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Booted
CBS) America's favorite pirate
was given the heave-ho on Thursday night's "Survivor: Pearl Islands." but for
undisclosed reasons, Rupert Boneham is not available to appear in The
Early Show studio this Friday morning.
While CBS will not
confirm his whereabouts, various online sources suggest Rupert may be on
location for next season's "Survivor: All-Stars."
Rupert did, however,
give CBS an exclusive interview soon after his flame was doused.
Holding an alligator he says, “From the time I made my audition tape,
I believed in my heart it was my time to win.”
When I heard there was
a pirate theme on “Survivor” seven, I fully believed that 400 years ago, I was
one of the pirates out here. The treasure I was never able to go back for.
At the beginning of the reality show, he said, "This is definitely a
pirate adventure."
“My tribe saw me as Blackbeard,” Rupert says, “We
were going to cut my hair and beard. And I was going to be Blackbeard.”
Remembering the first days, he says, “After two days, my pants have
still not dried. That second day was probably the hardest day ever. I actually
begged for a dress.
“After I made that dress, Burton and Shawn and
Michelle had a hey day with me,” he continues.
Some of the comments?
From Burton: “Dude, whatever you do, say no to crack."
Rupert admits,
“I did not like the first part of the game. It was my hardest time ever.”
Shawn also had something to say, when Rupert was sawing: “Hey look at
this guy. Mr. Sawer. Oh sexy, sexy, you gonna have slots on the side."
About them, Rupert says, “They wanted the power. Making fun of me in
front of others was their downfall.”
But not all was bad for him. He
says, “The one saving grace was, I had the ocean. I honestly loved going
fishing. I wasn't the greatest of shots when I first started. But I could
still bring a sack of fish home.”
His fishing abilities won Rupert
compliments.
Rupert says, “I know I was bringing enough food home that
when my tribe found the treasure, they were pissed.”
Looking back, he
notes, “The hardest was being away from my wife and kid and the next was being
around people I could not trust.”
People like Jon, who on the reality
show said, "Everybody's got a price and everybody's gotta pay because the
million-dollar man always gets his way."
Rupert says, “I try very hard
every day to show trust and compassion in hopes that they will learn.I tried
to play this game with honesty and it was not returned.”
Reflecting on
the tribal council, Rupert says, “I could not believe I would be voted out. I
thought there was no way in the world that could happen.”
He recalls
the moment: “So we start voting. And I believe that it's Darrah. The first
three votes were two for Darrah and one for Jon. Then the next vote is for
Rupert. And I'm thinking,'Could this be/' And then the second vote for Rupert
and a third and I just put my head down and thought 'Oh my God. This is the
end.'”
So Rupert gets voted out.
He says, “At least for 27
days, I showed that I could survive and I could help others. I – survivor - no
matter where I am, no matter what I have, and no matter I do. I showed that I
have some strength, that I have some worth.”
While he didn't win the
grand prize, Rupert does credit the show with helping him kick a 30-year
smoking habit. Had he won the million dollars, Rupert hoped to buy a Pearl
Island of his own.
Here is a recap of Thursday’s show:
Thursday’s episode of Survivor: Pearl
Islands came
complete with intrigue, danger and betrayal.
Burton and Jon hatched a
plan to topple the tribe’s de facto leader, Rupert. They recruited the women
of the Morgan tribe to join in a new alliance against the 39-year-old
Indianapolis native, and succeeded in eliminating him from the competition.
Rupert, a mentor for troubled teens, looked both enraged and bewildered as his
torch was extinguished at tribal council.
Burton and John planned
their ambitious coup while on a trip to fetch water. Then, while Rupert was
fishing and Sandra and Christa were collecting lemons, they persuaded the
other castaways to comply.
Lillian and Burton prevailed in the reward
challenge, which involved completing an obstacle course aboard a simulated
pirate ship. Burton opted to relinquish his prize to Jon, but Lil chose to
claim her reward. Lil and Jon then spent the afternoon sailing on a catamaran
and filling their stomachs with pizza and beer.
The immunity challenge
required the survivors to fire darts at a colored target. Burton, expertly
wielding a blowgun, eliminated the other players from the contest and won
immunity.
At tribal council, Sandra praised Rupert’s fishing
abilities, saying that the tribe couldn’t exist without him, but the other
castaways clearly disagreed. In a revealing vote, Rupert was voted off and
became the second member of the jury.
“I always get hurt trusting
people,” he admitted after his dismissal.
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