The ousted player also reveals she was flipping off tribemates “in my head.”
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Sai Hughleywanted to playSurvivor, and oh, did she play.
Which may be the reason folks wanted so badly to get rid of her.
Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Credit:CBS
Sai was cut loose on this weeksdouble elimination episodeofSurvivor 48.
Why was the usually demonstrative Sai so calm and composed on her exit?
What would she have given us on the jury?
Saiounia “Sai” Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Whom does she wish she had started the game with instead of sad sack Vula?
We asked the seventh person all that and more.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How many people did you call hoochie mamas while you were on the island?
Mitch Guerra and Saiounia ‘Sai’ Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
SAI HUGHLEY:I called about everybody a hoochie mama.
It prevented me from saying bad words.
It is something that I call my friends in everyday life.
It’s a very endearing term for me, so I just do it off the cuff.
I don’t think twice when I say it.
And I forgot that maybe not everybody’s used to being called a hoochie mama.
So maybe that’s something I need to work on in my real life.
You were so calm and composed when you got voted out.
I wanted some fireworks!
Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.CBS
I wanted some death stares!
I know, and that is why I didn’t do it.
I was not about to let these hoochie mamas see me go out bad.
Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I was like, Okay, I’m resolved.
I’ve had my name written down on every single Tribal Council.
This is a cakewalk for me.
Saiounia “Sai” Hughley and Stephanie Berger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I wanted to really go out the way I came in, which was with my head held high.
And I know a lot of people were expecting me to be very enraged, but I’m not.
I know a lot of people say, I’m so grateful to have played.
Mitch Guerra and Saiounia “Sai” Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Love that for you.
But I really went to go play and win.
That was the reason.
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I would’ve been a bitter juror.
It would’ve never worked out for any of them.
I would’ve gone in there and voted for Jeff to win the money.
Justin Pioppi and Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.CBS
hey go back and retry.
And we would’ve been there all night.
No way any of y’all are about to win.
So we heard some people say something like that.
I don’t want Sai on the jury, I don’t want her anywhere near this.
So you’re basically saying they were right.
They were 100 percent right.
I think I was very happy with my game.
I think because I played so hard, I didn’t feel like I left anything on the table.
I do feel like I had unfinished business, but I also went and gave it my all.
So I was really resolved.
I was like, Yeah, gotcha.
I was there for way longer than you guys, and I’m also just pooped.
What did you think was going to happen when you walked into that Tribal Council?
Okay, so I knew I was on the bottom.
I knew I would be the easy vote.
What I didn’t realize is that all of these people were going to play the easy game.
Had you had your vote, what would you have done with it?
Would you have voted or would you have played your Shot in the Dark?
I would’ve played my Shot in the Dark.
I’m the easy vote.
If I were you, I would do it too if I wanted to play a lame game.
So I would’ve played my Shot in the Dark.
And I do tell Mitch that.
I say, I’m going to play my Shot in the Dark.
I’m that honest.
I knew he had a block-a-vote.
I didn’t think he would waste it on me using it right now.
You still have the numbers, but I get it.
I am proud of him for using the block-a-vote.
But I definitely would’ve played my Shot in the Dark, and it definitely would’ve worked.
Why did people want you out so quickly after the merge?
We saw it at the previous vote and then again here.
Someone who is… how shall I put it?
I understand why they voted me out, because I was a wild card, and I love that.
That’s the best way to be voted out.
I don’t want to be voted out because she’s easy and boring.
I was voted out because I was a wild card and all over the place.
Love that for me.
Also, I had a massive impact on the game and nobody can take that away from me.
So I love that as a viewer.
I had a blast and I’m very grateful to have even been cast.
Had bad was the Vula tribe?
The Vula tribe was awful, and we all knew it.
Us being the weaker tribe impacted the way I initiated my game.
You and Cedrek had quite the rocky road over the course of the season.
Now having watched everything back, what do you make of all that?
I would not have had the same game if Cedrek were not there being my messy mate.
He allowed me to be me and never wanted to change me or tell me to tone it down.
He was like, Okay, I know who she is.
She has shown me what she is and I’m willing to accept her for that.
I know what it is, Cedrek knows what it is, and that’s really all that matters.
I was like, Man, that was my spot.
I saved this man so many times.
I know he saved me just as much, but it was tough.
It should not be a cakewalk.
So for their sake, I’m glad that I’m not on the jury.
I would’ve been rolling my eyes the entire time.
If I heard honesty and integrity, I would’ve thrown up.
I would’ve had a time on a jury, child.
I would’ve been rolling my eyes, I would’ve been dropping.
I don’t even intentionally do it.
It’s just like I can’t with this conversation, and it just happens.
How psyched were you that the cursive handwriting totally worked when you put his name down?
I went in that booth and I was like, This man thinks I have the ugliest handwriting.
I took my time with this.
I genuinely was like, Whatever, he might not notice, but it’s fine.
And he totally took the bait.
I loved every moment of it.
I love it here.
Oh, so many.Kamilla,Shauhin that would’ve been amazing.Thomas.
He’s just as messy.
I dare you to eat it right now.
And it would’ve been glorious.
I enjoy Charity a lot.
All of the messy people I would’ve wanted to start with.
Whats something that happened out there that didnt make it to TV but you wish we had seen?
Steph and I were not the only two that had contention.
What was it about the Justin vote you wish we’d seen more of?
And also, Justin did not say a ton.
What you saw was what you got.
If he had said more, CBS would’ve shown that.
And so I want to just put that out there, that what he said was what was shown.
Do you think that if he had pushed harder to stay, Cedrek would’ve voted you out?
The man wrote my name down twice.
That’s why I’m like, If you would’ve said more, Cedrek would’ve kept you.
Let’s keep it up 100%.
The narrative is what the narrative is.
I can’t imagine they would not want you back on the island again.
Would you do this whole thing over again?
I’d do it all over again.
Would I change who I am?
Would I scale it back a little bit on the mat?
