User blog:Tanglefrost/Grenada Exit Interviews

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First Person Voted Out


Jacob: Hey there! It's me, Jacob Chapman,  from Bermuda! I bet you thought you'd gotten rid of me after that season, huh? Well, nope! I'm back to haunt you. (giggles) No, in all seriousness, welcome to the Grenada exit interviews! I'm here with the first person voted out of the game, Kory Wells! Firstly, Kory, how are you dealing with this, dude?

Kory: It sucked to be the first voted out, but I got over it pretty quick. It was actually pretty fun to watch on TV, seeing how they edited me to be this underdog and made it look like I had a huge chance. My family were convinced I was pulling it off and they were all so disappointed!

Jacob: I have to ask you about this: based on the edit, it looked like you had a solid five against Ashanda, but then Tribal rolls around and she doesn't get a single vote! What happened to the plan?

Kory: Oh, yeah. Right before Tribal, Mackenzie and Jamie came up to us (Jason and I) and said they weren't flipping. I was obviously disappointed, but I got it. Like, it was day three and they didn't wanna stick their necks out and put targets on their backs. So, Jason and I agreed we'd have to vote for each other, then we went to Moses an told him, because obviously we didn't want one of us to be screwed by a rogue vote for Ashanda, so it ended up being 5-5 and Ashanda got away unscathed.

Jacob: That Tribal Council was the most explosive I've seen on the show, ever. What was going through your mind as it all went down? Did you think it improved your chances?

Kory: That whole exchange between Jason and Ashanda was really uncomfortable to sit through, and the longer it went on, the more I thought it was hurting me. I think Jason was really fired up about the whole thing- and rightfully so- but in exposing Ashanda he pretty much tanked my game. Throughout the whole thing, and especially when Kendra got involved, I was just thinking, "shut up,  dude. Shut up." Kendra was having an absolute meltdown because she was clueless about the whole thing, and I thought it would get people to switch off Jason and on to me.

Jacob: So, you were pretty convinced you were going? Did you think you had any shot of staying at all?

Kory: Yeah, I was 95% I was going the whole time. I was actually really surprised that the fourth vote for Jason came, and when the fifth was up, I thought I might have just scraped through, but as soon as the votes tied I knew I was done. There was no way anyone was going to vote Jason out after all that drama, and rocks were never going to happen.

Jacob: Kendra explicitly stated during Tribal that she wanted you gone. Let's go back to the Temptations twist. How long did it take you to figure out something was up?

Kory: I pretty much guessed it right away. When I got split up from Lennox and Jensen I thought, "Oh, she's just picking a strong tribe," but then she skipped over Samantha and put Topher on the team- literally the dude who dropped out close to first- and I was like, "Nah, she's stacking the odds in her favour." Then I talked to Jason, found out all his allies were gone too and we knew she was trying to screw us. The fact none of them were talking to us (aside from Mackenzie and Jamie) was pretty obvious too.

Jacob: What do you think made you such a big threat in Kendra's eyes?

Kory: I think she was scared by how social I was. I don't think I could have done much about it, because I just naturally get along well with people. I can't think of anything else, because I barely spoke to her on the first day. She asked us respectfully not to bug her about the Temptation and I was honouring that.

Jacob: It sounds like you were in a bad spot from the outset, then. Let me ask you this: was there any fun moment that didn't go to air that you wish had?

Kory: Nah, you pretty much saw all there was to see about me. I'm glad that conversation with Lennox and Jensen went to air, but after I got put on Carriacou there was pretty much nothing. Lines were so clearly drawn and they were acting like we had the plague, so there were no fun moments at all.

Jacob: Okay, one last question: do you hold any grudges with your tribemates, and who have you stayed in contact with?

Kory: No grudges at all, dude! I get that they were all doing what was best for our games. Jamie and I stay in contact pretty regularly and we're good friends; Jason and I obviously are in pretty close contact as well. He actually did quit his job after the show. I talked him through that quite a bit. He's a lot happier now. I'm also in contact with Moses, and actually- this is really funny now that I think about it- Kendra and I have come into contact since the show ended!

Jacob: Okay, I  was gonna wrap it up there, but now I need the juicy details: are you and Kendra actually friends?

Kory: Yeah! Funny, right? She just reached out  to me a little before the premiere and apologised for how she acted out there. Then she told me she wanted to get to know me, since she hadn't on the show, and we found out we had quite a bit in common! So, as weird as it may seem, Kendra and I are actually on good terms now.

Jacob: Wow! Okay, let's wrap this up, man. It really sucks to see you go out like that, but from all things considered, you sound like you had a good time. Thanks for sitting down for this interview.

Kory: No prob! Thanks for being such a cool interviewer. I can't believe I got to speak with the Jacob Chapman.

Jacob: Aww, you're making me feel important! (giggles) Just out of curiosity, would you ever go back if you got asked?

Kory: Oh, heck yeah! I'd be so down for a Second Chances season.

Jacob: Well, Probst has my number, so maybe we'll end up playing against each other some day! Okay, Kory, thanks dude.

Kory: My pleasure, and hopefully we cross paths again some day!