Week 3 in the “Big Brother” house ended on Thursday evening with Cedric Hodges‘ “squeaky clean” reign as head of household quickly turns dirty. After the shocking veto ceremony on Wednesday, America voted for Quinn Martin join Kenney Kelley And Tucker Des Lauriers on the block. After Tucker saved himself in the AI Arena, Kenney was evicted by a 10-1 vote against Quinn. The 52-year-old former Boston police officer was the third houseguest to be sent home in Season 26.
“I am very relieved,” he told the host Julie Chen Moonves during his farewell interview. “I massively underestimated the emotion of the game. At the age my kids are now (six and eight), I love being involved in every aspect.” Although Kenney had been auditioning for the Big Brother house for years, he wanted out almost as soon as he got in. “I love my family more than anything. My wife is the greatest in the world. My kids are amazing. I think five years ago I would have been a different person in the game. If it had happened five years ago, I probably would have been a different player.”
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Kenney announced that he was Matt Hardeman was a turning point for him. “When I was in the block with Matt the first week, I had a kind of bond with him. His father was a police officer. I felt comfortable with him. He helped me through a lot of the bad days, but when he was gone, it was pretty tough.”
The former cop wanted to keep his profession a secret, but let it slip when he found out Matt’s father was also a cop and Cedric was a Marine. “I didn’t feel comfortable lying about my identity. I’m super proud of being a cop and the things I’ve done in my community. I thought I could come here and manipulate people, but doing that for my own benefit was difficult. I like helping people do things for other people. I found it very difficult to do it for my own benefit. It was unexpected, but it happened.” In his parting words, Kenney said, “I appreciate this opportunity, it’s been a long time coming. This is one of the craziest houses I’ve ever been in. But they’re all great people with good intentions and I wish them the best.”
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