It’s been about a month since the last season of Big Brother Canada ended, and Calgarians Raul Manriquez and Kelsey Faith have gradually been adjusting to life in the real world again.
Faith, who placed second in the show, just recently returned to her job as a flight attendant while Manriquez is looking to get back into modelling.
Contestants spent three months in the house with no outside contact, so both Faith and Manriquez said they were surprised how much the missed while they were in the game.
“Yeah, like Beyonce’s Lemonade, that album was amazing,” exclaimed Manriquez. “One of the things that made me really sad though was hearing about the fire in Fort McMurray.”
Overall though, Calgary’s only players in the game said they grew substantially from the experience.
“It was really interesting. In my real life I’m not that emotional of a person, but in the house, emotions run so high,” said Faith. “It’s crazy, you live in this house, it becomes your entire world.
“I found out I’m maybe a bit more of an emotional person than I thought I was – I cried a couple times on the show. I didn’t think I was going to.”
Manriquez was surprised by the relations he formed.
“Personality wise, I got to hang out with people I’d never hang out with. Like, for example, I’d never hang out with somebody like Joel – but now I’m so in love with him,” he said.
Both players said there’s not a ton they would do differently in the show. Manriquez said he wishes he could have separated from the show-mance aspect of it sooner, while Faith said she wished she shared more of her inner thoughts with the camera.
They’ve both finally watched the show, and although Faith said it stung a little to hear what people said about her on camera, she understood it was part of the game.
Although neither won, they formed lasting relationships through Big Brother. Faith and Manriquez said they hang out together on a regular basis, having recently spent a few days at a cabin together, along with Jared Kesler, who Faith started a romance with on the show.
Both of them said they hope to ride out their new wave of celebrity by giving back – such animal charity Pawsitive Match that Faith is now working with.
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