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Speaker 1: Job mission with join Z and Amanda Well.

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Speaker 2: This year, Big Brother has invited twelve VIPs to his

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Speaker 2: first ever luxury hotel. One of those VIPs includes the

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Speaker 2: world's most well known actual big brother, Thomas Mirkle Junior.

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Speaker 2: He's the half brother to the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Michael.

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Speaker 2: He joins us now, Thomas, Hello.

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Speaker 3: Good morning. How are you guys going?

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Speaker 1: We're doing all right.

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Speaker 2: So can we just go through the family tree? So

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Speaker 2: you share a dad with Meghan?

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Speaker 3: Yes, I do, Thomas Merkle Sr.

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Speaker 2: And did you grow up together?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, we were just a normal family like

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Speaker 3: everybody else. You know, the eight there was quite a

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Speaker 3: bit of an age gap, but we spent a lot

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Speaker 3: of great quality time together growing up.

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Speaker 1: What is that age gap, Thomas? How many years are

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Speaker 1: we talking?

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Speaker 3: Well? I was fifteen when Meghan was born run and

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Speaker 3: we spent gosh, holidays, birthdays and everything together. It was

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Speaker 3: just it was a wonderful time.

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Speaker 2: So where did the estrangement take place?

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Speaker 3: What?

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Speaker 2: What what happened?

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, that's a that's a that's a really

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Speaker 3: good question. Nobody really knows. It's it's still the big

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Speaker 3: question mark that the whole world wants to know. But

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Speaker 3: I think it started when she got off Suits, when

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Speaker 3: she was on the show Suits.

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Speaker 1: And do you think what happened? Yeah, so when you

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Speaker 1: when she left Suits, she that was when the range

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Speaker 1: estrangement kicked in.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Like I said, you know, we would like to

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Speaker 3: know one hundred percent, just like everybody else. You know, Megan,

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Speaker 3: Megan's our family, We lover and you know, we always

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Speaker 3: wish the best for her.

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Speaker 1: Do you remember the last time you spiked to her.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was in about twenty eleven at my grandmother's memorial.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, it's been quite a while, you know.

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Speaker 2: So you're saying there wasn't like a big fight or anything.

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Speaker 2: She just withdrew from the family.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it appears that way. It's unfortunate, and you know,

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Speaker 3: all we can hope for is that, you know, Megan

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Speaker 3: realizes one day that she only has one family, you know,

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Speaker 3: and one of the Markles, and that's her last name

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Speaker 3: as well, So that's all we're hoping for.

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Speaker 2: You've said some pretty dreadful things about it publicly, and

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Speaker 2: you wrote a letter to Prince Harry before the wedding

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Speaker 2: saying what a mistake he was making and that she's

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Speaker 2: just to see great Hollywood actress, the acts, getting old,

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Speaker 2: fame has gone to her head. How can she come

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Speaker 2: back to the family's arms after you've said.

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Speaker 3: Stuff like this, Oh, you know, that sounds more like

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Speaker 3: a family's bibble to me. That had to play out

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Speaker 3: in the media. But here we are today, and here

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Speaker 3: we are today, and I've been on Big Brother VI

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Speaker 3: I P And it's just a new chapter. And like

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Speaker 3: I said, that's just you know, that's in the past,

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Speaker 3: and like I said, we all want to move forward

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Speaker 3: and just be a family again. Sure.

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Speaker 1: So do you think you being on Big Brother this

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Speaker 1: could be part of the reunification of you and Megan?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know it would be. It would be really nice.

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Speaker 3: I mean, she's going to see a whole different side,

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Speaker 3: and you know, I mean, like I said, it's just

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Speaker 3: a Big Brother was just a great, great opportunity. I

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Speaker 3: made a lot of great friends on there, Luke Talkie,

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Speaker 3: Matt Cooper, Dane, Jessica Power, oh my god, she's just

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Speaker 3: a fantastic person imaging and everyone else. Great experience.

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Speaker 1: And Kaitln Kayln Jenner was there as well. That would

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Speaker 1: have been That's.

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Speaker 2: My combination, isn't it. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you know, going from the Wheedie's box

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Speaker 3: when I was a little as Bruce Jenner to you know,

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Speaker 3: Caitlyn Jenner now it's you know, quite a difference. But

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Speaker 3: you know, I mean she's a great person. I have

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Speaker 3: a lot of respect for a really, really nice person.

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Speaker 2: And what do you think people want from you in

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Speaker 2: the Big Brother House?

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, I think I think everybody just

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Speaker 3: wants to find out who I am, and that's exactly

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Speaker 3: what they're going to get. The Big Brother Vip Hotel

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Speaker 3: is just it was the most incredible experience of my life.

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Speaker 3: I enjoyed it. I mean, it's so much fun when

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Speaker 3: I'm in the house. The challenges and everything. It was incredible.

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Speaker 3: So everybody will get to know me as me, which

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Speaker 3: will be nice.

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Speaker 1: I forgot about you got to do the challenges. I've

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Speaker 1: forgot these challenges, isn't there?

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, And I'll tell you right now. Big Brother

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Speaker 3: must have some pretty scary dreams to come up with

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Speaker 3: some of these challenges because he tests you on just

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Speaker 3: about every level.

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Speaker 1: Imagine if Megan got into Big Brother's ear and said, okay,

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Speaker 1: we'll make him go in the pool and the cold

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Speaker 1: and all that sort of stuff.

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Speaker 3: Oh gosh, I don't think i'd be here today if

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Speaker 3: that happened.

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Speaker 1: Well, Thomas, it's great to talk to you. Big brother.

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Speaker 1: VIP premiers on Channel seven tonight at seven thirty. Thomas

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Speaker 1: Michael Jr. Thank you for joining us.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you guys for having me. It's going to

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Speaker 3: be a great show. It's everyone's going to be pleasantly surprised.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be incredible. So thanks again for having me.

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Speaker 3: Have a great day, look after yourself.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us.

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