Big Brother’s house is open once more! Every week, Parade’s Mike Bloom will be bringing you interviews with this season’s houseguests as they get evicted from the game.When Dee Valladares dipped her toes into the Big Brother bay, there was a lot of anticipation — inside and outside the house — of what she would do. After all, this is somebody who, three years ago, put together one of the most impressive performances in recent Survivor history, culminating in a million-dollar check. But, while she was able to put the D in dominant for the first half of the season, it was only a matter of time before she and the other “icons” were in the line of fire. Having to operate from a new position in her reality TV career, she fought admirably from the bottom, escaping a surefire eviction vote not once, but twice. The third time, however, was not the charm. Up against her number one Rick Devens at the Final Four, he became the sole remaining Survivor, as Drew Campbell sent her out the door feeling the agony of “dee-feat.”Dee had all eyes on her from the very first night in the game. Not only was she brought into the house through unforeseen circumstances — namely Rachel Reilly‘s homicide at the hands of a velociraptor — the last in became the first to get power, as she immediately won Head of Household. Dee quickly mobilized a majority, forming a Final Two with fellow castaway Devens, bringing in fellow icon Angela Murray, and making a series of intersecting alliances to have her walking out of the HoH room surrounded by safety. Through the first month of the season, the “Toolshed” had a wrench hold on the game, remaining in power and dictating the first few evictions.But, on Day 31, her “dee-meanor” had changed. Faced with the possibility of evicting Lyric Medeiros or Melody Morris, she worried the former would change her tune down the line, eventually coming after her and the other icons. And so, with the alacrity of a pre-Tribal Council scramble, she and Devens went to work four hours before the eviction. While they always intended to turn on their “Red Corner” allies, they decided to kick off the proceedings early. In the first blindside of the season, the icons cobbled together enough votes to flip the house. And Dee was happy to lie through her teeth about making it happen.Incidentally, however, this move would turn the tide against the “Toolshed” alliance as a whole — including Dee herself. On Yash Patel’s HoH, she hit the block for the first time, in true danger of going home. But Devens pulled through with the Diamond Power of Veto, not only saving his number one, but setting up the ouster of their former ally, Kamu Kirk. When Dee then made her return trip up to the HoH room, she took advantage of the role reversal. Using her own power, she offered Yash the “BB Bribe,” offering to keep him safe in exchange for his guarantee that he’d keep the icons off the block moving forward. With the contract sealed with a coin, she instead went after Mallory Aurichio, who was still looking to get revenge on Dee after getting nominated in Week 1. And while she was successful in getting the Pipe Queen out before jury, the move laid the pipework for a much bigger betrayal.Barrett Pfeiffer had been one of Dee’s closest people in the house for the first seven weeks, both physically and strategically. But he was growing increasingly tired of the icons dictating his game. When Mallory went up, that was the straw that broke the Barrett’s back. When he won HoH, he made one of the biggest moves of the season, putting all three reality vets on the block. And, despite Dee’s comments that he would regret the move for the rest of his life, it seemed like the votes were lining up to boot her from the house. But, facing her first-ever eviction vote, she went to work, privately and publicly pitching to Taylor Brown and Yash Patel that she can be used as a weapon to take down her former allies. And the duo took the deal, leaving Drew and Melody in the dark. Later, during the double eviction, Dee was yet again on the ropes, left defenseless after another Devens clutch comp win. But, two weeks after Drew voted to evict her, she was astoundingly able to convince him to keep her, leading him to flip back over to the icons to evict Yash.While Dee was grateful to Drew for the move, that doesn’t mean she did have the win on the mind. Indeed, mere minutes after the double eviction, she drilled back in on the dental assistant, feeling he was one of the biggest threats to her endgame chances. Unfortunately, she never got the chance to act on those thoughts. Drew won the veto at both the Final Five and Final Four, leaving Dee in a tricky spot as she sat next to her number one on Day 80. In her mind, Devens was the much bigger threat to win, and facing the vote for the first time made him an easy boot. But now it was her turn to be shocked. Whether it be Dee and Drew’s wavering trust in each other throughout the season, her nominating and targeting him, or Devens’ close-knit relationship with his in-house son, the result was all the same. The Drew had spoken, and it was time for Dee to go.On her way to the jury house, Dee talks with Parade about why she planned to go all the way with Devens in the game, if she could have pitched anything to change Drew’s mind on evicting her, and the biggest move she regrets in the house
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Of your 80 days in the house, what is the move you were most proud of making, and the move you regret making the most?Oh my goodness! [Pause.] I’m proud of the way I handled the BB Bribe. It was a hard no at first, and then I came back up and I used a Chris Voss tactic, and it worked! And I got the most out of the 5K. I was able to keep not only myself safe, but Devens and Angela for a whole week, even as a renom. So I am very proud of that. Because a part of me was like, “Is this even gonna work?” And it’s very scary to know that, “Alright, I’m gonna try something. But it might not work, and I might look like an idiot.” But I think I got the most out of that, and it did solidify mine and Devens’ safety later on. So that was pretty cool to know. Do I wish it would have gone on longer? Yes. But either way, Yash left in the double eviction, so I am proud of it.The one I regret the most, I would probably just say taking Melody out. Because the moment that I took her out is the moment that Drew got even closer to Devens. It was really actually up to me to keep Melody. Because Drew voted to evict Taylor, so I really had the power to make that decision. However, I don’t know if I even could have gone against Devens because then I know that I’d be going against his game. But probably in hindsight, taking Melody out. Then again, even if I wouldn’t have taken Melody out, that’s still a duo with Drew and Melody. So I couldn’t forgive myself if there was a world where I kept Melody, and then Melody and Drew took both of us out, Deviens and me, and then they made it to the Final Two. I couldn’t have forgiven myself.That’s about it. I mean, I definitely have to decompress more because obviously this all just happened. But I’m just in general proud of the game I played and have really no regrets. I think the biggest regret that I have is just being frustrated at myself for not doing better at comps or not studying the game more or sucking at puzzles! I think that is what I regret more.You and Devens clearly worked closely together throughout the season. Talk to me about how your relationship with your fellow Survivor player changed throughout your time in the game together, and how far did you really want to go with him?Oh, Devens is the best person in the world! I am the biggest Rick Devens fan. I have never played with someone like Rick Devens. He is so stupid, but also so damn smart. And he loves to have fun, and he’s always coming up with ideas. But also a very caring guy, and just [has] a heart of gold. He is the smartest ally I have ever had, and I feel so honored to play with him. Playing with him makes me realize, “Oh my God, he did deserve his win on on his season of Survivor.” He is just a really, really cool person.And our relationship I feel like only got stronger. And at first, I was a little bit scared because it could have gone either way. We could have hated each other, or we could have really bonded. And I think we’re very similar in in the fact that we’re just very silly people, and we do not take anything serious at all. And I think that really helped us as allies and as friends. We knew that this is house money. We are the only two Survivors in here. I already won a game; he got fourth place on his season. People are gonna take shots at us. So why not have fun and why not make big moves? And I think we were both very open to that. When it comes to cutting Devens, the only time that I thought about cutting Devens is when it was Drew’s HoH, and he had offered to put himself as up as a renom. And during that week, I had already had my eye on him, Barrett, and Drew, and their little boys’ club. And sometimes they piss me off and they’d annoy me. Because we’d be at the dining table in the mornings, and everybody would be having a conversation. But then sometimes they’d get quiet, and the three of them would never stop talking, and they do not ask questions to anybody else. It was always the three of them talking about movies and BS. And it would just actually piss me off because they would never look at anybody else and ask anybody else a question. It almost felt like they were so, you know, horse view on each other, and that would piss me off. And it got to a point also where Devens questioned where my vote went. And that pissed me off! And that question came after he was having a conversation with Drew in the Have-Not room. So those little moments.And even after I renom’d Mallory and she went home, I gave space for Devens to be the good cop, and I’d be the bad cop. But I think he leaned into it a little too much for my liking. Because there was a moment where it was me, Barrett, Drew, and Devens, and we were all sitting together. And Devens loves to make jokes. And one time, Devens made a joke in front of the guys and said, “Oh, did you forget what happened last week?” And he was referencing me renomming Mallory and her going home. Even though we had just created the Mosh Pit, which was created just to keep Angela safe. So that joke pissed me off because it made me feel like, “Dude! Alright, you’re leaning into the good guy role a little too much, and me the bad guy a little too much. I gave you the space to do so. But don’t be making these f—king jokes in front of them!” so I did sit Devens aside immediately after the joke. And I said, “Devens, I don’t feel supported when you do X, Y, Z.” And he felt really bad about it, and he’s like, “I’m sorry, Dee. It wasn’t my intention.” I always had a soft spot for Devens and Angela, and obviously they were my ride-or-die people. But that was the only time I considered cutting him. It was there. Had he not won that Block Buster, I would have considered cutting him all week. I was crying thinking about it. However, the morning of, I was like, “Dude, I can’t cut Devens. I can’t do that to him. This is my person. Why the hell am I even thinking about this?” So I even felt guilty thinking about it.If had I won the final veto, I would not have cut Devens. I would have cut Drew. Because if I would have cut Devens and I would have competed against Drew and Taylor, and then one of them would have beat me and cut me before Final Two, I could have never lived with myself. And it’s no surprise that I didn’t do as well in these comps as Survivor. I thought to myself, “Okay, well I suck at puzzles. One of these final games is going to be a puzzle that I’m probably not going to win. So if I cut Devens now, and Taylor or Drew cut me before Final Two, and me or Devens do not win this game. I cannot live with myself.”So I would have absolutely brought him to the final three, even if that meant that Devens could beat me in those final comps and cut me, or beat me in the Final Two, which he should have. So, but at least it ensures that Devens wins the game, my main ally. And I do want him to have that money. So I did not consider too deeply cutting him. Now, had I won veto, would I have weighed out my options as I always do? Yes. But I wouldn’t have cut him in the Final Four.Your trust in Drew wavered throughout the season, with you nominating him during your HoH and him voting to evict you. Talk to me about how your relationship changed during your time in the house. Oh, Drew, my little weasel! I freaking love this kid so damn much. Aand I’ve said it before. I do feel this responsibility, as like older sister vibes. I never felt like I was an older sister in my life until I met Drew. And yes, our relationship was a classic Latina-Latino sister vibe. One time, I don’t trust him, then I do trust him. But my love for him never wavered. But yes, there were many moments where I didn’t trust him, and obviously that’s why I put him up too. But after I put him up, I definitely did trust him. He finally put his foot down and was arguing with Yosh and Lala and Taylor. And that was when I realized, “Oh my God, Drew, he just matured. Oh my God, he’s playing the game. Oh my God, he’s not afraid to put his foot down.” So it wasn’t up until then that I felt even closer to fricking Drew, and it almost felt like I felt so prideful to know that he’s able to do this, even after I nominated him. But after that nomination where he stood his ground, I was not going to vote to evict him. I was blindly with him. Do you feel in retrospect there was anything you could have pitched to him to stay in the game?Do I think there’s anything else I could have said to him to change his mind? In hindsight, maybe. Maybe s–t on Devens’game a little bit more, kind of pin everything on him the same way that Devens and I decided, “Hey, if one of us goes to the jury, take credit for all the game moves.” Maybe I could have sat Drew down and been like, “Hey, these are Devens game moves. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.”But I couldn’t do it. My heart can’t do that to Devens. Because if there was a world where Drew were to cut Devens in Final Three because of something I said, I don’t want to be that. I don’t want to be that person. I mean, Drew told me himself he had his mind made up. He knew what he was gonna do. So the same way that I would have cut Drew because I wanted to ensure that myself or Devens won this game is the same reason Drew cut me. He wanted to ensure that himself and Devens won the game. So I don’t think there’s anything I could have said. I probably will regret it after, once Drew gets out of the game and tells me, “Dee, if you would have said this, I would have not voted to evict you.” But their relationship was just so strong, and their bond. And honestly, kudos to Devens, because he has Drew wrapped. Which is amazing to watch as a gamer, that you have somebody so blindly loyal to you. It’s the best thing that you could have in the game.In the beginning of the game, you and the other icons were guaranteed the first HoH. And you also got the Diamond Power of Veto and BB Bribe through the time capsule, which helped you through several tight spots. How much of an advantage do you think you had over the other players in the house, and how did that affect the way you played?I do think we had an advantage, obviously, because it was one of three chances, and we were the only people that could win HoH. And of course, the powers were a huge advantage. However, I did not choose to get an advantage. This was all America. Blame America if you want to! And also it all came down to, first, we had to get the power right. [With] other people, America voted for them, but they got punishments, so not my fricking problem! And it all came down to what Devens and I did with the powers. And I think that both of us used our powers to their full advantage and their full power in itself. We did have an advantage, obviously guaranteed HoH the first week, but also we are the only three icons in the house. And the fact that we were named “icons” — and I love that. I thank you for calling me an icon; I appreciate it. But goodness, when something is attached to your name like that, it is very hard to remove that perspective. People are just gonna call you “the icons,” and that word in itself is hard. There’s no way that you can say anything for people to not look at you as an icon and not see you as a threat. And the fact that the three of us have already played games before. I already won Survivor. I was on The Challenge. I did Survivor again. Devens got fourth. Then he did Survivor again. Angela, we all know her and love her. So that in itself is a disadvantage. Because people look at you and they think, “Okay, we got to get them out.” You know what I mean? Yes, the powers did get us out of tricky situations that we otherwise wouldn’t have gotten out of for sure. Maybe, who knows? But at the end of the day, we didn’t choose those powers. America voted for us for whatever reason. And other people also got voted, and they got punishment, so that’s on them. And really, it came down to what Devens did with his Diamond Power of veto, and he did a huge move. And I also think I did a huge move with the BB Bribe. So I think we both maximized the powers to our advantage. And yeah, I think we would have created alliances and bonds, regardless of whether we wouldn’t have won HoH. We would have figured it out anyway, I’d like to believe.
Finally, give your rapid-fire thoughts on each of the remaining houseguests. Starting with Devens.Goofy, intelligent.Drew.He’s a lover. He’s a lover at his core.And finally, Taylor.Unpredictable! [Laughs.]
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