Big Brother 26of Tucker Des Lauriers He was very popular in the house, but his eyes Rubina Bernabe.
“She’s totally herself and can be herself, and I love seeing her be herself,” Tucker, 30, said in an exclusive interview. Us Weekly “She’s just as vocal as me and has such a magnetic personality to me,” she said on Friday, August 30, the day after she was eliminated from the CBS reality show. “She’s a bundle of joy… but she can also be very serious. Whenever I’ve needed someone, she’s always been there for me, no matter how hard I try to hide it. She’s very empathetic and observant.”
Tucker added that Rubina, 35, is “absolutely gorgeous inside and out” and has a “top notch personality.”
The two went from strangers to flirting friends to a couple. older brother The pair shared a steamy kiss before Tucker left the house on Thursday.
“It was an overwhelmingly fun connection in a very rough and suspicious situation because you never know if someone is taking advantage of you. [in this game]”We were both skeptical,” Tucker said. [of] It doesn’t matter if we were being taken advantage of or not. We both went in there with low chances of being caught up in a show-off and look where we are now.”
Rubina was sometimes suspicious of Tucker’s intentions, but he We He “absolutely” can see a future with her outside older brother house.
“I’m at an age where I’m looking for a life partner but I’m always scared to take risks. All my friends know that I don’t go out looking for that kind of thing. I go out with my friends and wait for that fairytale moment where our paths cross,” he said. “It’s such a beautiful, lovely feeling and I hope it goes in the direction we both want.”
Tucker, who lives in Brooklyn, acknowledged that he and Rubina, who lives in Los Angeles, lead “completely separate lives” outside the home, but believes the pair will get along well.
“After my conversation with her, I was more excited than nervous,” he said.
Rubina was one of three people who voted on Thursday to keep Tucker in the house. Kimo Apaka and Joseph RodriguezTucker made himself a big target by winning six contests and publicly claiming affiliation.
“Coach, put me on the team. I’m ready to play,” Tucker said. We On his strategy: “I’m not going to stand by and wait for this to die down while relationships and alliances that I’m not involved in grow. Whenever I have the opportunity to voice what I believe to be true, regardless of what others think, I’m going to follow my intuition and instincts.”
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