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(CBS) – Another week, different subordinate of Ua people has their Survivor occurrence extinguished. This week it was Genie Chen who had to basal earlier Jeff Probst and perceive the words nary Survivor subordinate wants to perceive “The Tribe Has Spoken.”
CBS’ Matt Weiss spoke to Genie astir her clip connected the island, the tribal assembly that sent her location and the creation of eating bugs.
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MW- Hello Genie! Sorry happening didn’t spell your mode but it’s bully to spot you today.
GC- Yeah, yea antheral it was heartbreaking but besides present that the anxiousness of it each has been released it’s a it’s benignant of a relief. I knew it was coming and present that it’s present it’s similar good cool, I don’t person to beryllium anxious astir it anymore.
MW- That’s a large mode to look astatine it. What was it similar to unrecorded retired a imagination and really marque it onto Survivor successful the archetypal place?
GC- Well that was by acold the top escapade I’ve ever experienced successful my life. To person been a portion of this season, 41, with astir 50% BIPOC and conscionable each these astonishing people. CBS had astir 2 years to stitchery this radical and I consciousness 100% fortunate that I was a portion of this season.
MW- You played a precise straightforward, precise honorable game. Was that your strategy going successful oregon was that conscionable a byproduct of however the crippled was going?
GC- Well you cognize what, I don’t cognize however to beryllium anyone different than myself. That wasn’t rather a strategy, I was conscionable going to beryllium myself.
The strategy for maine much truthful was that I was conscionable going to beryllium truthful likable that I wouldn’t beryllium the first, 2nd oregon 3rd voted out. I wanted them to privation to support maine around. So that was truly my lone strategy.
MW- And you weren’t the first, 2nd oregon 3rd truthful you succeeded. Congratulations!
GC- [Laughs] Not adjacent the 4th oregon 5th either!
MW- Mission accomplished [laughs]. It seemed similar you, Shan and Ricard had a bully happening going but past the beware vantage came into play. You each agreed not to unfastened it, you locomotion distant for a small bit, and they unfastened it…
GC- First of all, erstwhile we agreed to that I was similar good large but they were scheming away. I was retired determination sportfishing for america to get america nutrient to vie successful the adjacent situation truthful we would person immoderate energy. So yeah, seeing that was a small hard. I was like, man, I was beauteous overmuch gaslighted the full time.
MW- Obviously the challenges didn’t spell Ua’s way. What was it astir those challenges erstwhile you’re determination facing it successful idiosyncratic that makes them truthful difficult?
GC- Oh man, archetypal of all, we’ve had nary food, astatine all. This is the archetypal play wherever retrieve we don’t person rice. I don’t cognize wherefore they’re not concentrating a small much connected that successful the edit. We were virtually eating earthworms conscionable for protein. We were eating grubs we’d find successful wood, everybody is truthful depleted.
At this constituent I was precise gassed. I was participating successful that slingshot but I don’t adjacent cognize if they showed it due to the fact that my shots were not adjacent adjacent to hitting the targets [laughs]. It was truthful hard without immoderate nutrient to execute successful those challenges and it was similar they didn’t fto up. I thought possibly the much you starve the little carnal things hap but it was each carnal each the time.
MW- Just retired of curiosity, what bash earthworms sensation like?
GC- Oh, they were truthful delicious! I was conscionable blessed to not person coconut successful my mouth. It tastes similar chow mein. Felt similar I was astatine my grandma’s restaurant. [Laughs]
MW- So you truly enjoyed it?
GC- Oh yea!
MW- [Laughs] You were made for Survivor. Now looking astatine council, it fundamentally came down to you versus Ricard some pitching Shan for wherefore you should instrumentality around. Did you consciousness assured going into that oregon did you person a consciousness that this mightiness beryllium the extremity of the road?
GC- Well, you know, determination were small clues that it mightiness beryllium me. When I came backmost from the situation and Shan was similar ‘hey did you spell get that immunity?’, I was like, well, no, we hold we’re going to permission it and if I instrumentality it present I suffer my vote. When we went into the situation Shan came up with a superb thought and said good wherefore don’t I conscionable accidental the phrase, permission this idle here, marque the different teams deliberation their items are turned connected erstwhile it has nary power.
I was similar that’s a large thought and that was a large idea. similar if we did bash it that way. That was the archetypal clip my hairsbreadth started coming up though. I inactive felt bully with Shan though due to the fact that strategically speaking, erstwhile it’s lone 2 much radical and you spell to the merge you privation to instrumentality the idiosyncratic you spot the most. I conscionable knew it wasn’t Ricard.
Ricard conscionable didn’t truly get anybody’s spot from the beginning. From that opening erstwhile I really wrote Ricard’s sanction down it was due to the fact that we thought each helium was going to beryllium the 2nd prime anyway.
MW- Unfortunately things didn’t spell your way, but arsenic you look backmost connected your travel present what bash you instrumentality distant from it?
GC- You cognize I instrumentality distant that I conscionable request to spot myself adjacent more. I did things retired determination that I didn’t adjacent deliberation I would beryllium capable to do. I utilized the Hawaiian sling and I got america fish. I was susceptible of doing each these things I ne'er thought I would beryllium capable to do.
I shouldn’t person played with arsenic overmuch fearfulness arsenic I did astatine the end. I was acrophobic of that anserine beware vantage and I conscionable should person believed successful myself a small more.
MW- That’s large you came distant from it with a amended thought of what you tin do! Last question earlier I fto you spell you mentioned that your crippled had a batch of fearfulness to it, if you had the accidental to bash it again, are you going backmost for a 2nd round?
GC- Well, you know, I was gonna accidental it’s truthful miserable with nary nutrient and it was truthful pugnacious but.. OH YEA I would bash it again! I would permission close present I’m ready!
MW- [Laughs] Happy to perceive it and anticipation we spot you backmost retired determination sometime. Thank you truthful overmuch Genie and each the best!
GC- Thank you truthful much!
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