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The Anonymous' Xavier Blames DANI, Not Lilly: The A.I.'s "Twist Blew Up My Game"
The former Big Brother champ couldn't get The Anonymous house under his thumb.
A dominant The Anonymous player from the very start, former Big Brother winner Xavier E. Prather's exit from the game this week was a jaw-dropper, largely because he seemed to have the juice to make it all the way to the end. Obviously, the orchestrator of his demise, Lilly Jenkins, knew he was a little too good to stay around much longer, so she took her Anonymous power and knocked him out.
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While Lilly may have sealed the deal on his demise, Xavier told USA Insider that he blames someone else for his ultimate downfall: DANI, the disembodied A.I. who runs the household.
When she added three new players into the game, Xavier said he lost all his hard-won leverage.
"DANI's twist blew up my game more than anybody else's," he said. "I think that twist specifically blew up my game. Not only did they take away a handle that had been working for me effectively, they also brought in three new players."
The New Trio Who Broke the Game for Xavier
Xavier said the addition of Bismah Ahmed, Wayne Nichols, and Victoria Vesce in Episode 4 added to him becoming more exposed in the game. Bismah keyed in on his resume, Wayne was a reality show superfan and knew his hidden Big Brother past, and then Victoria hurt his alliance with Christopher.
"In every facet, that just blew up my game," he assessed. "And then it also provided a guise for people who had previously been wanting to take a shot at me, to now be disguised, and take a shot at me. I think that twist led to my demise, ultimately."
Jack and the Math Debacle
Another blow to his game was getting paired with Jack for the math competition and then, frankly, failing at it miserably. In particular, Jack was adamant about picking the highest number combination to build to add to the overall money pot and win safety in the next vote.
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"He just was adamant on [choosing] 1999," Xavier said of the highest number they could choose on the board. "I was giving Jack every reason as to why 1999 just didn't make sense. Like, these numbers are difficult. We're gonna have to stack a tower that's probably, like, 10 feet tall, and it's windy, so even if we get the equation right this tower stacking for three seconds is very improbable."
However, swore Jack could figure it out, and Xavier said he finally agreed.
"But I was like, 'OK, you're up to something,'" he said of his concern. "Though I will say, I think he genuinely wanted to try to solve the 1999. But I also think that he knew that going for 1999, we weren't going to get a safety. I do think he didn't want me to get safety, but I don't think he threw that competition."
Xavier Knew He Was Vulnerable
After losing the safety and getting put on the chopping block in the Anonymous Mode decision, Xavier said he was certain that it was going to be more of an uphill battle to make it out alive.
"DANI said at the beginning of the episode, there's three handles still here. And mathematically, that didn't make sense based off who I was aligned with," he said of his vulnerability. "So I think some of the people that I've been working with — and I had my inklings about Jack and Nina — I think they were warming up to take the shot at me, and that might actually happen today."
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Asked who he determined to be his biggest threats in the game, Xavier readily offered: Jack and Nina.
"It was one of those situations where they're my biggest threats, but I'm not going to take a shot at them unless, 1) I had convincing evidence that they're going against me, which is hard to do in a game where you don't get any confirmation. Or 2) we're reaching the end game and it's like the only thing that's stopped me from winning is probably one of them being there," he explained. "Truthfully, I was also willing to go to the end with both of them and then just duke it out to whoever is going to be there at the end."
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