There were no tears when Gabby Pascuzzi was voted out ofSurvivor: David vs. Goliath.
Was it really seeing Christian reunited with his girlfriend Emily that inspired the plan to take him out?
What was her reaction when she saw him play his idol?
Gabby Pascuzzi on ‘Survivor: David vs. Goliath’.Robert Voets/CBS
Whom did she want to sit next to at the end?
And what was up with all those tears?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So what is going through your mind as Christian goes up to play that idol?
And then when he sat back down, I had a feeling that something did not go right.
Why was now the right time to make the move to take him out?
Some might say it was too early, but I would say back to them, you never know.
Had I waited another vote, it could have been too late.
Maybe he could have won immunity, maybe he could have found more idols.
We’ve seen this happen.
It was something I was conscious of the whole time.
I was using Christian as a shield.
I knew that he was taking care of me.
I knew that I would have to cut him eventually.
And let me say, I knew he had a girlfriend!
Some people are saying, “Oh my God, is she jealous?”
I lived with him for 32 days.
I knew he had a girlfriend.
I loved seeing them together.
I really wanted to win together because I wanted to meet her.
But I think what it really emphasized for me was Christian is a very good caretaker.
He’s a very empathetic person.
And we’ve seen him do it to other people in the game too, like Alison.
I wanted to show that I didn’t need a caretaker and could play the game by myself.
Do you think he would have turned on you at some point or taken you all the way?
I think he would have taken me all the way.
It was something that we talked about.
They’re just not."
He wanted to go all the way with me.
I knew I would have to cut him eventually.
Who was inyourfinal three as you were plotting to take Christian out?
I wasn’t opposed to sitting with all women at the end.
I didn’t want people to think that I was riding Alison’s coattails to the end.
So I just knew that I couldn’t go with the Davids.
How are you and Christian now?
And we had such a close bond out there.
I would say we were the closest two out of anybody out there.
Or did the river of tears take you by surprise?
Oh, it was no surprise to me!
I think it’s one of my greatest strengths.
And people tell me that they feel more comfortable opening up to me because I open up to them.
And so knowing that, I tried to use it to my advantage when I could.
Okay, I’ll cry to Christian because I’m close to him.
I’ll tell him I feel like I’m on the bottom of the tribe, whatever.
It’s hard, but that’s just my personality.
So I knew it was going to come out.
I was not crying for all 72 hours of the three-day period that you see in an episode.
I think I’m a pretty fun and bubbly person outside of that.
Don’t let the crying distract you from the fact that I was playing the game.
Anything you wish had made it on to air that we didn’t get a chance to see?
We had so many fun moments.
I should have been like, “Sorry I touched my eyes with my pepper hand!”
What surprised you the most watching the season play back on TV?
That’s a great question.
And we never we never really knew if it was true or not.
That is what it was.
I loved seeing my mom.
It was a super-special moment, but I did not need to win that reward.
I’m going to see my mom again.
It was like, whatever.
It sucked to not get fed, but that’s part of the game.
Because I’ve seen it happen to so many players similar to me before.
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