Quinn Martin (‘Big Brother 26’) exit interview: ‘I was a liar to my core’
Week 8 in the “Big Brother” house ended Thursday night, with Quinn Martin being sent to the jury house just seven days after his second disastrous Head of Household. Reigning HOH Chelsie Baham wasn’t really targeting Quinn, but knows his eviction could be best for her game in the long run. Quinn was ousted in a 4-2 eviction vote over Kimo Apaka. The 25-year-old nurse recruiter from Omaha, Nebraska became the eighth houseguest evicted from Season 26 and the first member of the jury.
Quinn bolted out of the house pretty quickly after his eviction. “What’s the point of saying, ‘Thanks guys, I appreciate you voting me out. Let’s hug and hold hands,'” he told guest host Jerry O’Connell, who was subbing in for a COVID-19 stricken Julie Chen Moonves. Last week Quinn’s friend Joseph Rodriguez was evicted while Quinn was HOH. This week, Quinn was evicted while in an alliance with the reigning HOH. So what’s going on in that house?
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“Going into this season, I played a game that I was like, ‘I might as well ball out.’ If I get voted out second doing that then I can ride with that. I think I broke a lot of peoples’ trust by siphoning information from the Pentagon into the Visionaries, and Joseph in addition to that. My word didn’t mean much in there because, truly, I was a liar to my core.”
Who does Quinn feel most betrayed by?
“I don’t feel particularly betrayed by anyone. I just think that it’s the less optimal move for players like Makensy or Cam. There is a solid voting bloc of three people who flipped on a majority alliance in Week 3. That just feels kind of silly to keep that core together even though maybe you could beat them in a physical comp. Mental comps they’re killing it and I just feel shocked by their decision, strategically.”
Quinn was in a lot of alliances, but who was he most loyal to?
“Definitely Leah and the Snoots final two. You have seven final twos, how do you prioritize? It was always shifting, but she was always number one.
Quinn was HOH twice and both times he put an ally up as a pawn. First Cedric Hodges, then Joseph. Both went home. Why didn’t he learn his lesson?
“I thought I could maybe play the long game by not putting up T’Kor, who had I’m assuming a final two with Chelsie. I was hoping to buy some good will moving into the next couple of weeks. The chances of T’Kor winning an HOH I felt was much higher than Joseph, so I felt like poking that bear would disintegrate my chances of making it further in the game.”
So how would Quinn rate his own game? “Probably a 7.2 out of 12,” he admitted. “Some of my favorite players were bad at the game, so hopefully I was entertaining.” He then revealed the best things he will take away from the game are “the connections I’ve made and all the free costumes.” Final thoughts? “I am disappointed because I did go home with a hidden immunity idol in my pocket! I’m so pissed! I should have used it! Oh my gosh! But, burn bright, die young. Here we are.”
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