Celebrity Big Brother has hit the scene! After every eviction, Parade’s Mike Bloom interviews the latest celebrity to leave the Big Brother house.

Sometimes in Big Brother, you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. The latter idea began to emerge in these past few days, as a rock-solid alliance established at the beginning of the week had members Lolo Jones and Kato Kaelin screaming at each other by the end. But despite a real rogue’s gallery building within the house, a hero still fell on Day 18. Actor Joey Lawrence had his Justice League of allies fall around him, and his status as a threat made sure that he wouldn’t stay another dark night in the house.

Joey admitted to host Julie Chen Moonves that he entered the house without much of a gameplan. That was prominent early on, considering his motivation to win the first Head of Household competition was only to get access to a private bathroom. He even balked at the idea of an alliance, unintentionally cutting his first deal of the season short. Despite this rough start, he was able to bond considerably with Jonathan Bennett and Ryan Lochte, even when the latter put him up for eviction as a pawn. But Jonathan and Ryan’s time in the house would be only temporary, as the newly-formed “Team Fun” got them out easily. With the Three Musketeers down to a solo swordsman, Joey put his game into gear, trying to rally a counter-alliance against the clear majority that was emerging. New HoH Tom Green put him and Kandi Burress on the block, paranoid their “sticky situations” would have netted them the mysterious Power of the Publicist. With the situation looking dire, Joey tried to take advantage of the growing strife within Team Fun, vowing he would go after Tom and Kato should he stay. But despite their schism, the alliance said “no-ey” to Joey, and the house evicted him unanimously.

Now out of the game, Joey talks with Parade about what his intentions were if he had stayed, his thoughts on the conflicts that bubbled to the surface, and how he hopes his depiction reflects on his family.

You did not say, “Whoa!” at your eviction, and it’s clear you saw it coming. Were you surprised at the unanimous outcome, though?

No, it was pretty predictable. I knew that was the way the house was going to work. It was fairly unanimous for both Jonathan and Ryan as well, except for one person. That’s what they wanted since Day 1. Now it’ll be interesting since they’ll have to turn on each other.

After Ryan’s eviction, you went to Kandi, Dina Lohan, and Tamar Braxton, proposing you work together to ally against what appeared to be happening with Kato, Tom, Lolo, and Natalie Eva Marie. Did you intend on sticking with them if you ended up working together?

I was just starting to feel the waters a little bit, see if there was any wiggle room. I think the house was pretty set in motion in getting rid of Jonathan, Ryan, and I. So it was fairly futile, but I was trying to test the waters and play the game a little bit.

What about when you told Lolo, Natalie, and Ricky Williams that you would work to get rid of Tom and Kato if you had stayed. Was that also a way of seeing if you had an out, or were you actually going to do that were you not evicted?

It was just a maneuver to figure them out. Though I definitely felt that Tom and Kato were the ones who were pulling the strings initially. I was trying to figure out if there was wiggle room on any side, really. I didn’t know anybody that well.

What was your take on the all the conflict that went on in the house in the last few days before you left?

It speaks towards how they chose to play the game. Unfortunately, people let it affect their personal space. It’s a game at the end of the day, and you have to keep that in perspective. But I guess it’s hard for some people to do that.

Despite the vote being unanimous, there was a period when it looked like Kandi would be going, with Tamar as the pivotal swing vote. What are your feelings about her as a player?

Tamar is running that house; I saw that at the end. She was vacillating between Kandi and me because of her relationship with her. She went with her heart. I said, “Use your mind, not your heart,” at my eviction speech because I knew she would use her heart.

Tamar is a dominating person; she has a larger-than-life personality. I’m sure she’s different privately. But publically, she likes that to be her persona, super loud and emotional. She’s a great person, but her energy is a lot to handle. I don’t think anyone realizes how overwhelmed they are. It got to the point where when Tamar was deciding between Kandi and me, that whole group voted that way. That’s how much power she has.

You told Julie that you, Jonathan, and Ryan were targeted on Day 1 as physical threats. Can you elaborate on why you felt that way?

It isn’t more in-depth than that. I think it was a manipulation tactic that Tom and Kato put that out in the very beginning. “We don’t want that group to form because these guys are good players,” or whatever they’re talking about without knowing anything. As I said, physicality is actually a very minor part of a lot of this stuff, because a lot of these games are chance. But it was a tactic that they used. First impressions are important, and they got them quickly. We were Public Enemies One, Two, and Three initially. The modus operandi in the house was to eliminate in the house. Now there’ll be another Public Enemies One, Two, and Three.

You also spoke with Julie about how you partially did this show for your daughters. How do you think they’ll receive your performance on the show?

This is very out of body for me; it’s weird for me to analyze myself. When we were talking about the show, my daughters were like, “Daddy, please do it!” They’ve never seen me on current TV, so I was sucked into it. I have respect for people who do this for a living, but this is not me. I can predict what I’m going to do, but trying to predict these other eleven people is amazingly difficult. But my journey was to be a part of this family, and so I was ready to leave as a member of it. These are the first 21 days that I haven’t seen my daughters’ faces in their lives. It’s awesome to see them.

With regards to relationships in the house, genuineness and kindness are the two most amazing things. If you get into a relationship, you shouldn’t be getting into it to change them. You should be loving them for who they are. That being said, Ryan is one of the most genuine people I have ever met. We truly hit it off, we talked a little game and spent a lot of time talking “bro” stuff. We’ll definitely be hanging out, and I’m grateful to meet him.

What are you expecting to happen now that you are out of the house?

I feel like Tom and Kato are in trouble, especially if they don’t win HoH. The house wants them gone now because they became crazy with the power. They started interrogating people and intimidating people. Intimidation and being mean wasn’t the right way to do it. They’re grown men, and it was just weird to see. And when those guys go, it’ll be really interesting, because you’ll have a bunch of people who can turn very quickly on each other who you can’t trust. [Laughs.] We’ll see what happens.