Rachel Reilly | Big Brother Legend Talks Comeback, Comp Controversy & Legacy!

Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

#886. Big Brother royalty is in the house—literally. Rachel Reilly, one of the most iconic players in the show’s 27-season history, sits down with Kaitlyn just weeks after this season wrapped and wastes no time spilling everything. From the moment the doors locked behind her to the exact point she knew the game had shifted, Rachel opens up about why she came back, the truth behind that viral comp everyone swears she threw, and whether she really believes she had the win locked in.

She pulls back the curtain on life inside the house today vs. a decade ago, the three-week whirlwind leading up to her return, what actually goes down in jury, and the burning question on every fan’s mind: Is another All Stars already in motion?

This episode isn’t just a recap—it’s a reality TV reckoning. If you think you know the game… think again.

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(8:55) – Rachel takes us behind the scenes of the Big Brother control room.
(21:20) – Rachel addresses the rumor she threw her last competition and shares what was actually going through her mind at that moment.
(36:35) – Jury House rules EXPOSED: no internet, hidden luxuries, zero contact with family…
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0:00.0	This episode of Off the Vine is brought to you by Baked by Melissa. Right now Baked by Melissa is offering OTV listeners 20% off your order at baked by Melissa.com slash vine.
0:11.3	Bombas, head over to bombuz.com slash vine and use code Vine for 20% off your first purchase.
0:17.3	Function Health, my first 1,000 listeners, get a $100 credit toward their membership.
0:22.6	Visit www.functionhealth.com slash Vine or use code Vine 100 at sign up to own your health.
0:30.1	Nix, head to nix.com and use code Vine for 20% off your order, get leakproof undies,
0:35.5	amazing bras, and more. And Tonal. You can go to tonal.com and use promo code Vine to get $200 off your
0:42.1	tonal purchase.
0:47.3	You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow.
0:51.8	Hey, Vino's, real quick, if you are listening right now, which obviously you are, you
0:55.9	wouldn't be hearing this, can you hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever platform
0:59.7	you're on?
1:00.3	Please, that one simple thing helps more than you even realize it allows me to keep growing
1:05.3	on this podcast and making these episodes the best they can possibly be obviously for you.
1:11.8	That's the only favorite I'm going to ever ask, okay. It truly means the world to me. Thank you. Now let's get into it.
1:15.9	Hey everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow. And today's guest is a
1:20.3	big brother legend. I think personally the most iconic Big Brother player, returning legend. Rachel freaking Riley was in
1:30.8	my house on that couch right there. She wore her red dress. She was iconic. She was everything I ever
1:36.4	wanted her to be. We all met her on Big Brother 12 where she met her showmance, Brendan, and then we
1:41.1	watched her win Big Brother 13. She competed on Amazing Race. Then she was on Traders. And then she's been on like this cooking show. She's been doing it all. And she is still proving that she is one of the best players to ever play the game. It is just so funny. I bet everybody says this when they meet you, but just to like have you in person. Yeah. Just because I watched Big Brother since 2003. And so, like, like, just everything about it, I'm like, you to me are like the face of Big Brother. Oh my God. Thank you. Wow. For sure are. And I'm just like, you're in my house. But I don't want to be like a nerd about it because I don't want to freak you out. Oh, well, that's okay. I'm a nerd about you too. So yeah, it counts. Like we're both nerds. We can nerd out about each other.
2:19.0	That makes me feel a lot better because I was like, oh my God,
2:21.4	this is, I'm, I'm going to be completely honest. I am having, like, such a terrible morning. And when I heard your laugh on the way in, I was like, that's all I needed. Yeah, exactly. It was like a little dose of serotonin and that's all I needed.
2:31.7	Do you get bad PMS?
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