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BIG BROTHER 8p:
by: Lisa Steinberg

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Q.  Were you surprised by the amount of votes that you received?

A.  No, actually I wasn't surprised, I found out later on in my campaigning that things were kind of swinging the other way for me.  People I thought that were voting for me, their body language kind of told me differently as I was speaking with them.  At that time I kind of realized that things were going downhill and to prepare for the worse and I wasn't surprised at all about the outcome of the voting. 

Q.  Did you have a strategy going into the house?

A.  Yeah, I did have a strategy going into the house.  I was going to basically pick everybody's brain and have them answer questions that would be a definite truthful response and then ask them questions that maybe they could go either way with, I think probably fabricate a little on, and which I would try to read their mannerisms and body language to kind of detect what they would do in a situation if they were lying and maybe use that later on in the house to decipher when they are lying and use that leverage in voting people out or putting them up on the block and relaying that information on to other houseguests. 

Q.  What made you want to be a part of the show?

A.  I started watching in season six and I thought it would be a great challenge.  Go into the house with the values I hold, with integrity and fairness, and not wanting to lie.  I thought it would be a great challenge to do that all the way to the end and  thought it would be a very hard thing to do.  Most of the people have to manipulate or lie or backstab or make enemies.  I thought it would be an awesome reward at the end if I could go the whole way without doing that.

Q.  What did you miss the most about your outside life? 

A.  Things I missed most about the outside life was contact with family and friends.  I never had so long of a period of time go by with absolutely no contact for them when I turn to them quite frequently for advise or comfort.

Q.  What was your favorite part of the house?

A.  It may sound weird but it's actually the showers.  They had dual overhead showers and it's something that I am not used to and I just enjoyed that part of the house the most.

Q.  What made you want to align with Kail?

A.  It wasn't necessarily that I wanted to.  It was more of a situation where she was HOH the first week and she sought me out and wanted to be in an alliance with me.  I felt that if I kind of turned her down, than I would be jeopardizing my security with her, and she may view me as a threat and in turn put me up on the nomination block the first week.  It was almost a pressured alliance. 

Q.  The houseguests commented a lot on how quiet and reserved you were.  Why do you think they viewed you in that way?

A.  I saw in the beginning when my strategy was to go around and strike conversations with everybody that some of the people weren't as receptive as others.  I really didn't want to have anything to do with the conversation, or hold one, and it was very one sided and ran out when I ran out of questions.  At that time I had to kind of sit back and be more observing than anything in hopes of capturing who they truly were and try to detect things from that perspective.  I found out later on that people did think I was serious and that in a way kind of hurt me.

Q.  What do you feel was your ultimate downfall?

A.  Definitely getting into an alliance.  I wanted to go into the house and remain solo for as long as I could, and again, you know I felt pressured from the very beginning to have to enter into one and I only wanted that alliance to be two people for the time being.  Kail mentioned that she wanted a larger alliance of at least three and the third person being Zach that we wanted to bring in.  It turned from me wanting to go solo to suddenly an alliance of four which was basically our demise and the reason why I was voted out.

Q.  Do you hold any grudges from your time in the house?

A.  Absolutely not!  I don't hold any grudges from my time in the house and I view this thing as a big game and business is business inside the "Big Brother" house.  I can definitely put all of that aside outside of the house and be friends with everyone there. 

Q.  Who would you like to see win?

A.  I would love to see Kail, Jen or Jameka win.  Those individual's beliefs, moral values, and character align with mine the most.  I would just appreciate one of them winning it more than one of the other houseguests.

Q.  What would you like to say to everyone who was a fan and supporter of yours while you were on the show?

A.  A big thank you for standing behind me and believing in me.  Those simple words say it all.


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