“It was a freak accident because Tina put dish soap on the water slide.
I was being told or suggested to get an X-ray, and I said no.
I refused because I knew that they would send me home.”
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That’s such a big risk to wait for a purge.
What gave you the confidence to think you had one more shot?
That’s what helped me sleep at night.
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In retrospect now, I should have gone in with Jay.
Listen, I know what Derek is capable of, I know what Adam is capable of.
But I did it.
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I never gave up.
But yeah, I should have gone in against Jay.
I think I learned a lesson to not operate out of fear.
He was a baller.
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He really got his redemption this season.
I had no idea he was on the show.
I didn’t know that he was the guy that couldn’t drink the drink.
I was like, “This guy’s getting really close to our group.”
And I told him that.
But yes, Jay is a badass.
I’ve got to give him credit where credit is due.
They were like, “How bad is it?”
And they’re like, “Can you maintain it?”
I was like, “Yeah.
I’m not going to go home week one from an injury.
But I didn’t die.
It didn’t kill me.
I’ve been through worse in life.
Now I have a metal plate in my shoulder for the rest of my life.
So you had to have surgery when you got home?
So I’m bionic on this side, setting off metal detectors in the airport here and there.
It’s pretty dope.
How long did it take to heal afterwards?
But I’m back and better than ever.
I wish I could say I was wrestling Leroy in a mud pit, something cooler.
And then the injury happened so soon.
We’re going to make it a little harder for you.'”
When you’re not hooked on your vice, everything is so clear.
Things change in real time and real life.
I was very much aligned with Laurel.
It was a little twisted to me.
And certainly Laurel’s opinion of Cara didn’t deter me from talking to Cara.
I will say 18 months later, Cara is a very close friend.
Laurel is not in my life, vice versa.
I experienced her outside of the show, and we’re just not on the same page as humans.
So I think it was best for us to just part ways, and I wish her well.
Hopefully I don’t have to do a season with her.
But as far as real life, when I got my surgery, Cara was checking in with me.
But yeah, Cara got a lot of unnecessary negativity.
What has surprised you the most while watching these episodes back a year and a half later?
Just how resilient Cara is.
People ganged up on Cara.
If you could go back, what would you do differently this season?
[Laughs] I wouldn’t go on the water slide.
I wouldn’t follow one person or root for one person.
That’s just based on the relationships that I had in that moment.
I wouldn’t be so quick to trust people.
What else happened this season that wasn’t shown in the episodes?
We all had this stomach virus from the food there.
It was like a strain of something that was going around in South Africa at the time.
So Veronica and I got to know each other really well in the Porta Potties at an elimination.
There was some soiling.
The stomach bug that went around really took us out.
It’s funny now in retrospect.
