“It really wasn’t cockiness for me.
I get really passionate.”
He was unanimously voted out ofBig Brother.
Jag Bains on season 25 of ‘Big Brother’.CBS
And yet, somehow, he also won the game.
I am the most dominant, masterful, and strategic player in this house."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:First off, congratulations.
Jag Bains on ‘Big Brother’ season 25.CBS
You must be pretty stoked right now.
JAG BAINS:Thank you so much.
I definitely am stoked.
Jag Bains and Matt Klotz on ‘Big Brother’ season 25.CBS
It’s a surreal feeling.
I honestly didn’t know.
I thought that maybe I could get a few jurors to vote for me.
Jag Bains on ‘Big Brother’ season 25.CBS
I thought I would have Cam’s vote.
I thought I could getBlue’svote.
Beyond that, it was up in the air.
Bowie Jane, Matt Klotz, and Jag Bains on season 25 of ‘Big Brother’.CBS
Any of the votes surprise you?
I was happy withCoryandAmerica’svote.
I did not know if they were going to vote for me.
That’s the vote that mattered the most to me.
So I was really relieved and thankful that she voted for me.
Were you worried that cockiness or cock-a-doodle-zoom-ness, as it were, might rub some jurors the wrong way?
Yeah, it really wasn’t cockiness for me.
I get really passionate.Reallypassionate.
And I’ve always said you should advocate for yourself.
And that was me truly advocating for myself.
That’s a hundred days of buildup for this one moment.
I played this game, I’m going to own up to it.
And at the end of the day, Ididhave a lot of people’s blood on my hands.
I didn’t lie in my speech, so I just owned up to it.
I don’t want to regret my speeches or my answers ever.
That was a reality.
And that was a reality.
That’s the reason I had that opportunity.
Look at my story and my journey in this game.
Every week I got better and better in the game."
And that is a compelling message to share with the jury.
You appeared really close to voting out Matt instead ofFeliciaat the final four.
Was that a serious consideration, and if so, what caused you to change your mind?
I’m someone that I will analyze every little thing down to the core no matter what.
And I wanted to play a loyal game.
Matt saved me in this game, and he never turned his back on me.
I wasn’t going to turn my back on him.
And that person was Matt.
Did you think about that at all?
That was less of a factor for me.
Keeping Matt was not a game move.
I truly thought being loyal to Matt might harm me more than help me.
I truly thought taking him to the end, that he could win this whole thing.
So the reason I weighed everything so much is because there was a lot of weight to that.
Do I value my loyalty, my character?
Being the first Sikh onBig Brotheris already huge.
You talked about being the first Sikh player in franchise history.
That responsibility can sometimes come with some serious weight behind it.
Did you feel that weight at all?
I think coming into the game and throughout the game I’ve had that weight.
I know I felt it at the beginning of the game.
I was loyal to a fault.
And I decided I can’t play that game.
I can’t represent my entire community.
10 comp wins this season, the most inBig Brotherhistory.
I never expected to win.
I had confidence in myself, but I never went in cocky.
I’m not someone that has an ego.
I was nervous before every comp.
I was like, “I need to win this.
I somehow need to pull this off.
This is it.”
And I think the comps are anyone’s game.
It’s just I had that fire in me.
I knew I had to win.
And so I’m really grateful that I did pull off those wins.
Okay, last question is the most obvious one: What are you going to do with the money?
But what I will say is everything I do is for my family.
My parents immigrated to this country and they sacrificed everything to give me the life that I have.
And so all of this is for them.
All of this is for my family and that’s what I do know.
