Have you ever seen someone so unhappy to win $500,000?
Jackson Michie achieved his dream of winningBig Brotherand the half-million dollars (and confetti) that came with it.
Read on for answers!
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(Also see to it to check out our interviews withHolly AllenandNicole Anthony.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First off, congratulations on winningBig Brother.JACKSON MICHIE: Thank you.
But nonetheless, it was a lot of excitement on the inside.
It was a lot to handle.
I just made half a million for a summer.
Thats a pretty good take.
Lets get into what went down with the vote at the end.
We played two very different games.
As much as we were together, we were very separate.
And her social game was impeccable.
And theres a reason why she avoided the block as long as she did.
She had great personal relationships with everyone that was in jury and I necessarily didnt.
I think every single person that left was pretty pissed off with me.
So a lot of that went through my head.
And I knew that it would be going one of two ways in terms of votes.
So I was just hoping that it would go my way.
And luckily it did.
Im very abrasive and I have a lot of energy and passion in everything I say and do.
And Im that way towards everyone.
And is it right?
And if someone upsets me, they upset me the same way that a guy would.
And I truly do respect women.
I hate that someone may think that out there.
But were you worried at all from a vote perspective that that might hurt you?Potentially, yes.
And theres a lot of conversations that her and I have had where weve made up.
Were very brother and sister-esque in a sense that we will bicker and go back and forth.
But I was confident in my ability to handle these questions and my responses to them.
And the votes lined up with it accordingly.
Heres the half million dollar question for me.
When you get to the end and the decision you had to make.
You win the final HOH.
If you thought, Listen, Im doing jury math in my head.
I think I probably maybe have a better chance of winning against Nicole.
They truly are my two favorite people in this house.
I think they have very different but very respectful games and its very different from mine.
So it was a crap shoot between us three.
I still would have brought Holly.
Id rather lose to her than take what could be received as an easy way out.
But I dont think Nicole is an easy way out.
I think I have just as good a chance of winning or losing to either them.
And it honestly came down to loyalty and it was a game decision.
And Hollys never turned her back on me.
So she mightve had a better chance of beating me.
Nicole mightve had a better chance of beating me.
Ill never know because I wasnt sitting next to her.
But the decision I made, it was about returning the favor.
How do you think youd do against Nicole, Jackson?
How do you think that shakes out?
I know youve thought about it.I truly think that her and I have such drastically different gameplays.
And she was the underdog in this season.
And she won important competitions when she needed to.
And I truly think that she could beat me in swing five votes very easily.
That week of HOH got a very important and crucial part of multiple peoples alliances out.
It also allowed me to get a final four deal.
Going into the final four when Cliff and Nicole had the two soul votes to split us up.
That mightve been a half a million dollar move.
And you talk about keeping you and Holly together.
Its interesting, because obviously you guys had the showmance.
But it was sort of an off again, on again thing for a little bit.
If that connection had become permanently severed, how do you think that impacts your game?
Are you still sitting there at the end as the winner?It doesnt affect my game.
We started this thing out in an alliance together.
We connected because we saw eye to eye on a lot of different things.
And our personal level, it came after that.
But our game was very separate.
The decisions I made was not better for her game and vice versa.
Were you swayed at all by that?He did.
And no, it concerned me because it was a very legitimate threat.
It was something I thought was possible.
But at the end of the day, Id rather take the gamble and call him on his bluff.
He respects game, and I know that.
And he is one of the best players in this house.
So I know it was more than likely strategy, and as his vote shows, it was.
But I had to call him on his bluff, and luckily it paid out.
However, my loyalty is only given to those when it is reciprocated.
And his wavering, and mainly Nicoles wavering on keeping Holly, severed that for me.
So at that point I realized I was playing a bad game ofBig BrotherI didnt want to play.
I didnt want to have to lie.
I didnt want to have to go back on words, but I would do it.
And I would adapt to my environment to survive.
And thats exactly what I did.
So I dont think it was naive of him.
And then the Zingbot comes in and calls you a pompous douchebag.
Did that stuff bother you or were you able to brush that off?
And most of the times it is because they have never gotten to know me.
I know who I am.
I know who Im not.
And everything I did was for this game to get me to the final two chairs.
So it crossed my mind.
It definitely weighed on me.
And in that house, we have no distractions, so it can get to you.
But it ultimately was not going to be the reason why I started spiraling.
I took a lick on the chin and kept on going forward.
All right, were you sneaking snacks in the shower when you were Have-Not on slop?
Come clean with me.
Were you sneaking snacks?I really wasnt.
I respect this game too much.
At no point would I ever think that I deserved something over anybody else.
I really, really wasnt.
I volunteered to be a Have-Not.
I wanted to get that experience ofBig Brother.
I volunteered to go up on the block as a pawn.
I threw a rogue vote.
And that includes being punished.
That includes eating slop for a week.
And I like to eat.
And at no point did I ever even consider going back on that.
What are you going to do with the money?Well, I have no car.
Im not sure where my apartment is, and as of right now, my employment is this check.
So I got to start working on some things, but its for my family.
I need to take care of a few expenses on my end.
I might splurge on a trip with Holly, but that might come out a change of scenery.
But for me, a lot of this money is setting myself up for success.
Very much like in this game Im looking long term.
Its as Zingbot said, chess not checkers.
You mentioned a trip with Holly.
She mentioned the same thing to me.
She had a great head on her shoulders.
And in that house with no distractions people bicker.
Ive had arguments with just about everybody in that house, and thats part of it.
But I really do have the utmost respect for her.
I want for us to be able to live life together after this week.
Ironically enough, were in the same city.
So it wont be hard.
And same for me.
So its part of the deal.
I know youre a self-proclaimed mamas boy.
She is an incredible woman.
And I hope that I made her proud.
They both worked very hard to raise me into the man I am.
But thats part of the experience I signed up for.
Also check that to read ourBig Brotherexit interviews withHolly AllenandNicole Anthony.
