Kaysar Ridha knew his time was up.
Why did he go out guns blazing?
And what did he make of Ians request to take that shot for him?
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Read on for the full exit interview.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So how are you doing the morning after, sir?
KAYSAR RIDHA:I’m doing fantastic.
Thank you for asking.
It’s bittersweet, obviously.
So it was truly a blessing and I’m sad to have that come to an end.
Lets talk about your big exit speech.
Lighting the house on fire on your way out as you called out Cody, Nicole, and Dani.
What were you hoping to achieve with that?
This isBig Brother, after all.
I knew I was getting cornered.
Let’s have some fun.
I don’t take it personally when people are playing the game, and neither should they.
You know, I had mixed feelings.
It was Ian, Bayleigh, DaVonne, and Kevin who all kind of asked for the same thing.
They wanted me to do something about it.
And I think they wanted to.
I got the sense they were torn up.
They also knew that they didn’t have the votes, so they didn’t want to out themselves.
So I figured, would it be in bad taste to set this house on fire before I leave?
Is that poor sportsmanship?
I told myself, You know what?
I’m still here.
I’m still in the house.
I’m still in the game.
What do you make of that assessment and do you concur?
I couldn’t agree more.
And you’re free to’t really get a sense of what the details are.
No one’s coming forward and saying: This is the stand I’m taking.
It’s like nobody wants to ruffle any feathers.
So that’s all stuff that’s come about more recently.
And it took a little getting used to.
I’m used to just having played in the lastAll-Stars.That one was incredibly eventful.
We don’t like it as viewers either.
We want these two sides going at each other.
We want everyone mixing things up.
Do you think your speech will wake some people up?
Do you think that’s going to light a fire under anyone?
I think it backs people in the corner.
I think that’s why they were a little upset with me on the way out.
And I think they’d been upset with me while I was in the game too.
They knew I was always onto something.
Im also a little bit disappointed that people weren’t willing to take a stand.
Maybe I’m a lot more aggressive than everyone else.
I have no idea.
What do you make of that?
I’m trying to figure out how that could have possibly happened.
I’m not upset in any way.
I’m genuinely impressed.
It typically takes a lot to be able to get one past me.
I’m able to kind of read the signals that maybe most people can’t pick up on.
And that goes for Christmas as well.
I didn’t really see anything suspicious, which is incredibly impressive.
And I told them to essentially disrupt the house by going after, Cody, Dani, and Tyler.
What did you mean by that?
And I think that’s served me well.
And I’m not happy with the direction that our country is going in.
Especially as a father now, I came to the realization that something needs to happen.
And I’m not one to sit idly by and wait for someone else to fix my own problems.
Let’s just go back into the house.
And let’s maybe useBig Brotheras a platform to do something right now.
So I felt like, you know what?
Like, I’m sure someone will stop for them.
And I think that’s why I came back.
I knew that I could be subject to ridicule.
Hell, maybe lose my job.
I don’t know.
And we got to see you having some of those conversations in the house, which was really nice.
But even if winning was not your ultimate goal, I know youre a fighter.
We saw that in the house.
But you once again fall short of making the jury.
How difficult is that?
And we weren’t able to consolidate power early on in the game.
No one really had the confidence to come forward and say, This is the squad.
This is who we think we can go the distance with.
That’s something that weighed heavily with me and would have been hard on my heart.
So it is bittersweet.
It’s a little bit of a stain on my record.
I wasn’t able to break the curse of never making it to sequester.
This is my third time in.
Super embarrassing, but it’s something I’m going to have to live with.
I have to be the most memorable person to never make it in sequester.
You were so close to winning HOH.
Had you won that competition, who would you have put up on the block?
A lot of what I uncovered was something that was happening circumstantial day to day.
What were your thoughts when she said that?
There were a lot of mixed emotions extremely powerful ones.
It was emotional vomit.
You played three times now been voted out four times.
Are you retired fromBig Brother?
I think it’s safe to say that this is it for me.
I can’t imagine going back.
Not unless people want to see any sexy grandpas on national television.
Ive saved the most important question for last: Do you think youre getting an invitation to Nicoles wedding?
Yeah, I’m going to be the entertainment.
