Sifu also reveals that Drew is not the only one who left his back at camp.
Why did everyone on his Reba tribe always seem so insistent on getting rid of him?
And just how many hours of machete air guitar can one man play?
Sifu Alsup on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
And Sifu also reveals Drew was not the only person to leave his bag back at camp.
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Sifu Alsup on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
SIFU ALSUP:I know, man.
So watching it back as a fan is truly beautiful.
But I’m just going to learn from those mistakes and move forward.
Dee Valladares and Sifu Alsup on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
Did you have an inclination it might be you when you walked into Tribal Council?
In my day-to-day life, I like to read energy and just feel off of stuff.
And man, it was like a gloomy darkness.
Sifu Alsup on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
And it was just one of those things I was like: It’s do or die.
I have to fight for my life in this game.
And I felt no one wanted to really talk to me.
Sifu Alsup on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
We had conversations, and those conversations I could feel were not as honest as they should have been.
It just didn’t feel right in those moments.
So I just had a glooming feeling the whole day.
Walk me through why your Reba tribemates kept seeming to want to get rid of you.
Other than the spying thing, what was the issue?
He already was sneaking around."
Yeah, that was kind of a funny moment.
And then I looked over at J and J was not looking at me either.
I knew Mama J didn’t do it.
Yeah, that was interesting.
Is that true and how did that go down?
So we talked because we bonded over music, and J is an incredible vocalist and musician.
I listen to her music on Spotify, so I do love it.
I need to check this out."
Again, talking to people, you feel the honest connection.
You feel that trust, and then one thing in this game can kind of twist everything.
So we did have a good bond, but it definitely fizzled as we went through the game together.
You seemed pretty happy when Kaleb’s Shot in the Dark worked.
Were you secretly pulling for that to happen the entire time so J could go instead?
We’re going to play hard together.
We would be a great dynamic duo.
Whoa, that’s a good one.
Kaleb was a really straightforward player, and what you see is what you get.
But you could feel that it was a sales pitch in those game moments.
And you would make Kaleb a free agent.
We’re on this island, we’re starving, we have nothing going for us right now.
Let’s come back to ourselves.
Let’s meditate, let’s breathe together, and let’s move.
And you talked about how it helped you get through a rocky period of your life.
How was this experience for you in terms of that?
Survivorand the emotional aspect inside of things dug deep in me.
You’re stripped of a lot of the things that you have day-to-day, your comforts and all that.
So there was a lot of moments like that where you just sat under the stars.
And I’m living every day for 24 hours out there.
You guys are seeing 90 minutes.
So it’s like: What am I doing with my time?
That’s awesome, man.
So, how’s Bruce at Push Hands?
Bruce is not great at Push Hands.
That was a fun time on the beach.
But it was hilarious.
So that’s definitely something I reflect on.
What would you have done with it?
How would you have used it?
A lot of people believed I had an actual idol.
So I would’ve just said, “I’m packing tonight.
I’m going to bring it.
I’m playing it.
I have other chances.
Let’s go Bruce.
Let’s vote Bruce.
And that way it’s going.”
I just learn from them.
It’s a preparation, be prepared in life, have everything you need, and move forward.
