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marigold:

--- Quote from: Rob on November 09, 2008, 01:45:02 PM ---He is an ass....I will be playing my interview with him live Monday night at 9pm on RFFRadio

http://www.rffradio.com/live if you want to listen!

Rob

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Cool I can't wait to hear  :jumpy:

marigold:
An interview with Marcus:

Survivor: Gabon’s Marcus Talks About Being Double-Crossed

It was bound to happen – a crack developed in the seemingly impenetrable Kota tribe alliance on Survivor: Gabon. After another surprise tribe swap, Marcus Lehman, a 28-year-old doctor from Atlanta was the second consecutive contestant caught in CrystalKen’s conniving crosshairs. – Carrie Bell

You made a risky deal and blew it. You had a concrete alliance for so long and all of the sudden, you abandon it on the word of someone you essentially just met.
No, what I was doing was keeping my alliance with Susie and Bob, but being very aware of the fact that Susie was insane and unpredictable. She had been saying for days, ‘My promises don’t count; it’s just a game.’ So I felt like, ‘I am screwed with this lady if we don’t do something.’ Bob and Susie didn’t care which one [Kenny or Crystal] we voted out. And then I realized Crystal and I had an outside-the-game relationship. I figured if Susie was going to sell out, we should work on her. I thought, ‘Well shoot, if I can build on the relationship that Crystal and I have outside the game, we could have a sixth person that would be really great to have around.’”

How did you figure out that you knew Crystal’s cousin and have you been in touch with him about what went down?
It came up when we were talking and getting to know each other. Her cousin’s name is Kenneth Cox. He’s one of my best friends. He’s an amazing guy, a stand-up guy. He’s like a brother. He and I talked about it. It certainly has impacted our relationship a bit. It’s not something that feels good, but our friendship has been strong for a long time and I’m confident that it’s not really going to prevent it from continuing to be good.

Did you go into tribal council worried that you still might be going home or did you trust her completely? How did it feel to realize she had double-crossed you?
There are two things you don’t want to think about people – that they won’t sell out family and friends and that they wouldn’t take advantage of compassion. I had an inkling that I was probably dealing with people that could care less about those ideas. I knew I was in trouble the minute I walked back to camp with those guys. I was just hoping that the bond she has with her cousin and my friendship would give her a second thought. Susie was always a liability. I knew Susie would not be able to make a well-placed decision. I knew I was dealing with less than trustworthy people and I wasn’t willing to stoop to that level. It isn’t worth it. I don’t need a million dollars for the price of my dignity.

In your exit interview, you said, as a jury member you can forgive but not forget. Even so, can you not appreciate the craftiness play of Ken and Crystal?
I think it is possible to play an honorable game and get to the end taking the high road. Being more willing to do more base things than the other player is not gamesmanship; that’s just having less shame than the other person. You are not more clever than me because you are willing to do lower things. It is more challenging to try and take the higher road.

Can you appreciate why Susie jumped ship? You can’t honestly say you would have taken Susie to the final three?
Susie had been with us for about 15 days at that point and we had been hammering home our plan. If we jump on this wagon together, uplifting each other and staying positive, we will win challenges and we will stay away from bickering. But Dan and Susie had a hard time grasping our strategy and buy into it enough to let themselves become part of the group. We had just had this crazy random switch, which was the worst thing that could have happened for our alliance. And she was asking me to promise her final three, which I couldn’t. I was like, ‘Lady, I don’t even know if I’m going to be in the final three. What can I do for you?’ You can’t sit there and say I am definitely going to take this person to the final three. The game constantly changes.

Would you do this again?
Yes absolutely. This was a life-changing and life-affirming experience. It has given me a real appreciation for my life and the things I do well. I feel like a very humbled work in progress from this experience. I would go back in a heartbeat. It was so much fun. I am trying to wiggle my way on to the next one as a builder or something.

Even though you’d have to endure the physical toll again?
Yes. I was blessed with my bug-handling abilities. I didn’t get too many bites. I had the privilege of having more clothes than the girls and sleeping by the fire helped. I lost about 15 pounds, which was about a half a pound a day. It was grueling. My beard was grueling. It looked like I haven’t hit puberty in a few parts of my face. But I tried not to let the physical wear keep me from taking extra walks or going out in the canoe. I avoided naps. I just reminded myself that I was in Gabon and this was the most unique experience I had ever had.

Give us your status update.
I am making a transition up to Atlanta from Jacksonville. I had to finish my residency there. I have started to wonder if I could do medical correspondence or use my degree and the media’s reach to help people learn how to treat their bodies well. That’s something I hope to pursue and in the meantime, I will continue my residency training in anesthesia.

Link: http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/11/09/survivor-gabons-marcus-talks-about-being-double-crossed/

marigold:
An interview with Marcus:

Exclusive Interview: Marcus Lehman of 'Survivor: Gabon'

On last night's episode of Survivor: Gabon, Marcus was blindsided by Kota after the tribes were mixed up instead of merged.  Marcus ended up on a tribe with Crystal and Kenny of the former Fang tribe.  Crystal and Marcus realized that they shared a special connection - her cousin was his best friend and the two attempted to form an alliance.  Crystal, however, went back on her word, pulled Susie in for a swing vote, and eliminated Marcus from the game.  Today, he spoke to BuddyTV in an exclusive interview.

Hey everybody. This is Gina from BuddyTV, and today I’m talking to Marcus from Survivor: Gabon.

You’re my last interview. This is such a bittersweet moment. This is my swan song. Let’s make this one a Nobel/Pulitzer Prize winning interview.

Well, I was just saying, I’m so mad that you got eliminated because I thought you were going to go all the way to the end with Charlie.

Um, that was the plan.

What are they thinking this season? They just keep voting off all these strong, physical players.

Well, the thing about Charlie and I is, we weren’t just physical. We had the mental thing going on, which was great, and in fact, it separated us a little from Dan and Ace. Not Jacquie so much. That was a horrible day in my world.

Were you actually friends with Charlie in the game, or were you just using him to get ahead?

Charlie is one of my best friends. He is an amazing guy. We hit it off right away and there was no using of each other. We were actually like, “Dude, you sure you’re not using me?” Like, “Uh, no.” “Are you sure?” We couldn’t even believe how well we were getting along ‘cause I think we all expected to get into Survivor and everyone was gonna be totally paranoid, sneaky, conniving jerks. Charlie and I were just hanging out and having a good time.

Well, I’m glad you and Charlie got together for an alliance this season because every season needs a good bromance and we got it in you guys!

Yes, we had an awesome bromance and I enjoyed every minute of the exposure.

Explain a little more about the connection you ended up having with Crystal and how that affected your gameplay in last night’s episode.

That’s a great question. I was shocked to find out that one of my best friends from Atlanta… I have two best friends, David and Ken. They’re guys that are like brothers to me. They’re family and they’re great people. Crystal was telling me she went to UNC and I’m like, “Oh, I know a guy who went to UNC.” It was such a stupid thing where you actually know who the person who went to this giant school. But she says, “I know, Kenny… Kenneth.” She’s his cousin! And I was like, “Are you serious?” And it all came together because then I realized – you’re not really a good basketball player, are you? We hit it off on that level. It’s one of those things where, when you’re struggling with somebody like Susie to make a connection and failing miserably, you’re thinking, “Well, at least I have something else here that I can start working on and hope that over the next couple days, I’ll have enough of a relationship to where she and I can communicate on what the next move should be.” Like, this is not somebody that I need to fight. This is somebody that I want to work with. That’s how I viewed the friendship and some of that is out of respect for my friend, Kenneth, because he really is a great guy. I don’t think that she got some of his good nature. I was wrong about that.

Jeff Probst said that from last night’s episode until the of the season, it was going to start being the good people vs. the bad people. Is the good people alliance something that you sort of spearheaded and got started and then got voted out?

Well, I’ll let the viewers decide. For me, I played the game the way I play my real life.  I've been so blessed.  I have great parents.  They helped me take advantage of the blessings that I have.  I think I learned it when my sister passed away and I realized that we were always bickering a little bit as kids and it was just one of those things where... considering what we meant for each other and how we help each other and we might not have the chance to make amends in that respect.  I think that that's kind of the dynamic that got started with my group of comrades in the game, I guess.  It certainly was one of the elements that developed over at the Fang tribe.  I think that we'll continue to see that difference being a very big element.  It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.  I obviously have not seen any of the other episodes so I don't really know what went down in a lot of ways.

Who would you and Charlie have taken to final three?

Corinne, most likely. I was close to Charlie. I loved Randy a lot and it would've been a very, very difficult decision to go from four to three in that position with Randy or Bob. I think it would've probably been Corinne, Charlie, and I if we could've pulled it off.

Do you leave the game with any regrets?

Only that I left the game. I would gladly starve to do more challenges and to experience more. I feel so blessed and so humbled to go through this experience and I had a great time. Like I said, I regretted not having more time out there with the cool people that I met and get under Jeff's skin some more 'cause I know... I know that throwing that idol in the water that got to him. It was awesome.

Well, I'm glad I could give you your swan song and I just wanted to thank you so much.

Take care.

Link: http://www.buddytv.com/articles/survivor/exclusive-interview-marcus-leh-24342.aspx

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