Joseph Rodriguez blamed two of his closest allies for his eviction from “Big Brother 26.”
The 30-year-old video store clerk had to go home on last Thursday's episode after what she described as “a series of unfortunate events” that saw Leah Peters use the Power of Veto to save Angela Murray, and then Quinn Martin put Rodriguez on the block.
“They were both very bad decisions,” Rodriguez told The Post in an interview after the ouster. “I think it was bad for both of them.”
Rodriguez believes Peters, 26, made the biggest mistake between his two teammates, which led to his ouster.
“Quinn was in a tough spot because of his incompetence, because he had made too many promises to people, like, 'I'll get you, I'll get you, I'll get you,'” Rodriguez said. “And then he said, 'I guess I'm going to have to move Joseph now because I'm in trouble.'”
“Whereas if Leah hadn't used it … and I think it was short-sightedness on her part to say, 'I have to keep Angela around just for one jury vote,'” he added. “That was her explanation — I don't know how authentic it was. But in my mind I think it's short-sightedness. It's one vote.”
Rodriguez also pointed out that Murray, 50, has been unpredictable throughout the season, saying she rebelled against her colleague Tucker DesLauries before her eviction two weeks ago.
“You don't know if Angela will vote for you or not,” he said. “She can change with a gust of wind. People she's been loyal to throughout the game, she'll turn her back on them.”
“That really upset me, me and Tucker could have gone to the end with her. That would have been a great situation for me. And she couldn't sit still. She couldn't be quiet and just let things happen.”
Due to Murray's questionable gameplay, Rodriguez reiterated that Peters' decision to save the real estate agent did not give him any advantage in the game.
“With Quinn, you might think, oh, he was making other people happy, maybe he'll treat them well. But he had his bad side too,” he said. “They're both bad.”
“It required a series of unfortunate events to happen,” Rodriguez said of his ouster. “And there are some mistakes on my part. I didn't tell Quinn what a bad idea it was to oust me. But I never trusted him, and I didn't want to throw T'Kor (Clotey) under the bus, and then have him tell T'Kor and then have T'Kor hate me.”
He added, “And in Leah's case, I was worried about her. I felt like the more I would push her not to use it, the more she would want to use it because I was constantly lying to her in the game. So I felt like I didn't have that leverage with her to force her to do what I wanted.”
“I didn't think she would use it, because I didn't understand the meaning of it,” Rodriguez said. “But it's also my fault that I couldn't find a way to convince her not to use it.”
“Big Brother” airs Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on CBS.
