The tea is piping hot after Chrissy Sarnowsky's elimination from Survivor 48. As all show viewers know, not everything can air during the episodes. Many storylines, plans, and even players are cut from the final edit if they don't serve the overall story a season is trying to tell, which is precisely why we wait for players to get voted out and for them to reveal what really happened during their stint on the island.
Chrissy, who started on the original and dominating Civa tribe, didn't disappoint when it came to revealing everything that went down during her last few days in the game. During her exit press, Chrissy commented more on her strategy, her thoughts on Eva Erickson, and how the pair dynamic seen during episode 8 actually went down. Plus, Chrissy expanded upon an unaired moment she had with David Kinne during her last Tribal Council.
In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chrissy was asked if she knew she was on the chopping block before her torch got snuffed. Chrissy responded she did when several of her tribemates didn't have any strategy conversations with her, particularly those who named themselves the "strong alliance," such as Joe Hunter, Shauhin Davari, and Eva. As she realised how Joe didn't even look at her, Chrissy decided to go down swinging, which, in turn, apparently made David yell at her.
"They didn't show it, but at one point, David was literally yelling at me. I remember turning around going, "Who are you yelling at?" I apparently got him so upset," Chrissy answered, as well as saying that had David told her about Kamilla Karthigesu being the other person at risk, Chrissy would've changed her tribal strategy.
"Apparently, when I go to tribal council, I just have diarrhea of the mouth." Chrissy later corroborated David yelling at her during her exit interview with Rob Cesternino for RHAP.
Throughout the season, David has been tooting his own horn by publicly declaring his "strong alliance" as the one to beat this season and that one of its members deserves to win due to their challenge skills. So far, Chrissy has been one of the most vocal people who have pointed out that the people outside this alliance must get together and vote out the alliance before they steamroll their way to the end, particularly Joe and Eva, who have been an inseparable duo the whole season.
Speaking of duos, Chrissy mentioned in her RHAP interview that the dynamic where everyone had to pair up for the challenge didn't go down exactly as we saw on the episode. Chrissy first suggested dividing the group between men and women, but it was quickly shut down. Then Chrissy says the first person to pick his pair was Joe, who immediately chose Eva. Then, David picked Mary, and afterwards, Shauhin chose Kamilla. Chrissy then said that Mitch Guerra chose Kyle Fraser, which had left Chrissy and Star Toomey on their own, but that after Chrissy protested, Kyle was gracious enough to chose Chrissy, leaving Star and Mitch to pair up.
Afterwards, Rob asked Chrissy what she thought about Eva snitching a lot of information back to the men instead of exploring other gameplay options.
"I'm not a man, you know. Obviously, she likes working with guys, as she says to herself," Chrissy commented.
For her part, Eva has repeatedly said during her confessionals that she doesn't want to work with other women because she feels more comfortable with men.
Also, Chrissy divulges that as she went after the "strong alliance," someone brought up the subject of Eva's autism. Chrissy is adamant to clarify that the reasons for going after Eva had nothing to do with her autism, but rather Eva's gameplay. Chrissy stated:
"They don't show it. It has nothing to do with her autism. I'm like, her and Joe are two strong players, and if anybody can see that they are so strong, and working together outright... It just blows my mind."
Lastly, Chrissy also notes that Mitch wasn't the only one trying to bring the original Civa alliance back together, as she had several conversations with Kyle and Kamilla about working together again. However, Chrissy realised the Civa alliance was no longer active as David was too closely aligned with Joe, and Kyle and Kamilla wanted to continue to play in the middle.
It sucks that Chrissy was purple-edited for the majority of the season, as during her interviews, she's clearly hilarious, sassy, and highly self-aware. However, Chrissy still has a role to play in the season, as she's now part of the jury alongside her buddy, Cedrek McFadden. Who knows who will get those final seats to face off the jury, but I can pretty much bet a bottom dollar that Chrissy's vote won't go towards her former ally David if he gets to the end after knowing all this.