The players of 'Survivor 48' talk with Parade in the preseason about their first impressions of the other castaways.
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00:00So you've been in Fiji for some time with not only just your thoughts, but also the
00:0617 people around you, your competition that will prove to be some of your best friends
00:11or your worst enemies, and I'm sure you have plenty of thoughts on them.
00:17So who from the people around you are you picking up good vibes or not so good vibes
00:23from in the preseason?
00:26I have been observing, but I think the one thing we haven't found out about each other
00:31is our personality.
00:32And like, that's how I vibe with someone.
00:35So this is a very hard question.
00:38I think I think it's really hard for me to answer that right now.
00:44Like I need to see a little bit more of like, does this person have really good work ethic?
00:48Does this person have a communication style that fits with mine?
00:53Is this person someone that I can laugh with?
00:56Like forget trust, I'm throwing trust out the window, but like, can I have fun with
00:58this person?
00:59At the end of the day, I'm here to win, but I'm also here to have a good time.
01:04So yeah, I feel like there are some people like I've shared a look with or a smile and
01:09a laugh and it's like, oh, like, I want to get to work with you.
01:13But I don't know at this point.
01:15Is there anyone on the other side of things though?
01:17Has there been anything where you're like, oh, that's a red flag?
01:20No, there hasn't.
01:21There really hasn't.
01:22Even looking at like, is anyone like having three plates at lunch?
01:26Like they really haven't prepared or like, is anyone just like super bossy or like, you
01:32know, sitting at the front or like raising their hand first for every single thing?
01:35Like everyone's doing a great job.
01:37Everyone is playing it neutral.
01:40I mean, listen, first of all, there's not one person here that I'm like, I can't work
01:45with.
01:46I'm looking at all these people.
01:47I'm like, oh, I can definitely do this.
01:48We can definitely make a connection.
01:51There are several.
01:52There is a, there is a taller blonde female that I think was at one of my final casting
02:03auditions.
02:04Interesting.
02:05That we kind of rode a shuttle together.
02:06And I remember her from that.
02:08And so even in this week, I pick up good vibes.
02:14Good energy there.
02:15There is a younger black gentleman that I pick up good vibes and connections that we
02:20could work together.
02:21There is a sort of a muscular white gentleman that dark hair that is always smiling.
02:31I'm like, definitely, I think we can work together.
02:35But I mean, just in general, I mean, there's been a good vibe that I've gotten from most
02:39and even people that have been very withdrawn and intense.
02:43There's a younger Asian female that I'm just interested to kind of peel back and create
02:49a conversation and to see where the opportunities are.
02:51So I mean, I think the possibilities are potentially endless here.
02:55Yeah, I know you said you're not closing the door on anybody.
02:57But is there is there anybody that you're getting not even bad vibes from that you can't
03:01read?
03:02Are they doing anything in Ponderosa that you're like, that's interesting, we'll file
03:05that away for later.
03:06No, there's, there's, there's, there's one or two people that just I've not even had
03:12a smile from.
03:15There's a one gentleman that and he's doing his thing that, you know, even just throughout
03:20the week, not even like had a smile or nod and, and I don't understand him.
03:28I don't know him.
03:29So what does it look like?
03:31He's probably dark, fairly dark complexion.
03:37Dark hair, thin guy, probably in his mid 30s, late 30s.
03:44You know, we just haven't made a connection.
03:46And so that's an opportunity.
03:48I love my fellow tall girl with curly hair.
03:51We're both tall.
03:52We both have curly hair.
03:53I just love her vibe.
03:54She's got the big blonde like I have really curly brown hair.
03:58She just has this like cool kind of like hippie vibe.
04:01Love it.
04:02I feel like we could mesh together really well.
04:03Obviously, I don't know her but you definitely pick up on cues.
04:08I also really like he is probably one of the older gentlemen in the group.
04:14Like all of complexion has tattoos on his forearms.
04:18That man is a deep well.
04:19He's got a lot going on.
04:22You can just sometimes you can just see it in someone that he's carrying something in
04:26there.
04:27But also I just feel like there's something solid about him that I really like, you know.
04:33Other than that, I don't know.
04:36I mean, you get a first impression of everybody.
04:38There's some people that you can tell are a little bit more outgoing and want attention.
04:41And then there are people that are just like very quiet or maybe a little bit more meek
04:45and that sort of thing.
04:46So it's just going to depend.
04:47I don't know.
04:48There's just something about him that I can tell is a little different that he's holding
04:52on to something.
04:53And I don't know.
04:54You can just tell when someone has some depth.
04:58It's not all just surface.
04:59It's not all just, oh, woe me, I've been through this and da da da.
05:02Like there is some depth there.
05:04And I can I can sense that.
05:05And I want to work.
05:07I mean, obviously, this is Survivor.
05:09We're going to double cross each other.
05:10We're going to lie.
05:11Blah, blah, blah.
05:12But I also in real life, I am loyal to a fault.
05:15And so that will be very hard to get rid of.
05:17So I definitely see myself finding someone that is not just like, oh, you're the person
05:22on Survivor I could connect with.
05:23But no, you're a person I actually connect with.
05:26I want to find that person out here.
05:28So then on the other side, is there anybody that's not not given that for you or anyone
05:32you can't read in general?
05:33I'm sure you also have nicknames for these people.
05:35Oh, my my journal has a nickname for everyone.
05:37I'm like, I got Jersey Muscles over there.
05:39I got like everybody.
05:42I've got Minnesota Hockey Player.
05:43Like, because, you know, I'm looking at T-shirts.
05:47I'm looking where they're from, you know.
05:48So it's not so much that it's like, oh, I don't want to play with that person, but I'm
05:52already leery.
05:53I already can see, OK, there's stuff going on here.
05:56There's one person that around us is very kind of just like won't make eye contact,
06:01won't smile back, almost kind of like gives us a loose board feeling.
06:07But then I can hear like in interviews when they go in, it's like a total change of it's
06:13a total change of energy.
06:15And I'm like, OK, so there's there's some play going on here.
06:18And you know, that might be my BFF when I get out there.
06:20I don't know.
06:21But yeah, I like bearded guy.
06:24She's got a big old fluffy beard.
06:25And I can't wait to see like what his beard looks like, you know, two weeks from now,
06:30you know.
06:31So I like him.
06:32And then there's an African-American guy with glasses.
06:37He's got a friendly smile.
06:38There's something about him that just draws me to him.
06:40So then on the other side of things, is there anybody that you're not picking up some great
06:45vibes from or anyone you can't read from this group?
06:48And I hate that this is going to be because they're going to see it and they're going
06:50to be like, but that's the fun of it.
06:51It could be your best friend.
06:53Well, there's a girl, a blonde girl here, and she just seems a little snooty to me.
06:58That's all.
06:59So interesting.
07:00Is there anything that she's like doing that comes across that way or is it just a general
07:03air about her?
07:04No, I think we were, I said, like, you're not supposed to talk.
07:08And I think, oh, she jumped and I go, oh, don't hurt yourself.
07:11And she goes, shh.
07:12And she shushed me.
07:13And I was like, yeah.
07:14And I'm like, she just shushed me, you know.
07:18So that's just right away.
07:19And that's the funny thing about Survivor.
07:21It takes one shush.
07:23And now I'm going to vote your ass off.
07:24You know, it's that stupid and simple, you know, like.
07:29There's an older woman, the oldest woman on the cast, I guess, you know, and she's
07:33always smiling.
07:34It's weird to me that everybody is sitting there so stoic and just in their little books
07:38and taking down notes.
07:39And I'm like trying to, like, smile at people and just be nice, because, again, that's just
07:42me in the real world.
07:43And it's just so weird how stoic and how, I guess, unenthusiastic people are.
07:49And so the few people that do smile and do give me at least, you know, something like
07:53shows me that they are humans that I pick up on.
07:55And so she has been very nice and just, you know, pleasant.
07:59Just again, we don't talk.
08:00We don't really say anything.
08:01And it's just the quickest of smiles.
08:03But you can just tell that she's sincere and kind.
08:05And I really like that.
08:06I think kindness goes a long way.
08:07And that's why I look for an ally, because when someone's kind, they're more than likely
08:09going to be honest as well.
08:11So that's what I kind of look for is people that are kind in the game.
08:13And I'm going to be friends with them and try to make alliances with them.
08:16And so she's at the top of my list.
08:18Don't know if she's on my tribe or not.
08:19But and then also there is a few others.
08:22There's a man with glasses.
08:23He's also doing the same.
08:24He's always looking around, trying to be friendly and just smile.
08:26And you can kind of pick up on things.
08:28You know, people just say thank you to those who are around, even if something like picking
08:31up a dish and they'll just say thank you, whereas others don't.
08:34And to me, that goes a long way.
08:36Yeah.
08:37So that's so interesting, because, yeah, I mean, the courtesy that they provide others,
08:40you hope that would extend even in a cutthroat game like Survivor.
08:43Exactly.
08:44Exactly.
08:45So, you know, there are those two for sure.
08:46And I think honestly, there is a there is this shorter Asian guy.
08:50And I have a feeling he's going to do really well in the challenges.
08:54I don't know why, but I just have a feeling that, you know, he's he's very athletic.
08:58Like you can kind of tell from his physique.
09:01But I think he's going to be a force to reckon with for sure.
09:03Now, is that someone you're like great meat shield or is that someone you're saying like
09:07big competition?
09:08I want to get rid of that.
09:09I mean, I want competition.
09:10So, you know, but I wouldn't say big competition, but I would definitely keep my eye on him
09:15for sure.
09:16Anybody else that you're either you're not picking up a good vibe from or you're not
09:19you're not even able to read, which can itself be a red flag.
09:23No, I think I'm pretty good at reading people.
09:27Let me see, maybe it jumps out.
09:30Not particularly, I would guess there's a Marianne looking girl.
09:37And I think she once again is kind of giving off that very kind, very sincere vibe.
09:41Yeah, I would love to be friends with her.
09:42I hope she's on my tribe as well.
09:44Yeah.
09:45But aside from that, yeah, I mean, everybody has, you know, I've taken my little notes
09:48on any of everybody that's come across, but those are the ones that kind of stand out
09:51so far.
09:52Everybody else is still up in the air.
09:54I mean, knowing myself and that I'm an athlete and I look at everyone else in the view of
09:58an athlete.
09:59This is a competitive physical game as well as a mental game.
10:02I see people who look athletic and I'm like, that's someone that I think I could work with
10:06because oftentimes people who are very strong and are built, they're hard workers.
10:11You put in a lot of time and effort to get those muscles and to have that strength in
10:15sports gives you lots of different morals that people who don't play sports don't have
10:19about hard work and teamwork and many things in general.
10:22So I saw two guys over the last couple of days that I think I'd really like to work
10:26with.
10:27One of them, he's a black guy who looks very strong.
10:30Great smile.
10:31Guy's wearing a lacrosse shirt at one point, I was like, lacrosse is pretty close to hockey.
10:36That's someone that I think I could get along with.
10:38That would be a great ally to have as well as there is a Asian man who looks about my
10:42age as well.
10:43Also looks muscular.
10:44Another guy who's smiley.
10:45I like the happy people, you know?
10:47And so seeing him too, I think he looks like someone who I could get along with.
10:51He just seems like a fun, nice guy.
10:53And so those are two people that I'm hoping I could get one of them on my tribe.
10:57So let's look on the other side of things.
10:58Let's talk about maybe these assholes or dicks or whatever other body parts you're perceiving.
11:02Is there anybody that you're picking up some either not good vibes from or you can't read
11:07in particular any red flags you're getting from people?
11:09I mean, there's people that I just think are annoying.
11:11Please describe them to me.
11:13There's this black woman who she just has been.
11:17We're supposed to be quiet, right?
11:18And she's just often been like making little comments or doing little extra things that
11:21I'm just like, dude, chill, like, and it's just been kind of getting on my nerves.
11:26So I'm like, that's someone that I'm kind of like, I don't think I would want to work
11:28with her.
11:29Interesting.
11:30There's also been a few people that I've still seen them wearing makeup and ear like big
11:34hoop earrings.
11:35And we're, we're out already sleeping in tents every night.
11:38We're in the wilderness a little bit already.
11:40And I'm like, why are you still getting ready to look nice?
11:43What?
11:44Like, it just seems very contradictory to my thoughts on this game.
11:47So these are people that I know that I'm very different from, so I don't think I would be
11:50working with.
11:52So good vibes.
11:53The muscular dude, bigger dude, I'm getting good vibes from him.
11:56The guy that has kind of the longer black hair, he has a lot of facial hair too.
12:00He has the full beard.
12:03They seem like they're going to be some good cats that I can really dig in with and just
12:06their vibe.
12:07And then she has the blue top on.
12:12She looks a little older.
12:14I call in my head, I'm calling her mama bear.
12:17She absolute good vibes from those three.
12:20And it's hard to describe.
12:22I feel that they are good people.
12:28And just in terms of, and I know that sounds weird because I've never spoken to them, which
12:32sounds crazy.
12:33I know, but it's a vibe and I'm going with my gut.
12:35And then the non-vibe, full sleeve, hair pulled back, female, hard to read.
12:42Can either be stone cold or not.
12:45And then everyone else, they're sitting solid neutral.
12:49They're doing a good job of keeping it neutral.
12:51It's hard to say.
12:53There's a younger girl, she's probably around my age, honestly, but she has a lot of hair
12:58like me and she seems very, very, very friendly.
13:00I've gotten a good read off her.
13:02I feel like as much as a read I could have gotten without talking.
13:07An older gentleman with glasses, he just seems like a gentleman.
13:10Every time we pass each other, give him the little nod and just kind of keep going.
13:15There's a younger girl too, she'll wear some hockey stuff around.
13:18I'm a huge Bruins fan.
13:20That's my love team, even though they don't love me the same as much as I love them.
13:25Listen, you are wealthy in Boston, so it's okay.
13:28Yeah, I have to say, but they have to pick it up.
13:30I'm telling you.
13:31She's got a rabid fan base and we're hungry for another championship, but she had a Providence
13:36Bruins shirt on, so I gave her not anything to jeopardize myself or her to get us kicked
13:43out, but it was just kind of like, I see you.
13:47Stuff like that.
13:48So then let's move over to the other side of things.
13:49Is there anybody that you're not picking up good vibes for or you're having a tough time
13:53reading?
13:54There's a lot of big people out here, and I mean big in terms of muscular and strong.
13:59It was very, very apparent.
14:01So that's a little scary to see, but I do think that that's a disadvantage for them
14:07in a sense.
14:08If someone looks at them, they're like, obviously this person's a threat.
14:11He or she is going to win every single physical challenge, so I think that kind of plays into
14:14it.
14:15For me, it'll hopefully help me along the way, and there's another guy too with a beard,
14:19and he just seems like an interesting dude.
14:21I really want to get to know him, but I have to watch out for him.
14:24He seems like he's here to play.
14:25There's this tall girl.
14:26When I first saw her, she had curly hair, but she's been tying it back a lot.
14:30She has the...
14:35If she told me to jump off a cliff, I would jump off a cliff for her.
14:38She could tell me to do anything, and I would do anything for her.
14:41Her eyes, her smile, everything it is about her, it's very dangerous, but I would want
14:46to keep her around with me because other people would be like, oh, she's dangerous, not me.
14:50So I would love to get to know her, work with her.
14:54There is...
14:55We have...
14:56So there are three Chads that they found, and out of the three of them, they actually
15:02found Giga Chad himself, and he is here on this beach.
15:04Giga Chad!
15:05The dude's biceps are like the size of my thighs.
15:09He's got like the jaw, like the face is just like...
15:14I want him to be on my tribe so that he can Jonathan Young us through all the swimming
15:18challenges because I'm not a strong swimmer.
15:20I just want to be tossed through the Pacific Ocean, and I hope he could do that for us.
15:25So then on the other side of things, who are some people that you're not vibing with or
15:29you're not picking up signals from at all even?
15:32A bearded individual with the initials SD.
15:35I don't trust this guy at all.
15:39His eyes kind of scare me because like, you know, I don't know what it is, but like when
15:43I look at him sometimes, there's too much white in the eyes, you know, like the irises
15:48are like small, and that's a little scary look, so I don't like that.
15:53But he's giving me like Tony vibes, and so I don't want to play with that.
15:58I want to get that out of here.
16:00Okay, the biggest person that I've already had a good vibe with already is the mom.
16:06I think it's the...
16:07I don't want to say elder, she's older, she looks like a mom.
16:12We're both going for the ranch, and we both grabbed it, and I looked at her, and I was
16:15like, I know three, I know three with my eyes.
16:17A literal meet-cute.
16:18Yeah.
16:19I'm pretty sure I watched a rom-com in the 90s that was like love over the ranch.
16:22Yeah, and she was like, are you going to use it?
16:24And I was like, huh?
16:25I'm sorry.
16:26I was trying to like eye her, and I was like, work with me, like come on, and she was like,
16:31what?
16:32And I was like, I can't do this.
16:34So her I have really good vibes with.
16:36I know that there will be one really, really buff musclehead on the beach, like at least
16:41on my tribe.
16:42There has to be.
16:43I can't be the buffest one.
16:44There's three people that I already see.
16:45I call them Captain America, there's Hulk, and then there's Falcon.
16:49It's a part of the Avengers, and I'm Spider-Man, so I'm like their friend, but I'm like not
16:54their-
16:55You're off doing your own stuff.
16:56New York City needs to be pleased.
16:57Yeah, New York City needs to be pleased.
16:58I gotta see Zendaya, like I'm just Tom Holland right here.
17:00But one of those three are going to be on my tribe no matter what, because there's no
17:03way that they can't be.
17:05And I've been, you know, getting good vibes from them.
17:07They're very fit and very athletic, so I've been trying to do like puzzles and brain teasers
17:12next to them to be like, hey, you know, like every Batman needs a Robin.
17:17Like I'm smart.
17:18I can do this, but I don't want to show that I'm really smart.
17:20Although I think people can probably either assume or maybe they can tell like, okay,
17:24this guy's a little bit of a brainiac.
17:26So those people I want to, I feel good about.
17:28All right, now let's go on the other side here.
17:30Who are some people that you're maybe not getting some good vibes from or you can't
17:33read at all?
17:34Oh, okay.
17:35So overall, everyone has like good vibes, but I think the people that are really expressive,
17:39there's some people out here who are already, you know, showing leadership qualities.
17:43They're like, like, oh, can I go to the bathroom?
17:46Like, oh, like first on the bus, like those, those kind of, I'm like, okay, these people
17:49here like know what they want, they're, they're, you know, they're assertive, they're not wavering.
17:56Like these people are going to be not hard to work with, but they're just going to be
17:59like the ones I have to look out for because they're going to want to make sure that, you
18:02know, people listen to them and that they're going to be dominating like the, either the
18:06conversations and stuff.
18:07So there is a, there is a, um, a taller blonde woman, um, who I think would, she just seems
18:14like very fun.
18:15Like she, you know, she's kind of like not afraid to like, when we're in the dinner line,
18:20like Bob and we've sort of danced a little bit or like, not like, not like outwardly.
18:23She just seems like she's very comfortable with herself and that she like would like
18:26to have fun.
18:27Um, I really, I think it'd be fun to work with her.
18:30Like I want to, I want to work with somebody who like is smart, but also like wants to
18:34play this game in a fun way, not like dictate to one another.
18:37I've heard players talk about how it's nice to have somebody who views the game the same
18:41way you do.
18:42And I'm like a fun person.
18:43Yeah.
18:44So I think it would be fun to work with her.
18:46Uh, I'm trying to think if there's, there's like, I literally like everybody.
18:50Like I, I, every, I, there's that charm coming through.
18:53There's Mr. I want to be everybody's friend.
18:54I don't know.
18:55I just like, I, you know, I'm sure everybody's doing it, but I keep on making up stories
18:58for everybody in my head.
18:59There's, oh, there's another guy.
19:00Uh, Superman.
19:01I call him Superman.
19:02He's, uh, he's, I mean, he literally looks like Clark Kent.
19:05And I could say this, cause I'm sure that I'm not being creative here.
19:06I'm certain he's been called this throughout his entire life or at least the past two,
19:11three years.
19:12Cause he, he just looks very like physical and like that he would do well in this game
19:16in that manner.
19:17But he also kind of comes across to me as like a very like teddy bear sort of dude.
19:20Um, just seems like a genuine person from what I've seen so far.
19:25So yeah.
19:26Well, what about on the other side?
19:27We'll go from Superman to Lex Luthor here.
19:28Who are some people that you're, you're not necessarily vibing with at the moment?
19:31Yeah.
19:32I don't, I would not say that there's somebody that I'm not vibing with.
19:34I've really tried to keep it tampered to like during this pregame.
19:37I don't know.
19:38I hope, I hope I've done a good job of that, but there is one person I can't get a read
19:41on.
19:42It's this gentleman with a beard, um, and he kind of, he's kind of, he's got a large
19:46beard and he's got like sort of like a, like a very well groomed, like sort of mullet wavy
19:50sort of hair deal.
19:51And it's not that I don't vibe with him.
19:53I just can't put a read to him.
19:55Like I mentioned to you, like I've been able to sort of like, I've been making backstories
19:58up for everybody in my head.
20:00Those will go by the wayside day one.
20:02But him, it's really hard to get a read on, uh, like there's nothing really consistent
20:07about him and not, that's not scary to me, but it just like puts a little bell in my
20:11head that like, you know, I got to look into this a little bit further.
20:14You know, who knows if that's even worth doing, but uh, yeah.
20:18Um, so there is this taller black guy with kind of like a fro, not really, but like one,
20:24two inches or something like that, maybe one inch.
20:27And like every time the servers take his food, he says thank you and like either does
20:31like a praying motion or puts his hand on his heart and I'm like, you know what?
20:34He seems like a very, very sweet boy.
20:37Um, and yeah, I would be, I would be down to play with him.
20:43And then who else?
20:45Um, there is the gay guy with the mustache.
20:50He just reminds me of one of my friends at home and I just, I, yeah, I, he's, he's been
20:55really kind to me as well.
20:56Um, because even though we can't talk, I mean you can feel people's energy.
21:00You can feel when they are happy to see you or like find you amusing when you do something
21:07on accident, stuff like that.
21:09Um, and who else?
21:12I would also really like to work with this one.
21:18I think he's Asian.
21:19He's Tanner.
21:20He's maybe like mid thirties or something.
21:23Um, he and I, I think have in common that we have rich inner landscapes.
21:31Ooh, I love that term.
21:33Yeah, because everyone out here is journaling to some capacity, but when you look at most
21:38people's journals, it's like the first three pages.
21:42They literally got a journal because they were like, well, I'm going to be out here,
21:46you know, like I want to process and learn and discover about things about myself.
21:51But me and this guy, our journals are almost done, which means like we actually journal
21:55in everyday life.
21:57That's something that I've been doing since I was 17, almost every day.
22:00So I feel like if I were to work with someone like him, he'd be thoughtful.
22:05Um, and yeah, I think he would really think things through and I would appreciate that
22:11in an alliance partner.
22:12So what about on the other side of things?
22:14Are there some bad energies you're picking up or anyone you can't get a read on?
22:20Um, I would say that it's hard for me to get a read on this one girl who sits in front
22:30of me in the, yeah, she has like dark hair, a lot of hair.
22:36It's like really thick.
22:37I'm actually kind of jealous.
22:38I'm like, dang, I wish I had that much hair.
22:40But it's hard for me to get a read on her.
22:42She reminds me of some people who I've met in my life who judge me for being loud or
22:49chaotic and thinking that I'm only one dimensional and that I don't have deeper thoughts.
22:55There is this girl, she has a sleep tattoo, her hair's slicked back.
23:01She's like pretty tall, athletic looking.
23:04You can just tell she has a big personality, really, um, flirty.
23:11Just like, yeah.
23:12Stuff like really confident energy, definitely someone I'd want to work with, um, there.
23:20This is a guy that has like a full beard, um, like looks just so excited to be out here
23:29too, um, like definitely have like been making some eye connections and stuff like that.
23:41Definitely somebody I want to work with, um, but overall, like a lot of the guys out
23:50here are like pretty physically fit, um, honestly, I would look forward to working with like
24:00all of them.
24:01Interesting.
24:02Yeah.
24:03Is that something you're sort of seeking out some meat shields to build your own survivor
24:06PE class?
24:07Yes.
24:08I would 100%, um, if there's one thing I know about me, it's, uh, I love talking.
24:15I kind of love being the center of attention, unfortunately.
24:20So trying to build old, um, a group of people around to me who also have big personalities
24:28who are all so tall.
24:30It's indicative if you look at the past 46, you look at the past 60 sins, like none of
24:38the winners have been huge physical threat at all, a lot of them are like very like unexpected
24:48and I want to do whatever I can to keep around some big, um, person maladies out here.
24:58Well, let's move to the other side of things.
25:00Is there anyone you're picking up some not so good vibes from or are you're having trouble
25:03reading?
25:04Uh, yeah.
25:05There are a few, um, a few of the ladies out here who won't give me anything like just
25:16very, um, calm, like reserved, don't really get you a lot of smiles or just not making
25:26an effort to get you anything.
25:30Um, so for me, it's like, if it's me and them and we're at the, the merge together, well,
25:42I am probably going to go before all of them.
25:46Um, I think come a bit, you're a physical threat and a social threat.
25:51So unfortunately, like those quiet players just make it through all 10 times and nobody
26:00really wants to take them out because no one's really concerned with them.
26:04But in my opinion, in the end, everyone out here is a threat.
26:10And oftentimes the people you don't suspect to be a threat to win the game are the people
26:19who were going to end up there.
26:26There's actually somebody who surprised me a little bit.
26:28It's a gentleman.
26:29He has the Mohawk curly black hair, very vibey, not too tall, not too short, not super buff,
26:36but you can tell he works out.
26:37He looks like he owns a surf shack.
26:39I like him because I feel like he is like, he does multiple different things.
26:45He's not mysterious in the sense of like, I know he's an artist or I can come to definitive
26:49like answers about who he is.
26:52But it's also the fact that I feel like if he's in a room with a group of people, he
26:56can get along with every single person and not try too hard.
26:59That's what I like.
27:00I don't like people who are forcing a connection.
27:02I feel like we would just vibe, just a vibe.
27:05And on the negative, I'm assuming, this is my favorite part because I'm very judgmental.
27:11I hate to be that girl who's like, I get more, I get along better with men, but I'm
27:15about to be that girl.
27:16I get along better with men.
27:18So the women attention seeking is not my thing.
27:22I like people who speak when they have something impactful to say.
27:26That's why I'm attracted to Dreya.
27:27She didn't speak much, but when she did, she had something that was actually going to change
27:31the game.
27:33So there's a few here.
27:34I'm going to describe them.
27:35One always wears her hair pulled back and she could surprise me.
27:38I don't know.
27:39But she's always doing something, whether it's like the over the top yawn or the I got
27:44to stand up and work on the circle for a few minutes, or I got to spritz some perfume on
27:48me, even though you're going to sweat it off in like the next five minutes.
27:51And then there's the other girl who's, she's also artsy, but she wants you to know she's
27:56artsy.
27:57She has blonde hair.
27:58She paints whenever she gets a chance.
28:00Listen, my mom and my sister are both kick ass artists.
28:04They both can draw.
28:05I'm the only one that Jean skipped over.
28:08So I know what it's like to be around true artists.
28:11I don't want to say she's not a true artist, but artists who are like, who have humility.
28:14Like you, they paint and they don't make a big to do about it.
28:18They don't go across the room and get drinking water to dip their paintbrush in.
28:21I was like, no, she didn't.
28:23That's literally what she did.
28:24Oh, she's actually making art at Converosa.
28:25Like yeah, cool for you.
28:27Love that for you.
28:28I thought you were just making like, I know what you do for a living.
28:30No, I'm like, what are you doing?
28:32So that's a biggie for me.
28:34She's looking for the round of applause of like, how amazing is this moment?
28:38Like truly, if you were just in your artistry, I feel like you would be like, I want to have
28:42this moment for me.
28:43This is something for me.
28:44I don't have to actually walk around once it's finished and act like I didn't mean to
28:48show it to y'all.
28:49And when we acknowledge that we saw it, oh stop, stop, stop, stop.
28:52It's a performative quality, right?
28:53It is.
28:54I hate performative qualities.
28:56Like you don't just be you.
28:58When it's time to be still, be still.
29:00When you want to talk, talk.
29:01I'm fine with that.
29:02So I have a razor's edge people, which is like, Hey, either this person has to be my
29:07ride or die or I need them gone.
29:11And that is, uh, she's got blue eyes.
29:15She's going to hate me for this at some point, but she has like, uh, the tattooed sleeve
29:19that like the patch tattoo sleeve, the, um, and she has like, uh, three different crosses
29:26tattooed all over her body.
29:29Okay.
29:30So she is suspect of me.
29:32I feel it from jump.
29:34I know people like her.
29:36They are suspect of me, but if I can get them on my side, they're my biggest advocates.
29:41They can call me on my nonsense.
29:43They can be my ride or die for sure.
29:45I need someone like that because I have harebrained ideas, man.
29:48I have, I have all kinds of different arguments that happen in my own head and I need someone
29:52to be the arbiter.
29:54I have a very low perception of threats against me.
29:57I think everybody wants to be my friend.
30:00So I want someone who I know isn't necessarily my bestie to be my bestie.
30:05Um, other than that, like the person that's on a razor's edge, like MZ, I think is her
30:10initials.
30:11I, uh, uh, shorter Asian girl who's like jacked, like that girl, I would love for her to be
30:18my ride or die.
30:19Cause I think she's a razor's edge for me too.
30:20Like someone who doesn't really like me, but if I got on her good side, I think we would
30:24ride forever.
30:25Um, and then like the dude who ate Tom Cruise, that guy, I want him on my team.
30:31What?
30:32Okay.
30:33This is an image that I need described.
30:34Mr. Captain America, the biggest dude.
30:36He's got the, he's got a giant beautiful face for camera.
30:39He's for sure been in movies or on stage or something like that because this dude brought
30:46toothpicks out here after lunch so that when he does get his face seen, you know what I
30:52mean?
30:53He's not got anything in his teeth.
30:54He's thinking in a way I think that is unlike anybody else out here.
30:59He is more cerebral than I think most people will give him credit.
31:02And so I would like to work with someone.
31:03I need a strategist and I know that I'm, that's not me.
31:09I'm an idea guy.
31:10I need someone that's going to give me the strategy.
31:12I'm a social player.
31:14I can make the strategy implemented.
31:16I can't, I'm not the brilliant strategist.
31:20I'm the idea guy.
31:21So then on the other side, cause it looks like you're willing to turn, you know, uh,
31:25make opportunities out of these people that you're a little suspect on, but is there anybody
31:28that you're just overall bad vibes from or you can't get a good read on?
31:31Yeah.
31:32They're, those are my bad vibes.
31:33People, the people that I don't get a read on at all, because if I can't read you, that's
31:37a problem.
31:38I can read anybody.
31:39That's my skillset.
31:40And so this could all change.
31:44I could fall in love with a person very quickly, but, um, the smallest person on the cast,
31:50she's the shortest, smallest person on the cast.
31:52I have no read on her.
31:53Like zero.
31:54Black hair.
31:55No read on her whatsoever.
31:56Um, S.B. as well, the, I call her Santa Barbary because, Santa Barbie, sorry, cause she like
32:08is blonde hair.
32:09Okay.
32:10She's a painter.
32:11She's been painting out here the entire time.
32:12Oh, interesting.
32:13Yeah.
32:14Like amazing paintings actually.
32:15I want one.
32:16Um, but yeah, I can't really get a good read on her.
32:18But who knows?
32:21Yeah.
32:22Oh, I want, I, I love the rock.
32:26The rock is out here.
32:28He is a delight.
32:30I could just, he folded his shirt away.
32:33Like I just saw him fold a shirt and the way he did it was like, oh dude, he's the sweetest
32:39man ever.
32:40He was walking out of the bathroom at the, in the middle of the night and he like closed
32:43the door, which is like far away from where like we're sleeping.
32:46But like I was walking to the bathroom and the way he closed the door was like a father
32:50exiting his little girl's room after he kissed her on the forehead, good night.
32:54You know what I mean?
32:55Like just so gentle and for a guy that big, that buff, that strong to be that gentle,
33:02that juxtaposition.
33:03Oh my God.
33:04I love that guy.
33:05I will tell you, and I am not ashamed to say, and if I get any black lash, I don't care.
33:11This is the finest looking face card does not decline survivor cast ever really.
33:18And once again, I'm sorry, but we fine.
33:21We baddies from the men to the women.
33:25Everybody is, everybody look good.
33:26Like, and that's the problem when people look good, you don't even know.
33:30Like at least before you had to like, oh, she has a smile.
33:33Oh, she has the looks.
33:34Oh, she has body.
33:35Oh, you gotta worry about, no, everybody, everybody looks good.
33:39Everybody literally has the smile.
33:42Everybody has the face.
33:43Everybody has the, probably the charisma and the personality to follow along with it.
33:48And I feel like that's, what's going to actually throw everything off.
33:51How can you know if this person is telling the truth because they smile just like you.
33:54Yeah.
33:55And so I will say, I did notice about that.
33:57Everybody looks good.
33:58Captain America.
33:59I don't know his name, but he looked like Captain America and he's, he built, he's strong.
34:05I want somebody that I want as a friend because I need strength.
34:09As you can see, I'm a little skinny.
34:10I got muscle though.
34:11Don't let these bones fool you.
34:13Don't let it fool you.
34:14I'm strong.
34:15It doesn't matter the size.
34:16It's how you use it.
34:17It don't matter the size.
34:18Remember little Charlie from season 46, that man, that skinny thing, he was strong.
34:22So yeah, but Mr. Captain America, I want him on my team.
34:26It's a couple of people.
34:27I seen somebody, she looks like a mom, a little older.
34:29I want her on my team as well because I feel like those are the ones that can go under
34:34and be your silent assassin.
34:36They can hear and come back to you with the details.
34:39Hey, they're talking about you.
34:40Hey, your name is getting brought up, whether good or bad.
34:43I need somebody to tell me because I might not be in a popular crew.
34:47I might be with the quiet ones.
34:48Who knows?
34:49I don't know until we get there because everybody's personality is hard to tell.
34:53Are they like me?
34:54Are they not?
34:55Who's the loud one?
34:56Who's the, we're the cool kids, the athletes, the geeks, what's going on here?
35:01So and I'm a person, I'm everything.
35:03I'm a Harry Potter lover.
35:05I'm a vampire lover.
35:06I like all the vampire shows.
35:08I'm there.
35:09I love every, every, every vampire show I will watch it.
35:11I literally been watching going crazy.
35:14So that's the thing.
35:15I'm a, I'm a good mix of everything.
35:17I can hang with the cool kids, but I can also be with the quiet people because I'm shy as
35:20well.
35:21If it's a group of cool kids, I'm going to shut up because now I got to watch and see
35:25what y'all going to do, especially because I used to be bullied in like elementary school.
35:29So you know what I'm saying?
35:30Like a little, that little childhood me still comes in as like in a shell because it's like,
35:35are they going to like me?
35:36Are they, will they not?
35:37Will they think I talk too much?
35:38Will I be too much?
35:39But at the end of the day, you just got to be yourself.
35:41And I feel like being myself, whether it gets me in the game, gets me passed or gets me
35:45out on the first day, I'm here for it.
35:46But of course I'm not trying to go out on the first date.
35:48My worst fear is being Francesca.
35:50Absolutely.
35:51Two times over.
35:52Two times over.
35:53I don't want to be Francesca.
35:54Sorry, Francesca girl.
35:55Well, let's talk about the other side of things.
35:57Uh, who's, who's repelling you like a vampire and garlic?
36:01Who are people that you're not vibing with?
36:03Okay.
36:04So there, it's hard to say who I'm not vibing with is more so who I'm looking sideways at.
36:09It's a couple of people I'm kind of looking like, I don't know if I want to talk to you.
36:14Interesting.
36:15Describe them to me.
36:16You want to give me a challenge?
36:17Listen, this could be your best friends.
36:18You're right.
36:19This could be my best friend.
36:20Um, so there's this one girl, um, I don't know, she has braids and um, she just, uh,
36:28looks like she's just, um, a little high maintenance, a little bit, just on a little
36:33bit more like she won't really work on the, on the island.
36:39It just looks like you'll have to pull her away is what is giving, just from the certain
36:43things that I'm seeing her do right now, like she's not getting up to throw her stuff away.
36:48That's a tell.
36:49Why aren't you getting up to throw your stuff away?
36:52You're two feet from the trash can.
36:54That doesn't make sense to me.
36:55I'm 10 feet from the trash can.
36:57I'm still getting up.
36:58There's just little things like that.
36:59I mean, it's a hot day.
37:00Maybe that's a factor, but also too, we're all hot.
37:04What makes you so special?
37:05So that's just a little, uh, but I'm once again, I could be saying this now and then
37:09we'll get on the island and we could be the best of friends and I'll tell a girl I was
37:12talking about you like a dog, but till then I just, it's just something about that.
37:18And then, I mean, it's a couple of people I think are looking at me funny, but also
37:22too, I'm not sure if they're, if it's in my head or if they're really looking at me funny.
37:25That's the thing.
37:26To say these things, I'd also be like, there's a very good chance people are saying the same
37:29thing about me.
37:30And so that also to your point about the attractiveness, like it all kind of puts you on an equal playing
37:34field too.
37:35Yeah, for sure.
37:36Because the whole new chapter gets written once you all hit the beach.
37:38Exactly.
37:39And on top of that, nobody can be like, oh, I'm going to use my looks.
37:41We all got looks.
37:42Exactly.
37:43So what you going to use for real?
37:45You can't just use your smile.
37:46We all got smiles.
37:47I'm sitting next to a guy and every time I look over at his iPod, because we're only
37:52allowed to have like old school iPods here.
37:55His iPod is playing the same music as mine.
37:57Like that's gotta be my guy, right?
37:59Like he's bumping the new Charlie XCX album also.
38:03He's playing, I'm playing Cowboy Carter.
38:05He's playing Cowboy Carter.
38:06Like we're clearly listening to the same stuff.
38:08There's something really nice about like knowing we're on, we, we at a bare minimum could go
38:16to the dance floor together.
38:17Right.
38:18It's like, well, you know, it's a, you could take a dance partner and turn them into a,
38:23into a alliance partner too.
38:25Yeah.
38:26Um, what, what do they look like?
38:27He's got a mustache and he's like got fairer colored hair.
38:32Okay.
38:33I would say.
38:34Yeah.
38:35Um, there's a guy, um, with glasses who keeps asking me, I'm one of the only folks who think
38:41who brought a watch out here.
38:43Um, note to future survivor players, bring a like shitty watch to Ponderosa.
38:48That's a good idea.
38:49Um, that way you can know just how slowly time is moving and he's asked me the time
38:55a couple of times and there's just like a kind energy about him.
38:59Um, and I think when you're looking around, I'm not looking for folks who are feeling
39:04like gunners, you know, I'm looking for folks who are feeling like they want to work together.
39:09Right.
39:10Cause ultimately I think that that's at least where, where we start, right.
39:13Is who do we want to work with?
39:15Exactly.
39:16Let's move to the opposite side.
39:18Are there some people in mind that you do not want to work with?
39:21Look, uh, the Ceri Fields tenets for emotional intelligence are you don't cut anybody out,
39:30right?
39:31Like that's, she's never going to tell you that you should be like, Oh, I'm not going
39:34to work with that person.
39:35Right.
39:36But there are some people who are like less smiley, less warm, seem like super focused.
39:44Um, and I wonder how that's going to play out in the game, right?
39:47You, you, you got somebody who's, uh, jumping in the front of the food line, right?
39:53Um, are they, are they going to be like that on the beach?
39:57Is, or is that the, the mask that they've, right?
40:00We're all, we are all wearing masks right now.
40:03It is Mardi Gras in there, right?
40:05Like it's there, everyone's wearing a mask, everyone's in a costume, but it's a peculiar
40:09choice to me for the costume to be like, right after we get to the airport to sit
40:15down with your notebook and immediately start scribbling about whoever you just like, I'm
40:19taking notes, but they're in my head and I'm writing them in my notebook in my tank when
40:24I get home.
40:25Right.
40:26Like at the end of the day, I'm not trying to do it in front of everybody.
40:29Um, I love this blonde woman with curly hair, like I'm obsessed with her.
40:34She has fun nails.
40:35I love her hair.
40:36I love her glasses.
40:37Like she was like reading a Michael Crichton book.
40:38I was like, what's going on?
40:39I like that.
40:40Um, she was wearing a shirt that said San Antonio.
40:43And I was like, are you from Texas or you just like Texas?
40:47Cause I'm from Texas.
40:48I don't know.
40:49I really like her.
40:50I really, really like her.
40:52That would be like best cases.
40:53Like we get on the boat and it's like us in purple.
40:56So then what about the other side of things?
40:58Anyone you're not picking up good vibes from or like you have trouble reading?
41:03Here's the thing.
41:04I like, I know because like, I know that they have no idea that I have a personality right
41:08now.
41:09You know?
41:10Um, I know that I'm like judging a book by its cover.
41:13But that's the fun of it.
41:14That's the fun of it.
41:15This could be your future best friend.
41:17That's what freaks me out.
41:18It's like, it's like, what if I'm like, I don't like you.
41:20And then it's literally like, I'm like, I'm marrying you in 10 years because I officiate
41:24weddings.
41:25I've done three.
41:26Yeah.
41:27Fun.
41:28Um, is there anyone you can think of that, that you're picking up weird vibes from her
41:30or doing things at Ponderosa that are red flags?
41:37Not really.
41:38I can't get a read how to describe them.
41:45There is a young gentleman with long hair and I cannot get a read on him.
41:50His books are covered.
41:51I like can't quite crack the code.
41:54Interesting.
41:55Yeah.
41:56So I'm just like intrigued.
41:57I'm like, who are you JP?