Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player.
Gavin won individual immunity.
He saw his loved one.
Gavin Whitson on ‘Survivor: Edge of Extinction’.Timothy Kuratek/CBS
He made it all the way to day 39.
Annnnnnd then he lost to someone who was voted out on day 8.
“I was wrong.
Gavin Whitson on ‘Survivor: Edge of Extinction’.Robert Voets/CBS
I thought this would keep a target off my back and let me keep advancing in the game.
Read on to get the goods on that and more as Gavin looks back on hisSurvivorjourney.
I started a new job that I absolutely love.
Gavin Whitson and his castmates on ‘Survivor: Edge of Extinction’.CBS
I also work from home, so wearing pajamas and a button-up is the new work outfit of choice.
This May, I will be celebrating three years of marriage with Carly!
I mean I really wanted to playFortnitewith JT, but Fishbach will do.
What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?
Those things are on everyone’sSurvivorbucket list.
The day I won my first individual immunity, I was over the moon.
What is it like?”
Well, it worked, and eight months later that vision came to life.
(See video below.)
What is your biggest regret from yourSurvivorexperience?
After the show aired, I was too proud to say I made any mistakes.
I stood by my choices and I said I wouldn’t change a thing about my gameplay.
I thought I was doing myself a favor by laying low and only speaking when spoken to.
I thought this would keep a target off my back and let me keep advancing in the game.
To sum all that up, I should have been more vocal at Tribal Council, plain and simple.
I knew exactly what she meant.
I was mistaken, but at the time I was very worried.
I do think it would have been a great addition to the merge episode, though.
How do you feel about the edit you got on the show?
I feel like my edit was good.
What was it like coming back to regular society after being out there?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
Spoiler alert: I did not sleep in the backyard when I got home.
If you wake up alone, this means everyone else is off somewhere plotting against you.
I promise I am no longer crazy; it was just a onetime thing.
I will never regretSurvivor.
I thoughtSurvivorwas going to be fun, but Keith Nale said it best: “Survivorain’t fun.
Going on a cruise is fun!”
I couldn’t sleep at night because I would be making grocery lists in my head.
During the game, I told myself I would never do this again.
Whom do you still talk, text, or email with the most from your season?
I still talk to Rick every day.
It was a strange, great relationship and that might’ve been the reason we got along so well.
I also still talk to Julie quite often!
Julie is such an amazing person.
I also still talk to Lauren, Victoria, and “Wentworth” occasionally!
Of course I still watchSurvivor!
I love it more now than I did before I played.
Now I get to watch the episodes and tell Carly, “That’s where our camp was!”
I just have a new appreciation for the show.
I would have loved to played on season 40 with all of those legends!
I will say it is my favorite season because TONY VLACHOS did the unthinkable.
I thought he had zero chance, and the man did the impossible.
Who’s one player from anotherSurvivorseason you wish you could have played with or against, and why?
If you could make one change to any aspect ofSurvivor,what would it be and why?
Eliminate the Edge of Extinction for good.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
I would without a doubt play again if given the opportunity.
Let us not forget it took Boston Rob four times to win.
All I am asking for is one more chance.
