Survivor Game Changers episode 12 interviews: Sierra Dawn Thomas regrets disclosure
Even though Sierra Dawn Thomas played better in Survivor Game Changers, in her exit interviews, she does regret talking about her Legacy Advantage.
Survivor Game Changers sought after 20 players of varying prominence in hopes of a season where everyone was willing to change up, make moves, and get into a strong position. Sierra Dawn Thomas was one of the oddest inclusions of the season, as she was not that active in Worlds Apart on her way to 5th place.
As she explains in her Survivor Game Changers episode 12 exit interviews, she regretted the decision to tell Sarah the extent of her Legacy Advantage the moment she told her. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, she notes that looking back at the moment with fear in her eyes.
"I feel like I got broke up a long-term boyfriend and my best friend was cheating on him the whole time watching it. That’s literally what it felt like. I thought Brad voted me out. And me and Sarah had a really good relationship. It was hard to see, but we did. I talked to her every night. Every morning, we were cuddle-bunnies under the shelter. Me and that girl had a legit relationship. Because when they were reading the votes, she looked at me shocked. And she said it. I watched her and she said, ‘I’m going to act to make Sierra feel like I didn’t vote her out.’ She did. She played me. She played me like a fiddle. That’s all there was to it."
It was something I had wondered about when I was watching last night’s episode, as it looked like Sarah genuinely was confused about the vote. Obviously, knowing the 6-3 breakdown, she was targeting her in order to get that Legacy Advantage, and was playing it up for a possible jury vote. Despite a mundane breakdown of the game in her confessions, she’s shown a lot of gamesmanship so far.
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Speaking to Xfinity TV Blog, Sierra Dawn Thomas also spoke about Michaela, giving insight as to why others are so negative about her gameplay.
"She’s a funny girl. When she’s in a good mood, you want to be around her. But, when she gets frustrated, she really struggles…especially on “Survivor,” you can’t fly off the handle. Everybody is watching all the time. And it was a daily thing where there was a moment where if things didn’t go her way or she was hungry, or tired, or irritable, she couldn’t control her emotions and would act out."
As much as Michaela has been getting a pretty harsh edit so far in Survivor Game Changers, time and time again she has shown to slip and throw a bag down, kick a chest, call people names and show an (understandable) frustration in a way that others haven’t done.
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Perhaps we’re just seeing it a bit more than the other players, but it’s not like Sierra is making anything up for fun.
Finally, at Parade, Sierra goes back and talks about perhaps her early strongest move; orchestrating getting out Malcolm Freberg.
"Let me clarify that before I start talking about this. I love him, but he could have beat me in any challenge, so he had to go. One hundred percent, I’m the reason Malcolm went home. Obviously Tai played the idol for me, but they weren’t going to go for Malcolm. I had to sit there for 20 minutes arguing with Brad Culpepper about it. “If we can get a big name out now, a physical threat, we need to do it.” I took pride in that one, even if people were mad that it was him and not me. It was a good play in my book."
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The fact that Brad Culpepper wasn’t wanting to take out Malcolm when he had the chance (with the help of Tai’s idol) without Sierra talking him into it shows the amount of game awareness Sierra had early on. It was absolutely the best move possible for her down the road, and it’s hard to be salty about her decision if you think about it logically.