was the intention why I got
the suit in the first place. And then yeah, I
chose that suit because I feel like it was a
big reflection of who I am, and I wanted to
show that I was someone who is going to be
a powerful force and be a boss and just say
it how it is. So I think it was I'm
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always weary of like I'm not sure about how I
do with first impressions, but I think, yeah, I definitely
could have not done better with that with the power
soon and coming in and I thought, oh my god,
like I had my little overdress a bit more low key.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
You brought up something there which is a bit of
a touch point about your sexuality. You know, we didn't
get told about your sexuality until you were comfortable to
express that in the house where we could have had
that in your bio to start with. You know, with
you being so comfortable about your sexuality, why wasn't it
originally a part of your card?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
I think it's to you.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Know.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
What I think is that, yes, most sexuality is a
big part of who I am, but there's it's not
everything as well, just like how myself Agian, our identity
isn't everything that I am. That's not everything that I am.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
And well, I kind of feel like your cultural identity
and your sexuality about the fourth and fifth most interesting
thing about you. Actually I'm going to push those things
to a tenth and eleventh most interesting thing about you
because you know, Mia, there is so much to you
as a person.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Thank you so much for saying that, because I feel
like with the housemates, I think they saw me as
like this like list of things, but I think they
really misunderstood me or didn't take the time to ask
me questions. I feel like, definitely Australia got to know
me better than my housemates.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Unfortunately, maybe they weren't open to it.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I think I think that you get scared about people
listening to you, so you try and speak fast to
get it all out.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Thank you so much for saying that that's exactly what
it is. Do you know how crazy I've felt in there,
like everyone telling me, so we do want to understand
you with Junal, isn't you No, you don't Like I'm
feeling quick, I have to like scream at the top
of my lungs and like talk really fast because you
know today, like in this conversation, like you're giving me
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the space and like letting me speak my mind and
asking me questions, and that's not something I was given
really in the house, I always felt like I had
a time or on and we didn't even have access
to the time, but I felt like I was on
a countdown every time I talked because people were uninterested
and bored. I didn't wanted to leave or not.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
This sen or, Yeah, so disappointing because I mean, I
think it's disappointing because in my mind, you do have
a lot more to say than some of the people
that were in there. I've never seen a housemate look
so disappointed and so sad upon nearly being evicted. The
look on your face, and it's my favorite Mia ism.
You cannot hide how you feel, ever, and.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
That's the point that I wanted to get to across Australia.
Even in my body language, facial expressions, the tone of
my voice, the diar room chats, the things I was
telling my housemates, there was no hiding anything. And I
didn't want you and I didn't want you either. But
I am such an expressive person, and you know, when
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people would ask if I'm okay, and I would try
and be a bit toxic positivity about it, I would
I would find it hard to really be like, yeah, no,
I'm fine, I'm good and whatever. Like people could see
it on my face, they could hear it in my voice,
and I think I definitely started to lose my spark
and I felt defeated. Hard to get defeated.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
So you look like that that defeated essence was sort
of washing over your face, you know. And then I
want to ask you, this is a bit of a
shady question, but do you think that you had more
to offer than Jane and Lance?
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Oh that is so hard, you know, I will say, Okay,
So I was very proud to be up there with
very strong, powerful, independent women, But you know, of course,
at the same time, I wanted to be the one
that stayed, and I'm sure Jane wanted that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I'm sure Lance wanted that. And it's not that I
deserved to be there more than them were all equals
in the house, but I just felt like, you know,
of course, like I'm not in the house anymore, but
if I was, definitely, of course there would be more
of that I could give. But also I'm very aware
that we're people giving me the space to be able
to do that.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Probably not, and I don't think.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
I was starting to get very in my head overthink things,
and to the point where I was like questioning, Oh
my god. The biggest thing was I wanted to make
my family proud, and I had been questioning, then, oh
my god, Have I disappointed my family? Have I disappointed
the communities that I represent? Have I even gotten the
airtime I've had people see me for who I am,
(09:24):
And to wake up knowing that there is a completely
untrue it's such a relief. So I'm just very grateful.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
And I think I.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Really believe in timing and the universe, and I think
it's the perfect way to go and the perfect.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Timing and why do you think that Larrence was safe though?
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I really do think it was came down to that.
You know, Beck the caller was a Queensland and Lance
is a Queenslander. Fellow Queensland I think, yeah, the Queenslanders
and people you know around dream World would have rallied
together and you know with Lane, and you know, she's
the mumsie of the house. I asked Lance if I
could call her that, but I actually never did because
(10:05):
I thought, you know what, I just see her as,
you know, this strong woman. I don't need to see
her as a neither figure.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
No.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
You know, she gave me a lot of great advice,
but you know, at times she also you know, I
got in my head a little bit and it was
very hard on myself. But you know, she's someone who
is full of wisdom and I really respect her. She's
in the social workspace. I'm in the youth work space
to very sort of similar things of working with community,
so I really respect her. But yeah, I really hope
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she just makes the most of her time there. And yeah,
I wonder if she's going to be up next week
or not.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I don't think she's going to be I really don't.
I think we're going to know.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
I think that being saved now, I don't think we're
going to see her up for elimination. I think the
same thing might have happened to you had you been
saved last night.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
I think people would have given you a break.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Whoever was going to be saved, I think they, the housemates,
strategically should be thinking to themselves, this person was saved
for maybe Australia likes them, so maybe we shouldn't touch them,
you know what I mean, Well.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
That's what I was thinking. I did think, like, okay,
if I did survive the week, that I wouldn't be
I don't know. At the same time, no, I think
people were gunning for me.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Yeah, I think, oh they shouldn't. They shouldn't. I think
you know, see someone.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Who is being themselves and you feel like you're holding back.
That kind of exposes your guys. So I think, yeah,
I think I was just yeah, I was a big
threat and people want to be gone. And I can't
wait to watch back and see who nominated me and
the reasons for that. I'm just going to take it
with a grain of salt.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Well, let me talk you through the who nominate I'm
only joking. So yeah, let's not do that now, Let's
not do that. Now, we'll do it another time.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
We'll do it.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
We'll do the part two of this podcast at some
other point. So I want to take Big Brother to
task on something because I'm actually really upset about leaving
it up to one person to individually have the choice
to have you evicted. How do you actually feel about
that today?
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Was it fair? Come on?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Oh, it's hard to say, because that was Big Brother's
power that he wanted to give someone, was that, you know,
it is someone's choice, and that was a twist. You know,
everyone's going to be subjective, Like if it was someone
who had really loved me, of course they would be like,
I'm saving mea So it really did depend on who
picked up the phone and who, you know what what
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fan they were, and I wasn't Vex the fan favorite unfortunately,
of course, you know the whole with the nominating I
found so much comfort in the fact that it was
Australia decide, so of course, like I would have rather
be rooted out fully by Australia, but that's not the
way it went. It had to be one person being
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the deciding factor. Yeah, I really do believe it's just
big brothers. Just he loves to create chaos.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
And yeah, it was just my time.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
People wanted me gone anyway, So unfortunately, I just I
couldn't control the situation.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
You really impressed me with your ability to speak your mind,
and I thought it was very brave of you to
be so honest about your feelings for Edward. Did you
ever actually believe that a relationship was possible with that man?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Well, definitely there was a part of me because I
am a big optimist, and you know, I know Australia
saw like, oh my god, what is I think people
would have seen, like what is she thinking? Like he's
telling you, like he's like he's friends owning you, he's
turning you down. But you know, there were so many
moments where he was like pulling me back in encouraging
(13:41):
the craft, fueling, feeding the flames. And I think, okay,
I'll say that in terms of a relationship, of course,
like two people have to work at that and choose it.
So I did see like they're a very rare possibility,
like if we were in a relationship we could try
and make work. Ultimately, I knew we wouldn't work out
(14:02):
because there's difference, Like there's a lot of core values
that we have and we do view some relationship things similarly,
but then in life in terms of where we're both at,
like he's thirty, I'm twenty three. I need to go
out and explore and meet people. He wants to settle down.
He's an Adelaide. I'm in Melbourne. He doesn't like flying.
I love flying. I love solo travel. He thinks I'm crazy.
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I see it as I'm being humorous and have a personality.
He likes older women. I'm someone who's just a love
of people. He wants to like put me in a
box of bisexuality. I'm telling him, I'm just a love
of people. He's telling me, oh, you shouldn't be interested
in me because I've got a dad good and like,
you know, i'm your deal breakers with the smoking and
(14:48):
the drinking and the vaping. And I said, oh, you know,
I really am someone who sees past these things because
I'm just like, oh, it's worth it to me to
explore a connection. But I think he saw it as like,
why would you be interested? I think he was kind
of trying to talk me out of liking him. As well,
because it maybe it was unbelievable to him.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Where I'm at.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Right now, I was definitely starting to get annoyed of
him and get a little bit of the egg, but
I won't deny like the attraction and if there you know,
there's going to be other people out there. But yeah,
I think we are just going to be friends. There
is no possibility he's turned me down in front of
all of Australia.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I would I'd be a fool.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, between because you couldn't. Your read on him was wrong. However,
your read on Holly was accurate. Like right from the
very start, you seem to be explaining Holly to the
audience in a way.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Yeah, yeah, you've.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Got like I had gone too far and.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Yeah, here to tell you no.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I got her wrong, because I will say we had
some very bizarre conversations and I feel it felt gas
lit and I started spiraling. I honestly was thinking, oh
my god, like this is probably what will send me home,
is that I'm being very outspoken about Holly. I'm, you know,
having these challenging conversation and confrontations with her, and I thought,
(16:10):
oh my god, like her followers are going to come
after me, you know, all this kind of stuff. But yeah,
I just saw her as like, you know, she's an influencer,
she's building a brand in herself. She talked about a
lot of the things she was wearing or like I
don't know, like doctors and sell stuff and modeling that
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she's done, and like then her romance with Colin, it
all was like.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Really, no, no, no, maya mea, no, no, no, this
is the thing. Your read on the situation was always correct.
She was gaslighting yourself. And I think it's still up
to interpretation for audiences to understand whether or not Holly
intends to gaslight people because she has a very forgetful memory.
I mean, I've met people in my life that you know,
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will go outside and say the sky is blue, and
then later on they'll tell everyone the sky is green.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
And I don't think there's any malice in it. I
just think that.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Some people are a little bit lost in the detail,
do you know what I mean? They misspeak and I think,
I mean, if it turns out that she is fully
aware that she's gaslighting everyone, I think, much like Australia,
I would be very disappointed.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
In that characteristic trait.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
But I also think there's a possibility that she just forgets,
you know, she.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Just that's the thing too, like I think, and that's
what kind of scares me a little about her, is that,
you know, that lack of self with I think it's
something she can definitely work on learn. But yeah, I
don't think she's a bad person at all. I think
there's a lot of redeemable qualities about her, and I
hope she gets to show Australia do you know a
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lot of really great things too.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
She's great television because at the same time, you know,
as to being quite complicated and almost polarizing, she could
almost be the best housemaid in there this year. So like, well,
and when I say that, you know, when I'm saying this,
I'm not saying she's a good person. I'm not like
being like, she's the best person, that's why she's gonna win.
I just mean that there's something very compelling about watching
someone who is flawed, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
That's so true?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
And that's yeah, that's it. You don't want to watch
someone who's just so put together and perfectly. You want
to see people be really vulnerable and raw and make mistakes.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
And be themselves.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
You know, you know, I get people a bit mad,
and yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Maybe she's a bit nutty, maya. You know, maybe she
is a bit nutty, and that's fine. You know she's
she's genuinely that person and that's who she is. Then
you know, then that's that's where we are with it.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
The doubt.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Let's do that it did with her.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
So yeah, even still, like I know, yeah, I've had
some big words to say about Holly, but I think
everyone on that on the everyone in the house, all
the housemaids, I really do have a have love and
respect for all of them in their own ways. They've
added something to you know, my journey and my experience
and of course what I'll take away from the house,
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and I really hope that I do get to see
them all very soon and hopefully, you know, a couple
more weeks with the final.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Less than two weeks. We're finishing up on the eighth,
you know, you'll be at the finale. Yeah, on the
eighth of December.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
I think that's amazing, that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
I've read out of time, but I've got to quickly
ask you these rapid fire questions very fast, because I
ask them to Michael, who do you think is going
to win at this point, now that you've come out.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Well, yeah, I'm hoping Emily or Colin. Both of them
super down to earth, authentic, very well deserving, happy with
either of them, and I really do think they have
a big possibility of winning. I think the public I
love those two. They add a lot to the house
and even the housemates adore them. So yeah, I might
who knows, I might be wrong, I might be right,
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but those are the people I'm rooting.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Mia.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
I absolutely adored watching you in this show. I thought
you were very compelling, You are very engaging. I think
Australia enjoyed watching you enjoy chatting with the media today.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Like a lot of people, I am in your.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Audience and I can't wait to see where you take
this journey.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Oh my god, thank you so much for this chat.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
I loved it.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
I loved it, and I hope I get to meet
you on.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
I'm all hopefully good luck with that old Miya. I
will let you go
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast last week their line geta guys,
Welcome back to TV Reload, the podcast that dives deep
into the biggest moments of reality television. And today I'm
speaking with one of the most talked about personalities from
this season of Big Brother Australia. This week Australia said
goodbye to Mia, a housemaid whose laugh cracked the microphone
(00:23):
on launch nine, whose honesty never wavered, and whose vulnerability
made her one of the most compelling players of the season.
From the moment she stepped on to that stage in
her Lilac powersuit, she definitely stood out, not just visually
but energetically. Straight away she walked in, and I think
a lot of those housemaids were always wondering if her
(00:43):
conversations even allowed her enough for him to breathe. Over
the next twenty minutes, you are going to get a
taste of what exactly made Mia so unforgettable. She will
deliver her warmth, her humor, her introspection, and the incredible
raw way that she breaks down everything from stunt casting,
accusation and the cultural identity to the love triangle that
never was with Edward, plus how she really felt being
(01:06):
eliminated by a single member of the public. We also
will talk about the moment that she felt misunderstood by
her fellow housemates, why expressing herself sometimes meant speaking a
little bit too fast just to be heard, and how Australia,
more than the people that she lived with, ended up
truly seeing her for who she is and stick around
because Mia dropped some huge truth bombs about Holly, clears
(01:27):
up her sexuality storyline, reveals the real meaning behind the
iconic Lilac suit, and gives her prediction about who is
going to win Big Brother twenty twenty five. Guys, this
is a really fun chat with Mia, so sit back
and relax as we unpack Big Brother twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Ben am I speaking with a past Big Brother winners.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
You are, Oh my god, how comic.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Well, you're very iconic to me because I fell in
love with you on this show when you first came
on the launch night and you were sort of laughing.
Your laugh was so loud it sort of cracked the microphone.
I thought to myself, how's this going to go? But
every day that I watched you in there, I felt
more and more drawn to who you are as a person.
Maybe a little intoxicated.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
God, wow, intoxicated.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
That's strong.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I think you had a very compelling journey in the show.
There's some people that are in there that are kind
of flying under the radar and you kind of forget
about where with you. I'm like, there's something really compelling
and interesting and unique.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
To what you brought to the Big Brother House.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Oh my god, I mean thank you. I mean my
intention was just to share as much as possible, be myself.
I didn't have the ability to fly under the radar.
I mean I stood out from night one. I came
in with the powers through the you know, the big energy,
and there was just no shying away from the first moment,
no choice anyway that I just wanted to be that person.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Who gave it all. Well, you nailed the brief. The
thing I had a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I had a little bit of an issue with the
fact that when we were introduced to you from the
public's perspective, we got you in your cultural garb, you know,
we got you in your cultural outfit, and then when
you came into the house, we never saw you wear
any of that. Do you think it was a bit
stunt casting to try and dress you up like that
if that's not how we were going to see you, you.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Know, I don't think so it was generally because I
didn't pack the sorry, because I was like, it takes
up so much room because there's a lot to it.
It's a lot of fabric. You know, we are restricted
on what we can pack.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
So I brought the jewelry.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
But yeah, I did not have this. I maybe I
should have thought ahead and sacrificed a lot of my
other stuff that I didn't end up using, and so
I could have shown people, oh my god, like this
is how I draped the Sorry, but also sorry, they
aren't the most comfortable and it is a very occasion
sort of thing. Okay, So I didn't feel like there
(03:51):
it would have been, well, my eviction night, it would
have been outset that I could have worn. But I
don't feel like it would have actually made sense to
wear the Sarian.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well you're kind of a power suit girly anyway, because
I really enjoyed the power suit.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
I thought it was great that.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Lilac powersuit was actually what I.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Wore for my Year twelve formal.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Oh wow, And the reason why I got this suit
was because so when I was in high school, so
I hadn't fully come out yet, and I didn't feel
like I was like the other gay girls, and I thought, okay,
how can I I knew that all the gay girls
had planned to wear suits, and I was like, how
do I make this to my own because I'm quite feminine,
So I thought, okay, I'll just do like a super
(04:33):
you know, feminine color, and I'll wear it how I
want to. So that was the intention why I got
the suit in the first place. And then yeah, I
chose that suit because I feel like it was a
big reflection of who I am, and I wanted to
show that I was someone who is going to be
a powerful force and be a boss and just say
it how it is. So I think it was I'm
(04:53):
always weary of like I'm not sure about how I
do with first impressions, but I think, yeah, I definitely
could have not done better with that with the power
soon and coming in and I thought, oh my god,
like I had my little overdress a bit more low key.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
You brought up something there which is a bit of
a touch point about your sexuality. You know, we didn't
get told about your sexuality until you were comfortable to
express that in the house where we could have had
that in your bio to start with. You know, with
you being so comfortable about your sexuality, why wasn't it
originally a part of your card?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
I think it's to you.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Know.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
What I think is that, yes, most sexuality is a
big part of who I am, but there's it's not
everything as well, just like how myself Agian, our identity
isn't everything that I am. That's not everything that I am.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
And well, I kind of feel like your cultural identity
and your sexuality about the fourth and fifth most interesting
thing about you. Actually I'm going to push those things
to a tenth and eleventh most interesting thing about you
because you know, Mia, there is so much to you
as a person.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Thank you so much for saying that, because I feel
like with the housemates, I think they saw me as
like this like list of things, but I think they
really misunderstood me or didn't take the time to ask
me questions. I feel like, definitely Australia got to know
me better than my housemates.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Unfortunately, maybe they weren't open to it.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I think I think that you get scared about people
listening to you, so you try and speak fast to
get it all out.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Thank you so much for saying that that's exactly what
it is. Do you know how crazy I've felt in there,
like everyone telling me, so we do want to understand
you with Junal, isn't you No, you don't Like I'm
feeling quick, I have to like scream at the top
of my lungs and like talk really fast because you
know today, like in this conversation, like you're giving me
(06:41):
the space and like letting me speak my mind and
asking me questions, and that's not something I was given
really in the house, I always felt like I had
a time or on and we didn't even have access
to the time, but I felt like I was on
a countdown every time I talked because people were uninterested
and bored. I didn't wanted to leave or not.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
This sen or, Yeah, so disappointing because I mean, I
think it's disappointing because in my mind, you do have
a lot more to say than some of the people
that were in there. I've never seen a housemate look
so disappointed and so sad upon nearly being evicted. The
look on your face, and it's my favorite Mia ism.
You cannot hide how you feel, ever, and.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
That's the point that I wanted to get to across Australia.
Even in my body language, facial expressions, the tone of
my voice, the diar room chats, the things I was
telling my housemates, there was no hiding anything. And I
didn't want you and I didn't want you either. But
I am such an expressive person, and you know, when
(07:45):
people would ask if I'm okay, and I would try
and be a bit toxic positivity about it, I would
I would find it hard to really be like, yeah, no,
I'm fine, I'm good and whatever. Like people could see
it on my face, they could hear it in my voice,
and I think I definitely started to lose my spark
and I felt defeated. Hard to get defeated.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
So you look like that that defeated essence was sort
of washing over your face, you know. And then I
want to ask you, this is a bit of a
shady question, but do you think that you had more
to offer than Jane and Lance?
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Oh that is so hard, you know, I will say, Okay,
So I was very proud to be up there with
very strong, powerful, independent women, But you know, of course,
at the same time, I wanted to be the one
that stayed, and I'm sure Jane wanted that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I'm sure Lance wanted that. And it's not that I
deserved to be there more than them were all equals
in the house, but I just felt like, you know,
of course, like I'm not in the house anymore, but
if I was, definitely, of course there would be more
of that I could give. But also I'm very aware
that we're people giving me the space to be able
to do that.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Probably not, and I don't think.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
I was starting to get very in my head overthink things,
and to the point where I was like questioning, Oh
my god. The biggest thing was I wanted to make
my family proud, and I had been questioning, then, oh
my god, Have I disappointed my family? Have I disappointed
the communities that I represent? Have I even gotten the
airtime I've had people see me for who I am,
(09:24):
And to wake up knowing that there is a completely
untrue it's such a relief. So I'm just very grateful.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
And I think I.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Really believe in timing and the universe, and I think
it's the perfect way to go and the perfect.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Timing and why do you think that Larrence was safe though?
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I really do think it was came down to that.
You know, Beck the caller was a Queensland and Lance
is a Queenslander. Fellow Queensland I think, yeah, the Queenslanders
and people you know around dream World would have rallied
together and you know with Lane, and you know, she's
the mumsie of the house. I asked Lance if I
could call her that, but I actually never did because
(10:05):
I thought, you know what, I just see her as,
you know, this strong woman. I don't need to see
her as a neither figure.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
No.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
You know, she gave me a lot of great advice,
but you know, at times she also you know, I
got in my head a little bit and it was
very hard on myself. But you know, she's someone who
is full of wisdom and I really respect her. She's
in the social workspace. I'm in the youth work space
to very sort of similar things of working with community,
so I really respect her. But yeah, I really hope
(10:34):
she just makes the most of her time there. And yeah,
I wonder if she's going to be up next week
or not.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I don't think she's going to be I really don't.
I think we're going to know.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
I think that being saved now, I don't think we're
going to see her up for elimination. I think the
same thing might have happened to you had you been
saved last night.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
I think people would have given you a break.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Whoever was going to be saved, I think they, the housemates,
strategically should be thinking to themselves, this person was saved
for maybe Australia likes them, so maybe we shouldn't touch them,
you know what I mean, Well.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
That's what I was thinking. I did think, like, okay,
if I did survive the week, that I wouldn't be
I don't know. At the same time, no, I think
people were gunning for me.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Yeah, I think, oh they shouldn't. They shouldn't. I think
you know, see someone.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Who is being themselves and you feel like you're holding back.
That kind of exposes your guys. So I think, yeah,
I think I was just yeah, I was a big
threat and people want to be gone. And I can't
wait to watch back and see who nominated me and
the reasons for that. I'm just going to take it
with a grain of salt.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Well, let me talk you through the who nominate I'm
only joking. So yeah, let's not do that now, Let's
not do that. Now, we'll do it another time.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
We'll do it.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
We'll do the part two of this podcast at some
other point. So I want to take Big Brother to
task on something because I'm actually really upset about leaving
it up to one person to individually have the choice
to have you evicted. How do you actually feel about
that today?
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Was it fair? Come on?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Oh, it's hard to say, because that was Big Brother's
power that he wanted to give someone, was that, you know,
it is someone's choice, and that was a twist. You know,
everyone's going to be subjective, Like if it was someone
who had really loved me, of course they would be like,
I'm saving mea So it really did depend on who
picked up the phone and who, you know what what
(12:26):
fan they were, and I wasn't Vex the fan favorite unfortunately,
of course, you know the whole with the nominating I
found so much comfort in the fact that it was
Australia decide, so of course, like I would have rather
be rooted out fully by Australia, but that's not the
way it went. It had to be one person being
(12:49):
the deciding factor. Yeah, I really do believe it's just
big brothers. Just he loves to create chaos.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
And yeah, it was just my time.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
People wanted me gone anyway, So unfortunately, I just I
couldn't control the situation.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
You really impressed me with your ability to speak your mind,
and I thought it was very brave of you to
be so honest about your feelings for Edward. Did you
ever actually believe that a relationship was possible with that man?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Well, definitely there was a part of me because I
am a big optimist, and you know, I know Australia
saw like, oh my god, what is I think people
would have seen, like what is she thinking? Like he's
telling you, like he's like he's friends owning you, he's
turning you down. But you know, there were so many
moments where he was like pulling me back in encouraging
(13:41):
the craft, fueling, feeding the flames. And I think, okay,
I'll say that in terms of a relationship, of course,
like two people have to work at that and choose it.
So I did see like they're a very rare possibility,
like if we were in a relationship we could try
and make work. Ultimately, I knew we wouldn't work out
(14:02):
because there's difference, Like there's a lot of core values
that we have and we do view some relationship things similarly,
but then in life in terms of where we're both at,
like he's thirty, I'm twenty three. I need to go
out and explore and meet people. He wants to settle down.
He's an Adelaide. I'm in Melbourne. He doesn't like flying.
I love flying. I love solo travel. He thinks I'm crazy.
(14:27):
I see it as I'm being humorous and have a personality.
He likes older women. I'm someone who's just a love
of people. He wants to like put me in a
box of bisexuality. I'm telling him, I'm just a love
of people. He's telling me, oh, you shouldn't be interested
in me because I've got a dad good and like,
you know, i'm your deal breakers with the smoking and
(14:48):
the drinking and the vaping. And I said, oh, you know,
I really am someone who sees past these things because
I'm just like, oh, it's worth it to me to
explore a connection. But I think he saw it as like,
why would you be interested? I think he was kind
of trying to talk me out of liking him. As well,
because it maybe it was unbelievable to him.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Where I'm at.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Right now, I was definitely starting to get annoyed of
him and get a little bit of the egg, but
I won't deny like the attraction and if there you know,
there's going to be other people out there. But yeah,
I think we are just going to be friends. There
is no possibility he's turned me down in front of
all of Australia.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I would I'd be a fool.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, between because you couldn't. Your read on him was wrong. However,
your read on Holly was accurate. Like right from the
very start, you seem to be explaining Holly to the
audience in a way.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Yeah, yeah, you've.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Got like I had gone too far and.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Yeah, here to tell you no.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I got her wrong, because I will say we had
some very bizarre conversations and I feel it felt gas
lit and I started spiraling. I honestly was thinking, oh
my god, like this is probably what will send me home,
is that I'm being very outspoken about Holly. I'm, you know,
having these challenging conversation and confrontations with her, and I thought,
(16:10):
oh my god, like her followers are going to come
after me, you know, all this kind of stuff. But yeah,
I just saw her as like, you know, she's an influencer,
she's building a brand in herself. She talked about a
lot of the things she was wearing or like I
don't know, like doctors and sell stuff and modeling that
(16:31):
she's done, and like then her romance with Colin, it
all was like.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Really, no, no, no, maya mea, no, no, no, this
is the thing. Your read on the situation was always correct.
She was gaslighting yourself. And I think it's still up
to interpretation for audiences to understand whether or not Holly
intends to gaslight people because she has a very forgetful memory.
I mean, I've met people in my life that you know,
(16:56):
will go outside and say the sky is blue, and
then later on they'll tell everyone the sky is green.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
And I don't think there's any malice in it. I
just think that.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Some people are a little bit lost in the detail,
do you know what I mean? They misspeak and I think,
I mean, if it turns out that she is fully
aware that she's gaslighting everyone, I think, much like Australia,
I would be very disappointed.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
In that characteristic trait.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
But I also think there's a possibility that she just forgets,
you know, she.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Just that's the thing too, like I think, and that's
what kind of scares me a little about her, is that,
you know, that lack of self with I think it's
something she can definitely work on learn. But yeah, I
don't think she's a bad person at all. I think
there's a lot of redeemable qualities about her, and I
hope she gets to show Australia do you know a
(17:42):
lot of really great things too.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
She's great television because at the same time, you know,
as to being quite complicated and almost polarizing, she could
almost be the best housemaid in there this year. So like, well,
and when I say that, you know, when I'm saying this,
I'm not saying she's a good person. I'm not like
being like, she's the best person, that's why she's gonna win.
I just mean that there's something very compelling about watching
someone who is flawed, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
That's so true?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
And that's yeah, that's it. You don't want to watch
someone who's just so put together and perfectly. You want
to see people be really vulnerable and raw and make mistakes.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
And be themselves.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
You know, you know, I get people a bit mad,
and yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Maybe she's a bit nutty, maya. You know, maybe she
is a bit nutty, and that's fine. You know she's
she's genuinely that person and that's who she is. Then
you know, then that's that's where we are with it.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
The doubt.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Let's do that it did with her.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
So yeah, even still, like I know, yeah, I've had
some big words to say about Holly, but I think
everyone on that on the everyone in the house, all
the housemaids, I really do have a have love and
respect for all of them in their own ways. They've
added something to you know, my journey and my experience
and of course what I'll take away from the house,
(18:56):
and I really hope that I do get to see
them all very soon and hopefully, you know, a couple
more weeks with the final.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Less than two weeks. We're finishing up on the eighth,
you know, you'll be at the finale. Yeah, on the
eighth of December.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
I think that's amazing, that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
I've read out of time, but I've got to quickly
ask you these rapid fire questions very fast, because I
ask them to Michael, who do you think is going
to win at this point, now that you've come out.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Well, yeah, I'm hoping Emily or Colin. Both of them
super down to earth, authentic, very well deserving, happy with
either of them, and I really do think they have
a big possibility of winning. I think the public I
love those two. They add a lot to the house
and even the housemates adore them. So yeah, I might
who knows, I might be wrong, I might be right,
(19:38):
but those are the people I'm rooting.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Mia.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
I absolutely adored watching you in this show. I thought
you were very compelling, You are very engaging. I think
Australia enjoyed watching you enjoy chatting with the media today.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Like a lot of people, I am in your.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Audience and I can't wait to see where you take
this journey.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Oh my god, thank you so much for this chat.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
I loved it.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
I loved it, and I hope I get to meet
you on.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
I'm all hopefully good luck with that old Miya. I
will let you go
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