Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player.
Missy Byrd is tough.
But there’s another aspect of Missy that she says we never saw on TV.
Missy Byrd on ‘Survivor: Island of the Idols’.Robert Voets/CBS via Getty Images
“The edit of my actual game moves was cool,” says Missy.
“But the lack of emotion of my ‘character’ was not.
For my edit to show my strategic game moves only kind of ripped the humanity from me.
Missy Byrd on ‘Survivor: Island of the Idols’.Robert Voets/CBS via Getty Images
MISSY BYRD:What’s up, y’all?
SinceSurvivor, I have gone back to traveling!
Right after filming, I did a 3-month backpacking trip to Europe.
I love food, so anywhere I go I try multiple different spots.
We left in September 2020 and we have been here for about 8 months now.
What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?
What is your biggest regret from yourSurvivorexperience?
Regrets from game play?
You just gotta trust your gut and do your best.
Probably that Aaron and I never really spoke at all.
Our bond was just natural, and we felt that trust immediately.
How do you feel about the edit you got on the show?
For my edit to show my strategic game moves only kind of ripped the humanity from me.
What was it like coming back to regular society after being out there?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
Oh, man, I was messed up, hahaha.
My stomach, my sleep schedule, just everything.
It weighed heavy on me for a very long time.
I try not to regret anything in life.
We get one life, and it’s just our job to go, to live it.
Whom do you still talk, text, or email with the most from your season?
Aaron and Ronnie will always hold a very special place in my heart.
We are all bonded and those ties won’t go away.
I travel so much that I am normally always close enough to meet up.
She is just so iconic from her season and the fan in me lovesOne Worldso much.
Who’s one player from anotherSurvivorseason you wish you could have played with or against and why?
Oh, man, I respect Jeremy Collins so much.
It would be an honor to duel.
If you could make one change to any aspect of Survivor, what would it be and why?
I would… hmmm, loaded question.
I would make it more honest to the experience.
I would show the reality stars as humans, as contestants, instead of as “characters.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
