The ousted player also says he fought harder to stay than we saw on TV.
What if Justin had never gone on that journey?
Or decided to tell Cedrek about losing his vote?
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS
Or fought harder to stay instead of handing his ally a guilt-free way to cut someone?
And it’s a crazy way to go out, honestly.
But I think it shows the social bonds that I was able to make, especially with Cedrek.
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Well, as you know, Tribals are very long, and not everything is shown.
And apparently that was one of the longest, if not the longest Tribal Council inSurvivorhistory.
And when you get a commercial break halfway through, you’re in for a long one.
Mary Zheng and Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
And like I said, ultimately it’s his decision.
You want to check that that everything comes out the same.
Cedrek is also somebody who doesn’t like to see a plan change.
Stephanie Berger, Sai Hughley, Justin Pioppi, Mary Zheng, Cedrek McFadden, and Kevin Leung on the Vulu tribe of ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
It didn’t matter to me.
I don’t think it really mattered at first to Cedrek, which one of us was with him.
I’m sure youve thought about this.
Justin Pioppi and Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.CBS
I know that journeys are a part of the new era.
I know that sometimes you don’t have a choice whether to risk or lose your vote.
Definitely last night I wouldnothave chosen to play that game.
Justin Pioppi and Cedrek McFadden on ‘Survivor 48’.CBS
It’s not a matter ofif,it’s just kind ofwhen.
And that kind of stuck with the plan last night.
And that was the plan up until the very last moment.
Sai Hughley, Justin Pioppi, and Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
You didn’t have a choice about going on the journey.
You didn’t have a choice on whether to play the game or not.
Sounds like you just said if you had a choice you wouldnothave played.
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Were you screwed over by the journey?
This isn’t a new concept in the new era.
We all know as players this is a part of the new era.
It’s definitely involved.
But, I mean, I don’t think it was like I got screwed.
I think it was a bad hand.
Like I said, it was a 2 or 3 percent chance when you do the math.
And it’s a calculated risk.
It didn’t matter to me.
And I think ideally it didn’t really matter to him either.
We could have moved forward as a collective unit of three either way.
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Im sure there was so much that happened during this Tribal that did not make it to air.
What did we not see from the epic multi-round experience?
If I’m gone, it’s likely you next."
We had plans to go through this as a pair.
I want to work with you in this game.
However you want to vote, I will vote with you.
And I’m like: This is a great day one alliance.
And I don’t think that anyone would see it coming.
I mean you have the long-haired pizza guy from the north and the colorectal surgeon from the south.
He’s older, I’m younger.
I think we had similar mindsets of how to proceed through the game.
Well, let’s see if he’s a man of his word.
He promised he’d be at Luigi’s in a month.
Has he been to Luigi’s yet?
He’s a little busy.
He’s out on the island.
I think that’s a good way to see it.
Jeff doesn’t get to see the camp life.
He doesn’t get to see the bonding elements.
And like I said earlier: We kind of knew it was going to go down.
I initially took the role of like, Hey, let’s come together as a cohesive unit.
Let’s figure out how to navigate this together.
None of us wanted us to have our first five days be this bad.
And he’s like, Well, they are.
There’s no way back from the eight ball at this point.
It’s just who’s the last person standing?
What is one thing we hope that our family sees?
What is one thing that we hope to accomplish in life?
I’m very proud of my education.
I’m going to get you into wherever college that you want.
It’s just crazy because half the tribe had an Ivy League degree.
66 percent of the tribe had a professional or a master’s degree.
So I think you have a lot of smart people, a lot of talented people.
I know youre afan of the Redemption Island twist.
That’s alongwalk all and I didn’t realize it.
I keep saying, All right, where is this?
Because I’m definitely going to go.
I had my torch in hand all ready to go.
It was an opportunity that I always wanted.
I just wished it was longer.
I was never aggravated.
I was never angry.
And we didn’t eat at all.
I would always crack coconuts for us.
Everyone else in the tribe were like, I don’t want to eat this.
We’ve eaten this for seven days.
And I’m like, It’s not a menu.
We’re not at Luigi’s.
you could’t pick a Parmesan dinner, you could’t pick a calzone, you could’t pick a pizza.
It’s like this or you don’t get food.
There’s no choice in the matter.
Final question: thoughts on pineapple pizza?
You have that acidity.
I think people rag on it who are purists, but I’m willing to try anything once.
So I think pineapple pizza looks like pretty good in that situation.
But don’t knock it until you try it.
