Brandon “Frenchie” French could not have entered theBig Brotherhouse any hotter.
But then Frenchie got burned.
Not only that, but he burned himself.
Brandon ‘Frenchie’ French on ‘Big Brother’.CBS
How did Frenchie go from the penthouse to out of the house?
We spoke to the second eliminatedBig Brotherseason 23 contestant to get the scoop from the man himself.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, Frenchie.
Britini D’Angelo and Brandon ‘Frenchie’ French on ‘Big Brother’.CBS
Why are you sitting here talking to me?
And it definitely happened.
So I would definitely change a few things if I could go back.
But at the end of the day, it is what it is.
Do you think that’s accurate?
Very accurate, very accurate.
This’ll be easy."
And I was like, okay, so these masks have to be ripped off.
I want to see how these people really are.
And that’s what I did.
Why do you think they all turned against you?
I was the most protected person in week 1.
Not just because I was HOH, but because of what I had built around me.
I built an alliance based on people that I didn’t trust and that I wanted to figure out.
Which is very different.
So I was trying to bring them in to figure out how they worked.
And I’d be one step ahead.
Why make so many promises so early, and do you think that got you in trouble?
Now, let me tell you a big part of that.
I knew that those weren’t the people that I wanted to go home.
And if people pay attention, I said, “go home.”
And when I won I instantly got offered that risk, right?
And I missed my kids.
So there was no way I was taking that risk.
And then we had a curveball thrown at us called the Wildcard competition, which Christian got safe.
And he got the spinning wheel to save people as well.
So that knocked people off of that.
So all the rest of them were instantly out.
Originally there were three males, one was a minority, two weren’t.
And two out of that one was in the alliance that I had made.
So that brought it down to one, which was Travis.
So I knew that he was going to be my end goal.
And I was assuming that the Veto was going to have something crazy, just like the HOH did.
So that’s why he was actually nominated.
He was just there as a placeholder.
I said that from the beginning, and I stayed true.
I’m going to put up the person you’re closest with.'
And I know that you’re coming after me.
And so that was my way of sending a message, putting her up.
Did I ever have a full intention of her going home?
And I made it completely clear.
She wasn’t going home.
And I even spoke to her about that.
So at the end of the day, I got to accomplish my goal.
I sent Travis home.
He is an amazing person, but this isBig Brother.
So he accomplished my week 1 goal.
So he had to go.
You told Britini at one point that if you won the veto you would use it on her.
That’s easy to say but harder to actually do.
What would you have actually done if you had won the veto?
I wouldn’t use the veto on myself, 100 percent.
I don’t even have to think twice about that.
So we would be able to do that.
I just couldn’t do it.
I couldn’t say anything negative about her.
I couldn’t say I deserve to be here more than her.
My heart just wouldn’t let me do it.
I felt like if that veto was around her neck, then it was game time.
Then I could bring out the shark in me.
And that shark turned into an absolute goldfish once we lost the veto.
Who is playing the best game in the house so far?
Hannah, hands down.
She’s super intelligent and she is somebody that can build emotional connections with people in the house.
She has great connections with everybody and just like I was in week 1, she has protection everywhere.
She is going to go far.
She was actually somebody that I was planning on taking very deep.
I think Hannah is going to kind of go all the way.
I’ve been covering the show for a long time.
So how are you doing?
I’m going to be completely honest with you: I’m great, actually.
And before I left, my daughter was like, “Daddy just have fun.”
And I’m blessed to even walk in that house.
There were thousands of applicants and I was chosen.
So at the end of the day, I have to have fun.
I have to go in there and live my dream.
And I soaked everything in.
And I literally was able to do and play everything except becoming a Have Not in just a week.
How wild is that?
I got to play in two vetoes.
I got to play in a Wildcard competition and have paint splattered all over me.
I had an absolute blast.
And my morale coming out of here is absolutely great.
I’m a happy camper and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
