Big Brother Canada 6 - Veronica Doherty Exit Interview

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April 2, 2018

You entered the house a week late. How do you think that your gameplay would have differed had you entered with everyone else on Day 1?

Veronica: I think it would have differed tremendously. The girls had a mean girls attitude towards me coming into the house. They barely gave me the time of day for the first week. I really had to talk as much as I can, show my personality, and sort of force myself out of the comfort zone to get to know them. All of the get to know you games that they played, they were already sick of. It was really hard to force myself into the game with them. If I came in at the same time as them, I think that they would have gotten to know me and I probably would have been close friends with a lot of them. Even though I came in late, I did a really good job at integrating myself. They started to like me, I made really good friendships, and had heart to hearts. The thing is I was already part of this two week plan the moment I came in. If I came in with them at the beginning, I think that my alliances would have been a lot stronger.

When you won the HoH competition along with Hamza, what would you have done had you taken HoH that week instead of him?

Veronica: I would have based it on emotion at the time. Because it was my first week there, I didn’t know anything about the other houseguests. I didn’t know how strong their social game was. I probably would have put up Ali and Olivia. They were the two girls that it took me the longest to have a good relationship with. They were really big on eye rolls and snarky remarks. The whole week that I was there, it was the Veronica show. I would stand in the living room, and everyone else would sort of just watch me. You could tell that they just weren’t having it. Based on the way that they treated me coming into the house, they would have been the two that I put up, which sucks now because I realize now that Olivia is a lot smarter than we thought. Ali and Olivia are I think part of the two people that are running the house right now.

When you were accused of telling both nominees that they were safe, were you being honest when you said you only did that because you truly believed that Jesse was staying, then it flipped as the week went on?

Veronica: Hamza gave me the impression that Jesse was going to be saved, and Olivia was the target. A couple days later, after they were put up, Hamza goes “we have got a golden ticket to eliminate Jesse. Let’s do it”. A couple days after that, Hamza goes “you think I didn’t know what I was doing when I put Jesse on the block? Jesse was my target from the get go. I just needed to feel it out”. He knew that he wanted Jesse going home. I truly believe that Jesse was going to be safe. I wanted him to be. I never would have told Jesse so strongly for the first three days that he was safe, and to not worry. It wasn’t until later that I realized that wasn’t the plan anymore.

If you hadn’t voted to evict Olivia, do you think that you would have ended up in the same position anyway?

Veronica: I definitely would have been backdoored. There is no doubt about that. Even just based on a mix between my attitude, my confidence, and how well I did in the first HoH competition, I think I would have been backdoored. I don’t think it would have been this soon. I do think that I was pretty liked in the house on a personal level. I think a lot of people in the house definitely saw me as a very strong competitor and a threat, and they thought of someone who could fight for them and work with them well but they didn’t know if they could trust me. That vote is definitely the reason that I’m put in this position now. What everyone was worried about is “will you turn against me at some point?”, cause that’s what they feel I did to Jesse. At the end of the day, it would have happened eventually but the Jesse vote was probably my downfall.

Was there anyone in particular that you were hoping would get the blame for your vote, or were you just trying to stir things up in general?

Veronica: There was no one in particular that I wanted the vote to go towards. I wanted it to go towards everybody. I find that it’s very summer camp vibe in there. Everyone trusts everyone, everyone is friends with everyone. What I did with that vote was to get people to start looking at people that they never would have looked at. I wanted Will to look at Maddy and Paras, I wanted people to start looking at Daela closer. I wanted people to start questioning everybody. Anyone could have voted for Jesse to stay in the house to get a reaction. It just backfired and got everyone to look at me.

Did you ever consider admitting that you were the rogue vote?

Veronica: This is the thing…the house has a very weird way of thinking this season. They are very childish, very high school mentality. If I truly thought admitting the truth would get me to stay in the house, I would have done it. Based on the vibes and the conversations I was having with people, the damage had already be done. Even though I told the truth, people would still think “there was a reason that she did it”. I probably would have lost Daela, maybe Paras, and Maddy. The thing that solidified my decision to not tell the house about this was that Will was very about this. Will told me if he found out who the vote was, it would be very hard for him to be friends with the people inside of the house and even after. He was very very upset about this. Once he get out of the house, it will be a long enough time for him to get over it. At the time, if I told him that it was me, I probably would have lost my friendship and my best alliance in the house. I really thought of saying it as I was getting evicted. Live feeds are on and I want a little positivity going towards my way. I was like I’m just going to save it and let them watch it for themselves.

When Erica said that she was using the Power of Veto on Maddy, what was going through your mind?

Veronica: I am very good at reading people. Erica barely spoke to me the day before. The past few times she has been in front of the house with us sitting on the couches, she always looks at me. I’ll always give her a smile, a nod, a funny little face, to let her know that she is my friend and I know that she is in a sh*tty position right now. She could not look me in the eye that morning. I was making eye contact with her. She would look at everyone on the couch, and kind of skip me. I knew something was up. When she used the Power of Veto on Maddy, I knew that I was going up. I was like there is no way that she is giving off this vibe and I’m not going up. I thought her speech was a little bit much. It wasn’t that I felt insulted. It was that I was sitting there on the block thinking this should be the speech that I’m giving to you. I should be winning the competitions, I should be standing up here, and I should be making these savage speeches to everyone as I send them on their way out the door. I didn’t feel insulted. I sort of shook my head like good for you. It was just that I should have been the one up there with the Power of Veto, and I should be the one taking charge. It just killed me that I was on the other end of it.

You realized that Hamza was trying to get you to stir the pot by calling a house meeting. Why did you follow through with it anyway?

Veronica: Two reasons. I truly was sick of all of the hearsay. People were going around saying that I was telling everyone that they are safe and that they could use me as a shield. That wasn’t the case at all. I never told anyone that I wouldn’t put them on the block. I was telling people in general that if you kept me in the house, I would be a shield. I’m definitely the most physical girl other than Erica. I think that I had pretty good social relationships, coming in late and getting myself out of this two week plan. The other half is that I thought they were fun. I like being the centre of attention, I like dishing it out, and I like giving the fans some entertainment. Someone asked me on the way out “house meetings are a death sentence”. I’m so new to the game. I haven’t even finished Season 2. If I knew that they were a death sentence, I maybe would have held back a little bit. To me, I thought I was doing a good job and proving a lot. Clearly it worked in the opposite effect. In terms of Hamza, I thought he was right about the house meeting but I knew that he was just stirring the pot. I know the way that his mind works. I have a feeling that if he wasn’t in the house, and I was just campaigning against Merron, I probably wouldn’t have went. He has a way of getting in people’s heads, he has a way of making people feel a lot more important, and making people feel that the decisions are theirs and not really his even though he is the on conspiring.

What was your true end game plan in terms of who you wanted to go deep into the game with?

Veronica: I don’t think I would have taken Kaela to Final 2. I think I would have taken her pretty close. She is a rugby player. Like I have said before, they are probably some of the strongest mental and physical athletes out there. Between her and Erica, I probably would have taken them close to the end but I wouldn’t have taken them to a Final 2. I definitely would have considered taking Paras and/or Will to the end. I thought Paras was everything that I needed mentally to get to the end. I think she was super smart. She was the type of ally I wanted going into the house. I wanted someone who had prior knowledge of the game, and I wanted someone who was very strategic in the way that they thought. I would have brought Will to the end because he was my number one in the house. He treated me amazing from the moment that I walked in the door. We had a lot of fun together. He is a great dad. All of the above are reasons why I think that he should win the $100,000. It definitely would have been a toss up between Paras and Will for who I would have taken to the end.

What is the most surprising thing that you have learned since leaving the house?

Veronica: The most surprising thing that I have seen so far…it was always about Paras. I thought that she was smart but I had no clue that she was a law student. I think her making the alliance with Jesse, Derek and Kaela really threw me for a loop. I knew she was really close with Jesse but i didn’t know how close until I watched the season, which was also cray. She barely even spoke to Kaela and Derek, and she mentioned Daela to me every day like “we need to get out Daela”. Also her going to Erica before I was put on the block, saying I was good to get out of the house. It really surprised me how close the white room seemed, but in the beginning it really didn’t portray that at all. It still makes me laugh to this day cause I know that closer to me going home, they all regretted it a lot. It was funny to watch the flip flop in the house.

Who do you think that your former white room allies should keep this week?

Veronica: It’s a huge toss up. Ryan is very smart. He knows this game in and out. You don’t know where his mind is at or what he is planning. Watching the season now, it’s like "this is why he is doing this. That makes sense now”. He is super smart and he has a very good knowledge. Merron, on the other hand, I don't think he is very smart. I don’t think he has a lot of knowledge about the game, and I don’t think he has a lot of pull in the house. He is a very likeable player, he is super sweet, but I don’t think he is very strong mentally when it comes to Big Brother game. However, I think he would be more a physical asset to some of the alliance. I think that they should probably keep Merron because I think that Merron would probably be more willing to take a shot at some of the bigger players like Kaela and Derek, and even Erica.

Who do you think is the biggest threat to win the game, and why?

Veronica: If she plays her cards right, I think Erica has a really good chance. Clearly she is the only one winning comps right now, which kills me because I did not see her as a huge physical threat at all. Everyone was calling her a comp beast. I know what I’m capable of, and it really sucks that I’m not in the house right now. In terms of other competition for her, there is no chance (for the others) in terms of physical competition. If she is brought to Final 2, she is a really likeable person and I definitely think that she can win it. Even Olivia. She is smart and I think that she is playing a pretty good game right now. If she doesn’t go soon, she can go far as well.

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