She wanted the money and the man.
It turns out she got neither.
Her showmance with Cole made her a target.

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So did the fact that unlike Cole she actually somewhat seemed to know what she was doing out there.
Once Ben and Lauren defected from the Yawa tribe, she was done.
Here are a few highlights.
On if she had any idea she was the target:“No, I had no idea.
That’s what stinks is that my craziness was not able to come to fruition.
At that time, I knew Joe had an idol.
I knew Mike had an idol because I found it for him.
So those were two of my top two people.
And I believe with my whole heart they would have, which would have been an easy save.
So huge regrets on my end.”
I knew that I could not trust him because he wholeheartedly wanted Cole out.
Lauren, however, we had built a really close relationship.
However, she made the decision to go with the majority and it’s good for her game.
Bravo for her, stinks for me.
We both leave seemingly different lives, obviously different states and have a lot of things going on.
Definitely still see him and talk to him, but definitely more friend zoning it.
I tend to do that in life.
Was it a showmance?
I do it a lot.
My social game was huge, so he was the ultimate shield.
All of those feelings got super mixed up, because obviously there’s an attraction there.
So, very confusing.
Still very confusing, actually."
He played a villain role, I played a social game.
I think I definitely could have defended myself against him.
So at this point where my game led me, it would have been Joe and Cole.
After seeing the edits, I would have placed myself with Chrissy.
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