But they will tell us!
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People lie about all sorts of things on the islands ofSurvivor.
Of course, they are pretty much always lying when it comes to the game, because lyingisthe game.
Joe Hunter, Stephanie Berger, and Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS (3)
But there is also so much more to lie about.
They lie about their age.
They lie about their profession.
Kamilla Karthigesu on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
They lie about where they went to school and what they studied.
Sometimes they even lie about their family.
THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM!
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
So what will be thecast ofSurvivor 48be lying about when the season kicks off Feb. 26 on CBS?
We asked the18 competitorsexactly that in Fiji just days before filming began.
Read on for the intel on all the players that their tribe mates willnotbe getting.
Mary Zheng on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Kamilla Karthigesu
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I don’t want people to know I’m a software engineer.
I feel like people hear the word engineer and they’re like, Oh, that person’s smart.
Even though I am a software engineer, I work with many not-smart software engineers.
Thomas Krottinger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
There are many stupid ones out of us.
But I don’t want them to know that.
I don’t have a big vocabulary, and my sentence structure is pretty simple.
Chrissy Sarnowsky on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
And so I don’t sound intelligent at all.
Justin Pioppi
I actually transferred to Yale.
My parents worked very hard to put me in that situation, and I’m deeply appreciative.
Shauhin Davari on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I just don’t want anyone to know that out here.
I don’t think that will fare well for me.
But I think I hide that pretty well.
Star Toomey on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I don’t really talk like a Yale grad.
I don’t really look like a Yale grad.
I don’t have a traditional work experience of a Yale grad.
Kyle Fraser on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
So it’s a little bit different, but I think that helps me.
I’m not going to openly share that out here.
I do therapy, whether it’s for substance abuse counseling or for private practice.
Bianca Roses on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
The number one conversation killer at a party is when they’re like, What do you do?
And I’m like, Therapist.
And they’re like, Oh, well, what am I thinking right now?
Mitch Guerra on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Or, Wow, I should really talk with you about my mom.
So I’ve learned to say that I’m a social worker.
That’s going to come out in the challenges and I’m not going to hide that.
Charity Nelms on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
So I feel like I’m walking into this game with a big secret.
They don’t need to know all of that.
They need to think of me as just Thomas, the lovable guy from North Texas.
Joe Hunter on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Chrissy Sarnowsky
I don’t want to hide anything.
I’m an open book, so whatever comes out my mouth, I’m saying it.
I was never good at really holding too many secrets about myself.
Stephanie Berger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I’m pretty proud of what I do and who I am.
But as far as me, it’s all good.
If you lie, you got to remember that lie, and then another lie, and another lie.
Kevin Leung on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Shauhin Davari
I was a lawyer and I’m definitely not telling them that I quit that.
But certainly that training trains your brain to think a certain way, which makes you a threat.
And I don’t want to tell them that.
Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Like, Oh, he is going to have great speeches and blah, blah, blah, blah.
That’s kind of how I view myself as a speech and debate coach.
And I’m not just a speech and debate coach.
Cedrek McFadden on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I’m one of the best that’s ever done it at the community college level.
So we’re very, very successful, and we’re one of the biggest teams as well.
Star Toomey
That’s the tough part.
Eva Erickson on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I’m stuck between: Do I want to tell everyone about my family and my 11-month-old son?
So I’m just stuck on what should I tell.
Kyle Fraser
I’m a litigator.
David Kinne on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
And I definitely do not want people to know Im a lawyer.
I’m going to say I’m a teacher.
I just think that one, now it’s just a trope.
it’s possible for you to’t say you’re a lawyer onSurvivor.
And two, I think that’ll make me a little bit more relatable.
People have this notion that lawyers are deceptive, so I’m trying to sort of get around that.
And I used to teach, actually.
I got plenty of fodder, plenty of stories, and I miss working with kids every day.
So I don’t want them to know a lot of that right now.
I work in events.
I’m an event manager helping with corporate events.
So I feel like PR people have a bad rap, have that kind of salesy vibe.
I don’t want to come out here and be a Kaleb.
I don’t want people to think, Oh, Bianca is just in PR.
She’s going to spin a story.
She’s going to lie easily.
She’s going to be able to riff and improvise and be strategic and all that stuff.
And maybe I’m overthinking it, but I don’t think I am.
I think PR is a red flag.
It started as lawyers and doctors you cannot be that.
But I feel like it’s shifted to insulting salesman.
I feel like PR can fall into that.
Mitch Guerra
I’m definitely not a good liar, so Im a pretty open been book.
And then the next thing, I’m out here.
It does not reflect my bank account.
Also, I think I will probably be dialing back my tenacity a little bit.
I am very tenacious, very bold.
I am a go-getter.
Same with any sport I’ve played.
I built a business.
I woke up one day and said, You know what?
I’m going to share my fitness journey.
I’m going to build a business.
My first six weeks in business, I made double what I made as a flight attendant.
So I’m really just leaning into my, I’m very happy go lucky.
I’ll do anything to make anyone laugh, including totally humiliating myself.
If I can make you laugh, I’ll do it.
I just think it’s important for me to scale it back.
I don’t think folks need to know that I’m the boss.
I don’t think they need to know that I am pushing forward $100 million-projects.
Certainly, she’s here.
That’s not possible, but I don’t want to lead with her.
I’m that girl at Ponderosa right now.
I’ve got my tarot card deck at Ponderosa.
I don’t have spreadsheets, and that’s very intentional.
I did not bring my own.
I made a big mistake of doing a difficult one though.
That’s on me.
Kevin Leung
I currently am a finance manager at a really big tech company.
So I am going the opposite direction.
I’m just going to tell people Im a finance person at a construction or utility company.
I mean, that seems very unassuming.
Sai Hughley
There are a few things I don’t want them to know.
What I used to do for work, first of all.
I also don’t want them to know that I’m a control freak.
I have to have control at all points and I kind of go a little stir crazy.
Another weakness of mine is my emotional vulnerability.
I didn’t hug my mom a lot because I didn’t see it shown to me.
So it’s hard for me to want to go in and hug someone.
But on the inside, I’m literally like Do not touch me.
Cedrek McFadden
I’m a fairly open book.
I don’t anticipate holding anything back from my profession or about my family.
Eva Erickson
I’m definitely hiding the fact that I’m getting my PhD in engineering.
