Contrary to what the evidence may suggest, Chelsea Townsendwasindeed a contestant onSurvivor: Ghost Island.
You just might not know it from the amount of screen time she got.
But we never really got to hear her take on any of that.
Chelsea Townsend on ‘Survivor: Ghost Island’.Robert Voets/CBS
Was she surprised Laurel and Donathan voted against her?
Does she think her challenge prowess doomed her?
We asked Chelsea all that and more.
Here are some highlights from that chat.
She just wasnt willing to make the big move, and we saw that at the last vote.
Im going to build my resume.
But, unfortunately, she didnt, and I went home.
Everybody felt like they could win against her.
Everybody still in the game had Laurel in their top 3 as basically a nonthreat.
Laurels great, but her game-play was very passive.
But she kind of made out like she was playing harder than she was.
Then the season starts, and youre hardly there.
I think the biggest thing for me is I was so proud of my game.
So everyone just kind of thought I was floating around.
But I was a very big part of a lot of huge decisions.
That wasnt shown at all.
And then post-merge, I wanted to hit the gate running, and I did.
Whats something specific we did not see that you wish had made it to air?
[Laughs] There are a lot of those moments.
I think one of the biggest things that comes to mind is actually the Bradley boot.
[Domenick talked about this as well in our merge interview.]
Its not in me.
I was sitting on the bench!
Talk about that whole aborted Desiree mutiny situation.
I actually did not know about Desirees plan at all.
I did not know of this plan even though I was on the favorable side of it either way.
I am on the same page as you.
And she believed me wholeheartedly, which was great.
Who was your dream final 3?
You said Laurel, but who else?I wanted it to be me, Laurel, and Angela.
And I had outperformed them in individual immunity challenges.
You were a challenge beast out there.
In dance, you are constantly using your arms and leaning them in weird positions for a long time.
So I knew it was only a matter of time before people started coming after me.
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