I think that emotional intelligence is a much bigger component ofSurvivor.
Just about everybody can figure out how to count votes and know if theyre in the majority.
The most important thing is knowing who wants to work with you and who doesnt.
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On if she underestimated Debbie:
I think in the first few days, definitely.
Maybe a lot of people can underestimate her.
I think probably most of our tribe did, at least at first.
One of her major strengths is her optimism.
She was the one who has making everyone feel better.
I think I felt like it was more directed at him before I watched the episode.
At that point, I could tell something was up.
We went on a couple of dates.
We probably hit it off more as friends than as a real romantic connection.
And one of the first things he said to me was, I saw your profile.
My first thought was, you should be onSurvivor.
I guess he planted the idea in my mind and later on it became a thing.
On the brutal conditions:
It was routinely over 100 degrees nearly ever day.
Wed go in the ocean to cool off.
It was also tough in terms of insects, all the bites.
Several of us got some nasty infections.
I actually got quite a bad staph infection in my shoulder.
I got back and had the surgery in Phnom Penh shortly after I was voted out.
So it was pretty punishing for everybody.
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