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She was so close.
“Jeff always called me out as an instigator,” says Jenna.
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“I don’t think he liked the way I played.
Probably why I wasn’t asked back.
I played to win, but not to win over viewers, orJeff Probst.
He has always liked the good old boys… like Boston Rob.
I don’t play like Rob, but I did play very well.”
What else does Jenna have to say about her two seasons on the island?
And what has she been up to since?
JENNA LEWIS: Spitting outSurvivorfuture hopefuls.
I have gotten remarried, and spit out two more munchkins, which makes four.
So pretty much single-handedly contributing to global overpopulation.
Living in Woodland, Calif., just outside Sacramento, and working as a realtor.
Loving life, except for Covid.
I am quite sure those two are most likely related.
What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?
I finished the challengearmy-climbing under nets, and over a wallwith my bikini strap held in my teeth.
What is your biggest regret from yourSurvivorexperiences?
Hands down it is that they did not introduce the final 3 duringAll-Stars.I would have won.
And that is why I deserve another shot.
Like Forrest Gump, that’s all I have to say about that.
What they never capture enough is the fun.
Yes, you’re starving.
Yes, you hate people because you’re hangry and they are standing between you and a million dollars.
It flooded our well-concepted, newly dug, underground shelter (a story captured by the show).
It was the longest most miserable night.
It was a nice reprieve from Jerri’s mantra of “We are all going to die.
I can’t believe they left us out here to die.”
We all still agree that was the worst night of all of our lives.
How do you feel about the edit you got on the show?
It is like a harsh mirror.
You are at your worst, living on adrenaline and practically nothing else.
Forced into situations that bring out pathos like therapy in warp speed.
I think that in the early seasons ofSurvivornobody wanted to be the bad guy.
The public made it VERY clear that you were rewarded only for being nice.
Everyone wanted the hero’s edit.
You were rewarded for that, not scheming and game play.
I came across as fun-loving, energetic.
It comes with the excitement I have for living life!
What was it like coming back to regular society after being out there?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
The next day, I kept to myself at Ponderosa and went to vote.
The very next morning, we were on a plane back home.
Every time I took a bite of food, it was immediate bloating and bathroom trips.
I grabbed Hostess cakes and peanut butter.
Then I’d sneak out and make hot cocoa and dip anything I could find in peanut butter.
I went on this show not even knowing it would actually turn into a show.
I went to test myself at 22.
The second I landed on Pulau Tiga, the world made a little more sense.
I felt more at home in it.
But I completely adapted instantaneously.
Nothing physical bothered me.
I felt at home.
And it set the stage to give me confidence in myself I had never garnered from previous accomplishments.
Who do you still talk, text, or email with the most from your seasons?
From other seasons, I chat a lot with Mitchell and Fairplay.
They are my favorites.
I have been in and out.
I watched some seasons sporadically, but my life got busy.
I did watchBeauty vs.
Brains vs. Brawn, and of courseWinners at War.
And it played out how I wrote it out.
Who’s one player from anotherSurvivorseason you wish you could have played with or against and why?
Who doesn’t want to play against the Queen?
Tyson is up there, too, I wanna laugh out there.
That would be full circle and complete the trinity of mySurvivorexperience.
If you could make one change to any aspect ofSurvivor, what would it be and why?
He outs people and colors the dialogue leading the voting conversation to “his” territory.
Yes, it is introducing the outside world, but it would be an “advantage.”
But the choice is the main thing.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
F— YES!
