However, how does he feel now, several months later, after watching it play out on TV?
ERIC ABRAHAM:I served 22 years in the military, and they called me Abraham the whole time.
And I just said, “Hey, Abraham is a name that I enjoy being called.
Eric Abraham competes on ‘Survivor 41’.Robert Voets/CBS
And nobody really calls me Eric.
So I’ll use Abraham.”
And if we’re really good to go, Dalton, you could call me Abe.
The three tribes get ready to compete on ‘Survivor 41.'.Robert Voets/CBS
I hope we are good to go!
We’ll see by the end of this interview.
So let’s get into what happened in the episode last night.
You said it twice: You were completely stunned by your blind side, right?
And I went to work.
I can shield Xander.
I can shield [Tiffany] Seely.
I can shield one of them.
I did not see the blind side because I thought I was valuable.
So why do you think they voted you out?
You look at it and say, “Okay, I want to stay longer.”
So my tribe was like, “What’s the best way for me to stay?
Well, we’re going to vote him out.”
It’s so tricky, andSurvivor, one wrong move…
I said, “Hey, look at it and say, ‘What’s the best move for me?
You got three guys.
They got three young ladies.
Let’s take out one of the guys.'”
It’s a two-fold thing.
Firstly, I made it onSurvivorseason 41.
I applied way back in 2000, the very first time Richard Hatch was on the show.
Secondly, I’m coming back.
So all it did was get me ready to come back down the road somewhere.
So I’m going to rest up.
So if they do it, I think you’re in there!
I feel like I marked my position and was like, “Look, y’all just saw Abraham.
You see what he brings to the table.
Let’s get him back out there again.”
What was it like for you last night watching it all go down?
Oh, that was freaky crazy.
That’s me out there walking to do this event!"
Then I’m like,“Wait a minute I’m looking at people that are looking at me.
They’re laughing as stuff is going on.
And then they’re looking at me while I’m looking at it.”
I’m like, “This is crazy.
It’s a great experience.
Do you think that had you laid low on that, then maybe you’d still be there?
you might never tell.
You’re just hoping that it goes in your favor, and it just didn’t.
Who did you think your biggest ally or allies were in the game?
But like I said,Survivoris fast-paced.
And you look and say, “Okay, how did we lose a challenge?”
That’s how I looked at it.
How did I lose that challenge?
Well, it wasn’t because we couldn’t get the stuff we needed to be in the puzzle.
It’s because we didn’t have participation where we needed to have it.
[Laughs] The adrenaline was so high.
We jumped on that task, but nobody looked behind us.
What are we missing?”
And we just couldn’t find it.
Not getting in the water.
So much does not make it into an episode.
What’s something that happened out there that you wish could have made it on air?
And we thought it was a rat.
So Tiffany said, “There’s a rat in here!”
and we all just scattered.
So that was one of the funny moments.
If you could go back and change one thing about how you played, what would it be?
This is early on.
The strongest person has never gotten voted out onSurvivor.
I’ve looked at every season.
So that approach to me was the best approach at that time.
Now, as you get closer to the merge, I would change my strategy.
But just showing that, “Hey, look, I’m here to work.
You use me, and I need you, and let’s see how these cards get played.”
Well, I’m sorry we didn’t get to see more of you this season.
I had a lot more jokes to tell.
I had some entertainment left.
They never showed the chair I built for the tribe.
But it was a blast.
