“A Lot of the Decisions Were Stupid”: An Interview with Big Brother: All-Stars’ James

James went into Big Brother: All-Stars hoping he could trust his fellow season six contestants. But he wasn’t going to let them run over him, either. In this interview, he explains how he gave them chances and why he feels they blew it. Why did he trust Chill Town? Was he mad about being lied to? It’s all here, and more.

RealityNewsOnline: Hello, James. It’s good to talk to you, though I have to say, I’m sorry to be asking you these now rather than, say, after the finale.

James: Yeah, no sh*t! (laughing)

RNO: I’ve got to begin by asking: why did you trust Chill Town, especially knowing what they did to Howie earlier this week?

James: The issue with Chill Town was quite simple. Kaysar and Janelle were either completely scared to nominate them or working with them. So I figured if they were working with them, I might as well try to slide in there. There had to be some reason they wouldn’t nominate them. I wanted to nominate Boogie rather than Jase, but Kaysar, Janelle, and Howie said they would put up Chill Town the next week. They lied to me. I realized I couldn’t trust season six. At that point in the game, I figured Chill Town had already screwed over so many people, they needed somebody. I hope they have somebody. If Danielle and Janelle are coming after them, they’re in trouble, though I don’t think Janelle is coming after them.

Boogie was an underestimated player. I don’t think he got a fair shot in his season. He’s a badass. There are four badasses in that house – Will, Boogie, Janelle, and Danielle. And some leftovers as well. There has to be a dishwasher in the house.

RNO: What entered into your decision to break from the season six alliance?

James: Week one, we decided we were only going to trust the people in our alliance. When I came to Janelle with information I obtained from Alison about them coming after my alliance, Janelle tells Jase about the info I obtained. If Jase is in the alliance with Alison, why the f**k would you tell him the information? Then she gave Chill Town info I got later on that week and also shared that info with Marcellas. At that point I knew she was sabotaging me for later down the road.

Week two, Kaysar lied to me about his nominations. Janelle and Howie knew who he was nominating, and I did not. Then there was the idiotic decision to try and put out Diane over Nakomis. I knew that was a stupid idea, but Janelle had a grudge against Diane.

At that point, Chill Town had declared war on us. We declared war on them. By [the rest of season six] going after Diane and Nakomis and then Diane and Erika on week four, they declared war on the other faction, the floaters. Howie, Kaysar, and Janelle had decided to declare war on the entire house. We didn’t have the numbers. A lot of the decisions were stupid and selfishly motivated by Janelle, and she was easily able to convince Kaysar and Howie. I tried to convince them of this, and I did not want o be part of an alliance where we were trying to promote her game.

Week four comes along, Janelle decides to go after the floaters and then makes an idiotic statement in the nominations about Boogie, but then in the veto goes after Diane. The entire house had no choice but to unite against season six. I tried warning them.

So I figured, if my alliance refuses to beat Chill Town, I might as well join them.

If I had been against anybody but Chicken George, I would have won. But when you’re nominated against a piece of furniture… I don’t think he should have been in this game, but to leave me in the game against Chicken George, these people could not have called themselves all-stars.

RNO: Did you always intend to turn on season six, or did you believe you could stick together far into the game?

James: I knew going in to the house, there was a lot of speculation of alliances ahead of time. We knew that a certain member of our season had several alliances going into the house and we also knew we should not trust that person. Unfortunately, in the house, Kaysar did trust them. I intended to trust them. But I was only giving them one chance. Janelle screwed me, Kaysar screwed me, they all screwed me. Their decisions were dumb, they wanted to take on the entire house. Unfortunately it sunk my boat as well.

The problem is there were only three of us. Howie didn’t do anything. He celebrated and talked a lot of crap and showed unsportsmanlike conduct when we won HOH contests. The village idiot was screaming and he wasn’t putting anything into it; another one wasn’t sure what he was doing; and one was just working on her own agenda. I was looking at it and saying, “Why they hell am I letting these people ruin my season again?”

RNO: What drew you to Danielle as an ally and friend?

James: Danielle and I became friends at my wrap party last year. We both have incredible respect for the way each other played. Also, when she was asked if she was on the list for All-Stars, she would say she’s not on the list, she’s not doing All-Stars. She sticks to the contract, she won’t lie to you. I knew she was someone I could trust, even to her own detriment. That’s what I look for in an alliance. If Danielle told me something, I believed her.