But, alas, it was the end of the line for Christian on Thursday’s live eviction episode.
What does Christian make of Derek X’s plan to get him out?
What was his biggest mistake in the game?
Christian Birkenberger on ‘Big Brother’.CBS
And what’s up with that big smooch he gave showmance partner Alyssa on the way out the door?
We asked Christian all that and more the morning after his ouster.
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Christian Birkenberger on ‘Big Brother’.CBS
Personally, I think he did do what he felt was best for him.
Everyone has to go after each other.
You tried to give him that sales job right before the Veto ceremony.
I made a lot of pitches.
They didn’t have to really discuss it besides my former Kings.
So once he knew the Veto would be used, I think it was a no-brainer.
I was going up.
Was there ever any consideration on your part on taking a shot at him when you were HOH?
But, at the time, I had reason to believe that it was smarter to keep him around.
And that’s a mistake that I do regret.
At one point Tiffany was trying to turn the vote in your favor.
Why was she not able to get it done?
Although I really feel like I had everybody convinced it was better to keep me.
This was the perfect opportunity for them to take the shot at me.
And I understand that.
But that’s what happens when you have a little distraction in the house, I guess.
The odds were in my favor.
I really justified all the wins that I had, but nobody was buying it.
So, yeah, I did paint a huge target on myself when I won those comps.
You only got two votes to stay.
Do you know which votes you got?
So that really meant a lot to me.
And I allowed her to do that.
So what about, Xavier then?
Why did he vote for you to stay instead of his other former teammate in Sarah Beth?
He told me that Sarah Beth told him, “Listen, I’m staying.
She gave him permission as I gave Britini permission to throw that vote out.
So she gave X the ability to allow me to walk out with my head held high.
And it did mean a lot because I don’t want to go out on a unanimous vote.
How aware are you of the other alliances in the house?
What do you know?
I didn’t know walking out of the house.
Apparently, there’s this thing called a Cookout or something like that?
And that’s what blows my mind because they are doing a fantastic job.
And in hindsight, they probably were behind every single decision.
So they’re doing a great job.
You almost broke up, the Cookout!
Once Tiffany was trying to save you, there was some tension that almost broke up the alliance.
Yeah, I almost inadvertently broke up the alliance without any knowledge of it.
That would have actually been incredible if I was able to do that.
I don’t like to hear it, but it happens.
That goodbye kiss really just was, “I’m going to miss you.
It’s going to be a long two months.”
A lot of things were in that kiss.
What did you mean by that?
I mean, that’s the reality of the situation.
Two monthsisa very long time, but it’s not too long of a time.
It’s just a fact that it is a long time.
And really, she’s the only thing on my mind since I’ve left the house.
If you had made it to the end, would you have wanted to be sitting next to her?
I would have never taken the shot and I would have wanted to sit next to her.
And I did want to sit next to her on final two.
It can be good if you want to go home.
But it can be bad if you still want to be part of the game from a voting perspective.
You don’t know.
Every single thing I did in this game proved that all I wanted to do was be there.
So I would have preferred to stay in the game for a lot of reasons.
I would have liked the opportunity to potentially spend a lot more time with Alyssa.
And if there’s any punch in of jury Battle Back, I would have had that opportunity.
If you could go back and change one thing about your game, what would it be?
I always think of my heart, never think of my head.
So there are a lot of days where nothing happens and it’s not seen on TV.
It’s an uncomfortable situation.
So I would have spent less time isolating myself with Alyssa and more time with the group.
And I think that would have made a massive difference.
Who’s playing the best game so far?
I know he’s in the Cookout now.
And he’s smart enough to pull it off.
I now know he’s a lawyer.
He definitely seems like a lawyer, and I didn’t put the pieces together until two days ago.
I would’ve used it to work more with him.
I already was, but I would have used it to grow our relationship even more.
Oh my God, maybe a negative five.
It was so bad!
I’m okay with not being good at that.
