WARNING: The following contains some pretty graphic discussion of Neals injury.
Getting medically evacuated fromSurvivoris a painful way to go out of the game.
Especially when you dont even have any pain.
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What was it like getting that devastating news?
We asked the ice cream entrepreneur when he called intoEntertainment WeeklyRadio (SiriusXM, channel 105).
I knew based on the fact that the doctor had squeezed Mount St. Neal earlier in the day.
The hole in my knee was almost down to the bone.
When I saw Jeff, it was clear that the executioner was there for me.
And it popped up real quickly and it really hurt.
So I had the doctor come out and they tried to squeeze it and nothing came out.
It was incredibly disgusting, but it didnt hurt and it didnt limit my mobility.
I was literally begging.
But the decision was clearly made.
Were going to consider pulling you.
You know from watching the game.
As were going there, Matt, the producer, realizes that Jeff never said Hey, guys.
We dont have Tribal.
That was the second half of the scene you saw and was obviously edited together.
And then its a four hour drive across the country to the hospital.
And then I was in the hospital for two days on antibiotics.
I was terrible patient because I just wanted to get back to the island.
I couldnt believe what was happening.
So it was kind of a combination of factors.
What youdidntsee was me giving her a jacket, and people didnt know what was in that jacket.
I dont think I was in the bigger boat yet.
Im still convinced I was going to win that damn thing.
On what his plan was with the idol at the next Tribal Council:
I was undecided.
Because it looked like it was gong to be the four Brains voting for somebody.
I think we were probably gong for Jason.
Then it was going to be them splitting the votes, four on Aubry and three on me.
Then it would have been a tie and ultimately Aubry would have gone home.
So I was undecided.
(The Neal interview starts 36:30 in.)
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