The ousted player also explains his strategy against the Banker.
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Rock got rocked.
And by a banker, no less.
Rock Carlson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Credit:Monty Brinton/NBC
What does Rock make of his failed negotiation?
How does he feel about CK gettingParvatiand Phillip using the Banker’s Bonus to take him out?
And did he ever get that Cybertruck?
Charles ‘Rock’ Carlson and Alexis Lete on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
We spoke to Rock to get the full scoop.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s start here.
You do the excursion this week, get your $820,000 case, and pair up with Lete.
Sydnee Peck, La Shell Wooten, Courtney “C.K” Kim, and Charles “Rock” Carlson on season 2 of ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
What do you make of that move by CK in terms of clearly targeting you?
So I thought, “S—, there is a woman’s alliance.”
But then again, I wasn’t quite sure because I couldn’t hear.
Storm Wilson, Parvati Shallow, Alexis Lete, Phillip Solomon, Courtney ‘CK’ Kim, ‘Dr. Will’ Kirby, Maria-Grace Cook, David Genat, Seychelle Cordero, Dickson Wong, Rock Carlson, La Shell Wooten, and Joe Manganiello on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
Was the female alliance real, or was it just your imagination?
I don’t know.
You don’t know?
Sydnee Peck and Charles ‘Rock’ Carlson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
I don’t know until I hear something different.
But they started grouping a little bit.
Were you a CK fan while playing?
Charles ‘Rock’ Carlson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
What did you make of her and her approach?
I was everybody’s fan at first.
You’ve got to really watch ‘em and see.
My thing was I was coming in low and under the radar.
I saw Parvati andDr.
Will, and I thought, “Oh my God, here’s some big ones.”
So my whole thing was I wanted to see whose car each one was riding in.
Who’s the driver, who’s the passenger who’s in the backseat?
Well, right off the bat Parvati andDavidwere riding a convertible with the baby chair for Dickson.
So I was more staying back and observing everything that was taking place.
I didn’t jump into the mix from the beginning to try and do something.
That was basically where I was at at that point.
They didn’t know I was watching.
My head was on a god dang swivel.
So I was trying to observe everything that was taking place.
I mean, that’s just the way I am in real life too.
So take me through the thinking there.
So I’m like, “No deal.
Because the whole key is putting money on the board for either myself or whoever else wins.
So my focus was, “Okay, I’m going to play it again.
There’s still a lot of lower numbers left, so what’s my chance?”
But I still knew I had that other bigger case, I felt it in my heart.
So going through it, then I took it and everything worked out great.
And here it is again, 75 percent chance.
You said you really thought you had the $1.34 million case.
So in that case, why not just ride it all the way to the end?
Because thinking isn’t a hundred percent, man.
Right, it’s just a gut feeling.
My odds were better.
I’m a real family guy.
I love my family.
There’s nothing more important in the world than my family.
There were three cases left, but No.
11 was still up there and I lost my brother in November.
So they’re all gone.
I love the nights.
On the other side of it, I had a 75 percent chance.
So I took one for the team.
I knew I was going to be walking.
He’s going to get great odds on his offer!”
Yeah, absolutely right!
I mean, that’s the biggest thing.
But hey, I did what I wanted to do.
It was my game.
What was it like partnering up withSydneeon the second excursion with the crate you had to cut down?
Well, I’ll tell you, Sydnee was a little bit upset when David jumped with Dickson.
And again, I’m staying in the back wanting to see who’s going to group up.
And so Sydnee was left.
But we were there first.
I’m like, “Let’s just take this one.”
She goes, “No, it’s not our case.”
And so I had to cut that damn branch.
And that was about a 30-minute cut, man, believe me.
I didn’t care about the scorpion biting me or anything else.
Carlsons don’t quit!
Let it bite me, man!
And then we went back and we were on the bottom.
And I was like, “There’s no way I can play it with her.
Did you get the Cybertruck yet?
Nah, no Cybertruck.
That was all a joke, man.
Everything was just likeNaked and Afraid.
I ain’t applying forNaked and Afraid.
I was just throwing out stuff to keep the audience laughing.
But no, I’d love to get a Cybertruck.
My mouth didn’t write no checks that my ass couldn’t cash.
I’ll tell you that much.
Whatcha going to do?
Whatcha going to do?”
And you never know if you’re going to come back into the game.
Why would I even say that?
You just don’t do that.
I wasn’t going to give up the goods to anybody, man.
Chaos is going to break out after this episode whether I’m back or not.
So you guys better watch your asses.
You better watch what you’re saying.
Honeymoon period’s over.
The bathroom door is open and the toilet seat is up.
So you guys better get ready for some excitement coming."
So we’ll see what happens next.
