“I Really Have a Relationship With Each One” – An Interview with Big Brother 9’s Winner, Adam

Before officially beginning this interview, I told Adam (as I tell all my telephone interviewees) that I would be typing as he talked. Of course, we all know how Adam talks, so he said I would have to type pretty fast. I suggested that perhaps I needed the captions they gave him on the show – which of course he hadn’t seen yet. And let me tell you, I was right. This guy talks fast! But he also didn’t hold back on his thoughts, even when we began on the most controversial note of his time on the show – his comments about autistic kids and letting him know that he had been fired! He also talks about his thoughts on Sheila, James, Josh, and more. Read on!

RealityNewsOnline: Hello, Adam, and thanks for taking the time to talk to us here at RealityNewsOnline. First, congratulations on winning Big Brother 9!

Adam: Much thanks, much thanks.

RNO: I have to start near the beginning with probably your most controversial comment. You said you were on the show to change kids’ lives, but you also called those same kids “retards” at the beginning of the show…

Adam: Not at all my intention. It was like a pressure cooker. I’m sorry to the end, it was not my intention. I don’t even know anything about [the controversy] because I just got out. My intention was to help children. I will handle it accordingly. There was no malice intended from my comment.

RNO: I hope I’m not the bearer of bad news, but as a follow-up, while you were in the house, the United Autism Foundation fired you for that comment, even putting out a press release.

Adam: I’m fired? I guess it was that big of a controversy. Now what?

RNO: I apologize for being the one to break it to you.

Adam: I didn’t know but I had an idea.

RNO: At the finale, obviously not knowing that, you said you’re giving them $100,000. Do you know where that stands or have you had a chance to talk to them yet?

Adam: How can I know where it stands? It needs to be ironed out. I’m not sure where it stands. I went into the house with the intention of helping children and I’m leaving the house with that same intention. Hopefully things can be worked out. It’s been such a whirlwind.

RNO: As you just said, you repeatedly mentioned that you would be giving some money to that charity if you won – was that strategy on your part to help earn votes?

Adam: It wasn’t strategy. It’s not like I’m Sheila playing the single mom card all the time. I opened up and told them what my intentions were. It’s not like I pulled it out of the closet, it’s not using that as strategy, it was just telling them the reasons I came into the house.

RNO: You and Sheila could easily have been the first couple booted, if it hadn’t been for Jacob’s stupid move.

Adam: What a dumb move that was.

RNO: But you and Sheila both made it as two of the final three. To what do you credit that turnaround?

Adam: My positive attitude. As bad as things were, it comes full circle. I paid my bad dues at first and it worked for me at the end.

RNO: How annoying was Sheila over the first few days?

Adam: I couldn’t stand it! I was like, get me out of this place! She was brutal to me. I understand I’m not the ideal soulmate to look at. But it hurts your feelings, it really does.

RNO: When do you think the relationship changed to something resembling friendship?

Adam: It never really did change to that. Strategy-wise, I had to keep her on my side. The more allies you have the better, why create enemies?

When it became singles, she needed me more than I needed her and I used her guilt on what she did to me to my benefit.

RNO: Did you have a specific planned strategy coming into the game?

Adam: Totally. My strategy was there would be more attractive guys and girls, in better shape, who would be bigger targets, creating more attention and being camera whores.

RNO: Like pretty much everybody else in the house?

Adam: Yeah, all those people. I had to keep reserved the first few weeks. I totally thought that would be a way to get the target off me for a good half of the game. Once they got past my initial abruptness and could understand my speech, I’ll be on the home stretch. It worked out to a tee. People accepted me for who I am, the same Adam I was in eighth grade and the same Adam I am talking on the phone right now.

RNO: Was playing the whole game with a relaxed manner part of your strategy?

Adam: That’s just who I am every day of my life. It was part of my strategy – I didn’t know much about game play going into the house, [so I planned to] go in and wing it because you don’t know who you’re going to be up against. The more you can find a personal basis on each person was a key of my strategy. It did create a controversy towards the end, but I cleared the facts up that I really have a relationship with each one in the house, and that’s ultimately what got me all the votes in the end.