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Cristina Coria knows she was portrayed as the “bossy cop” onSurvivor: Cook Islands.
They were like bullies to you on the show.'
Cristina Coria on ‘Survivor: Cook Islands’.Monty Brinton/CBS
They were pissed off on how the show was trying to portray me.
So it’s actually a good thing."
Read on for info on that and more in Cristina’s Quarantine Questionnaire!
Cristina Coria on ‘Survivor: Cook Islands’.
I’m also working on an app to help first responders and anyone who gets injured.
I just give a shot to keep myself involved in helping kids or police officers that are injured.
Other than that, things are good.
The Rarotonga on ‘Survivor: Cook Islands’.Monty Brinton/CBS/Getty Images
I can’t complain.
What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?
Don’t use that here."
I was now getting pissed and not getting to breathe, and Jeff totally ignored it.
I was like, “You know what, enough is enough.
I’m going to get hurt and I’m done with this being nice.”
you’re free to see me pissed.
I threw her to the ground and said, “Stop f—ing choking me.”
I remember Jeff looking over at me and saying “Cristina, you might’t do that.”
And I’m like, “I’m done, I’m over it.”
My department, the officers, and all my friends were like “That was so hardcore of you.
We’re so proud of you.”
What is your biggest regret from yourSurvivorexperience?
I wish I would have known more about the game.
I never really paid too much attention.
It’s not anything to do with what I tell the kids.
So I don’t think I would change anything there.
So we had trash bags out there.
Now we’re all freaking outgoing, “Wait, should we do this?
Should we not do this?
Should we do this?”
That probably was the funniest thing.
I look back and I’m like I’m surprised we did not get caught for that.
We were all so scared we were going to get kicked off because we did that.
There was another one where we had a soda can that we found washed up ashore.
So we were like “Hey, we can cook with this because it’s metal.
All of a sudden, the TV crew tells us no, we can’t use it.
They’re like “No, you might’t use that.”
How do you feel about the edit you got on the show?
They tried to portray me almost as a bossy cop.
They couldn’t really do that though, because I wasn’t doing anything that was bossy.
There was one time that Ozzy was trying to show us how to build a fire.
He’s like “Hey, we need to build a fire this way.”
I’m thinking, how am I bossy?
You’re telling us to do it one way and I’m just saying let’s do it anyway.
It was like oh, my God, I’m washing fricking octopus in the ocean.
So they tried to portray me a lot of different ways.
It was kind of funny.
They were like bullies to you on the show.”
They were pissed off at how the show was trying to portray me.
So it’s actually a good thing.
What was it like coming back to regular society after being out there?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
It made me not take for granted having all the things that we have.
I was very happy now having showers, I was like “I’m never going camping again.
I’m definitely going to hotels!”
Being a cop, people recognize me because my hair was up just like on the show.
When I was at the gym people would recognize me, so that was kind of a weird thing.
But other than that, it wasn’t really that much different.
It was just a little weird adjustment.
I was nervous about going on the show to begin with.
SoI was kind of avoiding the show.
But I’m actually really glad I was part of it.
It was a really good life experience.
It really made you think about a lot of different things and how you handle things.
Yeah, I was really glad I got to be on the show.
Whom do you still talk, text, or email with the most from your season?
I recently talked to JP.
Actually, we did a Zoom call not too long ago where all of us got on.
And I just saw Cecilia in downtown L.A. last year.
The majority of the time it’s been Billy and Cece, even Ozzy every once in a while.
But everyone else it’s been really hard because they all live so far away.
I’ve watched a few episodes.
I was watching that one with the Dirty 30.
That actually would have been a fun one to be on.
Who’s one player from anotherSurvivorseason you wish you could have played with or against and why?
I really like how she is.
I would have really wanted to build an alliance with her.
She knows how to play the game and would have been fun to play with.
Other ones that would have been fun to play with would have been Tony and Sarah.
I wonder if Sarah would have thought I was a cop or not.
I would have loved to have been on that one.
If you could make one change to any aspect ofSurvivor, what would it be and why?
Let’s really see who can outlast not drinking too much water, and not eating too much.
And I’d like to see even more challenges.
The challenges were the best part.
I felt like it would be a lot more fun having more challenges.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
I wouldn’t play again.
