The ousted player also says all was not as it seemed on the infamous tribe immunity idol grab.
In the end, Soda did goda.
How does Soda feel about Venus and Tevin now that the dust has settled?
Soda Thompson on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Whom did she want to sit with at the end?
And what wasreallygoing on with grabbing that tribal immunity idol from Venus?
But then I was like, Whoa, this is really happening!
Soda Thompson, Liz Wilcox, Moriah Gaynor, and Charlie Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
And then it’s like you blink and it’s over.
You take the pill, you’re out of the Matrix.
You were hugging Venus and giving her credit for the move and telling her you loved her.
The Nami tribe on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
How do you feel about that whole situation now 10 months later?
When we hit the beach day one, we were number ones with each other.
We spent a lot of time together.Randendidn’t like that.
The Nami tribe on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
So day one, day two, we were just all together all the time.
Hunter was like, No, I don’t trust her because Tevin doesn’t trust her.
So we had a very complicated relationship, and you could see it.
Soda Thompson, Hunter McKnight, Tevin Davis, Liz Wilcox, Randen Montalvo, and Venus Vafa on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
She’s a very assertive person and is very matter-of-fact like that.
And I’m very, All right, your feelings are valid.
I have to be neutral.
Soda Thompson of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
I have to be Switzerland because we’re playing a game for a million dollars.
So the way it was edited, in my opinion, was not accurate.
It was from one perspective.
So that moment at the end, it’s chill.
What was your reaction when she accused you of voting for her on the Moriah vote?
I mean, I was like, It wasn’t me!
and it was truthful.
So I was like, It really wasn’t me, but what could you do?
They put it before, but that actually happened after.
I’m not surprised.
The socializing isn’t there.
I don’t trust her.
So if I’m attached to Venus, I’m going down with the sinking ship.
So that’s why I started leaning towards Tevin and Hunter more.
But by that time, it was already almost too late.
There had been seeds planted inside of Tevins mind.
So I’m not surprised to see the confessionals of him saying I have to go.
I am very similar to him in a lot of ways, so that could be intimidating.
He literally said this, I’m not making stuff up.
So no, I’m not surprised.
Do you think there was any of the latter in Tevin wanting to get rid of you?
It was like, Oh, she’s talking, she’s talking.
She likes to talk to everybody.
And it’s like, he does too!
But it’s okay if he does it, but not if I do.
And listen, that’sSurvivor.
Getting rid of them kind of leaves you vulnerable without a shield.
But that’s my fantasy in my own head.
So it was huge.
I’m really glad my team was able to pull out that win.
Also, it was very strange eating before getting voted out.
I was like, I should go to Pondy starving, and I wasn’t hungry.
It’s even more interesting now that you say you and Venus were so close, so early.
And that’s what it came off as, which I was really not happy about.
Of course, that was framed to be Soda’s jealous, Soda doesn’t like this.
And yes, to your point, he does directly give it to her all the time.
I’m like, I’m just excited to be here.
Let me touch it.
I’m not that kind of person.
Let’s talk about your long-term game and strategy.
Who did you want to sit with at the end?
Or were you playing an adaptable game where you really hadn’t thought that far ahead?
I’m very flexible to challenges.
I just rise to them.
I’m doing what I can with this.
Okay, so TMI, but I have a huge fear of butterflies.
I don’t like them.
Stay away from me.
Everyone’s going to laugh at me, I don’t care.
I get physically hijacked if I see them.
It’s been since I was a kid.
But after that, I was able to be around them.
Suddenly, I even sought them out to touch them.
And I was like, Oh my God, who am I?
And then in my confessional after that, I started crying.
I was like, This phobia has been hijacking me for years.
It’s crazy thatSurvivorkind of broke that open for me, and it still remains true to this day.
I’m a little bit better around them than I’ve ever been.
Okay, so at the first one, I am probably this [makes huge shocked face].
Then I really am like, Okay, I need to be stoic, I need to be chill.
I need to not give too much away.
So you’ll see it progress.
So what’s it been like to watch everything back?
How has that experience been for you?
It’s been interesting.
The whole part of theSurvivorjourney has been really great.
And it becomes a different story, really.
So it has been very interesting, rewatching it back.
I’ve enjoyed a lot of it.
I’ve questioned a lot of it.
Would you do it again?
