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BBCAN4 - Dallas Cormier Exit Interview
April 1, 2016
Was your eviction tougher to accept after it appeared as though you had the votes as late as Wednesday night?
Dallas: Absolutely, man. I think it was even an early Thursday kind of deal to be brutally honest with you. It was right down to the wire. I thought I had four votes in the bag. I had a conversation with Nikki. She told all of the houseguests that she was going to vote to keep me safe, right in front of Maddy. I was kind of surprised but when I heard Arisa say the votes were 5-3, I knew Dally’s time was over in the Big Brother house.
Why do you think that Nikki ultimately decided to vote against you?
Dallas: I think honestly she was trying to prove a point to Tim. I think that she wanted to show Tim that he is not the boss of her and he doesn’t have her vote every week. I know it sounds a little crazy to say it like this but they kind of got into a little squabble match and basically it came down to me having to pay the consequences of it all.
You mentioned that Nikki told everyone she was voting to save you, even in front of Maddy. Can you give a little more detail on that?
Dallas: It was about an hour before the live eviction. The brothers were on board as long as Nikki was going to stay true. She surprised everybody. It’s extremely unfortunate because it was basically an argument over a bubble bath and I don’t know how I had to pay the consequences from it, but it’s the way it worked out. You gotta look at the positives from it. I’m extremely disappointed I can’t move forward in the game. I felt like I had a lot more damage to do in the house. It just is what it is at this point.
How does it make you feel that Cassandra, Joel and the brothers were willing to stick their necks out by campaigning and voting for you even though they couldn’t be sure that you would have the votes?
Dallas: Honestly, I have the greatest appreciation for all four of those guys. I know there was only three votes but it was a tough campaign. I had to really expose Maddy and what her real agenda was to get the brothers and Cassandra on my team. I had no doubt in my mind that Joel was going to stay loyal to me. It’s tough, man. Those guys would have had my loyalty to the very end considering my alliance basically disintegrated and kind of threw me under the bus. I am a very loyal person and I would have took those guys as far as I possibly could in return for having my back this week.
Would you have remained loyal to Nikki and Tim as well had they voted for you to stay?
Dallas: Absolutely. I tried to tell Nikki. She wanted to vote with me. She said it when Maddy was first nominated that she felt like I deserved to be there more, she liked me more, she thought that Maddy was kind of phoney and that was basically the blunt truth about it. I was just as shocked as the audience was.
Do you regret not using your nomination points and telling people to nominate you last week?
Dallas: I can’t say that I do. I had full confidence in my ability to win competitions. I didn’t want to play Tim’s Big Brother Australia game. In Australia he nominated himself and he actually was able to get himself off the block. I wanted to flip the game upside down on him and show him it could be done. It did backfire. I’m not going to be blind to that but it was close. It came down to one more person swinging my way. Unfortunately Nikki flipped last minute.
Some houseguests mentioned that you might have ended up aligning with Jared if you stayed. Was there any chance of that ever happening?
Dallas: Absolutely no chance. My whole campaign was based on I’m going to go after the big dogs. I try to make my word as gold. I’m not going to make Jared and Raul happy and make eight people upset. I am a gambling man but those odds were not in my favour.
During your campaign, you said that you were willing to nominate Ramsey next to Jared. Would you actually have nominated Ramsey?
Dallas: I would have tried to persuade Tim, Cassandra and the brothers to go away from Ramsey, but he voted to get me out this week. If I would have stayed with the four votes, I would have definitely considered it. I love Ramsey, I respect Ramsey, but I just don’t know really where his head is at. If that’s what people wanted me to do, they were the ones that had my back at my darkest hour in the Big Brother house, I’m not going to ignore that fact. I’m a team player. I’m not going to do things irrationally and selfishly, so I would definitely have had a strong consideration for it.
After lying about which way you voted the first week, you played a straight up game. Was that the real you or did you have to adjust to prove you were trustworthy after the voting situation cast doubt on that?
Dallas: I’m basically an open book. I tried to create some doubt in the house. I kind of had it out for Cassandra and was trying to make everyone think it was Cassandra that was lying. It was a risky move to do right at the beginning but I voted because I gave my word to Loveita that I would vote out Kelsey. I tried my best to persuade the house to keep Kelsey and I believe I was a strong factor in keeping Kelsey in the house that week. It was a little bit sketchy but I’m not really regretting any of that.
At times you made it clear that you were against the “foreigners”, as you liked to call them. Did your opinion of Tim change this week?
Dallas: It did and it didn’t, because initially Tim wanted me out at the beginning of the week. I had to basically nail polish these pieces of pasta and put everybody’s names on it and show him my totem pole of who I want out of the house and basically tell him he has my loyalty to the very end and basically make a pact with Tim. It all made sense. It sounded like it was going to be a wicked plan put together. I’m sure I would have had a few more weeks inside the house if I could have just got everybody on board. My opinion initially about Tim and Nikki was they came in a week late, so let’s send them home the following week. Everyone kind of looked at them like they wanted to play with them. They looked at Tim as a shiny new toy. They were just mesmerized by his whole persona as a player and a character. I was always the one trying to say “this is what we should do, this is the most logical thing to do”. It’s hard to do that when you are the only one speaking. At the end of the day, I have got respect for Tim and Nikki. It’s just I feel like they should have been probably voted out a couple of weeks ago.
You had an up and down relationship with Maddy during your time in the house. Now that your game is over, whats are your thoughts on her?
Dallas: Honestly, I think I have seen her true colours and Canada has seen her true colours. She is playing a selfish game. If you watched the episodes I was in, I always was looking out for Maddy. I was always will to be a shield for Maddy, I was always willing to be her advocate and I was always willing to be her big brother in the game. For her to kind of tell me “only one player wins Big Brother” and “it’s not a numbers game”, I just seen her true colours. She can be a little more classy, that’s for sure.
Arisa informed you that either Kelsey or Loveita will be returning. Which of those two do you want to return and why?
Dallas: I think that Kelsey will actually end up reentering the Big Brother house. I feel like Jared and Raul and Mitch and Cassandra will all persuade people to do it. I don’t know what kind of deals are going to be had to actually make that happen. Loveita just doesn’t have the numbers or the people to say “this is why we should keep Loveita, this is why we should bring her back in the game”. It is definitely a crazy twist. I want Loveita to go back inside that house but what I want and what I think are kind of just two different things.
What was your favourite part of the whole experience?
Dallas: From the beginning to the end, I just have never experienced anything like that. I think walking in Day 1 might have been my favourite experience, where everything was just like a dream. Then again, maybe winning those competitions and feeling like you can compete in this house and showing people not to take you lightly. It was like a personal trophy for myself. It’s really hard to pinpoint one. I’m not trying to be vague with you. The whole experience is so surreal. I’m so blessed and grateful that I was chosen to be a part of this cast.
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