TVLINE | I was out there watching Cirie struggle with the monkey’s fist, and it took her maybe 15-20 minutes to accomplish that task. Did you think that would be the nail in her coffin?
Joe started talking about how we didn’t want to go back to Tribal. So yeah, that was really bad that she did that. Then Savannah, I think Savannah and Devens, we were sitting on the rock and they were like, “Yeah, that’s really bad. We should definitely get her out, threat liability,” the same conversations, and I remember talking about duos. And then you saw Deven’s bring it up like, “Did you see how fast Ozzy stuck up for Cirie, we gotta be worried about that.” Then they threw Ozzy’s name out. So then Devens had come back to Savannah and I like, “What do you think about Ozzy?” And I was like, “OK,” so I really thought Ozzy and Cirie were being targeted, and I was like, “that’s great pressure off me.”
Christian, Emily, and Devins were obviously a group. Joe was like, “I really don’t want to vote [Cirie] out,” and Savannah said the same thing about me. They were not cohesive. It was two groups, just like how we felt when we landed. I was worried about being late to the party, and they all thought, “she wasn’t invited to the party.” That’s how it felt. I was like, “Hey, sorry I’m late,” and they were like, “What’s she doing here?” I thought really my only good opening was trying to get with Christian, Joe, and Savannah. They all told me like they were voting for Cirie and we’d had those conversations right before, like, Cirie or Ozzy?
But Christian is the one who named Cirie first, then sent Devens, his little Captain Kirk, over there to do his dirty work. One-hundred percent, Christian said it first. I will look him in the eye. Get him on here. I will take a deposition from Christian Hubicki. I’m no attorney. I’m not Genevieve or Kyle, but I would be like, “Did you not say these words? Did you not say her name first and say, ‘I’m going to go sit by her?'”
TVLINE | I was at your camp when Savannah told everyone that she won Season 49. What were your thoughts about that reveal, and what did you think about Savannah in general?
Savannah and I had already taken a walk and chatted, and she’d already told me that she’d won, and she told me that she won four immunity challenges and that she was a challenge beast, and I thought, “Oh my God, awesome,” because I’m feeling like she wouldn’t have connections either. So I was like, “Great, this is somebody that I can work with.” Her and Joe, I was actually thinking. They weren’t quite so cohesive together, and I don’t know who they thought they were aligned with. They, too, were late to the party without being invited.
TVLINE | The premiere played like a love letter to the original “Borneo” season. What feelings did all of that footage drum up?
I’ll get teary eyed even talking about it. They really gave me a really good edit and send off. It felt like a love letter. They were probably like, look, she came in, played hard and fast, but it just didn’t work out with the people in her tribe. I really feel like I was doomed because of my tribe, but it was a beautiful love letter. Everybody in my inbox this morning was talking about that scene where my eyes are closed, and then it comes up to my eyes and it shows us walking through the village and it was really beautiful. It’s heartbreaking, but it’s beautiful.
TVLINE | Any last words on your “Survivor 50” experience, Jenna?
They gave me a love letter and I appreciate that. I love “Survivor.” I will always feel grateful to be on “Survivor 50.” What an epic event. It didn’t end the way I wanted, but it’s not going to end the way everyone wants, for 23 of us. So whether it’s first or whether it’s 23rd, you’re going to be interviewing all of us, and we’re all going to be big losers again.