The “Survivor” legend also reveals the moment that led to her ultimate undoing.
The queen could not quite become the queen of the castle.
Euan Cherry/Peacock
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why was there no sit out bench onThe Traitors?
Sandra Diaz-Twine on season 2 of ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
SANDRA DIAZ-TWINE:That is a good question.
I would’ve really appreciated it.
But even going back toAustralian Survivor, I did participate in all but one challenge.
Sandra Diaz-Twine, Trishelle Cannatella, and the cast of “The Traitors' season 2.Euan Cherry/Peacock
So I’ve decided not to make a big deal out of not wanting to do missions or challenges.
I just do ‘em and whatever happens, happens.
How bummed were you to not be chosen as a Traitor?
Sandra Diaz-Twine on season 2 of ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
So, in a way, she was off my radar.
I think it would be very natural for me.
So yeah, I was upset.
Chris ‘C.T.’ Tamburello, Dan Gheesling, Sandra Diaz-Twine on season 2 of ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
Wait, you were telling them that you wanted to be picked as a Traitor and get recruited?
Yeah, because you never know who the Traitors are.
But I was always saying like, Man, I would love to be a Traitor.
Alan Cumming and the cast of ‘The Traitors’ season 2.Euan Cherry/PEACOCK
I think I’d be an awesome Traitor.
I really did my homework, blah, blah, blah.
But it never happened.
Is that essentially what it was?
Yes, because I had done my homework.
And I couldn’t watch the original Dutch one because they don’t have subtitles.
So I’m like, Okay, now I know how I’m going to get to the end.
If you have any sense of doubt about any person at all, don’t risk it.
So I was like: That’s what I’m going to do.
I know my social game is good.
I’m going to get along with the Faithfuls and the Traitors.
Everyone’s going to be my friend.
Why do you think CT changed his mind and banished you instead of Kate?
Did he really think you were a Traitor?
Phaedra didn’t ask me anything.
I didn’t think nothing of it since I’m not a Traitor.
I don’t assume that he’s saying, Oh, that was Traitor behavior.
So when I saw that, I was like: Oh my God.
That’s when I finally made a mistake as a Faithful.
Just an innocent mistake, and only because I wanted him to get the Shield versus Trishelle or John.
He would’ve benefited, which he did.
But still, that relationship between CT and Trishelle was bigger than anything else in that house.
And we overlooked that at times.
So I think there was still some doubt there.
What would you have done if Kate got banished there and you made it through.
What would your strategy have been with CT, Trishelle, and MJ at the final Truth Ceremony?
We’re going to take out Kate.
He’s got to be a Traitor, especially since he was the last man standing.
It kind of looks suspect, but don’t say anything.
And I never said anything.
And come to find out, she didn’t just do that to me.
She did it with other people as well, and everybody kept quiet.
So I believe her in that fact.
But Kate got the upper hand with MJ because MJ started doubting me as well.
So I think I was screwed either way.
I wasn’t going to end up at the end.
For me to make it to the end, Kate, MJ, and CT have to be gone.
Trishelle was the only one at the end that said Sandra is 1000% Faithful.
It seems like the Bravo folks werent that aware ofSurvivorand didnt really know your history.
Was that the case and did that help you stay off their radar as a threat?
So I was like, How much ofSurvivorhave you guys watched?
And all of them were like, Never, but you guys backstab, lie, cheat and steal.
And I was like, No, it’s really not like that.
It’s just two tribes competing.
Let’s say it’s a tug of war.
So I was like, It’s not anything, I don’t know what you’ve been hearing.
You must have our show confused with someone else.
So I just knew that they hadn’t watched and they didn’t know anything other than hearsay.
We taped for over three hours and that was constant.
You guys didn’t see it all.
But here’s the deal: I get it.
Because she’s not a gamer.
So she doesn’t know what it’s like to get taken out of a game.
But I had no sympathy, because she had done that to me in our episode.
It was essentially like 20 minutes prior, she had banished me and I had to take it.
I was like, Don’t worry about it, MJ, you’re not going home.
I know you’re Faithful.
But she didn’t do that for me, so I was a little bit hurt.
I didn’t feel bad that they banished her at the end.
What about Phaedra hating on Dan and calling him a piece of s—”?
And if they say she was, that’s a damn lie.
I mean, maybe Tamra, because Tamra knows her better than anyone else.
People were like, Dan, you’re so shady.
You don’t say anything.
Well, he would never give anyone anything at all.
And that’s what he did to Phaedra.
He set her up.
And after that, the suspicion was there, but people didn’t want to believe it.
I didn’t want to believe it.
I believed it, but then I said: She’s my Traitor angel.
She’s protecting me, just like Dan and Parvati.
I was just like, why?
I was like, we’re not going to get along.
And thenPeppermintwas in my car and she watches everything reality.
She knew me and Parvati had history.
She put us together in the room and we squashed it.
And I never looked back after that.
I wasn’t looking over my shoulder.
I was always watching, but she wasn’t my priority in the castle.
So I didn’t want to always be known as it’s always Sandra and Parvati together.
That was not the case.
But that wasn’t the situation out there.
We were getting along.
