Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
Based on a poll I posted last week, 70 percent of people said they will miss John Rocker on "Survivor." I do, already.
Sure, his girlfriend Julie McGee is still there but really, how long will she survive? She knows she has the Rocker stigma tattooed on her back. It will ultimately come down to her social game now.
She managed to escape the first tribal council of her group with only two votes while Drew alienated his own crew with his arrogant attitude and general sense of lassitude. He was stupid enough to throw his own immunity challenge, thinking he was the "kingpin" who needed to cleanse his own group. "I'm the bad ass and manipulator of this game," he said mindlessly. He says Kelley needs to be out and she overheard his moronic statements.
The tribe was a mess with four people named in tribal council.
Ultimately, Drew was deservedly out and blindsided quite nicely, losing the girls plus Jeremy.
During an interview with People.com, Rocker apparently uses the F-word 29 times (taken out after the fact in editing) but insists he's a good guy haunted by the Sports Illustrated comments had made 15 years earlier. Plus, his short temper just added more fuel to the fire. Clearly, he is still bitter about the situation. While he said he regrets them, he clearly harbors deep-seated resentment as opposed to deep-seated repentance.
Still, he provided the best defense he could: he allied with the gay guy and then with the black woman on his tribe. So there! He noted that Natalie's diatribe went on a lot longer than what was shown last week, that she really riled up by the fact he voted her sister out. And Jeremy was no happier that his wife was voted out. He felt he had no choice but to respond and trash talk.
He noted that since the show, he has become friends with Natalie and Jeremy.
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