He won three Head of Household competitions, including the final one at the end.
He won two Vetoes.
He took out two of the biggest players of the game in Michael Bruner and Matthew Turner.
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He was well-liked and respected by the jury.
How does Monte feel about the jury overwhelmingly voting for Taylor over him?
How does he think he would have done against Turner at the end?
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And whom would he have voted for in a Turner vs. Taylor final?
(Also read our finale interviews withBig Brotherwinner Taylor Haleandthird place finisher Matthew Turner.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What you are going through right now is one of the craziest whirlwinds imaginable.
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MONTE TAYLOR:There’s a lot happening really fast right now.
I was just in a house secluded from society for three months, you know what I mean?
I did not see myself being here at the beginning of this year.
And the fact that I made it this far with that being the situation, I’m extremely grateful.
So to me, I’m all centered around love, man.
I’m feeling good.
I know you were doing jury math in your head over the past week.
I felt like the stars were aligning.
I had no doubt in my mind that I would be coming out on top after the vote.
You only got Turner’s vote to win.
Which votes were you most surprised tonotget?
Joseph, because we were so tight throughout the season while he was here in the house.
We had talked about wanting to see each other make it to the end.
I thought at least Michael as well too.
And Indy for sure.
I was thinking, “These people all have watchedBig Brother.
They understand what it takes to get this far and the moves that you have to make.”
So I think those were the votes that I was counting on.
Oh, you know what, I forgot about Terrence.
The same thing with Terrence.
I mean, Terrence was toting around, “You got to make a big move.
You got to make a big move” the whole season, man.
He wanted me to take a shot at Michael.
He wanted me to take a shot at anybody who came off as a physical threat.
So what do you think it was where they all went towards Taylor?
Taylor, she’s gifted in communication.
She knows how to connect with people.
She went up there and she just stunted.
So, to me, I think that was what resonated with the jury.
We know Taylor knows how to give a good speech.
We’ve seen that all season.
So was that in your calculus when you decided to bring her to the end?
Did you know she was going to hit it pretty hard there at the end?
I mean, I thought that she could definitely say things that resonated with the jury.
I didn’t knowhowwell it would resonate with the jury.
I’m an evidence-based person.
Brittany, of course, I felt like she would, but not necessarily everybody else.
Are you beating yourself up for taking her instead of Turner?
No, I mean, in my head I think about it.
So then I think it comes down to who made the biggest moves in the game.
And I thought Turner made the biggest moves on his HOHs.
He took out a big social threat and competitive threat in Ameerah on week three.
And then Michael, the bestBig Brothercompetitor I’ve ever seen.
Although I won the Veto, it was on his HOH.
Whom would you have voted for between Turner and Taylor if you’d been sitting on the jury?
The crazy thing is, hearing that speech, maybe I would’ve voted for Taylor too.
Man, I don’t know.
We’re both very old school sort of guys.
Although we’re younger, we tend to have old souls.
Here’s my resume.
Take it or leave it."
So maybe Taylor, in that right.
But I’m going to ask you again anyway about you and Taylor very topsy-turvy.
What do you want to say about it?
It’s hard to say right now, man.
So I’m open minded to wherever that goes, but I can’t say anything concrete right now.
