But oh, he was close.Soooooclose.
How does David feel about being so close to the million dollars?
Is he upset at Ken for turning on him?
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Does he think he could have beaten Jay?
And whats life been like for him since he got back from the island?
Or maybe were you proud of him in a weird way?
He made the right move.
Instantly I felt like no animosity whatsoever.
A lot of us in the game spoke openly about, Look this is just a game.
Nobody should take it personally.
And its a game where there can only be one winner at the end.
And we all know that when we enter the game to play.
And Ken made the right move for him.
So yeah, he made the right move.
Yet you didnotvote for Ken to win.
He was very likable and I guess I saw a lot of myself in his game.
So I kind of felt like when I wrote down his name, I was voting for myself.
Thats not to say that Ken or Hannah didnt play great games.
Because I think they did.
Just by a slight margin, I thought that Adam played a better game.
Take us through that final Tribal Council, because the performances seemed pretty even, yet Adam won unanimously.
First of all, it was a very long Tribal.
It went over three hours.
I thought Hannah did make a case for herself.
And I thought that Ken did too, to be honest.
Of course, Adam did, as was reflected in the votes of the jury.
But, it was just unbelievable.
But both of them made excellent cases.
I hope people picked up on that in the edit.
Did you tell anyone else about the fake idol you made?
Did any other people know that you laid a trap there for Jay?
But then I told her I was going to abandon it and not do it.
Jays an awesome guy and hes a challenge beast.
And how upset were you when Jeff Probst tossed it into the fire?
Oh, I was fine with that.
Thats what Jeff Probst does with fake idols.
That was a fun moment.
Thats a great question.
And the jury would have been split and it would have been the first ever tie at final Tribal.
We finally would have gotten to see how you break a tie.
But unfortunately, that wasnt mean to be.
We asked Jay the same question and he said the exact same thing.
He thinks you guys would have tied.
Then he later said he sort of thinks hed have won.
But you really think it would have been five-five?
Yeah, I think it would have been.
Or at least to try.
But I did have the thought, Why the heck am I still in this game?
Why is no one getting rid of me?
[Laughs]But everybody has their own idea about what the right move is for their game.
And Im not sure that all the time the right moves were made.
But I was happy to get as far as I did.
Does anything keep you up at night about the game at this point?
Well, its funny.
Its like, I played hard and I wanted to win.
In that way, I was happy I didnt win the million.
Should I get so lucky to play again, Ill take the million dollars.
Has that carried over into your real life since you got back?
But Im putting energy into living my life rather than being afraid of it.
Yeah, thats the only thing that sucks.
Just to be clear, if they asked you to play again, your answer is… A thousand times, yes!
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