Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci thinks his time working for President Trump will help him win “Celebrity Big Brother.”
When asked Thursday if he thought his five days working in the West Wing with a former reality TV star as president would translate to his being a successful contestant on the CBS reality show, Scaramucci said he believed it would help his chances.
“Surprisingly, I think the — my White House experience is somewhat similar to the ‘Big Brother’ programming because unfortunately these are games of elimination,” he told Entertainment Weekly.
“If you think about presidential politics as an example, it is the peak of elimination games. And so what happens in elimination games is people get rough with each other and they say mean and nasty things, and they’re elbowing each other and then they’re politicking against each other,” he said. “And that’s really similar to what goes on in the ‘Big Brother’ house. And so I think that experience has well-primed me.”
Scaramucci’s White House career was short-lived. The former Goldman Sachs investment banker was named by Trump in July 2017 as his top communications strategist. Five days into the stint, he was canned because incoming White House chief of staff John Kelly wanted a clean slate of personnel.
Despite his firing, Scaramucci said he’s open to Trump’s feedback on his performance inside the “Big Brother” house.
“He’s called me and critiqued me after some of my interviews and so maybe he’ll call and critique me after my ‘Big Brother’ presence, but we get along. I like the president and there’s no hard feelings about me being fired,” he said.
The New Yorker also said he plans to be honest about his experiences in Washington, but warned the way the show clips his comments could present a not-so-honest depiction of him.
“I just wanna be myself and if America sees a version of me that is truly me, I’ll be super happy. Having said that, what I would caution America is that when you’re reading about people or you’re watching certain snippets on television about them, it may not be an accurate picture of who they really are,” he said.
