Ellen's Questions

[ellen]

I just want to start by saying that I'm immensely proud of you ladies for making it this far. There will always be haters but you should be proud of accomplishing what 16 other people couldn't do! It's no secret that I was extremely close to both of you, so it makes me smile knowing that one of you will win this game. I think that you've each worked hard to get where you are and so my vote is not set in stone yet (sorry Ryan <3).

Unlike most of the jury, I haven't really had a chance to sit and think about what I'd like to ask you girls, so forgive me if this all sounds a little bit impromptu... I guess I'll just dive right in.

Colleen I love you to death and even though you voted me out, I honestly have to give you kudos, because I think it was a well thought out, brilliant move that took balls. What I really want to hear about from you, is your thought process going into that vote. It took you hours to make your decision and I just want to know, were you really deliberating as much as you seemed to be, or were you actually just psyching yourself up to vote me out from the moment you won that challenge?

Ryan I love you! I'm so proud that you made it this far because I know how much you wanted this... I know because I wanted it too! I can empathize with how ecstatic you must be to have the opportunity to plead your case to the jury. My question for you is, if Dominic had ended up leaving instead of AJ at the Final Eight, what would your game plan have been from there? Don't be afraid to go into detail! I ask because I think that you really could have had complete control of the game from there on out if AJ had stayed... so I'm genuinely just curious to see how you would have juggled everything!

Once again, congratulations ladies and good luck!

-Ellen

[Ryan]

if Dominic had ended up leaving instead of AJ at the Final Eight, what would your game plan have been from there? Don't be afraid to go into detail! I ask because I think that you really could have had complete control of the game from there on out if AJ had stayed... so I'm genuinely just curious to see how you would have juggled everything!

Good question! Honestly, even though I would have had "control", it would've still put me in a sucky position. Juggling AJ with Ellis was so difficult, and it was such a huge moral battle that I was struggling with over the entire course of the game. Anyway, I would have voted off Kendell in 7th. Just because Kendell was such a wildcard in my mind. I didn't trust her because I knew she didn't trust me. I also knew that she wasn't a huge fan of me, so I didn't really want her in the game. This is when it would have been tricky. Carly, AJ, and I had a really great relationship. Honestly, this is where things would have turned. I am going to go on the assumption that Dominic still would have ratted you out on lies and stuff. After Dominic did that, I did admittedly lose trust in you. I started catching you in small lies (like in the f3 when you talked about a game you won after you told both me and Colleen that you didn't win a game). And I wrote in my confessional about how I trusted you less. Now, this is also going on the assumption that you would have still used the blinding light in the final 8 to get Dom out, like I wanted you to. Then in the f6, I would have teamed up with AJ and Carly and used my nullifier. I would've kept a 3-strong majority with them until the final 3. It would've sucked turning on Ellis. Then in the final 3, I would have taken AJ to the final 2. I know this isn't going into that much detail, but I didn't ever have it planned out in detail. It was just a thought that was in my mind. Am I glad that this didn't happen? I don't know. It would've made for a much more epic endgame, but I would've came out looking like even more of a bitch than I already do. Also, I would've lost 9-0 to AJ, and I would have deserved that! I just DO have a heart, and I wouldn't have been able to vote her out after making it that far along with her. I know it sucks coming in with pregame relationships, and I honestly wish I hadn't. It was a BLAST playing with AJ, but it screwed me up in the game. So, that's my answer.

[Colleen]

Thank you Ellen, it means a lot

Colleen I love you to death and even though you voted me out, I honestly have to give you kudos, because I think it was a well thought out, brilliant move that took balls. What I really want to hear about from you, is your thought process going into that vote. It took you hours to make your decision and I just want to know, were you really deliberating as much as you seemed to be, or were you actually just psyching yourself up to vote me out from the moment you won that challenge?

I honestly came into the challenge thinking that I was gonna take you because we were closer. I do love Ryan too but we had a connection. But once it was announced that I won my mind completely changed. I was torn like, do I take you because I was closer to you or do I take Ryan because you played the best game. I know the smartest decision was to vote you out because your game was amazing. I mean, I would look like a fool up against you. If I thought I had no chance against Ryan, I definitely would have taken you.

It's hard to explain how I was feeling... it's like I knew what I had to do but I was just struggling to actually do it because I never saw myself voting you out. I definitely feel like the reason why I took so long to submit my vote is because as you said I was "psyching" myself up. After talking to you and Ryan in the chat, it did make me feel better because you weren't as loyal to me as I was to you. And I really do appreciate that you aren't gonna hold it against me. <3

Thanks Ellen. It's been a pleasure to play this game with you and good luck with your decision!