The most popular player to never win was ‘jealous’ watching season 40especially once the bubbly started flowing.
Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player.
Season 40 ofSurvivorwas a clash of former champions battling it out for ultimate bragging rights.
Cirie Fields on ‘Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites’.Monty Brinton/CBS
So just imagine how it felt for Cirie Fields.
Her next appearance, onSurvivor: Micronesia, was even worse.
Even though Cirie received zero votes, she was sent to the jury.
Cirie Fields on ‘Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites’.Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS
So it is no wonder Cirie had mixed feelings about watchingWinners at War.
“I was jealous,” says Cirie.
“First of all, season 40I wanted to be there for that.
The Casaya tribe on ‘Survivor: Panama’.Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS/Getty Images
Just to be on that season, being a fan ofSurvivor.
It didn’t help watching that big celebration of the franchise to kick off the season.
“I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?
They have champagne?!'”
“And then to have your entire family out for the Loved Ones visit?Oooooooooooh!!
!Yeah, I was salty.
I was salty.”
Thankfully, the fan in her could not resist.
“I got over it though,” Cirie says.
And I watched the whole entire thing.”
Watch what you ask for, because you just might get it.
The family’s all doing well.
I am now a Lola times two.
So my Filipino friends told me I should adopt the name Lola, and I think it fits perfectly.
So I have two beautiful grandchildren.
One is five, and I just had a grandson a year ago.
And they are running Lola crazy.
What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?
So, me making it long enough for him to come, because I missed his graduation.
Then I promised him going to come to Fiji for your graduation present since I’m not there.
What is your biggest regret from yourSurvivorexperiences?
It’s not fair because one of the pieces is wrong."
If you’re so smart, go get it and show it to me!"
And he did, and he was right!
So we repeated the challenge and we won.
So thank God for Aras’ brains on that one.
How do you feel about the edit you got on the show?
Am I the nicest person all the time?
If you asked my husband and kids, they’d probably say, “eh.”
What was it like coming back to regular society after being out there?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
I just can roll with the punches either way.
So when I got home, I just snapped back into this life.Survivorwas my life while I was there.
I adjusted to that and I focused on that and I got pretty much almost comfortable with that.
But then when I got back home, I just snapped back.
Okay, I’m back into this light.
I’m like a chameleon.
I can just go either way.
Whatever way you’re going, I can pretty much adapt to it.
So I didn’t really have any issues coming back any time.
My only trouble with food is that I ate too much of it.
I gained all the weight back quickly.
No, I never regretted going on the show.
I wished I was on the show more.
I wish I had more of an opportunity.
I wish I was onWinners at War.
I wish I had won so I could be onWinners at War.
But no, no regrets at allonly just excitement and the feeling of being blessed.
I talk to people every day that would love to be on a show.
I get inbox messages of people trying out.
Whom do you still talk with, text, or email the most from your seasons?
From one of my seasons, I think I might be Eliza.
I talk toElizaa lot.
I talk to Michaela a lot.
Believe it or not, I just talked toShaneyesterday.
So I talk to a lot of people, some sporadically, but I talk to Shane quite often.
And Eliza’s right here in Manhattan, running for district attorney.
So I talked to her a lot.
I just got back in contact withAras.
Russell reaches out to me here and there.
I stay in contact with quite a few people.
Of course, I still watchSurvivor.
I’m a super fan.
But when it’s all winners, there’s no way to hide.
So let’s see who really shines.
So I really enjoyedWinners at War.
I was jealous, though.
First of all, season 40I wanted to be there for that.
Just to be on that season, being a fan ofSurvivor.
Then, being onSurvivorso many times and not being onWinners at War, I’m a little bit salty.
And I was like, “Are you kidding me?
They have champagne?!”
And then to have your entire family out for the Loved Ones visit?Oooooooooooh!!
!Yeah, I was salty.
I got over it though.
And I watched the whole entire thing.
Who’s one player from anotherSurvivorseason you wish you could have played with or against and why?
You know what, I would’ve really liked to play withCochranbecause Cochran is so damn smart.
I don’t know, the smart people I usually do really well with like Aras.
And Cochran is not only smart, he’s funny too.
So I think we would’ve made a great team.
We would have been hilarious together.
Also, I would have liked to play with Max Dawson.
I think I could have helped Max along.
We had great chemistry just on site, so I would have liked to play with him.
If you could make one change to any aspect ofSurvivor, what would it be and why?
That’s a hard one because I think it’s pretty perfect right now.
They got it down to a science right now.
I wouldn’t really change anything.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
I am a crackhead withSurvivor.
Especially because I haven’t won.
I was addicted to it as a fan, right?
So now to be a part of it…
I would play every time, Dalton.
Because the experiencesthose are things that you never would experience in your normal life.
Well, not me anyway.
So yeah, I would definitely play again.
