On the Wednesday, October 19 episode of “Survivor,” Geo Bustamante turned the second castaway voted out of the Coco tribe with a three-to-two vote.
The elimination got here as a shock to Geo and his ally Ryan Medrano who thought Cassidy Clark, the Texas-based designer, can be the one getting her torch snuffed.
Moments earlier than Tribal Council, Geo instructed cameras, “Tonight, it is gonna be fairly straightforward.” But little did he know he can be the one going dwelling.
Geo’s “Survivor” downfall may be traced to 1 second. The second he determined to inform Karla Cruz Godoy about The Knowledge is Power benefit. The benefit granted Geo the power to steal an idol or a bonus from one other participant just by asking them if that they had one.
Karla began to fret that Geo would use the benefit to steal her idol, so she satisfied James Jones and Cassidy to vote out Geo this week as a substitute of Ryan.
In his exit interview with Entertainment Weekly, Geo spoke about his choice to inform Karla in regards to the benefit, revealing that viewers did not see the complete story.
Here’s what you must know:
Geo Wanted to Work With Karla
Geo instructed Entertainment Weekly that he wished to work with Karla and thought he may use the benefit to earn her belief.
“Even after I discovered that I could not belief Karla, I actually wished to work with Karla,” he mentioned. “So with me getting back from the journey, I wished to share that with Karla, simply to show her like, ‘Hey, belief me, I belief you. I’ve the Knowledge Is Power. Maybe we are able to work collectively. We can shield one another. And when the merge comes, we are able to battle the opposite individuals which might be working in opposition to us.’ I imply, it clearly did not work out, however I used to be making an attempt all the pieces in my energy to simply keep there for an additional day if doable.”
Geo added that viewers did not see the complete story. The modifying made it appear like Geo and Ryan foolishly believed that Karla and James had been on their aspect however Geo instructed EW he knew Karla wasn’t on their aspect.
“I actually wished to work with Karla and I had even known as her out. They did not show this both, the place really I went as much as her and mentioned, ‘Hey, I do know you are working with them and you are not working with us, however I actually wanna work with you. I believe it could possibly be you, me, and Ryan all the best way to the top. We can shield one another,'” he instructed the publication.
Did Geo Know Ryan Was Going to Throw the Challenge?
Ryan caught warmth from followers throughout Wednesday’s episode after he foolishly determined to throw the Immunity Challenge so the tribe may vote out Cassidy.
The transfer virtually value him the sport and followers could not assist however name out the reckless choice.
“Ryan’s confidence on that episode was so onerous to look at,” another user tweeted.
In an October exit interview with Parade, Geo addressed Ryan’s choice to throw the problem. He instructed the outlet that Ryan had talked about the thought to him however he did not assume Ryan would undergo with it.
“Ryan had talked about, ‘Hey, what if I throw the problem to simply get Cassidy out?’ And I knew I could possibly be going dwelling as a result of I’m nonetheless within the backside,” he mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Can we simply make it by merge earlier than you begin doing all these items?’ But I did not know he was throwing the problem. He had talked about it, however I did not know that he did.”
Geo added that if he’d identified Ryan was going to throw the problem, he would’ve intervened and instructed him to not throw it.
“Survivor 43” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on CBS and Paramount Plus.
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