“I think I deserved to be down there,” Kam tells “Entertainment Weekly.”
Except when the time finally came to put up or shut up, Laurel backed down from the challenge.
“It’s all good,” Kam tellsEntertainment Weekly.
Kam Williams in episode 9.Jonne Roriz/Paramount+
“To be honest, I’m not surprised that I was down there in the elimination.
KAM WILLIAMS:This is a game.
She won that challenge.
Kam Williams.Jonne Roriz/Paramount+
When you are in the winning group, you have the option to either go in or not.
From a strategic standpoint, I totally understand that.
A huge part of my gameplay is strategy, so I have to give it to her.
Host TJ Lavin and “The Challenge: All Stars 4” competitors.Jonne Roriz/Paramount+
She needs to play her best game, and I think that that was the best move.
Did you have conversations with Laurel about her potentially not going in?
Did she warn you that it could be you competing?
Once my name went on that board, I prepared to go in myself.
It sounds like you were okay with Laurel changing her mind in the moment.
But what was your immediate reaction?
Because we see you trying to make sense of it by talking to her about it in the arena.
The beauty of winning those daily challenges is that you have the choice.
She won fair and square.
She completely beat everybody.
Her and Derek, they did so good, so it’s up to her.
That would’ve been her best chance at beating Cara.
But with anything else to where it would’ve been a toss-up …
I’m a humble winner or a humble loser.
So yeah, I didn’t really care.
How are you and Laurel now?
I’m good with everybody.
I understand why she made whatever moves that she made, but I’m not mad at her.
It was her decision.
Doing that for me is not the best thing for her.
I understand each and every aspect of the gameplay.
I did good today too.”
“Let Kam do it.”
I’m not mad at her.
It’s just a game, and I understand it.
Speaking of Cara, weve got to break down what happened with you two this season.
Why did your relationship change so drastically when you came in as friends and allies?
We’re not putting our morals first, our friendship first, or our connection first.
Okay, well, we’re just going to play the game then.
We’ll keep our friendship and our gameplay separate.
Tell me more about that, because obviously fans only see how things are edited in the episode.
What wasn’t shown in that moment that made you come to that decision?
So much went on to the point where everybody was just like, “This is a lot.
And with how Kam was handled, that was just not cool at all.”
That is why the entire house ended up voting my way.
This was deeper than the game.
It was so much deeper than, “Kam, you still got what you wanted.”
It was much deeper than that.
But my friend did not vote with me.
Cara could have said to Rachel, “It was going to be you anyways.
I want to stand with my friend.”
How are you and Cara now?
I don’t have a problem with her at all, personally.
After the show, I just went right back into mommy mode.
Very shortly after, I got pregnant again, so I’ve just been so into my own life.
Actually, Paulie just texted me because he’s calling me soon he’s getting his hair done.
Paulie and I still remain very tight.
I have no problem.
I always leave the game in the game.
I’m living a happy, amazing life and nothing will ever change that.
Does this mean that you and Cara would be friends and allies again in future seasons?
We both want our individual wins, right?
So Cara is not going to go into a game like, “I have a known enemy.”
I don’t think this season was that irreparable.
I wouldn’t be closed off to anything.
I don’t hate the girl at all.
I would never see her in real life and not say hi.
It’s not that serious to me.
It’s a game that two friends ended up playing on opposite sides of.
There was one time where I beat her in chess, because she taught me how to play.
It’s moments like that in the downtime that I wish that you guys get to see.
We all don’t just completely hate each other.
There’s a mutual respect between the entire cast.
Take me back to your elimination what was your reaction when you saw what it was?
I was like, “Oh my gosh, I cannot avoid the water.”
[Laughs] “It’s going to be a fun night.
May the best competitor win.”
I was very excited.
I still think I crushed it.
I just missed the one ball.
That night, the best competitor won, which was her.
Do you regret DQing in the challenge knowing that it ultimately led to your exit?
I know what I was going through mentally due to me being freshly postpartum.
I don’t regret that at all because it was literally beyond my control.
But this was something beyond my control.
I couldn’t control all those voices in my head that was making me so anxious.
Shout out to every mother that is experiencing postpartum.
It is not an easy time at all.
I’m not trying to make me a victim or anything, but this is something that was real.
I’ve never not done a challenge on this show.
I’m still going to try.
That is how I am.
So for me to not overcome that adversity, let me give myself some grace.
But I think I deserved to go into that elimination.
I’m going to still make a run at politic, but if y’all vote me in, cool.
I deserve to be there, because I didn’t jump.
And for me, another huge win this season was girls running the game.
Whether we were working together or not, it was giving women power.
We were the stars of the show.
And I think that that was amazing because usually it’s always about the men.
This time it was was about the women, which I love to see.
