Rick Devens doesn’t blame the previous “Large Brother” gamers who actively rooted towards him as a result of he was on “Survivor” first.
“Good for them,” the Season 28 winner solely advised Web page Six on Friday. “Earlier than all this occurred… I do know ‘BB’ gamers have come on ‘Survivor,’ however I wouldn’t need them successful a ‘Survivor’ recreation. That makes them seem like they’re higher than we’re.”
“So, I perceive the place they’re coming from,” Devens, 42, added.
However the former morning information anchor identified that there’s now been three “Survivor” gamers who’ve had nice success on “Large Brother.”
“Dee [Valladares] and I each did fairly nicely. Cirie [Fields] did fairly good too,” he mentioned, joking, “However hopefully now that I’m one among them, they’ll they’ll cradle me of their arms and i’ll get pleasure from being cradle there.”
The truth star gushed that he’s “so proud” to be part of the “Large Brother” household following his $810,000 victory on Thursday.
“I can’t consider i’m a ‘BB’ winner,” he shared. “I nonetheless haven’t wrapped my thoughts round that.”
Whereas Season 28 was airing, Seasons 3 and seven alum Danielle Reyes solely advised Web page Six that she was rooting towards Devens and Valladares, 29, due to their “Survivor” ties.
“I’m somewhat territorial, as a result of we’ve got this inside frenemy with ‘Survivor’ folks,” she mentioned. “I don’t care who you’re, however for those who’re ‘Large Brother’ alumni, we don’t need them to win, as a result of that’s our kingdom.”
“Now we have this inside battle, like what’s the tougher present? What’s essentially the most tough: ‘Survivor’ or ‘Large Brother?’” Reyes, 54, added.
Britney Haynes from Seasons 12 and 14 agreed with Reyes, noting there’s “considerably of a rivalry” between the gamers from the 2 CBS actuality collection.
“Profitable each exhibits, that’s one thing that has by no means been achieved,” Haynes, 39, continued. “So after all there’s that piece of you that desires the ‘Large Brother’ individual to be the primary one to do it.”
Devens turned the primary “Survivor” participant to win “Large Brother,” after evicting his shut ally Drew Campbell in third place and securing six of the seven jury votes over Taylor Brown within the closing two. Devens additionally gained the America’s Favourite Houseguest prize (price $50,000).
In his interview with Web page Six, Devens clapped again on the jury and Brown for accusing him of getting an unfair benefit within the recreation on account of being one of many “Icons” with Valladares and Angela Murray.
“It’s like, you guys outnumber us 14 to a few. We have been protected the primary week. There’s 11 weeks after that. You can have gotten us out mainly any time that you just have been capable of get energy,” Devens mentioned.
“However we took benefit of the state of affairs and we discovered individuals who needed to work with us and have been capable of put collectively a majority alliance,” he added.
Devens additionally advised us that after they labored towards one another on “Survivor 50,” he and Valladares teamed up within the “Large Brother” home as a result of they “needed to rep” for his or her unique present.
“She’s nice to work with. She’s bought this killer intuition. Two very totally different play types that I feel actually performed off one another, and Angela introduced in a complete totally different perspective,” Devens mentioned.
“They have been a ton of enjoyable to work,” he added. “We made up lower than 20 p.c of the home and I’m shocked they weren’t coming for us tougher than they have been.”
