Kenney Kelley’s Big Brother 26 Strategy Makes No Sense As He Infuriates Houseguests & Fans (SPOILERS)

Summary Kenney's game strategy in Big Brother 26 is irritating everyone and lacks sense.

Some houseguests think Kenney's desire to leave is disrespectful to the game and others.

Kenney's emotional manipulation tactic may be perceived as weakness by competitors.

Big Brother 26 houseguest Kenney Kelley is hoping to make it to the end of the summer-long power struggle for $750,000, but his strategy in the game thus far lacks sense and is irritating everyone. With the season having entered the second week of competition, Big Brother 26’s houseguests are finally settling into the game and figuring out how to navigate the dynamics of the house. The houseguests are playing with some changes, including the Head Of Household having to name three nominees instead of two and a high-stakes competition, the AI Arena, narrowing down the nominees before eviction.

"disrespectful to everyone here"

Big Brother 26’s Kenney, a 52-year-old former undercover cop, has been rubbing some of the houseguests and viewers the wrong way with his game strategy. Kenney, who has continually shared that he has “no allies” in the game, has been on the nomination block two weeks in a row, and has been begging his fellow houseguests to send him home.

Claiming he doesn’t want to be in the game because of the guilt he feels about leaving his family back home, some of his fellow BB houseguests are reaching the end of their rope with Kenney’s complaining. Brooklyn Rivera (via Bradley Michael on X), another BB houseguest, explained that she finds Kenney’s strategy “disrespectful to everyone here and every applicant, casting, [and] directorship.”

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Does Kenney Want To Leave Big Brother Or Is This His Strategy?

He May Be Making Himself Look Weak To Competitors

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While Kenney seems to be saying things that make his fellow houseguests resentful, it could be his strategy to stay in the game. Kenney, who was hoping he’d be able to use his skills as a former undercover cop in the game, could be working hard to position himself as a weaker player with softer emotions in order to lower his threat level. While it’s possible, Kenney’s outlook and potential strategy with the rest of the house could be putting him on incredibly thin ice in the game. Instead of making him look sad, his strategy is annoying everyone else.

Though Kenney may be using consistent emotional manipulation as a tactic, it feels more likely that he wasn’t ready for the overwhelming nature of the game and wants to go home. Kenney is one of the two older houseguests in the game, but unlike potential BB plant Angela Murray, Kenney has young children he left behind at home and seems to be struggling with being apart from his family. Brooklyn, who also has young children that she left behind for the summer, made it clear that even if he wants to be sent home, he won’t be until it’s necessary.

With Kenney’s time in the Big Brother 26 house causing a stir, his weeks on the nomination may continue to add up. Since Kenney is complaining about the pressure of the house and the idea of being separated from his family for an entire summer, the houseguests will likely continue to use that as a reason to keep him on the block but send others out instead of giving Kenney what he wants. Even if he’s using his lack of interest as a strategy, Big Brother viewers have little sympathy for someone who ultimately signed up to play the game.

Big Brother airs Wednesdays & Thursdays at 8 p.m. EDT, and Sundays at 9 p.m. EDT on CBS.

Sources: Bradley Michael/X, Big Brother/Instagram