We also got into plenty of game stuff.
Why did Rocksroy’s allies turn on him?
Did he ever seriously considernotsmashing the hourglass?
Rocksroy Bailey on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
How was his Ponderosa reunion with Tori?
And how does his wife feel about him calling her naggy on national television?
We got into it all with the second member of the jury.
Rocksroy Bailey and Tori Meehan on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
(Also check that to check out ourexit interview with Tori Meehan.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You were looking good pretty good in the game.
Then everyone turned against you.
Jeff Probst and Rocksroy Bailey on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
ROCKSROY BAILEY: You know what?
I was wondering the same thing.
[Laughs]But what happened wasJeff [Probst]switched it up again.
So, I was shocked at the fact that I got voted off at that time during Tribal.
And then all of a sudden it was like, “Bye Rocks!
Was your head spinning a bit not being able to decompress on you own experience?
And that’s the plan that I thought that was gonna unfold.
And that did not happen obviously.
But in terms of sitting there waiting for the other group to come in, it was pouring rain.
But my mentality and my sense of everything was so thankful.
I was just so thankful to actually get as far as I did in the game.
So, I was just very thankful about that.
So many emotions were rushing through me and I felt that rain coming down just washing it away.
And I was very thankful for that.
Obviously, I was shocked to sit there too.
She’s like, “I’m not gonna be the third person.”
And she made that decision.
I wanted them to live in the moment.
There’s nothing to say about it.
That’s something for them.
And I respect that so much to live in that moment.
I respect her game.
That’s what I would’ve done too, because her name was brought up.
She knew her name was out there, but she played such a wonderful game as well.
You and Tori did not get along so well in the game.
What about at Ponderosa?
Tori and I were like oil and water, which is fine.
I love other people’s differences and their opinion on things.
I absorb it as well.
I think there was some misunderstanding that both of us had with each other.
I come from a big city.
She comes from a small town.
I grew up in a completely different environment than she did.
Nothing but love for Tori.
We saw some people during the season accuse you of being bossy.
What do you make of that and what was it like watching the season back and hearing that?
This is what I say about it.
My name was never brought up again.
My game had to be a provider.
I needed to be that person that you depended on me to make you go forward.
And that was a part of my strategy.
That was a part of my game.
Everything that I did, said, or reacted to in the moment from Ika worked out.
We had shelter, we had fire consistently, we had the little bit of food that we had.
And that was it.
They understood that my best interest wasourbest interests.
How can you get rid of Rocks when he’s looking out for our best interest?
And that’s the kind of strategy that I played.
Was there ever any chance that you wouldnotbreak that hourglass?
And if I don’t win, then will I be out?
I had Drea, I had Romeo, so I already have three people regardless.
So I said to myself, potentially, I could get someone else out.
But then I thought to myself, breaking that hourglass is kind of a redemption for me.
And maybe it’ll bring me further.”
And I don’t think the hourglass thing is a bad thing.
Dude, I would’ve smashed that thing in one second.
Like, literally before Jeff even stopped explaining it that thing would’ve been smashed.
[Laughs]Yes, I got in trouble.
That’s a short answer.
But yes, I got in trouble for that.
One vote that confused people this season was your vote for Lindsay at that pre-merge Tribal.
Why did you throw a vote her way there?
Obviously, they didn’t show that.
And in my head, I’m like, “Whoa, she could go far!”
I could not vote for Lydia.
I didn’t feel it right to vote for Lydia.
I just didn’t want to do it.
And remember, I just got back.
Me getting that octopus for our tribe.
After Swati got voted out, we got back to camp, we’re all there.
We’re all hungry.
We’re all tired.
It was pouring rain.
I wish they had shown it because that was very important.
[ED NOTE: Watch the exclusive deleted scene above!]
And my relationship with Drea was not developed enough either, because we really did have a good bond.
