Exclusive: 'Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water' eliminee Drew Christy talks (Part 2)

Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water eliminated Drew Christy during Wednesday night's fourth episode of the CBS reality competition's 29th season.
 
Drew Christy, a 25-year-old traveling sales representative from Winter Park, FL, was voted out of his Hunahpu tribe on Night 10 at the season's fourth Tribal Council session.


Drew confidently thought he was the "King Pin" of his tribe, calling himself "a badass" and master manipulator. Drew had trouble taking into account his tribemates' opinions, so he rubbed even his own alliance members the wrong way in trying to make all the decisions without their input.

In an exclusive interview with Reality TV World on Thursday, Drew talked about his Survivor blindside. Below is the concluding portion of his interview. Click here to read the first half.

Reality TV World: Did anyone figure out you had thrown the Immunity Challenge on purpose? Because you seemed to have done a pretty poor job of not making it obvious. (Laughs) But you said you had a discussion with Jeremy Collins, Jon Misch and Natalie Anderson prior to the challenge about throwing it?

Drew Christy: I don't think anybody else suspected it. [Missy Payne] told me later that she knew I did, but you know, I think I performed really strongly in the first few challenges, which -- they didn't even air me shooting a basket in the third episode.


But, yeah, I didn't lose a challenge whenever I was up there for my team. I was a really strong challenge competitor. I think that intimidated people. I think I was threatening, just my overall M.O. And, yeah, Jeremy and Jon definitely knew I threw the challenge, and I think Natalie did too. So, she definitely knows now, but I think at the time, Natalie also knew.

Reality TV World: So when do you think you became a target? It seemed like that happened only after you pissed people off by insisting Kelley Wentworth was the vote target.

Drew Christy: No, I think I pissed people off whenever I was sleeping that one day and they were all trying to weave a roof, which had holes all in it. I mean, you might as well use a fish net for the roof. But, you know, I think I pushed people's buttons more than just the one time. I definitely was delusional and said things I regret.

Reality TV World: Jeremy was the only guy that voted for you, and he seemed to explain your arrogant behavior was the reason he decided to go after you. Do you agree that was Jeremy's reasoning or no?

Drew Christy: Yeah, I think Jeremy was cool with me until the end whenever he saw, like, "Okay, I'm not" -- I was kind of really strong-minded on my opinion and he was really emotional about wanting [Keith Nale] off, but it wasn't the time for Keith to go yet. Nobody else was really gunning for him and he wasn't really against me either. So, you know, yeah. I guess it's all your perspective and how you see it.


I definitely was a little bit delusional, definitely a hard-head, and that's why I got voted off. I shot myself in the foot. I should have never thrown that challenge. That was my first problem. I should've just kept winning. And, you know, I definitely come off as a little bit cocky and arrogant on national TV, (laughs) but I guess it makes good television.

So, I tried not to show everybody out there that I was as intellectually calculated as I was. I kind of tried to come off as a stoner-surfer guy, and it seemed to work pretty well until I just started playing too hard and I went way too hard too early in the game. I should've made that move at about Week 13 or something like that, to get Kelley off, not Week 4.

Reality TV World: You got to the point where you were openly talking about how Kelley needed to go home even when she was standing right next to you. What made you decide to do that, and did that play a role in the fact you got eliminated?

Drew Christy: Oh definitely. I just lost it. It was kind of like I just said, I was delusional (laughs) and I just kind of lost my mind, dude. It was 11 days out there and I didn't sleep nearly at all and I kind of had my mind racing all the time. Yeah, I didn't know Kelley was right behind me, but after I saw she was, I just acted like I didn't care.

Reality TV World: Part of your explanation as to why you wanted to throw the challenge was because you believed there were "snakes" and "bad energy" on your tribe. I think it's safe to say you felt that applied to Kelley, but who were the others?


Drew Christy: I thought it was [Reed Kelly]. If we had lost either of the first three weeks, Reed would've gone home because he was really on the outside of our tribe -- and same thing with [Julie McGee]. I really thought that even if we lost a couple times, I was going to be fine in the tribe, but I just absolutely lost my cool out there.

I was a little bit hard-headed and should've just been chillin' instead of playing really hard in the beginning. So, I think it was Reed and Julie that I was like, "Yeah, these two raise some suspicions." Reed, Julie and Kelley were the ones that I was threatened by out there.

Reality TV World: Last night's episode repeatedly showed Alec Christy making comments about how he had to work for everything in life and you had stuff handed to you. Could you talk about that a little bit? What was he referring to, and was that news to you or had he expressed similar sentiments to you before?

Drew Christy: Yeah, I guess he was always kind of the younger brother living in my shadow. I've kind of gone off and done my own thing. He went to college right after high school and I've kind of traveled the world and done this acting, modeling, commercial career internationally, and he just thinks that it all comes easy.

But, you know, he doesn't respect all the hard work that I've put into it to make this possible for myself. I think he looks at me like, "Drew has always had the easy road," and I think a lot of people think that. I could agree with it somewhat, but I also could disagree as well.


So, it was those connections that even got us -- made it possible for us to be on Survivor, and I'm glad this is a life-changing experience for us. It grew us closer together as brothers and it's a memory I will have for the rest of my life.

I made some great friends and I had a blast out there! So, it was definitely a blast to do and I'm thankful for the opportunity to do it. I just made some detrimental mistakes I'm going to have to live with for a while.

Reality TV World: I was going to ask you how Alec and yourself came to be on Survivor this season.

Drew Christy: Yeah, so, I was originally interested in being on Survivor, and I think they wanted me to be on a more Big Brother-type, which probably would've been better for me with my personality. But I insisted on Survivor and they said, "Hey, do you have anybody that you think would be good?"

And I said, "Hey, I think my brother would be perfect for this show." We're wild outdoorsy guys and definitely have an overdose of confidence at times, and I think that's what they liked about us -- our personalities and kind of how outspoken we were. I think they were right. I think, even though in my craziness, I made some pretty decent TV.


Reality TV World: Why do you think Jon voted for Keith?

Drew Christy: I think in Tribal, Keith said some things that really ticked Jon off, and it just totally changed his mind. Jon was on the borderline of everybody's decisions. He couldn't make his own. I'm at least happy I tried to make a power play rather than just coast along in the game like a lot of other players do.

So, hey, at least I went out with a bang. I'm definitely disappointed in myself. I expected more from myself. I shouldn't have thrown the challenge, but at the same time, you live and you learn, and I'm just going to roll on from here. I definitely loved the experience and made some great friends.

Reality TV World: At least you can take solace in the fact you didn't get voted out of the game with a hidden Immunity Idol in your pocket, right? (Laughs)

Drew Christy: Yeah, I didn't get voted out with an idol. That's for sure. But I did throw the challenge to get voted off right after that, so (laughs) I don't know which one is worse.

Reality TV World: Yeah, you're right. It might be a tie. (Laughs)


Drew Christy: I think me and John Rocker are in a tie, so we'll take some tequila shots later together about that.

Click here to read the first half of Reality TV World's exclusive interview with Drew Christy.






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