Miesha Tate left theCelebrity Big Brotherhouse the same way she entered it: as a winner.
Her victory was complete after the jury voted for her 7-1 over fellow finalist Todrick Hall.
What does Miesha make of her wire-to-wire victory?
Miesha Tate on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.CBS
Was she surprised by the jury’s harsh words towards Todrick?
And was she surprised to win by such a lopsided margin?
We chatted with the champ after the final bell, and here’s what she had to say.
Miesha Tate, Todrick Hall, and Cynthia Bailey on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ season 3.CBS
So I didn’t put the amount of preparation into this.
Even though I envisioned winning this game, it was a really difficult task.
When I walked into the house, [I was like] “Everyone thinks I’m a threat.
‘Celebrity Big Brother’.CBS
This is gonna be really tough.”
I am elated to be the winner.
All of the above.
Why do you think the jury almost unanimously chose you over Todrick?
This is how it’s played."
I saw part of season 23 before I came in.
But everyone else didn’t understand that.
There were so many people in the house who were not knowledgable, like myself.
I had no idea how it was played.
I haven’t seen it yet.
I was confused and it took away some of the excitement of me winning.
And maybe that will be something he does.
Were you surprised by any of the votes you did get?
I assume Todd [Bridges]’s vote was surprising.
He was really a loyal, great alliance member until it was the time we had to go.
And then we were honest like, “We’re going head-to-head now.
May the best man or woman win.”
And so I thought maybe I would have his vote.
However, the frustration he showed was very surprising to me.
I did not anticipate he would have any kind of animosity towards either one of us.
So that part was surprising.
Yeah, I thought it was then like 50-50, I guess.
You know, hemightvote for you.
And so it wasn’t a shock.
It wasn’t like I was expecting him to vote one way or the other.
But when he delivered that, I was very taken back by it.
If that doesn’t happen, you go out much earlier.
Did you think that had any chance of working when you all started in on that?
I didn’t even know it was gonna happen.
Look, we are playing a game here.
We’re trying to win.
And there are no rules.
And she agreed on a final four with myself, Chris Kirkpatrick, Todrick, and her.
I’m sorry, you guys, I just need some help competition-wise"?
So we called it like it is.
We did not create that story out of anywhere.
Putting Chris on the block was very difficult for me.
However, it ended up being a backdoor situation, which I think was very frustrating to her.
And that was hard for me.
People didn’t see this, but I was HOH for 10 days.
Most people after that are only HOH for three or four.
And I knew nothing about this game.
So I was just trying to figure it out.
And I made a mistake in telling someone they were safe for that week.
And then the whole house had flipped itself on its head like 12 billion times.
When Todrick looked at me and was like, “Will you keep me safe?”
I’m like, “Yes.”
I’m like, “Can’t promise that.”
I thought I tried to be upfront and honest with everybody.
Are you surprised you got her vote?
I thought it was gonna come down to Teddi as the tiebreaker, to be honest.
So, no, I wasn’t surprised.
She was pretty mad at me when she left.
Like, if looks could kill, I feel like I would’ve been slayed right there.
So yeah, I thought she might have given Todrick her vote.
You were dominant in challenges, winning four Head of Household competitions and two Veto comps.
So I am proud of myself.
And this has seemed improbable and impossible to me from the moment I signed up to do this.
