Survivorhas had more than a few iconic moments over its 40 seasons of strategy and suffering.
Sue Hawk’s famous rat and snake speech will live on forever.
To recap, onSurvivor: Pearl Islands, Jonny Fairplay (a.k.a.
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But it was all a premeditated ruse.
Fairplay later told listeners that his grandmother was “sitting home watching Jerry Springer right now.”
But she didn’t.
Instead, Lill took Sandra Diaz-Twine, who won the first of her twoSurvivortitles.
What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?
I wanted to bring an outside element to the game and create the first reality villain.
They claimed bad editing or creative storytelling.
I embraced the role and reveled in it.
What is your biggest regret from yourSurvivorexperiences?
But I would have used that information against him.
How do you feel about the edit you got on the show?
As I mentioned, no one prior to me wanted to be a bad guy.
It was like getting a permission slip to do evil.
My heroes growing up were Roddy Piper and Ric Flair.
I got to bring all of their villainy to the world of reality TV.
What was it like coming back to regular society after being out there?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
Against the rules, of course.
But it wasn’t as awesome as we had hoped.
Chasing tail seemed to be an uphill battle at that time.
So we called our celebration short in lieu of a better time down the road.
I then had an internal conversation about what I was doing?
This might have been a mistake.
Whom do you still talk, text, or email with the most from your seasons?
I talk to pretty much everyone from my season except Lill and Skinny Ryan.
Look, she has a right not to like me.
But I have a right not to like her either.
She took away the final chapter ofPearl Islands.
She knew she couldn’t beat Sandra in a final two jury vote.
But she “thought” she could have beaten me.
But Lill decided that she would guarantee the winner by letting Sandra go to the final two.
She didn’t give the jury the opportunity to choose a winner.
Lill dictated the winner by choosing Sandra.
I think that’s kinda crappy.
But I also think that’s why we now have a final three.
I watch every week now.
Heck, I do a weekly podcast at SurvivorNSFW.com, I have to watch, right?
I skipped a couple seasons.
Saw where the edit was going and had no desire to see those stories.
I’m talking about you, Cochran.
I don’t really have a favorite season other thanPearl Islands.
It was such a complete tale of good vs evil, Rupert vs Fairplay.
I love and it still holds up today in my opinion.
And it’s a truly grueling season with some compelling storylines.
I also lovedDavid vs. Goliath.
She cries as Probst puts on the immunity necklace thinking about her mom later watching this moment on television.
That night, Dr. Alison was in attendance at my viewing party with her mom.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house, including mine.
It was such a cool moment.
The next week, I did a viewing party in Cincinnati with Nick Wilson in attendance.
It was the night in which the idol nullifier was played against Hot Cop Dan.
Everything came together perfect and it was beautiful, except for Hot Cop Dan of course.
It was the episode that she voted out Christian.
The place exploded with cheers as it was Christian and not Dr. Alison voted out.
And lastly, I loveSurvivor: The Amazon.
He was the blueprint.
Rob C. is a true pioneer in the game ofSurvivorand I’m happy to call him a friend.
Who’s one player from anotherSurvivorseason you wish you could have played with or against and why?
I want to vote out Boston Rob more than life itself.
If you could make one change to any aspect ofSurvivor,what would it be and why?
I don’t like the fire-making challenge at final four.
I’m ok with Edge of Extinction as long as it ends at the merge.
Once an idol is played, kill it.
The game of who can wake up the earliest shouldn’t make you the better castaway.
I’m also for a throwback season for the rumored “legends” season.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
For all that is sacred, YES!
I used to say, only if it’s legends.
But I don’t care what the theme is at this point.
I feel I’m one of the greatest players of all time and I want to prove it.
