{"id":3243,"date":"2018-02-26T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T19:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:32:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T19:32:30","slug":"look-who-won-the-first-usa-celebrity-big-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/26\/look-who-won-the-first-usa-celebrity-big-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Who Won the First USA Celebrity Big Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3241\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-winner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-winner.jpg 589w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-winner-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-winner-560x429.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-winner-260x199.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-winner-160x123.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/>First, she won a Tony Award and now seized victory and the $250,000 prize in the first US version of <em>Celebrity Big Brother<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday night the <em>Celebrity Big Brother<\/em> jury selected <a href=\"http:\/\/officialmarissajaretwinokur.com\/\">Marissa Winokur<\/a> as the winner.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3598267495\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 45-year-old Winokur was cooped up in a house for 30 days with such contenders as: Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault, former <em>Real Housewife Of Beverly Hills<\/em> Brandi Glanville and<em> American Pie<\/em> actress Shannon Elizabeth, retired MMA fighter Chuck Liddell and NBA player-turned-coach Metta World Peace, <em>Big Time Rush<\/em> singer James Maslow and Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath, as did Miss Colombia 2014 Ariadna Gutierrez and <em>The Cosby Show<\/em> actress Keshia Knight Pulliam.<\/p>\n<p>As the houseguests were voted out one-by-one, they became members of the jury that would ultimately select the winner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3244\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-2-25-2018-1900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-2-25-2018-1900.jpg 828w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-2-25-2018-1900-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-2-25-2018-1900-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-2-25-2018-1900-560x291.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-2-25-2018-1900-260x135.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bbc-2-25-2018-1900-160x83.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/>While in the house, Winokur became close friends with Ross Matthews, a celebrity interviewer and former intern on <em>The Tonight Show With Jay Leno<\/em>. 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