I don’t understand why Christian Hubicki ever got cold while playingSurvivor.
That’s a little math humor for you right there.
Was Christian surprised by his ouster?
Christian Hubicki on ‘Survivor: David vs. Goliath’.CBS
Was he hurt being betrayed by Gabby?
Like secret Tribal Council code words.
And secret late-night meetings.
Gabby Pascuzzi and Christian Hubicki on ‘Survivor: David vs. Goliath’.
And secret spy shacks.
You will not want to miss out on this incredible intel that Christian is dropping.
Read both pages of the interview to get all the scoop!
Christian Hubicki on ‘Survivor: David vs. Goliath’.Robert Voets/CBS
CHRISTIAN HUBICKI:Zero-point-zero-percent chance.
So I think she’s most proud that she got her unique fish skirt on TV.
Notably, that robot shirt I wore on the island is also one of Emily’s family heirlooms.
It’s so vintage that I would have no idea where to buy another one.
I was surprised, actually.
I know that sounds dumb considering what a target I was for so long.
Sure enough, they were the final votes read.
Mike appeared to spearhead your ouster this time out, calling you the biggest threat to win the game.
And was he smart to take you out?
I will say it this way: I just could not believe I felt so well-liked out there.
It was such a surprise compared to how I thought I would have fared before starting the game.
I really feared that I would be socially ostracized immediately.
When Alec told me I was being targeted right at the merge by Angelina, I was stunned.
With each passing vote, mySurvivorstory grew seemingly more miraculous.
In so doing, it became an increasingly powerful story to tell at that final Tribal Council.
Was it smart for Mike?
Yes, I absolutely believe so.
It both spoke to his adeptness at deception and willingness to win, not just skate by.
I always saw Mike as a guy who was weirdly honest.
Who tells their alliance member they’re worried whether or not they are loyal to their face?
Perhaps someone who will make a mistake and create an important opening for me down the line.
Maybe this is a guy who may take me to the end, so I promised him final three.
It was his idea, and it was brilliant.
We’d talk 80 percent about life and the poignancy of theSurvivorexperience, and 20 percent strategy.
He would be seemingly blunt in his honesty.
So I started to put too many chips down on him as an ally.
This, in hindsight, was the long con of Mike’s game.
He played it well, and he played me.
Like, if you were gonna go, did you want it to be in record-breaking fashion?
Honestly, that did cross my mind.
Once you lose, you start reflecting on what legacy you might have left in the game.
Having a quantifiable record is an easy thing to point to!
Mostly though, I was just proud that I was able to dodge as many bullets as I did.
Laura is free to maintain her title.
Certainly, it is an advantage to padding your vote total if you might come back into the game.
However, so is playing on a season with hidden immunity idols, as compared toSurvivor: Guatemalaand earlier.
How disappointed were you when you heard that Gabby wanted to vote you out?
I always knew she would come for me eventually.
So I always tried to verify that she had agency in our alliance.
I always made sure she felt like she was being heard by meand she was.
We were strategic partners.
However, one thing that became clear was that I kept absorbing the credit for all these joint moves.
My first thought when Davie told me she was targeting was “Of course.
That makes complete sense.
Next round I would see it coming, but not this round.”
you’re able to see my actual reaction to Davie telling me in the moment.
It’s not one of disbelief, but actually one of immediate acceptance.
She was living up my expectation of her, that she was here to play and win.
So I never felt hurt or betrayed by it.
If anything, I was strangely proud of her making the move.
I’m just glad it didn’t work.
Had Davie not tipped you off, would you have played your idol at that Tribal Council?
There’s so much to this question.
The short answer is “yes.”
However, much closer to Tribal, three other people individually told me I was being targeted.
Then, Angelina asked me if I had an idol.
Davie had a similar idol-play signal, which was that he would fake one of his frighteningly loud sneezes.
After that I’m thinking, “This is amazing.”
It was all so absurd that I had to keep it together not to laugh.
My vote for Alison was knowing that Gabby was going home.
But back to Davie.
That man is a gem.
We were so much closer than they showed on the show.
We would meet in private once per day to discuss strategy and not be detected.
After Nick left, I stayed behind to watch the waves.
Soon, I started feeling a spray of sand in the wind.
I’m thinking, “Wow it must be windier than I realize.”
Then I keep feeling these impacting sand volleys, with increasing velocity.
I’m like, “What is happening?”
Then I hear from the tree line, “PSST!”
I am flummoxed, and go to the tree line.
He tells me that this is one of his spy shacks, and has a message for me.
“Trust no one.
He then disappears into the dark.
It was like something fromThe X-Files.
After the merge, who were the people you wanted to sit next to at the end?
After I started getting targeted at the final 13, anybody and anyone.
I knew the path for me was going to be messy and crazy.
Any time I caught myself thinking, “Can you beat this person in the end?”
I ejected the thought from my brain.
Just get to the end any way I can.
What was your favorite moment of the season?
The one thing you will remember above all others.
I will remember the three-hour mark of the crazy-long immunity challenge with Alec.
That’s when I remembered that I was free to talk to my heart’s content.
That’s also when I realized that once I started talking, I felt no pain.
I have no idea why.
What was your lowest moment, besides, you know, getting voted out?
It was a day of heavy rain after so many days of shine.
I got caught in the downpour with all of my clothes on.
I had lost my closest ally and most thorough strategic sounding board in Gabby.
It was the only time I felt truly miserable, and the elements really affected my thinking.
It was the worst timing too.
Instead, I was just concentrating on ignoring the misery.
So much of what happens out there never makes it to air.
Back on David beach, we had figured out there would likely be a swap on Day 10.
Instead of looking around a lot of places a little bit, I looked in one place a lot.
It was an awful idea.
I became obsessed with the idea that the idol was buried next to the water well.
I even started counting the masks from day to day and thought that more were just showing up.
Gabby told me I was crazy.
This required removing some masks that were serving as structural components for the shelter.
In the process of hiding them, I stepped in a fire-ant mound, which I did not enjoy.
I kept digging and digging.
Davie, who already had the idol, was trying to give me subtle hints to stop.
I ignored them and dug until it was time to leave camp.
Internally, Davie had to be dying of laughter.
I was surprised how quickly I grew a beard.
I shave every single day, so I had no idea that’s how I would look.
That’s very kind.
I’m glad people enjoyed watching me on the show.
I wish everyone could feel that rush of empowerment.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t crave that high all over again.
It’s my dream job and my life’s passion.
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