'Big Brother 24's' Kyle Capener Hopes to Move Forward and Learn from His Controversial Remarks

The 29-year-old also admits he was prioritizing his showmance with Alyssa over the Leftovers alliance, which led to their breakup.

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From a certain point of view, Kyle Capener seemed to play the game only ten seconds at a time. The Utah native found himself getting in bed (or floatie) with multiple majority alliances over the course of the season, often being the one to singlehandedly shift the power within the house. But just when Kyle seemed his most powerful, it all came crashing down. Racially motivated and unfounded suspicions he had weeks prior came to the surface in the past few days, leading the entire house to shift and unanimously evict him, in one of the quickest downfalls in the show's history.

Kyle touted his TikToks when he entered the house, and indeed seemed to play like an influencer in his own right. He was initially brought into the "Po's Pack" alliance and seemed to start the game in a comfortable majority. But when Alyssa Snider revealed to him the existence of other majorities that excluded him, he took matters into his own hands and helped orchestrate the first of many flips. He helped bring together the outsiders of the house to create "The Leftovers," who were able to successfully snow the other side of the house for weeks and craft blindside after blindside. Simultaneously, Kyle was growing closer to Alyssa, despite his earlier denying her advances. As his showmance heated up, he began to cool on the Leftovers, especially when they tried to get him to use the veto to backdoor her. Simultaneously, Kyle was having suspicions, both within his alliance and out. He told Michael Bruner and Brittany Hoopes about his thoughts on another "Cookout"-esque alliance happening between the BIPOC houseguests, believing their "why" for playing were similar.

When the house split into two last week, Kyle decided to reveal the Leftovers to both Alyssa and Terrance Higgins, successfully getting Joseph Abdin out of the house and creating yet another new "Afterparty" alliance between them and Matthew Turner. When Turner won his second HoH, Kyle thought it would go as well for him as the first. But, fearing they and their allies were in trouble, Michael and Brittany decided to out Kyle's thoughts after sitting on it for weeks. Understandably, the rest of the house was stunned by the accusations, and Kyle even denied them initially. But after a few days of emotional conversations and an incredibly open house meeting, Kyle admitted to his actions. From then on, it was open and shut for him in the game, as the rest of his time in the house was focused on cleaning up the absolute mess he had created.

On his way to the jury house, Kyle talks with Parade.com about how he looks back on his race-based viewing of the house.

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We have to start with the house learning about your race-based comments and the suspicions of another Cookout alliance you had starting a few weeks back. The reveal led to several tough conversations, especially with Monte, Taylor, and Terrance. Talk to me about the experience of speaking to people about the reasoning you had and how you look back on that thinking after seeing those reactions.
So having conversations with Monte, Taylor, and Terence was honestly amazing. They were so gracious and so kind to me in this learning process. And I'm so excited moving forward to proceed with this process outside of the house and find resources that can help me better understand this topic.

You said this week that you were at the bottom of the Leftovers alliance. But a few weeks ago, you seemed to be in with several alliances like the Pound, as well as in good with Turner, Michael, and Brittany. What made you believe that you were still on the bottom?
So much can change on a week-by-week basis in the Big Brother house. In the week that Indy left, I was being left out of crucial conversations about who the target should be that week. As well as not getting picked by Michael in Brochella, I felt like my standing in the Leftovers was a lot lower than what it was a few weeks ago.

You initially painted Alyssa as a target to the Leftovers, then caused tension when you made efforts to save her when they were looking to evict her. How did your changing relationship affect the way you interacted with your alliance?
So at the start of the game, I was all about game and not a lot about Alyssa. And later in the game, my entire game was Alyssa. I was prioritizing her over the alliance, and that definitely affected my standing with them.

You chose to reveal the Leftovers to Alyssa and Terrance last week. How do you look back now on the choice to do that and go after Joseph so adamantly, to the point that you called him a "scumbag" and painted him in a negative light to Taylor this past week?
Again, it kind of ties back to that I didn't feel great in my standing with the Leftovers. And I was hoping at some point in the game I could work completely honest with Alyssa, and at that moment, I was in survival mode. So any information I could utilize, I was going to do so.

To finish, let's get your rapid-fire thoughts on the remaining houseguest. Starting with Alyssa.
Amazing.
Brittany.
Caring.
Michael.
Thoughtful.
Monte.
Loyal.
Taylor.
Powerful.
Terrance.
Understanding.
Finally, Turner.
Happy.

Next, check out our interview with Joseph Abdin, who was evicted in Big Brother 24 Week 7.