Daniel Durston addresses his treatment of Taylor on 'Big Brother' - Entertainment Weekly News

Daniel was sent out of the house in an 8-1 vote, and he didn't stick around to say goodbyes, practically sprinting to the door and only offering a hug to Terrance, the person who voted for him to stay.

We asked the fifth player out about all that as well as putting his biggest alliance partner, Nicole, on the block and telling Taylor to "f--- right off." (Also make sure to read our weekly Q&A with host Julie Chen Moonves.)?

So, having talked through it with Nicole was helpful to understand that in order for us to move forward with a bigger group of numbers, we need to make this decision.

Unfortunately, with Indy and Alyssa, they didn't align with it, or I still don't know what happened, but it didn't work out.

And I told Nicole if we were gonna go home, we were gonna go home anyway.

I'm a super fan, and I feel like, although people are playing their version of the game, I miss the strategic part of it.

At least that's what I'm getting from it.

So that's basically what I'm saying in that speech?

And Jasmine, but she was already transitioning to make sure she was in with the other side of the house, and I respect that on a game level.

They were trying to say, like, you know, "Whatever happened here, you know I'm still your boy," or whatever, but I knew it was strategic so that I wouldn't blow their game up, especially Michael and Monte.

And I get that you were acting based on what Nicole told you and you didn't realize that Taylor was actually trying to genuinely help her and was concerned about her, but you told her not to speak until the finale?

I didn't know it would carry over into the game.

Unfortunately, it seems like I'm not.

I'm the first interview you're doing, so I don't even know what you know at this point, but you said that a lot of your problems with Taylor stemmed from Paloma.

I know that's a lot of information's coming at you, but what is it like learning that now in the context of your relationship with Taylor.

Well, ultimately whether Paloma said that or not — obviously I can't wait to watch it back — it's all game.

I am like that in my real life with friends and brothers, but I didn't see it seeping in until I realized how much I was affected by it in the moment.

But even if I did it again, I'm sure you can't do that because you are who you are as far as your emotional connection and attachment to those you love.

You looked so deflated after Nicole's eviction, and in the moments that immediately followed you separated yourself in a different room and were basically saying your game was over and you would be next out of the house?

Even if he didn't fully believe it himself, I needed some type of hope to play the game continuously until I walked out.

And I love this game, so I was like, "Let's play.

I know that's technically a bad thing, but I wanted it.