‘Big Brother 26’ winner Chelsie reveals when she realized she could manipulate Makensy

Chelsie Baham started “Big Brother 26” with a downgrade, but ended it with the ultimate upgrade — winning the $750,000 on Sunday with a 7-0 vote. Mackenzie. The win felt like a formality, as the 27-year-old dominated the throwback in every facet of the game: winning offsets, staying a few steps ahead of everyone else, and convincing people (ahem, Makensy) that do your dirty work without losing your job. trust She sealed the deal with her perfect answers during the judges’ Q&A and her closing speech, but for now, she thought she’d fall short.

“I thought it was going to be 4-3 Makensy, to be honest with you. So the fact that I kept seeing my name, I was like, ‘OK, am I dreaming right now? Do I need glasses? Am I actually seeing “Chelsie” coming out of these keys one by one? I’m shocked So the fact that it was unanimous, frankly, surprises me. Do I think it was a well played game? yes I just didn’t think I’d have that run with the jury,” Chelsie tells Gold Derby (look up). “There’s a part of me that was like, ‘Makensy just won another competition and got me to the final two.’ She could have used that to her advantage in her speech and it really got me. But when I heard the that he was saying compared to what she was saying, I felt like I had a better influence. I was crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. But I really didn’t know how the jury would lean.”

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A pivotal moment during the Q&A came when Makensy responded that the biggest move she ever made for herself was to point and evacuate Lia. The next question for Chelsie opened the door for her to take credit for the move as she manipulated Makensy into introducing her as a big name. “I wasn’t going to let all my hard work go to waste!” Chelsie says laughing. “The jury explained it very well for me.” That week was the “trickiest” to navigate for Chelsie, as she risked staying with Leah and targeting her if she wasn’t evicted, but at that point, she also knew she had Makensy under her the thumb

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“I noticed this during my HOH when he used the Veto on Angela. And I didn’t even have to work that hard to do it. And that’s when I knew there might be some insecurity in their play and decision-making,” says Chelsie. “And that’s what it was: just insecurity, not knowing what to do, so she relied on me a lot to help her with those decisions. I just helped her make decisions for me, not for her. So I left realizing that during one of my HOHs, and during her HOH when she had that and the Golden Power of Veto, the end result was still what she wanted.”

Chelsie was also happy to acknowledge his deception and manipulation in his answers and speech. “It’s not about who played the most honest game. It’s about who played the best and most respectful game. And this is what I wanted to convey. No one can say they played an honest game in the ‘Big Brother’ house. But people can say, “Yeah, I cheated, but I had a respectful game no matter what I did, people can respect the moves I made because they’re strategic.” That’s what I tried to convey in the questions and the speech.”

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