Tiffany Reveals Tense Cut Scene With Jonathan That Changed Her Last Tribal (Exclusive)

Tiffany Ervin mentioned she was feeling “spicy” within the last 5 tribal council in Survivor 50, which ended up being her final night time within the sport. Her emotions had been charged as a result of Rizo Velovic, Joe Hunter, and Jonathan Young made it clear to her that she was being voted out. Aubry Bracco, who ended up winning the $2 million, wasn’t certain she may win subsequent to Tiff’s underdog story, both. Tiffany tells TV Insider that there was a minimize scene with Jonathan that explains why she was actually upset.

The Season 46 alum says that, earlier than the ultimate 5 tribal council, she was sitting within the sand with Jonathan when she requested why she was the goal as an alternative of Joe, once they every had three particular person immunity wins.

“He was like, ‘Well, yeah, but you’re a girl, and the record for girls is four, and the record for guys is eight,’” Tiff says.

The report for many particular person wins by a girl in a single season is 4. The report for many particular person profession wins by a girl is 5. The report for many particular person wins by a person in a single season is 5. And the all-time report for many particular person immunity wins throughout a number of seasons is 9 (“Boston” Rob Mariano holds that title).

“I don’t think that Jonathan was being malicious in that moment,” Tiff explains, “but it didn’t feel good to have all the hard work that I put into the game up until that point be reduced to something so simple and trivial. And I do believe that that’s the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.”

Tiff says that she acquired a standing ovation when she arrived at Ponderosa. If she had made it into the ultimate three, she’s assured she would have gained. Below, she explains why.

Congratulations on how far you made it this season. Much farther than you probably did with 46, very thrilling. What was the vibe like on set in the course of the dwell finale between business breaks?

Tiffany Ervin: Yeah, it was enjoyable. The vibes had been excessive. Obviously, a couple of of us that had been within the finale, we had nerves, so we had been a bit extra reserved and quiet till it was time to not be. But for probably the most half, we had been having a superb time, and we had been backstage, slicing up, making jokes, making TikToks. It was a very enjoyable time.

Was there a vibe shift when the spoiler happened?

I might say sure, there was a vibe shift, however not in the direction of a destructive vibe. It was simply extra of an, “Oh my God, I can’t believe that happened. What are we going to do?” And then it instantly shifted to us watching Jeff [Probst] get well like a champ on TV. That’s why they pay him the massive bucks.

If you can also make folks giggle about it, you’re good, I believe.

Yeah, precisely. It was loopy, but additionally that’s dwell TV.

In the finale, the prerecorded one, you mentioned that you just had been feeling spicy throughout your last tribal council. Do you continue to really feel that approach about your elimination?

I do. I’m at all times going to really feel spicy about my elimination, nevertheless it additionally comes right down to … I believe the spice has worn off a bit bit simply because I imply, I perceive in that second it wasn’t nearly me being eradicated. That’s what loads of the viewers didn’t get to see. I used to be spicy for a couple of causes, some being the truth that I felt like folks had been being a bit bit hypocritical, them teaming up on me, conversations that occurred in the course of the day that didn’t actually make me really feel good or simply sure therapy that I didn’t actually like or recognize. It was a end result of issues that received me to that time, and it actually was much less about me dropping and being despatched residence as a result of I understood why they had been sending me residence. I’ll beat y’all, nevertheless it was greater than that.

Can you elaborate on that extra? You mentioned in your last tribal council that you just felt it was apparent why Joe and Jonathan had been sending you residence. What was that motive, do you assume?

Well, I believe it was a mix of issues. Obviously, they had been scared to lose to me, however Jonathan particularly, I had talked to him earlier within the day, and I requested him, and this is identical query I posed to the entire tribal council. I’m like, “Why are y’all so scared of me? I have three wins, so does Joe.” And Jonathan mentioned, that is once we had our dialog on the sand and he was like, “Well, yeah, but you’re a girl, and the record for girls is four, and the record for guys is eight.” I don’t assume that Jonathan was being malicious in that second, nevertheless it didn’t really feel good to have all of the exhausting work that I put into the sport up till that time be decreased to one thing so easy and trivial. And I do consider that that’s the straw that broke the camel’s again for me.

And I used to be like, “Oh, absolutely not. If y’all are going to send me home like this, then I’m going to let the chopper sing when we get to tribal. I’m not going out gracefully because I think this is dumb.”

Wait, so he mentioned it was since you’re a woman?

He mentioned, “It’s because you’re a girl.” I mentioned, “What’s the difference between me and Joe? We both have the same amount of immunity wins. Why am I the bigger threat?” And he mentioned, “Well, it’s because you’re a girl. The record for girls is four, and the record for guys is eight.” And I believe he would possibly’ve went on to say extra like, “But you’re a good talker and stuff like that.” But I believe that after that time, I didn’t even hear the rest he mentioned as a result of I’m like, why is me being a woman having something to do with what’s happening right here proper now? And it simply made me upset. More than something, it was simply disappointing as a result of I’m like, that is simple-minded. I don’t prefer it. And Jonathan’s cool. He’s an incredible man, however in that second I used to be harm, and I’m like,”I received to get this off my chest at tribal council as a result of I don’t assume it’s honest, and I don’t assume it’s proper.”

Good for you for getting it off your chest. And additionally, it doesn’t matter what number of particular person immunity wins you win. It issues while you win them.

Exactly.

And that was one of the vital spectacular components of your sport, I believe.

Yeah, I believe so. I put in loads of work to get right here, and I didn’t assume it ought to be decreased to that. And I’m not going to go so far as to say that that was everyone’s mentality. That was only a remark that was made to me. And as a result of I used to be already emotional and I used to be already feeling the load of how I used to be form of being focused to go residence that day, it upset me tremendously.

Understandably. So, what was the vibe like for you at Ponderosa?

Oh, Ponderosa was the exact opposite. I walked in to a standing ovation. Everybody was ready on the door, cheering. They had drinks for me. Lots of them had been unhappy, nevertheless it was very validating after I received to Ponderosa as a result of the jury all however advised me that if I sat within the last three seats, I might’ve gained. So I’m like, effectively, I assume they made the suitable selection [in voting her out].

Do you assume you’d’ve overwhelmed Aubry in case you had been within the last three?

Yes, I do.

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What makes you assume that? What conversations did you might have?

They advised me that they might’ve voted for me. Most of the jury, the one individuals who I didn’t speak to I give it some thought was — I imply Chrissy, Coach, and Steph, and so they had been voting for Jonathan regardless. But nearly everyone there advised me, “Tiffany, what are we going to do? We wanted you to win.” And I’m like, “I wanted me to win, too. I don’t know what to do now.” I’m not saying this to discredit any of the exhausting work that Aubry had put in as a result of I believe Aubry’s a deserving winner, however I do assume that whereas I used to be nonetheless within the sport, I had extra leverage to win than Aubry did, and just because I had a unique journey. Aubry was in a position to play the background. I didn’t have that luxurious from the second we made the merge. From the second I stepped on the seaside, folks had been pointing fingers like, “Target, strong, look at her, muscles, good at challenges.”

I couldn’t disguise behind the facade of being the sneaky participant which may not be good and perhaps we may get her out later. I used to be operating barefoot by means of a minefield from the second I hit the merge, and I nonetheless made my option to the top. I believe that that gave me a leg up on Aubry in that regard.

You and Aubry had been fairly shut initially of the sport. At what level within the season did that shift? Of course, we noticed while you moved into a better alliance with Cirie.

Yeah. Well, me and Cirie clicked instantly. As quickly as I received to the merge, we had been like, “Homegirls. Love you.” You guys didn’t get to see loads of that. I assume as a result of for the sake of telling the story, it most likely wasn’t one of many issues that they felt they wanted to focus on, however Cirie and I grew to become immediately shut. Aubry and I had been shut going into the merge, nevertheless it form of tapered off as issues went on and Aubry was, like she mentioned, leaping from alliance to alliance, sharing secrets and techniques and simply doing no matter she wanted to do to outlive. I do assume that the true cut up between me and Aubry occurred when she realized that I may beat her, and that’s when she teamed up with Jonathan, Joe, and Rizo in that problem to attempt to get me out.

After that, I used to be similar to, all proper, as a result of now that is corny. Now y’all simply all attempting to work collectively to beat me. I can’t even respect that as a result of it’s last six, and I’m so scary that y’all prepared to surrender y’all photographs at a person immunity this late within the sport simply to ship me residence. After that, I used to be like, all proper, I’m executed with you. I nonetheless voted for her to win the sport as a result of I do assume she performed the most effective sport on the last tribal, however that’s when the cut up occurred, at six.

Give a way of simply how lengthy that immunity problem actually lasted, as a result of all these gamers had been working collectively to attempt to get you out and you continue to had sufficient time to beat them.

You know what? I don’t know the way lengthy the immunity problem lasted, however I do know that I used to be behind. I believe I used to be the final particular person, or perhaps second to final, proper earlier than Cirie to get my puzzle blocks throughout the road. I used to be struggling getting throughout the stability beam. Every time I went over, my blocks would fall off my factor. I had to return and are available again two at a time. I believe Jonathan and Joe would possibly’ve been engaged on their puzzle for at the very least 10 minutes earlier than I received throughout the road to begin placing my blocks out. The nice equalizer was the truth that I’m actually good at phrase puzzles, and I used to be in a position to acknowledge [the answer] nearly instantly and begin engaged on it.

That was additionally a puzzle that I used to be conversant in as a result of Hunter from Season 46, he and I are actually shut. I flew to Mississippi within the summertime. He has a bunch of Survivor challenges. He constructed a Survivor problem with an arch phrase puzzle much like that. And I already knew that the letters on either side had been going to be completely different. I wasn’t solely attempting to spell it proper. I used to be attempting to resolve the puzzle on the identical time. That’s what everyone else missed. I spelled the phrase backwards from the opposite facet in order that I may ensure that I used to be spelling it proper on that facet and in addition maintain monitor of what was happening on the entrance facet. Nobody else did that. I solved it pretty rapidly, so after I received over there, there wasn’t loads of time for them to determine it out, to not point out the truth that they each tried to resolve it a pair instances and had been fallacious.

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You gained the challenges while you wanted to win them, proper? So, your title was introduced up loads amongst followers after the Zac Brown episode aired due to your lack of display time in comparison with his. How did you are feeling about your edit within the first half of the season? Of course, we noticed a lot far more of you within the second half.

Yeah, I used to be a bit confused, admittedly a bit upset, however I wasn’t devastated. I knew how far I went into the sport and I knew y’all [were] going to have to indicate me sooner or later. There’s no approach I make it to last 5 and y’all don’t give me display time as a result of viewers are going to have loads of questions. While I used to be upset that you just guys didn’t get to see loads of my early sport play, I simply chalked it as much as the truth that there’s 24 wonderful gamers on the market, and so they wished to offer airtime to those who went residence earlier. Would I’ve cherished for folks to see my earlier sport play in order that my story felt extra well-rounded by the point I received to the top? Sure. But that’s simply not the way it shook out for me. I’m grateful, although, that I did sufficient in the direction of the top for folks to nonetheless acknowledge how nice of a sport I used to be taking part in with out even having greater than three confessionals pre-merge, which is loopy.

Now that you just’ve watched the complete season, what’s one thing that you just want you had executed otherwise, and what do you assume is your largest enchancment from 46?

I believe that’s robust for me as a result of there’s not loads that I might change about my sport aside from profitable.

It’s exhausting to say while you performed very effectively.

Yeah. I performed the social sport I wanted to play. I gained after I wanted to win, and I regulated my feelings in a approach on 50 that I didn’t do on 46. And I believe that that’s what allowed me to get to the top. Even those who wrote my title down, backstabbed me, those who I didn’t assume I may work with, they by no means knew I used to be nonetheless having conversations, laughing, laughing with everyone. Everybody thought they had been my good friend up till they was sitting on a jury and even then they nonetheless didn’t know what was happening. Down to the very finish when Chrissy and Coach went out collectively, Chrissy thought me and her was about to work collectively. I by no means revealed how I really felt as a result of I knew that that was leverage that I used to be giving up due to the teachings I discovered on 46.

I gave season 50 all I had. I don’t assume I may give anymore different than simply profitable, as a result of even when it comes right down to getting folks out of the sport in a unique order, I don’t even assume I might try this. Everybody in that last 5, I believe I may beat. If I sit in a last trial council seat, I believe I’d beat everyone there.

And from Ponderosa, what different gamers do you assume had an actual likelihood of profitable?

Oh, positively Cirie. For certain. I believe Rick Devens had an actual shot at profitable, which is why everyone was terrified of him. I imply, it’s exhausting to say Ozzy as a result of Ozzy form of flubbed it in the direction of the top, however I do assume that if Ozzy made it deep into the sport, Ozzy has an actual shot at profitable too. Oh, Dee. Dee went so early within the merge, however clearly, you let Dee get to the top, Dee’s profitable. I believe Christian may have had an actual shot in the direction of the top, however I believe the standouts for me, huge, huge threats that I do know would’ve gotten votes, Rick Devens and Cirie.

I believe the overall consensus amongst Survivor gamers is that if Cirie is within the last three, she wins.

Against anyone on the seaside, towards anyone on the seaside.

Would you come again?

Oh, yeah. It’s so loopy as a result of it’s like we undergo this factor and it’s this loopy expertise that tears you aside and rips your coronary heart out, however then it’s like, “Ooh, I can’t wait to do it again.” It’s like an habit. You simply fall in love with the sport. I might do it once more, 10 instances out of 10. Jeff calls me as we speak, I’m heading to Fiji tomorrow.

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