by Gina Scarpa

 

If you've been wondering if Chris Bukowski has noticed that he's just a LITTLE bit different on Bachelor Pad than he was on Emily Maynard's season of The Bachelorette, don't worry. He does. That being said, he doesn't regret his actions either this season, as he competes for $250,000. Chris has hooked up with and/or lied to Blakeley, Jamie, and Sarah thus far and his fellow players are starting to question whether or not it's time to eliminate him from the game. He talked to RealityWanted and reporters this week in a press conference call about his actions in the game and relationships with the people on Bachelor Pad.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Are you surprised by the reactions of the fans because they're having a violent reaction to you, in the way that they did Kalon during your season of The Bachelorette.
A. Chris: Yes I can see where they're coming from. It doesn't look good but I really want people to differentiate the two shows. I mean, The Bachelorette is a love show. And The Bachelor Pad is - it's a game show. I mean, if we were all going to sit there and be nice to each other, I don't know if anyone would even win or if anyone would even want to win. I mean, we can do that on our own. We can go to someone's house and just hang out if we wanted too but this was a game show. You can't be nice to everybody. I'm sorry, I am - like in my real life I am not a mean guy but I am was on a game show and it presented the opportunity to win a lot of money. So, I'm going to do what it takes to have that chance to win the money.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: You obviously came into the house knowing some other guys from your season of The Bachelorette and I'm wondering, just based on your experiences with them and then, your experiences with everyone in the house, is it hard to separate real life from the game for you? And do you think it's hard for other people in the house as well?
A. Chris: I think it's a little tougher for others. Well, for me, I can I can separate the game from real life very, very simply. I don't even consider The Bachelor Pad as it being part of my real life. Obviously, it was an experience, it was on T.V. but it was a game show. Now, The Bachelorette is something different. And that was something that it's very, very serious to me as far as love over money any day. And that I almost had that with Emily. So, The Bachelor Pad is, it's a game and just like playing any playing on, I don't know, Wii or something and you beat your friend, an hour after you beat on him. And now, you're going to be friends again that's how it is. And I can definitely separate the two easily.

 

Q. I'm sure you're aware that many viewers think you've been coming across pretty differently on Bachelor Pad, than you did during Emily's season of The Bachelorette, especially with the whole Blakely, Jamie, Sarah thing and all that. Was that intentional?
A. Chris: Well, I definitely had a different approach. You know, going into Emily's season I was there for love. And I was very close to find that and I did but I didn't work out. And I was actually really surprised how everything went with Emily's season. And it wasn't easy for me. And going into Bachelor Pad, there's only one thing in my mind and that was winning the money. And to do that, there's got to be some things you got to lie a little bit and you got to play the game. And I want to say my personality changed in my real life. But obviously on the show you see a different side of me that's "just kind of wants the money." I mean you don't really get opportunity to win money and I'm just trying to win it.

 

Q. Some viewers are wondering whether your behavior on the show was kind of a result from Emily breaking your heart and you entering Bachelor Pad still hurt and kind of angry. Do you think you were acting out a little bit because of what you previously went through?
A. Chris: Like I said I didn't expect what happened in Emily's season. I don't it was so real for me and so great. And obviously, there wasn't a happy ending but I was heart broken, I really was. And I guess you could say a little of the way I acted and it was because of that, it was because I was I was hurt. And I laid my whole heart on the line in The Bachelorette and I think the ones that the Bachelor Pad thinking that if there's any chance that I'm going to find that girl that I want to be with. I just took a totally different approached and played the game.

 

Q. As Jamie was walking out of the house following her elimination, she basically called you out for treating women in the house poorly and stuff like that and you seemed to get very frustrated because you were actually campaigning to keep her around. Are there things you wish you had done or said differently?
A. Chris: No, I don't regret anything. I don't want to see anybody get hurt. But if you're going on to a game show, like the Bachelor Pad, you should have expect that your feelings may get hurt. People are going to go lie to you to win. And that's the point of the game and that's to win. And to be honest, I was expecting a big hug from Jamie. I did not think that she was going to call me out like that and I was shocked when she did because I actually was campaigning for her to stay. And I was trying to make a critical move in the game. And, you now, for her to say that, I can understand why she was hurt and stuff but I really didn't expect that from her. So it is what it is.

 

Q. Why were you so shocked at what Jamie said? Was it just because you didn't know that she kind of knew more than you thought she did?
A. Chris: Well, I mean, I really was shocked when she called me out for that. I did want to get Blakely out just because, obviously our partnership fell apart. And I did I was attracted to Jamie and we did talk about how we didn't want to get emotionally involved in the show. I mean, that was a big part of me as far as how I was going to kind of chance to win these games. I didn't think be emotionally too strong involved with a girl was the best strategy. And we talked about that. She was there for the money just as much as I was. And I think we just, I don't know, kind of had a little misunderstanding, obviously. And she was going to be part of the strategy if I and she'd stayed around. And it's just didn't work out in my favor or her favor. So she was obviously upset in and rightfully so.

 

Q. If you could do it over again, who do you think you would try to partner with right off the back? And what would do differently?
A. Chris: Honestly, I don't regret being partners with Blakely. And we've became partners by chance. And I was lucky to have her as my partner. She is probably the most athletic girl that was on the field. And as far as from a competition standpoint, I thought that was going to be perfect, especially early on in the physical competitions. You know, I was happy to have her as a partner but she just - it's just kind of got - and we - and it started not being fun for me, there was just - there was a lot of work. So, you know if I had to pick a different partner, I mean, from the very beginning, I think it's tough to say because I really didn't know anybody going into that season except for a couple of the guys. I don't, there's probably a couple of girls, maybe like Rachel or Sarah, so, yes, maybe the two of them.

 

Q. How is your family responding to this new side of over competitive, let's just say, sexualized Chris?
A. Chris: Obviously, it's not easy from them to see but I warned them. And they all know that I'm very competitive. And obviously, they don't like to see me hurt anybody's feelings because that's not just the way I was raised. But at the end of the day, like I'm going to continue to say this, that it is a game and I am I can't be sorry. I can't really be sorry for it because that's what I was doing. I was playing in a game, I guess that what I stood up for. So it's not easy to talk to my parents about it but at the end of the day they know who I am. And the game is not going to change their opinion about their son. So I'm not really worried about that. And they're going to love me no matter what. It's a game, like I said.

 

Q. Have you talked to Jamie or Blakely since the show and cleared the air? Are you waiting until the finale tapings to clear the air?
A. Chris: I don't if I can really talk about if I've cleared the air with them but obviously I guess that's a bad analogy because, obviously it's people's feelings are on the line. But to be honest Blakely and Jamie you didn't see this much as me saying it, they were there 100 percent and they'll tell you that they were there for the money too.

 

Bachelor Pad airs Mondays at 8/7 on ABC.

 

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