And what did you guys learn from being on Beauty and the Geek? Let's start with Will.

Will: Well I have to say, I don't think the experiment's over until it's all aired. I think one of the things I've learned is seeing how I can seem. Like, all that arrogance that everyone was seeing was not intended, certainly. And I was downright horrified that I'd come off that way. It was more out of ignorance, and not realizing, I was really oblivious than anything else. So now that I'm watching it, I'm still finding out more about who I am, how I am perceived. This isn't over in the essence of learning about myself isn't over until it's all been done.


And Rebecca?

Rebecca: I would have to agree with Will, too. I already kind of know who I am as a person. Watching myself, I kind of knew how I was going to look. I didn't actually think I was gonna look like I, Sam and I made out as much. But there are some things you don't realize too. But I am still learning from, I have learned from just watching myself and from, I do realize I didn't learn enough, that I could've learned more. I feel kind of like I got cut off from the middle of learning.


And next week's episode is the famous geek makeover, and unfortunately, Will, you didn't stay around long enough to get that.

Will: Darn it all. Now that would be fun.


So Rebecca, what would you do if you could give Will a makeover?

Rebecca: Oh my God, I would have screamed. Just getting rid of that coat would have been...

Will: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everybody says that to me.

Rebecca: You know what, though? He went from wearing it as a vest to a jacket, and I was really proud him for that. Not to mention he was showing a lot of improvement. I don't know how you are now or how you changed by being home, but he was starting to really dress nice, wearing a buttoned shirt. He was like, he was even asking me, "Does this look nice?" And I was like, wow.

Will: Hey, if you have an expert and you don't take advantage of her, it's your own fault.

Rebecca: As far as myself goes, improving myself, so far obviously I said I changed myself. I toned it down, I took out the extensions, I up the expenses. I don't have my nails on anymore. I've stopped caring so much of my looks. I realized that I could actually be pretty just looking like myself—

Will: I told you that all the time

Rebecca: —and not something I need a lot of money for. So that's one thing I actually forget to mention, I have toned it down a lot. And I'm thinking it might have something to do with it, because I was wanting to know more about what it's like to be, without having to worry about beauty and glamour as much.


That's great.

Rebecca: So, by the way, Will, I forgot to tell you, I have changed.

Will: Well, I look forward to seeing you then. I want to see if I recognize you. But I think that's something interesting, what you said about glamour versus beauty. Beauty is desirable, but glamour can sometimes be overdone. So I relieved to hear that you've been focusing more on beauty and not glamour.

Rebecca: Well sometimes I walk outside my house, I'll put makeup on, and I know that I'm pretty.

Will: Horror, horror.

Rebecca: I'll put a baseball cap on and throw on some jeans and leave, and I'm still feeling pretty. So those are things that I was so insecure about. Oh God.

Will, how about you? Have you changed since coming home?

Will: Well, I don't know. It's kind of one of those things where you can't really look at a mirror and say, "Well, I've changed." I think. I am certainly now, I will be trying to pay more attention to how I am perceived. As to physically, well, I'm still trying to lose weight. God only knows if it'll work.


And now that you guys aren't in the running anymore, which other team would you like to see win the whole competition?

Will: David and Jasmine, certainly.

Rebecca: Yeah, we both agree. We hope that... I really have a good feeling about them, too. I don't know why, but I think that Jasmine and Dave. I'm hoping anyway, but I hope that they do.

Will: There's also an element of, I would not complain to see Jen and William win. At least we can say we lost to the best.

Rebecca: I don't know, I'd have to say them. I know I should say, you would think I would say Sam, but I don't think I do, actually. I don't know. Like, I care about him and everything, but I don't know if I want to do that. I think it'll take away a lot from the show. I don't know...


I think some viewers, myself included, kind of get the feeling that Jasmine might be playing up her ditziness. Is that true?

Rebecca: No. I don't think so.

Will: I don't think so, either. Jasmine's very true, for all that she may be ditzy.

Rebecca: I don't think she thinks about what she says before she says it. Doesn't realize how it sounds.

Will: Well there's that, but even more so, it's just Jasmine is not… it takes a certain amount of conniving character to say, “Oh, I'm going to act really ditzy on purpose and lull everyone into a false sense of security.” Jasmine is almost too innocent for that kind of trick.

Rebecca: When I first met her, I thought the same thing. I was like, "Oh God, this girl is kind of annoying, she's fake." But then, as I got to know her more, we would just be standing there, and all of a sudden she would just say something and you'd just laugh, because you know that she didn't mean it. She's not even laughing, she's just standing there like, “What, you guys are all laughing at me?” So that's just her, that's just who she is. You gotta love her for that.

Will: She's the, in many ways she reminds me of a kid sister. And I have a kid sister, well, not a kid sister anymore.


So what's next for you both? Do you have any plans?

Rebecca: Well right now, I'm about to graduate school for massage therapy, so I plan on focusing on pursuing that as my career. And also I'd like to do some modeling, hopefully this will open some doors with that.


Are your plans gonna include Sam when he gets out of the house?

Rebecca: We'll see, we'll see how the rest of these weeks go.


And how about you, Will?

I am in the middle of my application process to law school. I just have to hunker down and finish writing my personal statement, and start sending everything out, so cross your fingers for me.


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-Interview conducted by Debbie Chang
(Image courtesy of The CW)