After his most recent appearance on Survivor and ahead of his trip to the Big Brother House, Rick Devens decided to make t-shirts. The plan was to sell some of them to the general public and give some of them to his family and real life supporters. Unfortunately, the scheme ran into a little bit of a snag when his wife found out what he actually planned to put on the t-shirts.
Always a fan of puns and dad jokes, Devens worked with the designer to use the phrase “Big Rick Energy.” He thought it was going to be hilarious, but when he informed his wife Becca, she was not a happy camper. For whatever reason, she didn’t want her kids wearing shirts referencing their dad’s “Big Rick Energy.” In fact, after a video of Rick telling the story got clipped and posted on social media, she doubled down on her stance and used words like “tacky,” “yuck” and “ewwwww” to describe her feelings.
You can check out Devens telling the whole story below…
Fortunately, the t-shirt story has a happy ending. Rick and Becca eventually got on the same page with the designer, and they put together some really snazzy looking shirts that use the catchphrase “Fake Clues & Breaking News.” They went up for sale on Devens’ official website, and to the surprise of no one, they sold out pretty quickly. I’d imagine Becca also grabbed some for the kids, which they can wear without her feeling all kinds of weird and gross.
There’s still a lot of Big Brother left to go, but Devens is in a pretty good position at this point. He recently used his Diamond Power Of Veto to save his ally and fellow Survivor alum Dee, but he still seems to be sitting in a really good position in the game. He has several close allies and seems to have really positive relationships with pretty much everyone in the house, even those who aren’t working with him.
That being said, he’s also starting to get looked at as one of the biggest threats in the house and a likely winner if he makes it to the end. That’s been his story during both of his appearances on Survivor, as well. He forms strong relationships, makes some aggressive game moves and then everyone else decides he needs to go because he’s the biggest threat left in the house. It’s always the same story, but fortunately for fans, it’s typically a story that results in some pretty good television.
There’s no word on whether we’ll ever get another round of t-shirts since they’re out of stock, but given how much his popularity continues to grow, I think there’s a strong chance we do. Maybe one day we’ll even get a special edition that says "Big Rick Energy." I know that one’s not for his kids, but it must just be for the rest of us.
