Stephanie Johnson is battery powered.
Im not just talking about her neon-bright leggings.
What does she think of the folks that sent her home?
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Is there anything she could have done differently?
And what did not make it to air that we should know about?
Here are some highlights from our chat.
But youre still never really ready for it.
I dont even remember saying goodbye.
So even if you know, its still a shock.
I thought it would be Michael or me.
Why didnt you try braiding Sebastains hair?I was the braider!
I braided Sebastians hair!
I braided it every single Tribal and every single challenge.
Every braid that you see was me!
That was all me!
I was the braider, so I think he was just out looking for a new braider.
What about the Tribal before where Michael gave you the idol and Brendan went home.
No, play this for Brendan.
But in that moment things are going so fast and everybody was trying to read everybody.
But I also had this comforting feeling like, oh, Im safe now!
I needed some luck thrown my way.
I didnt have any breaks.
How frustrating was that?So heres the deal.
I didnt even know that I couldnt play.
Because Jacob came back and told us about Ghost Island and he could play and he got an advantage.
And then when Kellyn came back, she could play but she chose not to.
But I also didnt want to get kicked out of the game for poisoning somebody.
But the one thing they didnt show was that Bradley and I had some really intimate talks.
We actually get along really well without any gameplay talk.
So it was a push and pull with Bradley.
I was really, really hoping I could get a switch-up and work with Dom.
He just seemed like a powerful presence, but nurturing at the same time.
I thought maybe that would be helpful to me.
I knew that she would be pulling for me to stay.
We have some similar backgrounds, so we really, really connected.
Kellyn and I had a lot of intimate talks.
We have similar storylines, so I was really close to them.
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