CBSLA Hollers At Your Boy! 'Big Brother 18' Runner Up Paul Talks About 'Over The Top,' Bromance And Winning $50K

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — CBSLA.com got to holler at your boy, the immensely popular "Big Brother 18" cast-member Paul Abrahamian, Wednesday night in the "Big Brother" backyard.

Paul came in second and won $50,000 this past season. To many in the audience, he emerged as one of the most likable (and funniest) contestants the show had in ages.

He lost the $500,000 top prize to Nicole Franzel, a surprise winner to many. Given the nickname, The Snake, Nicole was abler to even convince some of her enemies she played the better game.

Paul was in the "BB" backyard Wednesday night to host this night's Head of Household competition on "Big Brother: Over the Top," the series all-access version that will run through December.

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That Paul was so popular to viewers mostly comes as a huge surprise to Paul.

"I thought people hated me," he said. "First thing I asked my family when I got out was, is the business still going?"

An understatement.

He told us he's been busy traveling, felt a little weird about being back in the backyard and has some advice for Jason, setting himself up this show's villain. He also told us what he's done with his prize money, his band and his clothing store.

We even got to talk to him about one of reality TV's all-time best bromances, his friendship with alpha-male Victor, eventually voted by fans as their favorite player. Paul told us Victor plans a move to LA and guess who his roommate might be?