That left Brendan exposed, and the original Naviti took him out.
Where did all go wrong?
Here are some highlights from our chat.
Youre at, like, 21 now, right?
Michael thought they were going for Stephanie.
I saw it the whole way.
They were just making it too obvious in what they thought were subtle ways.
And so I told Michael that.
And then I had a heart-to-heart that didnt make the edit with Kellyn.
And I saw a tear come to her eye before she turned away really quickly.
And, to me, that was confirmation that it was going to be me.
And so I went to Michael, and I was like, Dude, this is it.
Im telling you, theyre going to vote for me.
I can just feel it, and Kellyn just confirmed it to me.
Nobody sees all pieces of the puzzle, so it was a tough deal all the way around.
Pretty gut-wrenching to watch it happen back then, and pretty tough to watch it again last night.
He threw out my name and his, just because he wanted to gauge reaction.
Super savvy, resourceful, smart.
He really is, in my opinion, a greatSurvivorplayer.
And to be doing it at 18 is amazing.
If he had told me out there he was 28, I would have believed it.
And he played like it.
So that was his idea, and hes a hell of a player.
He and I are cool outside the game.
Hell probably be mad at me for telling you that hes a sweet guy outside the game.
Kellyn, the same.
But I think theyre both very impressive.
So I wanted to keep peace in the camp and have everyone coming back on the same page.
But yeah, I was worried.
Stephanie Johnson even said, Was she talking about me?
What happened in that immunity challenge?
Did you have to give yourself a pep talk after that?That was a tough one.
The edit showed some of the balls just dancing on that framework.
It must have happened 10 times before they hit their last shot.
So that was a tough one.
I was at a point in the game where I had not eaten very much.
I was kind of wasting away.
I was losing about a pound a day.
So I was starting to look like Gollum out there.
We were almost lightheaded looking up and throwing those balls.
So it was heartbreaking when we didnt pull it out.
And Ill own it.
That one was on me.
I had a chance to close it out, and I didnt do it.
Because if Michael had left immunity on me, the whole game would have changed.
I just needed to find a way, and I didnt do it.
I felt like I played it hard, and by and large made pretty good decisions.
I just got caught up in the numbers, and thats the way it goes sometimes.
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