It all seemed to be going Scot Pollards way.
Then one alliance member won an extra vote advantage and the other won individual immunity at the challenge.
What could possibly go wrong?
Credit: CBS
Scot was eliminated after Aubry hatched a secret plan to oust him and convinced Tai to switch sides.
you’re able to now hear the entire interview right here on the Inside TV Podcast.
The blindside happened in the game.
And if anybody is beatable in the game ofSurvivorthis season, its Scot and Jason.
So that was what was going through my mind.
And I was shocked and I expressed it.
I dont have any hard feelings towards Tai.
Weve talked since filming, but I dont ask questions about strategy.
And that didnt play out.
So I dont know the answer definitively, but the reason I didnt even try is shock.
And Jason felt the same way.
We were both just shocked that Tai did that.
[UPDATEwith confirmation from Jeff Probst: Once the votes are read, an idol is dead.
Otherwise, your individual idol is still dead.
So once Tai denied Scot his idol, it was over.
Scot could not give his idol to Jason.]
On whether the sabotage was actually strategy or just revenge:
It was absolutely both.
It was a reaction.
There was nobody else spear fishing and collecting crabs besides me.
Tai got a fish trap together, he was trying to catch fish.
We didnt have very good success with that…. Firewood being brought in was by Jason and me.
The fire was kept and maintained by Tai.
But again, I get it.
Its a TV show and that doesnt make for good TV if you see the whole character.
Thats how I was portrayed as a character on a TV show.
So, yeah, it was both.
We felt a little betrayed by Cydney, so we reacted.
Jason, I got a sense most of his was scorched earth policy.
Am I going to jump to the girls?
No, theyre not going to use me.
So I had to stick with my alliance.
I stuck with Jason through thick or thin and thats the way we decided to roll.
And then he snuck out in the middle of the night and put the fire out.
On people thinking he put the fire out that Tai put out:
We got blamed for it.
Just like we got blamed for everything else and continue to.
On how he was perceived by viewers:
I was playing a game for a million dollars.
Did I come across as arrogant?
Did I come across as a jerk at times?
But I know who I am and I know what I was doing on that show.
I was trying to provide for my family, because thats what I do.
And I think thats kind of how it is.
I wont blame it all on the edit because I said all the things I said.
But, in fairness, I got credit for saying a lot of things that Ididntactually say.
Like, I didnt walk around going, Im an NBA champion.
Or Jason said that.
And did I call her Blondie all the time?
The next episode after shes out, Neal goes Bye, bye Blondie.
And, by the way, is that a derogatory term.
Shes got blond hair.
So I dont have any ill will towards Alecia.
I dont have any problem with her personally.
I dont know her.
So it was tough to deal with that.
But at the finale?
Ill go say hi to her, and if shes mean, I guess Ill understand.
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