‘There are ways to make an impact without being an amazing entertainer or being a professional athlete.’
(Also red our exitinterview withBig Brotherrunner-up Derek FrazierandQ&A with third place finisher Azah Awasum.)
And I’m gonna do what I can to verify it’s different."
Xavier Prather on ‘Big Brother’.CBS
How amazing does it feel to have seen every aspect of that plan through to fruition?
XAVIER PRATHER:It’s kind of surreal.
I wanted to make a difference.
Xavier Prather, Derek Frazier, and Azah Awasum were the final three for ‘Big Brother’ season 23.CBS
And then I was fortunate enough to be crowned the winner.
So it’s incredible.
Being the first Black winner in BBUS history is an honor.
There are ways to make an impact without being an amazing entertainer or being a professional athlete.
you might still be successful in other ways.
We wanted to show that with this season, and we accomplished that.
That’s my brother for life.
So that’s why it was Big deal.
I was curious to figure out how the jury was going to feel about the Cookout.
Any votes surprise you from the nine you got?
I wasn’t expecting a unanimous vote, so that’s pretty amazing.
It’s a good feeling.
What was going through your mind when he went there with that?
And I’m never going to undermine that or neglect his impact in this game.
What did you two say to each other when you came out of the house?
I saw you all say something.
We just said, “we’re going to talk.”
I think we need to have a conversation just man to man.
I’m not gonna have any bad blood towards Kyland.
That’s a personal situation.
I was slightly worried.
Who was the hardest person for you to vote out of the house over the course of the season?
I call her baby sister and that’s how I feel about her.
She’s my younger sister.
And she’s a genius.
I didn’t know that.
Did that change things?
She won back-to-back HOHs.
Never were disloyal to me or never went against me in the game.
So if I was able to get them to the final three, that’s what I wanted.
And luckily that’s what happened.
At one point Big D called you out for being a lawyer.
Uh, Big D!
I was just like, “Man, bro, come on, help me out!”
People in this game can take any pop in of conspiracy theory and run with it.
Or he won’t, and that’s what I love about him.
But after I was just like, “Hey, maybe you keep that to yourself.”
And he was like, “Cool.”
And it got us to the final two.
So nothing but love there.
What are you gonna do with all that money?
That was the big reason why I came into this game.
Why I wanted to win was to fulfill a promise to my late brother.
And by winning, I feel like I’ve done that.
So that makes me feel amazing.
I’ll probably knock out a little bit of student loan debt too.
A law degree is not cheap.
This wasn’t a win that was for me.
I more so knew what the money could do for the people I cared about.
And that was what was most important to me.
