The ousted teenager also reveals a big move we never saw on TV.
Sami Layadi didn’t look like a teenager.
And he didn’t play like one either.
Sami Layadi on ‘Survivor 43’.Robert Voets/CBS
And when Sami’s Shot in the Dark came up Not Safe, neither was he.
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(Also confirm to check outour episode recapas well asJeff Probst providing behind-the-scenes intelon that historic challenge.)
Sami Layadi on ‘Survivor 43’.Robert Voets/CBS
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:What went wrong, my man?
SAMI LAYADI:The snake got chopped up, bro.
And you know, I got bit, and the Cassidy Curse came true.
Sami Layadi on ‘Survivor 43’.Robert Voets/CBS
You say Cassidy’s name so far, it doesn’t work out for you.
So was my undoing.
So they were telling you it was Cassidy heading into Tribal Council.
Sami Layadi on ‘Survivor 43’.CBS
How much of you believed them?
So it’s hard to believe that, right?
That was by the same people that are telling me “This is what’s gonna happen.”
And so I didn’t really believe for too long that it was Cassidy.
Well, yeah, they didn’t want me to it use it.
And, at the same time, you see the look on Jesse’s face.
That ruined Jesse’s plan of Karla writing down Cassidy’s name.
There’s a lot of speculation about what happened there.
And for me, at the end of the day, it was that I ruined this foolproof plan.
And that’s what I tried to do last night.
So we got back, right?
And this really felt like a girlfriend situation.
You gotta decide: Should I lie?
She knew I was.
And at the end of the day, it was that all my trust was broken.
And I was like, I can’t do that, bro.
I can’t do that to Gabler.
I was the one that lied."
So I was like, “Come back.
Listen, it was me, guys.
I did it.”
And you could see Jesse and Cody just trying so hard not to laugh.
And Jesse did tell Karla throughout the day when Noelle gets voted out that I was gunning for her.
And it almost worked.
You kept bouncing back and forth.
I was definitely mapping out specific strategy.
I know that sounds like I’m saying Gabler and Owen are not.
It’s not what I’m saying.
I didn’t know what Cassidy and Karla had done.
This was all up to hearsay.
And I could explain what Owen and Gabler did because I was there from the first day.
Cassidy, Karla, Jesse, Cody I couldn’t do that.
With that being said, I was also blinded by Jesse and Cody.
Let me just point it out.
I’m not the mastermind that knew they were [running the show].
I was definitely blinded.
I think that everything about me being a flipper came after the vote with James.
I truly felt like I had a relationship with every single person in that game.
And that’s something that I thought I did really well out there.
And you see it in a way that the jury reacted to the Tribal that I was having.
Because that’s what the jury wants to see.
If somebody’s on the bottom, you might as well fight to save yourself.
And that’s what I thought I did.
Let’s keep this guy around.
I don’t know what he’s doing out here."
He’s a cool guy, so let’s just keep him around."
And I was able to kind of use that a little bit.
It’s one or the other."
So you struggled in the individual challenges a little bit.
You’re obviously a young and fit dude, so what was going on there?
Yeah, let me just say, bro, Cody is so wrong.
I was totallynotthe first one out of them.
I was actually second or third in most of them, but second and third only counts to horseshoes.
Or maybe it doesn’t even in horseshoes.
Listen, man, I tried.
They don’t think you’re a threat."
I don’t stack cards for fun.
And it gives me that much more respect for those people who have won these challenges.
All six people are just beasts in their own way right now.
I don’t know what I was thinking about that one.
Oh, I’ll tell you what I was thinking.
I’m eating their rice.
I’m not gonna dump it out in the fire.
I’m not gonna go that route, but I’m totally eating their rice."
And so I knew I was good at fire.
I probably should have hid it a little bit more, especially towards the end stage of the game.
I don’t think anybody cared about it until that point.
So I think that was a compliment.
I’ll take it as a compliment.
You alluded to the age thing earlier.
What was the reaction when you got to Ponderosa and told everyone your real age?
So the whole age thing is funny.
But I will say many people were actually surprised when I got back and told them I was 19.
My lie was stupid.
What was the point of that?"
So there’s a lot of controversy with my move with Karla, right?
We’re telling Karla about the thing and eople are like, “Oh my gosh, why?
What is he doing?”
Why does your mom hate electric cars so much?
Because I’d be zooming in them, dude.
And I could sit on my phone and it freaking takes me from here back to Vegas, dude.
Like, I could just double tap the thing.
That’s why she hates them, because she wants me to be driving.
What is happening on the whiteboard behind you?
I see the word “Damage” and there’s some sort of flow chart happening.
What is going on back there?
I dunno what that is.
I’m in a study room right now.
I just watchedBreaking Bad, so this could be a formula for that.
You know, that blue stuff.
But other than that, I really don’t know what the heck is going on back there.
That’s a question that you have to ask one of these smarter people.
I am not one of those smarter people.
Wait, are you cooking meth in there?
Listen, I gotta find some way to make money, man.
