She’s also no longer angry Mike Gabler won ‘Survivor 43’.
Emily Flippenshould have been voted out on day three ofSurvivor 45.
She would have been too, hadHannah Rosenot decided to quit.
Emily Flippen on ‘Survivor 45’.CBS
Heck, she even won a challenge!
Did Emilys big move onBrucelast week lead to her downfall on this one?
What was her endgame plan anyway?
Emily Flippen.Robert Voets/CBS
Does she regret not risking her vote to go for immunity on her journey?
Read on for answers!
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, Emily.
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First question: Who built the pyramids?
EMILY FLIPPEN:[Laughs] Well, I feel pretty confident it’s not aliens.
Let’s get into what happened last night.
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Yeah, I felt pretty confident that it was me.
I remember the moment Julie stood up.
Julie and I, we were lying to each other’s faces.
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We knew it was one or the other.
So she definitely got the better of me.
Take us through what happened after getting your torch snuffed and then heading to Ponderosa.
Emily Flippen.Robert Voets/CBS
What was that like?
It was absolutely crazy.
I mean, I was not obviously blacked out, but that all just happened so quickly.
So while I was disappointed, they kind of made the experience way more palatable.
Had you thought of an epic way you wanted to go out?
I wish I could say yes.
I was really unprepared for the game ofSurvivor.
I was buying a house.
I still cant to this day.
You said you do have other regrets.
What are your other regrets?
I don’t even know where to begin.
Nobody was willing to go to bat for him.
I think that’s really where a lot of my leverage left.
You need a ride or die in this game, no doubt.
I think yes, to answer that question shortly.
I do think that my time was limited regardless.
Hindsight being 20/20, do I wish I had acted differently?
They were really confident.
They said Flush Bruces idol.
Don’t even make a run at trick him.
And that was kind of what I thought was a big move for me.
What was your endgame plan?
Whom did you want to sit next to at the end?
I was actually really willing to sit next to Drew and Austin if they would’ve taken me there.
Now, I wasn’t sure if they would.
I felt confident that I would potentially lose against one of the Reba women.
But my only kind of perception at the time was thinking Drew and Austin were playing similar games.
You’ve said you were sort very insecure about your game.
What do you mean by that?
I think other people’s perceptions of me in the game were different than my own.
I never really felt like I had power.
The experience was kind of, You do this.
And that’s kind of the reality.
You don’t have the numbers, so you do have to kind of fall into that role.
I didn’t think that the jury had respect for me, and I think that perception was wrong.
It’s interesting when you say the edit was generous to you because I was wondering about that.
I think the edit is accurate right now.
Obviously, editing plays into that.
I didn’t barge in on the marooning.
Jeff asked me that question about Bruce and I responded to it.
But also, you could’t create a narrative that doesn’t exist.
I did behave like that.
So in that sense, I think the edit has been incredibly accurate.
I was like: This is a very normal thing for me to do.
I didn’t give them the chance to get to know me.
So just being more open with myself and all my qualities was the change that you really see.
Let’s just sayHannah does not quit this game, right?
She’s just like, I’m in it to win it!
What do you think your take is then on yourSurvivorexperience?
I think prior to the episode airing, I would’ve been more positive.
They knew that that was my likely scenario with how I was going to act.
So everybody was just surprised when I wasn’t the first boot.
The reaction from the public after that first episode though, I did not expect that.
I didn’t realize that so many people cared!
It sounds bad to say it.
I felt like I was on an island after that first episode because Iloved you in that episode.
I’m like, This is so refreshing.
Someone’s speaking their mind!
And everyone else was just like… no.
But what was it like getting to watch that fan reaction turn over the past few months?
Honestly, kind of jarring.
And I definitely think I changed and I grew through mySurvivorexperience.
But, at the same time, those qualities are still there in myself.
And that’s humans!
It’s been really, really freaking weird.
Are you still mad aboutMike Gabler winningseason 43?
I learned that the hard way.
Whats the update there?
I spent the entire time talking about my boyfriend.
It’s honestly embarrassing, but everybody kind of knew him as a result of that.
So it’s happening.
You’re getting married?
Well, my mom’s not listening to this, right?
At some point, we’ll get our act together.
I think organizationally, that’s the challenge for us.
But directionally, that’s where we’re headed.
Whats something that happened out there that never made it to TV?
So I could call any of those out.
But the thing that stands with me is Kendra and my relationship wasn’t really shown.
We were actually probably more similar than we are dissimilar.
We had a really great friendship and an alliance and that was never part of the narrative this season.
So I was kind of sad that didn’t make it.
Would you do it again if they asked you to come back to play on another season?
What do you say?
But I cannot recommend reality TV as a generally positive experience for people.
I think I’ve been very fortunate, but this whole experience has just been so crazy.
I am not clamoring to go back right now.
Now, is there an amount of money that I would compete for?
Probably there could be a check big enough, but right now my answer is probably no.
Sounds like you should go onSquid Gamethen.
I mean, four and a half million dollars?
I’ll do a lot for that.
