It’s been a wacky few weeks in the Big Brother Canada house, to say the least. The fourth season of the competitive-reality-TV-show-slash-social-experiment kicked off earlier this month with an “International Wildcard” twist that introduced two previous Big Brother players into the game, and last night (March 18), after a week where she hypothetically should’ve cruised while two larger alliances went at each other’s throats, 47-year-old Vancouverite Christine Kelsey was evicted from the house over fellow “floater” Cassandra Shahinfar.

But, hey, at least Kelsey wasn’t told she was being given an “early checkout” during her eviction. (We’re digging the whole Vegas-style, BBCAN Grand theme, but are glad Arisa decided to retire that one.) The Straight chatted with Kelsey, a single mom and housekeeper, in a phone interview earlier today (March 18), where she dished on her Big Brother Canada experience and what did (or didn’t) go wrong.

Georgia Straight: Besides the twists, what surprised you most about the Big Brother Canada experience? 

Christine Kelsey: Just a lot of downtime; a lot, a lot, a lot of waiting. Waiting for things to happen: challenges or games or whatever it is, you’re just always waiting.

GS: Where do you think your game went wrong?

CK: I don’t think my game went wrong. I just think Loveita [Adams, who was Head of Household that week] had to put somebody up and me and Cassandra happened to be the easiest ones, and Cassandra won out. I don’t think I did anything particularly wrong. Maybe I could’ve talked a little harder sooner, but I think I was fine. I could’ve continued on easy if I wasn’t put on the block in the same way I was.

GS: You mentioned in your cast bio that you wanted to lay low and let the bigger characters take each other out in the house. Why do you think you were targeted?

CK: Loveita was just too afraid to target the big wigs. She probably made them deals and she was probably too afraid to do what she did the two weeks before and she was playing it safe. There was nobody else she could put up: she couldn’t put up the big wigs, she couldn’t put up her own little alliances, and me and Cassandra literally were it.

GS: What are your thoughts on the first three evicted houseguests this season being all women?

CK: I don’t think it was something anybody planned; it just kind of happened. And I think it sucks. I mean, who wants a cock fight at the end? Get over it; get some guys out!

GS: What was the most difficult part about living in the Big Brother Canada house?

CK: I would say the mess. It was extremely messy, 24/7. We talk about age difference, I felt like I was living with 16 bratty kids. And if they were my kids, I would’ve grounded and spanked them all. [laughs] The cleaning gave me something to do, but it was out of control, for real.

GS: Is there anything you’ll miss about living in the house?

CK: I’m gonna miss all the future fun. We would do imitations of each other, which were really funny, come up with random games, or we’d just get in arguments for shits and giggles. And the fun of the challenges; it was kind of like living in a summer camp.

GS: Of the remaining houseguests, who are you rooting for? Who are you rooting against?

CK: I’m not rooting for anybody. I was rooting for me; I’m not there so, who cares? [laughs] I’m not really rooting against anyone, but I would really like to see Loveita leave the house, not gonna lie.

GS: What’s your advice for anyone who’d like to play in the Big Brother Canada house?

CK: Be prepared to be bored, that’s about it. Always be prepared for nothing and everything; it’s those two extremes.

Big Brother Canada airs on Global on Sundays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 9 p.m., and Thursdays at 8 p.m.