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SURVIVOR_Nut: Helen, Did you EVER entertain the idea of voting Brian off?Helen: No and I never would have with the knowledge I had at the time.
MistleToe_CyberChick: Helen, being a swim instructor, why did you sit out on the underwater Challenge?
Helen: [laughs] Oh, I've been answering that since that show aired. First of all, that has nothing to do with swimming; that's a question of long you can hold your breath! But I do deal with people who, if they're not confident swimmers, they tend to get very nervous in the water and under the water. So, my first suggestion was that either Ted or Clay sit that one out. Both of them refused. So, I checked again, you know, are you sure? And they were getting angry. Now, one thing you have to understand about the game of SURVIVOR is that you have to tread very cautiously; you cannot make somebody angry by suggesting they can't do it. I've got three men standing there insisting that they can. I knew Brian could. I knew I could. Jan said she had no problem with a snorkel, although Jan, honestly, didn't do much better. Jeff was pressing us for which one of us was going to sit out. I was getting nowhere trying to get Ted or Clay to sit down. So, finally I turned to Jeff and said "I'LL sit down," honestly thinking at that moment someone would say "oooh, we can't have that," that someone would say that we had to get Ted or Clay or possibly Jan to sit out, but that's not how it happened. I ended up sitting out. We ultimately won, and I decided early in the game that I wasn't going to stick my neck out too much. I really thought that had been a bad decision, but it's a decision you make on the spur of the moment. But honestly, that Challenge had nothing to do with swimming; it was a breath control issue.
bleslie: Helen, you and your husband seemed very close. How did this experience affect your relationship?
Helen: We were extremely close before, and we are even closer now. I mean, we are a team in every sense of the word, and we have been since the day we started dating. I mean, we're a strong couple together, and if there were a couples SURVIVOR I wouldn't want to go against Helen and Jim Glover! Everything we do together, we enjoy each other's company very much. And I think if he would have walked away at that point, I don't know what I would have done.
MistleToe_CyberChick: Helen, what did you hubby have to say about eating those bugs, and did ya kiss him after he did?
Helen: [laughs] You know, I was more embarrassed about him kissing me. I mean, we hadn't brushed our teeth in thirty days! You know even when I saw what the Challenge was I thought "Oh, no! I can't imagine it!" And the bugs got more and more disgusting! And there were a lot they didn't show! They cut it down for TV, and there were about four things they didn't show. I felt terrible that he had to do that for me, and I was nervous that he might not win, but every time I looked over at him he would give me that thumbs up and that confident look that I've grown over the years to really be confident in and trust.
Racer: Did you ever apply for another SURVIVOR season?
Helen: No.
FroggySurvivor: If you could pick a spot for the next SURVIVOR, where would it be?
Helen: As a contestant, I think I would pick the Greek island of Mykonos, and if I were Mark Burnett, I think I'd pick Death Valley, California.
TheGrinch: Helen, was there any hanky-panky going on in Thailand?
Helen: Well, not that I knew of, because all of our tribe were married and, I mean, you see how fast you find out about that with Ted and Ghandia. Meaning, I think if anything had been going on, it would have been hard to keep it quiet.
