When Nicole Franzel and Memphis Garrett come out of Big Brother 22: All-Stars, they're going to experience all the backlash from the fans. The fans first met Memphis on BB10. At the time, he worked as a mixologist in Los Angeles, California. Over the years, however, Memphis has become a successful entrepreneur and restaurateur in South Florida. His most prominent business is The Poke House, a Hawaii-inspired restaurant that specializes in wraps, salads, and juices. At this point, it's safe to say that Memphis doesn't really need the $500,000 grand prize from Big Brother. He came back to the show for the love of the game.
Nicole Franzel was a standout player on Big Brother 16, but her hands were tied as far as gameplay. During that season, Nicole was a 21-year-old nursing student from Ubly, Michigan. But the fans got to see her career evolve over the years. By the time that Nicole came back for BB18 (and won that season), she was already an ER nurse. After winning the show, she decided to leave healthcare behind and focus on producing digital content and expanding her social media platforms. On this season of All-Stars, Nicole identifies as a social media influencer. Aside from her Instagram career, Nicole hosts the Coco Caliente podcast with fiancé Victor Arroyo.
There's no doubt that Memphis Garrett and Nicole Franzel thought that their business endeavors would benefit from their exposure on Big Brother: All-Stars. It was a pretty straight line for Nicole. More airtime on CBS could translate into more social media followers, which would benefit her as an influencer. In Memphis' case, it's pretty clear that he doesn't care about personal fame, but this was certainly an opportunity to promote his restaurants. That said, things haven't worked out great for these returning houseguests so far. Nicole has lost several sponsors due to certain comments that she made on the show, and Memphis has been accused of a list of things by the fans. Inside the BB house, Nicole and Memphis have pointed out that the fans probably hate how dominant they've been all season... but it doesn't seem like they're self-aware about the controversial things they've said and done on the show this year.
We're getting very close to the Big Brother 22 finale, which means that Memphis and Nicole are in for a rude awakening. Not only will they deal with the backlash from the fans, but they'll also see all the things that BB alumni have said about them. As an example, Nicole has a lot of catching up to do on what Janelle Pierzina said about her since being evicted from the show. Memphis will also have quite a few tweets from Keesha Smith to read through.
Overall, Memphis and Nicole are probably not ready to face the huge criticism they've gotten from BB22 fans. But they will rejoin the real world pretty soon and address (or not) some of these accusations.
Big Brother 22: All-Stars airs Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8pm EST on CBS.