It is the first rule ofSurvivor: Never get too comfortable.

Why did he let his confidence get the best of him?

Why did he reveal his alliances voting plan to Aubry?

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And why does he think Cydney became so hell-bent on getting him out?

And I know they can use it against me, and thats fair game from my standpoint.

Theyre either going to tell my winner story or my blindside story.

So Im happy with the entertainment value, but just bummed with the result.

So that was my strategy there.

Obviously, it backfired.

So we werent able to communicate that with both Cydney and Michele.

So they always felt like the guys were tight, but we never were.

We kept trying to play each other.

On his final 3:

I was definitely working with Michele.

I probably would have gone to the end with her.

I was really afraid of a lot of women on the jury, but probably Michele.

And I think I would have been stuck with Julia, because Michele was so tight with Julia.

The thing was, Julia and Michele, they wanted to vote out Jason.

And sure enough, theyre open to it.

Joe wont remember who to vote for so we cant do that now.

So he thought the group was voting for Jason, yet it was me in the end.

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