Big Brother aficionados across the country, were either rolling on the floor laughing hysterically, or watching with mouths open wide in disbelief, when Matt “the Snake” called CBS producer Julie Chen “Chenbot” to her face. She was not amused.

Let me give the uninitiated a little background on the name.

Back in the early days of Big Brother, host Chen had numerous favorite scripted words and movements, as seen in the telling video below. Fans, not so affectionately, nicknamed her in response to her robotic mannerisms and sayings.

Chen admitted in an interview with AOL television, that her best friend from college broke the news to her that fans were making fun of her performance as the BB Host.

Although she sure looked peeved tonight when Matt let loose with the name, she stated in the earlier interview, “The Chenbot thing, I think people thought I’d be offended by it, but a lot of people don’t know my sense of humor and I thought it was so funny. I bought Chenbot posters and had them framed and have one up in the office. My husband’s assistant bought Chenbot mugs because she knew I thought it was funny.”

Later , she made a point of poking fun at herself in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, by stating “I am the Chenbot.”

Although her botlike mannerisms have improved a bit since 2000, I’m not buying the fact that she thinks it is funny, cause like they say in the movies, “the truth hurts,” which was evidenced by her response during tonight’s show.