Rick Devens doesn’t blame former “Big Brother” players who actively opposed him because he was on “Survivor” first.
“Good for them,” the season 28 winner exclusively told Page Six on Friday. “Before all this happened…I know the ‘BB’ players got to ‘Survivor,’ but I wouldn’t want them to win a ‘Survivor’ game. It makes them feel like they’re better than us.”
“So I understand where they’re coming from,” Devens, 42, added.
But the former morning news anchor pointed out that there are now three “Survivor” players who had great success on “Big Brother.”
“Dee (Valladares) and I did pretty well. Cirie (Fields) did pretty well too,” he said jokingly, “But I hope now that I’m one of them, they’ll hug me and I’ll enjoy being cradled there.”
The reality TV star said she was “so proud” to be part of the “Big Brother” family following her $810,000 win on Thursday.
“I can’t believe I’m a ‘BB’ winner,” he shared. “I still haven’t thought about that.”
While Season 28 aired, Season 3 and 7 alum Danielle Reyes exclusively told Page Six that she opposed Devens and Valladares, 29, because of their “survivor” bond.
“I’m a little territorial, because we have this enemy within with ‘Survivors,'” she said. “I don’t care who you are, but if you’re a ‘Big Brother’ alum, we don’t want them to win, because it’s our kingdom.”
“We have this internal struggle, like which show is more difficult? Which show is more difficult: ‘Survivor’ or ‘Big Brother’?'” Reyes, 54, added.
Seasons 12 and 14’s Britney Haynes agreed with Reyes, noting that there was “some rivalry” between the players of the two CBS reality series.
“Winning both shows is something that’s never been done,” Haynes, 39, continued. “So of course there’s that part of you that wants the ‘Big Brother’ person to be the first to do it.”
Devens became the first “Survivor” player to win “Big Brother,” after evicting close ally Drew Campbell in third place and securing six of seven jury votes over Taylor Brown in the final two. Devens also won the America’s Favorite Housegus award (worth $50,000).
In his interview with Page Six, Devens applauded the jury and Brown for accusing him of having an unfair advantage in the game due to the fact that he was one of the “icons” along with Valladares and Angela Murray.
“It’s like you outnumbered us, 14 to three. We were safe the first week. It’s 11 weeks after that. You could have taken us out at any time when you could get power,” Devens said.
“But we took advantage of the situation and we found people who wanted to work with us and were able to form a majority alliance,” he added.
Devens also told us that after working against each other on “Survivor 50,” he and Valladares teamed up in the “Big Brother” house because they “wanted to rep” for their original show.
“She’s great to work with. She has that killer instinct. Two very different styles of play that I think really complement each other, and Angela brought a whole other perspective,” Devens said.
“They were a lot of fun to work with,” he added. “We represented less than 20 percent of the house and I’m surprised they didn’t come harder than they were.
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