But he didn’t read it in time and it was taken away.
After all the he-said, he-said, Emily joined Drew and Austin in voting out Brando.
How does Brando feel about his ouster?
Brando Meyer on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
Why did he offer up his Shot in the Dark?
And how does he feel about his relative lack of screen time during the season?
(you could watch the entire interview above or read it below.)
Brando Meyer and Kendra McQuarrie on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Ultimately, it all came down to Emily.
Why could you all not sway her to your side?
I think I could have done a better job fighting to get her on my side.
Brando Meyer on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
We’ve heard about the unaired twist where Kendra went to Lulu beach.
I really like Emily.
We got good vibes from each other."
The cast of ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
We want to take you really far."
We didn’t make that argument.
So when you went to Tribal that night, what did you think was going to happen?
Brando Meyer on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
Kendra looked absolutely shocked.
When you walked in there, what did you think was going to go down?
And so it was a little bit shocking to say the least.
So let’s get into that.We saw you offer Drew your Shot in the Dark.
What was your thinking there in offering that up?
So the idea behind that was: Look, I’m a numbers guy.
A one in six chance?
I was never planning on playing my Shot in the Dark, even if I needed it.
On a tribe of five, your vote is so important.
And so I figured that was a bargaining piece I could use.
Were you surprised when he was like, “No, it’s all good?”
But actually, I offered it to him again later.
So I think part of it was that he felt bad.
Part of it was that he was trying to convince me that I was safe.
So he had it in his pocket and then gave it back to you.
So I think if I were to relive that moment, I would just tell her the truth.
I didn’t have a reason to lie to Emily.
Emily was there when Drew shut down the nerd alliance, so I think she would’ve understood.
They found out about it by watching it on TV.
So it felt a little bit bad, but they go further than me, so can’t complain.
Any text messages going back and forth last night about that?
I don’t know if I’m allowed to say, but I won’t confirm or deny.
Okay, good enough.
So you brought up the nerd alliance chat with Drew.
How surprised were you when you floated that and he shot you down?
Because that very rarely happens onSurvivor.
Oh my God, yeah.
To be fair, when I was offering it to him, I also didn’t really mean it.
I was going to gun for him the whole time.
So I don’t totally blame him for shutting me down.
But I will say that I was shocked.
We’ve seen how honest his game is though, so maybe it was all part of the plan.
So, the nice thing about winning challenges is that you don’t have to go to Tribal Council.
Coming out of the game.
I was very prepared for that.
So I didn’t have high expectations for my screen time.
So a little bit heartbreaking, but I didn’t really expect much.
I probably have some sort of advantage.
This could be an idol clue.
Maybe the idols just got put into play."
So I don’t know what it said.
It could have said “You may swap tribes with somebody else.”
Maybe I could have saved myself.
But future players, always read the note when you get it.
It’s going in the pocket."
And then I think I missed my window with that one.
Yeah, people say that they come out ofSurvivorwith regrets a lot of the time.
I would at least like to know that.
So that’s been on my mind.
Also, what could it be?
Maybe we could have swapped beaches.
Maybe I could have swapped with somebody.
I guess we’ll never know.
Well, maybe we will.
So maybe you’ll get your answer in a few months.
So I think the way that I scrambled before Tribal is the big thing I would’ve changed.
And also, more time looking for the idol on Belo beach.
There was a very big anti-idol hunting culture.
We always had something to be doing.
So I think I should have spent more time looking for that idol.
I’ve seen a lot of speculation about which way Kellie and I would’ve gone.
We were tight in the middle.
And so had we gone to that very first Tribal Council, he might’ve relived his fate.
So maybe for the best.
I was going by Brando for the whole casting process.
A good amount of my hometown friends call me Brando.
I’ve been called Brando for a long time.
So there’s a little bit of a mix, but I was Brando all the way through theSurvivorprocess.
And I will say, everyone talks about, hearing your own voice on TV is so weird.
Favorite Pokemon GO character?
Oh, that’s a tough one.
I’m going to go with a classic.
I’m going to go with Bulbasaur.
