“I was literally walking around camp going, ‘No one’s talking to me.
You want to talk to me?'”
Did Tiffany ever consider not giving Xander his idol and advantage back?
Tiffany Seely on ‘Survivor 41’.Robert Voets/CBS
And what else did we not see on TV?
We asked Tiffany all that and more and she had plenty to say.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, Tiffany, what happened?
Danny McCray and Tiffany Seely on ‘Survivor 41’.Robert Voets/CBS
And then you had Liana flipping on me and immediately getting caught.
And somehow, because she lied to me, I became her target.
I was like, “What?”
I could have taken that idol.
I could’ve taken that extra vote.
I didn’t in good faith and loyalty, and he just didn’t show loyalty.
And I think I was seeing that way early on.
And with Liana as well, they were both soft-pitched.
So if I was good with the all-girls, I wasn’t going anywhere.
So it was very odd.
And the craziest part is Luvu thought it was an act.
And Danny said that.
Use me as a number."
Also, if that wasn’t the plan, it was Naseer.
I was like, “Yeah, okay.
Like, I’m not going to sit here.
And what are you up to right now?
And she almost gotherselfvoted out.
So that was just absolutely crazy.
So the vote was just a mess and nothing was flushed.
The edit makes it look like you went out pretty quietly.
So what happened there?
Did you raise a little hell on you way out that we didn’t see?
I think the fans and people watching know that I’m not quiet at all.
I got up right after Heather said, “Sit here and don’t move.”
So what I did at that moment was I ran to Xander.
We’re gonna flip this whole thing on its head.”
So I was so angry at the moment.
And I was really upset about Liana, because she was after Xander so hard!
And then you go after me?
I was so annoyed that I was like, “This is so stupid.”
So when Xander didn’t talk to me, I said, “You know what?
If I go out tonight, this is terrible jury management.
Like, how do you do this?
We’re a tight three.
We’re coming in.
And you just all blow it.”
So I left not that happy.
just, for the love of God."
And there was nothing.
Leaving all those advantages in the game."
I thought it was an absolute fail.
Listen, get me out.
I’m a social threat.
So I thought it was terrible.
So we looked at each other and were like, “We have to take the idol.”
I’m like, “We can’t give it to you.
So give it to me.
And then we tell Xander the plan.
He has this fake idol from probably when he was trying to snuff me on Yase.
So we were behind that.
He had the theatrics of the fake idol and everything else.
That was a big tell in my eyes.
Why would you do that?
It was just this unaware maybe ‘cause he’s young and very shortsighted game.
And to just flip on us like that, that’s just not looking ahead.
He just shut down.
So when did you give him his idol and advantage back?
After Tribal, we get back to the camp and I’m like, “Here you go.”
And I can’tnotbe authentic.
It’s who I am, and I wasn’t going to do that to him.
I might’ve done something.
Because it was so bad.
That flipping was just not what we were as a team.
And then last night, I really thought he should’ve played the idol on me.
“Play the idol on me and we will flip it!
We have the numbers, we have the people, I have so many people in my corner.”
I won’t take the chance at a reward.
And hey, I’ll step forward and not play in the immunity competition.”
I’m going to tell you how I saw it.
I was seeing it as massively performative and resume-building it was not authentic.
And in my eyes, he’s a great kid.
Don’t get me wrong.
That being said, it was just way too much.
The minute he did it, I was like, “Oh, God, of course you will.
You have an idol; you have an extra vote.
This is not a big move!”
If I stepped out, that’d be a big move because I need to win.
I need to be here.
Like good for f—ing you!
[Claps hands in mock applause]Excellent, great move.
It was so performative.
And I just couldn’t respect it as a player.
So you didn’t see my face on that one, but it wasbaaaaad.
I don’t think it came off as “I’m such a great dude.”
Like, use your idol on me.That’sa great dude.
That’s how I feel about it.
Outside me and Evvie, everybody else was just shortsighted.
They weren’t even paying attention.
It was like, “Let’s get the grilled cheese, you know?”
Meanwhile, I’m like, “Let’s get me through another night!
Like, I don’t need the f—ng grilled cheese!
And Zander is on friggin’ paleo!
He doesn’t eat that!
What the frig?”
Who was in the power position before you got voted out?
Obviously, Lulu was going to be strong.
They’d be stupid not to stick together.
They’re all there.
They know they have the numbers.
They’re going to have a go at at least grab as many others obviously Ua.
Which, by the way, was the biggest mistake Liana made.
And I’ll tell you why just to give you a better picture.
We sent Liana on that journey because she hadn’t had a chance to do anything.
So go, give Shan the extra whatever it is so we can use that at the merge.
What does she do?
So she screwed up that whole plan.
It blew up right away.
So now Liana’s pissed at me somehow.
And Luvu has the numbers.
There’s the alliance that they create.
There’s me and Evvie alone.
We are like free agents just trying to save our own lives.
And it looked like Yase had no shot, but truly we did.
And it was just people not sticking together.
It’s just so cliche.
Like, what the hell?
How many times do you guys have to watchSurvivorto know you stick together?
Like, just do it!
It made me crazy.
So then that night, there was no loyalty from Liana.
Xander flipped on me for no good reason.
I knew he wouldn’t talk to me all day.
Nobody was talking to me.
I was literally walking around camp going, “No one’s talking to me.
You want to talk to me?”
And I was the provider for Yase.
I caught grabs barehanded every time before a challenge big ones.
And I was like, “What the frig?!?
Dalton, it sucked s—.
There was just nowhere to go.
I was dead in the water.
[There is] nothing you could do if nobody’s talking to you.
There was just no way.
So going into that last Tribal, I was like, “You know what?
Everyone’s so messed up that they’re going to be a mess at this Tribal.”
Just like I thought.
And then Heather wanting to, like, save me?
I think she ended up voting for me and getting me voted off!
She makes this whole big thing and then writes my name down?
Like, what the f—?
I think everybody was a little blindsided.
And the person in power there, it looks like it’s Shan.
But then at Tribal with Deshawn… After I wrote his name down, it was like a nightmare with him.
“You wrote my name down.
You wrote my name down?
You wrote my name down.”
So deal with it!”
But he threw a baby fit onstage and Shan fell for it.
And she was like, “No, you’re good.
We’re going to do whatever you want.”
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
