The Overnight Report

Did more than this happen in the BB house last night? Of course, but nothing as important... in terms of life.

Dick & Dani -
The Father-Daughter Relationship Talk
10:43pm BBT

Dani: You can't pick and choose when to be a parent. Sometimes, I feel like my only family is my grandmother. You want to be my friend, but you can't do that, then turn around and want to be my father. When I talk to you, I don't always want advice. Sometimes I just want to vent!

Dick: I just want to try to make things better.
Dani: I understand, but I don't want you to do that either. I don't know if I can just let things go.
Dick: You're the one who doesn't talk to me...
Dani: You're supposed to be the adult.. the parent. I'm nothing like anyone in my family. No one understands me, but I'm glad I'm different.

Dick: I've never been a teenage girl, and it's been very hard for me.
Dani: I didn't ask to be here (in this family situation). It causes problems with the other side of the family, and then I always get blamed for everything.

Dani begins to cry.. She's really frustrated with life, bb and everything.

Dani: I'm not having fun in BB, and I don't want to be here. Everything is so frustrating.

Dick's very calm and doing everything he can to soothe her.

Dani: No one understands what I'm going through in the house.
Dick: I do. I've shed a lot of tears in here.
Dani: Sometimes it's not worth being here.
Dick: You're doing fine. It will all be fine. I'm sorry if I don't give you enough credit.

Dick: I've never given up on you, and I will never give up on you. You're my daughter and I love you very much. I know sometimes you dot believe that, but its true.

Dani's crying and not responding. Dick is trying to comfort her, but he's crying too.

Dick:(through tears) I'm trying to do the best I can. Just because I'm older, doesn't mean I have everything figured out.

Dick: I want to have fun in the house. HoH has been stressful, and the situation with Nick...

Dani's crying subsides some...

Dick: You've become a beautiful, smart, kind-hearted woman. I'm very proud of you.

Dani: You've said mean things that I will never, ever forget.
Dick: You've said very mean things to me as well.
Dani: But you're supposed to be the father!
Dick: But you don't want me to be the father.

Dick: All I want is a commitment from you... that you'll just try.
Dani: OK

Dick asks for a hug... please... Nothing. Dick's tears are really flowing now.

Dick: It has to start somewhere...it may take a lot of time, but we can fix it. I love you so much. There's a huge empty space in my life without you. I think about you every single day.

Dick: I never abandoned you, and I never will. I'm trying. I won't give up trying. I love you so much.

Again and again, Dick tries to hug Dani, but she's all cocooned up like a petulant 5 year old, with her hands around her face, and she won't hug back. He rubs her hair and gives her a kiss on the cheek.

Dick: When I first came into the house with all the Alice in Wonderland stuff, it brought me back to going to auditions with you, and now here you are. You really are Alice here.

Dick: I miss you so much. I miss talking to you. I miss your company. There's been a big hole in my life without you there.

Dani's still silent.

Dick: I can't change anything from the past, but I can try to change things in the future. I can't promise I won't F--- up, because I will. I'm an idiot.

Dick: I look back at all the times I thought I was doing the right thing, and I was doing the wrong thing. I should have been trying to figure out what we had in common. I'm sorry. I miss you so much. When I 1st got here, I thought, how can I miss my daughter so much when she's right here?

Dick is crying. Dani has stopped.

Dick: I've never done this before. How am I supposed to know how to do this? I don't even know how to do my own life. I'm an idiot. But I have a good heart. I am a good person. Just because I'm the adult does not mean i have all the answers. I don't. I just try to do the best I can. I'm not mean. I do not do things to try and hurt people. I wanna have fun here too. I would like to have fun here with you, as well. You OK? Can I have a hug please?


She hugs him. Finally. The ice is melting.

Dick: I love you very much, Daniele.
Dani: I'm going to bed.
Dick: I need a few minutes to get myself together before I can go out there. I am very proud of you inside and outside this house. As hard as it was, I am really really glad we talked. It meant a lot to me.