SURVIVOR Host: Hi Lex! Thanks for being here today. Are you ready to take some questions?
Lex: Ready to rock!

Trippychick: Lex, I listened to your little speech to Rob about how he should keep you in the game because you two were friends. How you could say that after doing the exact same thing to your friend Ethan! Rob told you that he was going to vote for you. What else should he have done?
Lex: He did not do the exact same thing to me that I did to my pal Ethan. Ethan and I are friends outside the game, but in SURVIVOR: ALL-STARS Ethan and I never made any deal or agreement of any kind. The only deal we made is that he asked me to tell him if he was going to be voted off. He didn't want to be blindsided. I promised him I would tell him, and I knew that telling Ethan would hurt my game. What Rob did was come to me, ask me for help, offer me a deal, and then when it came time for him to deliver on his promise he chose to exploit our friendship and pull out on the deal he made with me.

LFM: The look on your face when Kathy kept the necklace was priceless, though on THE EARLY SHOW you said that it was an edit. What then made you have such a surprised look on your face?
Lex: As I recall, that reaction was a reaction to Rob talking to me about wanting to stay friends after the game was over. That expression was my reaction to Rob telling me he wanted to be friends. Truth be known, I never wanted to stay in the game if it meant it would come at the expense of Kathy giving up her Immunity and possibly being voted out.

FireyRedTU: Lex, would you have been more devastated had Boston Rob never told you about the vote and blindsided you at Tribal Council?
Lex: There's no possible way I could have been blindsided at this Tribal Council, because everyone made it clear that I was on the chopping block. Those who didn't voice it didn't have to, because it was obvious. And to set the record the straight, Rob never came to tell me I was going; he simply told me that there was nothing he could do to save me and made excuses as to why he couldn't honor the promise he made.

dave: How do you feel about Shii Ann voting for you last night?
Lex: A bit disappointed for sure, but not at all surprised. When it came to Shii Ann, Colby's earlier accusations of her playing-it-safe, riding-coattails strategy was right dead on. In my personal opinion, the fact that Shii Ann is still in the game is an unfortunate proof of how the under-the-radar strategy can work so well for some. She's lucky. I'd have to compare her involvement in this game and on my tribe with that of a flea riding piggyback on a dog.

GerriFan: Jerri was definitely your ally. If you chose not to boot Amber, why didn't you try to oust Shii Ann instead of Jerri?
Lex: Unfortunately I didn't have the luxury of being able to vote Shii Ann out at that point in the game. My hands were tied because Kathy and I had a tight alliance, and Kathy didn't feel particularly close and didn't have the relationship I had with Jerri. Kathy made it clear that she wasn't going to back any plan that involved getting rid of Shii Ann and keeping Jerri. Given my druthers, Shii Ann would have been a good choice at that point in the game.

Legend41: Hello Lex. You said after Tribal Council that you would be pulling for Big Tom to go all the way. Why not Kathy? Did her decision to keep Immunity affect that?
Lex: Absolutely not. Like I said, I didn't want Immunity from Kathy, and understand that Kathy right up to Tribal Council still wanted to give me Immunity. I adore Kathy; we had a good alliance in the game and she stayed true it. I wished Tom good luck in my Final Words because he's one of my closest friends and like a brother to me.

LauraineFromMass: Who were you surprised to see on SURVIVOR ALL-STARS, and whose absence were you most surprised by?
Lex: I was surprised to see Amber and Shii Ann. I was definitely surprised that Mike Skupin, Helen, Hunter and Kelly Goldsmith were not selected. And as far as who I wished was out there, I would have loved to have seen my fire-brother Frank Garrison in the game.

Marky: Lex, for each All-Star left on the island, please give one word that you think best describes them.
Lex: Big Tom: family; Alicia : tough; Amber: (Laughs) Amber who? Jenna: Hollywood; Kathy: Loyal; Rob: (Laughs) Despicable; Rupert: Overrated; Shii Ann: Snake.

Legend41: Hello Lex. Do you agree it was a poor strategic move on Rupert's part in choosing Amber to go on the reward with him?
Lex: All of us were left scratching our heads on that one. It seemed almost as brilliant as digging a hole for your shelter on the beach. Everyone left behind unanimously agreed that the most strategic choice would have been to chose the two other people who went farthest in the Challenge, Rob and myself. I honestly don't know what Rupert was thinking. Maybe it was "little" Rupert thinking.

MassGirl: That underwater Challenge looked extremely hard and geared toward the men. If there was a woman in the final three, do you think she could have lifted the box?
Lex: Funny you should mention that. Rupert, Rob and I all discussed the fact that if a woman had made it to that point of the Reward Challenge, it would have been extremely difficult for her to do. The chest we had to carry was unbelievably heavy. Alicia was the only one in my mind that could have delivered on that part of the Challenge.

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