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EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother's Ari exposes secret housemate feud!

"They can't stand each other!" - by Catie Powers
  • 24 May 2021

Big Brother's Ari Kimber is no stranger to a white lie - or many, many white lies.

Though he may be deemed the "master manipulator" of the season, the 22-year-old has revealed that there were plenty of other hidden schemes, not to mention one big feud, being executed by many different housemates that didn't make it to air.

WATCH: Big Brother's Ari reveals he's been lying to housemates

Speaking exclusively to New Idea, law, communications and neuropsychology student Ari spills that, going into the house, he didn't think he'd have any trouble scheming his way to the top, but he was quickly proven wrong.

"It was so much harder than I thought because going in I was like, I manipulate people on the daily, this will be a walk in the park, but it was hard."

Although Ari has been openly telling Big Brother and the show's viewers of his web of lies, the 22-year old claims that he wasn't the only one hiding things from other contestants while in the house. 

Big Brother Ari Kimber

Ari has confessed the Big Brother experience was harder than he expected.

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"Everyone does it" Ari says. "I mean Jess told so many (lies)."

Ari goes on to explain the AFL star's big scheme while in the house. 

"Jess promised everyone top five, top three, top ten." Ari says. "Before evictions, if Jess wanted to get rid of someone she’d kind of go 'get rid of this person, I know something about them, just trust me'. And then you would do what she said and after eviction you’d be like 'why?' and she’d have nothing to say."

As well as exposing Jess' Big Brother strategy, the neuropsychology student explains that there was one housemate that the AFL player did not gel with.

Big Brother Jess

"Jess told so many (lies)" Ari tells us.

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"Jess and Christina are not friends at all, they can’t stand each other." 

And, according to Ari, their feud wasn't the only thing going on behind the scenes, with the reality star claiming that every housemate was ultimately playing their own game. 

"I think everyone in there manipulated the truth," Ari tells us. "I think your success in the game is based on how well you can take a situation and manipulate it and then make sure that it kind of works in your benefit".

But although it seems like the Sydney-sider managed to fool most of his fellow contestants, Big Brother evictee Katie Williams claimed she was onto his game.

“I knew he was playing us." Katie told New Idea. "I did know he was playing us. He was all over us saying, stuff like, 'I’ll just do what you want'. And I knew that he was a smart kid. I did know what he was doing.” 

Ari, however, doesn't buy it. 

Big Brother Jess Christina

Ari has revealed that housemates Jess and Christina didn't get on while living together.

Channel Seven

"I don’t think Katie was actually onto me; I think she probably just pretended that," the student declares. "If she was onto me surely she would have gotten rid of me a lot earlier."

He goes on to explain that he and Katie met during the audition process, during which he "did not hold back".

"Katie and I had a strange relationship because we met at the live audition process and in that audition process I did not hold back and so she knew that I wanted to stir the pot and make the show interesting."

When he wasn't tricking housemates with his lies, Ari was pushing his body to the limits. 

"The challenges are so physical. I lost close to 15 kilos in the house," the 22-year-old says. "It’s really tough on your body and stuff but I had the time of my life in there."

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