He went through the entireBig Brother: All-Starsseason without once being nominated for eviction.
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(Also confirm to read our exit interviews withwinner Cody Calafioreandthird-place finisher Nicole Franzel.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Okay, less than two hours out of the house.
How are you feeling?
ENZO PALUMBO: Awesome, bro.
I love the way it went down.
So, I’m happy.
First off, you seemed very concerned that the jury was laughing at you and notwithyou.
“They love you.
Yo, they love you.
They’re laughing with you, not at you.”
I was like, “Okay.
That kind of threw me.
The timing threw me off, and then hearing them laughing and I wasn’t seeing faces.
Then their faces would pop up.
It kind of made me splutter a little bit, but you know, the nerves were there.
[After 10 years], I come back and I get to the end of this game again.
I know I got a tough test beating Cody.
It was all those emotions and everything.
I wish I could have shout out my mom and my brother, but it is what it is.
I’m sure everyone that gets that position, you’re doing some jury math in your head.
Was there anyone that you were thinking, “I think I might get this person?
You played this game neat.”
I was in awe.
His social game was really good.
He was in everyone’s cookie jar.
He was in the loop about everything, and comps, I mean, come on.
That last comp, four minutes?
This guy didn’t miss one question at the end.
He came to play, and he played hard.
I know my track record at the end.
I don’t know what it is.
At the end, I can’t win a comp to save my life and I know that.
I couldn’t believe that he did it in that way.
That’s why I just broke down.
I was like, “This is crazy.
What am I doing here?
What am I doing against the champion in him?”
So, I’m just hoping to sliver into the final two.
She was not taking me.
It was hard to be there at the end.
Me and my brother talked about it.
It is what it is.
I’m going to take my chances.
I played it right, man.
I massaged that and used that to the end.
We saw you get very emotional when you lost the second part of the final HOH.
You said, Ive embarrassed myself.
You said you were ready to go.
You told them not to bring you to the final two.
What was going on there and why was that moment where it all hit you?
It hit me, man, because like I said, I don’t crack.
I don’t crack at all.
Maybe it’s old age.
It’s been 10 years.
Enzo came to the end and beat him heads up.”
It would have looked really good on my resume.
I felt like, me losing those comps at the end, was $500,000.
It was just, $500,000.
I had another great chance to win $500,000 and I messed up.
That’s why I told him.
I said, “It has nothing to do with you two, it’s me.
I made a big mistake and I looked really bad, 37 minutes to his four.”
It just looked bad.
I was a little embarrassed and I cracked.
That’s what it is.
Whom would you have taken with you to the end had you indeed won that final Head of Household?
She didn’t do nothing.
So, I think I had a better shot with her, which was crazy.
I’m telling you.
I really didn’t know till that moment.
Until it struck me, but it was definitely a possibility.
I could’ve maybe taken her.
I loved Cody and what we did.
You know what I mean?
Do you think you would win against her?
I think I had a really good chance of beating her.
I think I did.
I just think she didn’t do enough.
She only won three comps and we were at the end of it.
She did good socially, of course, because she got there at the end.
You just don’t know.
Let’s playBig BrotherWhat If the other way.
Let’s say that Cody takes Nicole instead of you, and you’re sitting there on the jury.
Whom are you voting for?
If Cody cut me, I was going to give Nicole my vote, just because of that.
I was like, “No, this time I’m not doing it.
Whoever cuts me is not getting my vote.”
I was going with that.
I was going to be petty this time.
How do you make through an entireAll-Starsseason without getting nominated?
I dont know, but it is what it is.
Dan played this game as one of the greats.
Paul played this game, came back, played with rookies, had a little bit of safety.
I had no safety but me, man.
I got to the end of this game without even being on a block, man.
That speaks volumes in anAll-Starseason with legends, with schemers.
I wasn’t a target, man.
I wasn’t a target and I wasn’t even on the block, which is crazy.
We played this game awesome together.
The $50,000 cushions the blow a little bit, that’s nice.
In a way, that’s tougher than getting cut early, you know?
Yeah, $50,000 is great.
Second place, I love hearing that.
I do love hearing that I got second place.
It’s an accolade.
$500,000 would have been nice.
He thought I won, by the way.
I was answering the questions.
He said, “You were on point with the questions.
I don’t know.
You never know with this jury.”
I was like, “Bro, it’s going to be a demolition.
You’re going to destroy me.”
I just felt like he played so awesome.
I played with Rachel on the other season.
Cody could do it all.
Cody could win comps when he needs to.
Cody’s social game is really good.
He’s one of the best.
He’s one of the greats.
Now he’s got first and second place.
He’s definitely not in Derricks shadow no more.
He definitely pulled that this season.
That’s out there?
I’m probably going to have a million foot stalkers now.
I think my feet are ugly.
I think my toenails are ugly, but I have a foot stalker.
You know what I mean?
I don’t know if I should be upset or scared, because she only likes my feet.
She doesn’t like nothing else about me.
It is what it is, bro.
I’ll take what I can get.
At my age, I’ll take whatever I can get.
