Did a “Survivor” history between the two land Jeremy in a coffin?
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Jeremy Collinswas ontoDanielle Reyes.
He had her pegged as a Traitor and was starting to float her name around the castle.
Jeremy Collins on ‘The Traitors’.Credit:Euan Cherry/Peacock
Even with his last-ditch plea to work with the Traitors if they spared him, Jeremy was eliminated.
What does Jeremy make of being murdered by two fellow Survivor alums inBoston Rob MarianoandCarolyn Wiger?
How did he realize Danielle was a Traitor?
Jeremy Collins on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
And what would he have done had he escaped the evening with his reality television life still intact?
We asked the Traitors third victim all that and more.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, how long did you actually have to lie down in that coffin?
Wes Bergmann, Jeremy Collins, Danielle Reyes, Boston Rob Mariano on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
JEREMY COLLINS:Longer than I wanted to, but I will say that it was cold that night.
It was freezing, and in the coffin was warmer than outside, so it wasn’t bad.
But no one wants to lay in a coffin, you know what I mean?
Jeremy Collins, Dorinda Medley, Tom Sandoval on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
Did they actually hammer a nail into your coffin while you were in it, ‘cause that seems dangerous?
I’m pretty good.
Boston Rob and Carolyn, your fellow Survivors, theytake out Tonyand you back-to-back.
Jeremy Collins on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
What is going on here?
Man, I don’t know.
Listen, it’s my fault.
‘The Traitors’ season 3 cast and host Alan Cumming.Euan Cherry/Peacock
I put it on me.
I opened my mouth to too many people.
This is what he does.
He’s over everything.
Carolyn, I thought she was going to have my back more.
I sat her down one time and we had a really good conversation, heart to heart.
I was like, Don’t let anyone block your shine.
Don’t worry about anybody else.
You just be you and don’t worry about anything else.
And we had a really good moment.
I thought I was good.
I thought I had a lot of allies throughout the castle.
Tony called Boston Rob a sellout.
Do you agree or disagree?
I don’t think Rob’s a sellout, but this is Rob.
You know what I mean?
This is who he is.
This is how he plays.
He’s for himself and that’s it.
Listen, I’ve wanted to play with Rob onWinners at War.
He took outNatalieand I was like, It’s fine, we’re good.
I want to work with you.
I want you to be my meat shield.
That’s what I was looking for.
And we couldn’t get on the same page.
And then we took outEthan, and he really didn’t trust me.
And I’m like, Yo, it wasn’t a shot at you.
It was to get Ethan out of there so we could work together.
And he never wanted to work with me going intoTraitors.
And I don’t know, we just were never on the same page, me and him.
I think I was one episode off.
You were on to Danielle as a Traitor pretty much from the jump.
What tipped you off?
So I said toDerrick, If Danielle asked you for a Shield, she’s a Traitor.
Because nobody was after Danielle.
She should not be worried about anything.
Even when I got the Shield fromWes, I almost said, I don’t think I need it.
Give it to someone that needs it.
But then I’m not going to do that.
So I said, If she asks for a Shield, Derrick, she’s a Traitor.
And she would cry.
And it was just a not believable cry, you know what I mean?
And I’m a guy that, when a female cries, it kind of opens up my heart.
I tend to believe it more.
And I did not believe it at all.
It was just doing too much.
It was overacting and stuff.
And I said, Oh, she’s got to be one.
When you laid down in that coffin, did you know it was you?
I did not know it was me.
I had a feeling that I might be able to get out of this.
It happened so fast.
She’s not even trying to hide it.
She’s a Traitor.
And I thought me and Nikki kind of gave a similar answer.
So it could have been me and Nikki.
I was just like, It could be me.
It’s a 50-50 shot.
I had no clue.
And, if so, what would that have entailed exactly?
Or was that just some BS you were spewing?
Listen, I was throwing a Hail Mary.
I was just swinging for the fences.
I was trying to get to stay in the game immediately.
I’m not helping ‘em out.’
I knew it was going to be a tough road for me because of what I said.
I should have said, I’m not talking to the Traitors.
I’m talking to all the Faithful.
I’m a Faithful, I only throw out one name and I’m in here.
So if I’m gone, that person’s a Traitor.
And then I’m going back and thinking: Well, what if shewasn’ta Traitor?
And then they take me out.
So I don’t know, man.
I’m all over the place.
Yo, that game is hard, man.Traitorsis really hard.
Yeah, talk about not being able to trust anyone.
You’re used to it on the island, but this is a whole other level.
I know how competitive you are.
How much of your pain in that moment was simply a competitor who just lost a big game?
So this is what these reality shows do to me.
They know what gets me, and it’s my family.
So they started talking to me about my family, and that always gets me.
But I was more frustrated in myself and I am like, What did I do wrong?
Did I mess up?
Where did I talk too much?
Where did I not talk enough?
So it was all in my head.
I was really disappointed in myself.
And I thought I could have gone really far in the game.
And then once you get to the end, anything can happen.
Its like fantasy football.
What’s some stuff that happened out there about your game that didn’t make it to TV?
And it’s huge to see who’s grouping up with who and jumping into cars with each other.
Derrick is my guy.
And I said, Oh, I’m already with Tony.
And I should have said, You know what?
I’m good with Tony.
I don’t need to talk to Tony.
Let me go with Derrick.
Whom else did you want to work with besides Derrick if you’d stayed in the game?
I thought me and Robyn were good.
I thought I got a good read on Robyn.
I knew she wasn’t a Traitor, and she was just kind of easy to read.
She’s just out in the open.
Dolores was kind of easy to read.
I wanted to work with everybody, but I couldn’t even get my alliance going.
Anything surprise you watching the show back on TV?
I was surprised that Dylan jumped onBob the Drag Queenso fast.
Didn’t even look.
And he was just like, Oh, what?
And I looked at him, I was like, ‘Yo, he didn’t even look.
How does he even know?
He’s a Traitor.’
And then I talked to him for five minutes.
I have a twin brother who is gay, and I was like Bobs just like my twin brother.
That’s just who he is.
He’s not a Traitor.
I wish I talked to Dylan more.
I think if me and Dylan got on the same page, we could have done some things.
So seeing a lot of things that Dylan is doing, I like that.
But the castle’s big and there’s a lot of stuff that you don’t see.
