‘Big Brother Canada 3’ exclusive: Bobby Hlad on the fake Veto, rivalry with Sindy, voting for Godfrey

“Big Brother Canada” fans, we’ve made it to the final interview we have for the season with Bobby Hlad. This was a guy who at times was just the fun-loving rock-climber, but at times did wade into the strategic pool. He pretended to have a secret Veto, told a story about his “virginity,” and also threw competitions in a way that most physical threats do not.

While we’ve spoken to him on a few occasions already, this was our final chance to close the book on Bobby’s game this season. There were some things that he did that we found rather fascinating, and we were happy to finally do that on Thursday in a reasonably unfiltered manner.

CarterMatt – What has it been like for you to actually be out of the house, be a little closer to the real world again?

Bobby Hlad- I haven’t gotten there yet, but it’s been absolutely amazing. It’s great to decompress, and actually prepare for what is coming out there. It has really treated me well so it’s nice that we all got to talk game, talk about what went wrong, and actually get to talk with people on a real level because that’s what I’m all about.

You were one of the two votes for Godfrey. What did you see in his game that maybe some others on the jury didn’t?

How smart he was first. His strategy was very unorthodox; it was so much cleaner of a game, but as far as strategy went, he faced way more adversity, he had a target on his back day one, he dissolved the target on his back, he pretty much worked under the radar, he didn’t need to win HoH, he flipped the house on the JP vote, and I just thought that the moves that he made were great. He was never sleeping or napping. That guy had a plan; his plan may have never been seen before, he was a little chaotic and a calamity, but it was so unique and I thought it worked and he deserved a vote. Just by a bit, but he deserved the vote!

You were a victim of something really strange in that you won HoH this one time early on, and you were never able to escape that target. Did you have any idea that was coming?

It was awful! The second I won HoH, I was a huge target. I tried to dissolve that target with my HoH picks, but I don’t think it worked very well! It was so hard to get that heat off of me. I really wanted to win HoH again at some point if it was a physical comp rather than a mental comp, but I just couldn’t do it. A lot of them were really up-in-the-air comps where it was anyone’s game. So I really just had to tell the other houseguests that I wanted to throw HoH, so if a situation came up where I wanted to win I could, but if I throw it I look like it was all a part of my plan. So that was kind of it. I just wanted to dissolve the target, and it kind of worked, except that Kevin still wanted me out. He was the only one who still wanted me out.

Is it tough to really regret something like nominating Kevin early in the game? You cannot anticipate how someone is going to react.

Exactly, and the only thing that I do regret is not getting closer to Kevin in the house, or being so vocal that I wanted him out. I think that is what sent me out the door.

Sindy in some ways was kind of your arch-rival in there. Why couldn’t you two get on the same page?

Even head to head in the first HoH Comp, we saw each other as targets. It could have been either her or me going up. I ended up putting her up; she was an easy [choice] after Kevin took himself off. When she came back to the house, I felt like she would never trust me. I don’t know if that was the case, but that’s what I was seeing. I really never wanted to work with her after she came back into the house. So it was really me not trusting her, and then I tried to use her anger at me as a way to show that I was going after her, because during Zach’s HoH I had heard I was a target. I wanted to look like I was going after one person.

On a personal level, I absolutely love Sindy. I met the real Sindy in the vault, and absolutely love her. She’s an amazing person; game-wise, I did not want to work with her.

Let’s talk about the fake Veto. Were you surprised how that played out?

I knew I had to come up with something because as I said, I felt like a target. I needed some kind of a plan; three weeks is a LONG time in the house, so if I can convince people to keep me around with some sort of fake Veto thing, I’m going to take that chance! I saw that opportunity, I realized that there were numbers on the blanket in the vault room, Sindy had noticed it too, I never really thought too much of it but I came up with this crazy story that all pieced together. I thought the story were very believable. I [felt] people were going to be watching when we made our decision because I could hear them yelling. I tried to use that to my advantage so I tried to pretend like I was telling Sindy discreetly. So they thought that I didn’t want to tell everyone, but [it could still come out]. I actually feel somewhat accomplished that I convinced the house … Eventually, though, Kevin just really wanted me out.

So after all this is done, are you going to be releasing a line of fashionable slop boots?

Oh my god, absolutely not. (Laughs.) They were awful, but probably not as awful as they probably made it sound. I’m usually pretty good with punishments. It wasn’t that bad. My toes were a little bit pruned, but I actually think that the lobster costume was a little bit worse.

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