'Survivor: Samoa': Interview with contestant Russell Swan- Zap2it
Russell Swan was removed from "Survivor: Samoa" for severe dehydration. It turns out his memory of the situation is very different from what we saw on TV and only highlights the seriousness of the collapse.
What were you doing before 'Survivor'?
I was and still am an attorney with the Environmental Protection Agency, I do environmental law. I'm with one of the regional offices here in Philadelphia.
This season, Jeff had the tribes elect leaders right off the bat. Did you like being elected the leader?
It sucked. I absolutely hated it. I am a student and a fan of the show. This was the eighth time that I had applied to be on the show so I knew that the whole leadership thing is rather dubious and to actually proactively be elected leader... I knew I was in trouble. Especially when we lost that first challenge. John Mr. Underwear Model decides he's not going to take his pants off for the swim so he got smoked by Jaison and instead of Jeff saying it was stupid to keep your pants on, he's like, "Wow wasn't it really poor decision-making by Russell to pick John for the swim." So it sucked being picked as the chief.
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