SURVIVOR Host: There are tons of great questions for Rudy, so let's begin. Hi Rudy! Thanks for being here today. Are you ready to take some questions?
Rudy: Yeah...

micaIa: Hi Rudy! After Tribal Council, did you suspect Rupert might have broke your alliance and voted you off?
Rudy: No, I trusted Rupert right from the beginning. Me and Rupert made an alliance, and he said he could trust me and I said I could trust him, and we'll stay together until the end of the program. I trusted Rupert and, as you can see at the end of the show, Rupert voted against Ethan.

rink: Rudy, do you have friends in the Mafia? It sounded like you were gonna put a hit out on your tribe ... hehe.
Rudy: You know, when you get voted off, you're mad at the world, and I made a couple of dumb statements. Since then I've thought it over, and the tribe was exactly correct in voting me off. They did the right thing.

memsee: I was happy to see you on SURVIVOR again, Rudy. Was it harder this time around?
Rudy: SURVIVOR wasn't any harder this time. It's not a matter of the elements, it's putting up with the people. Probably this time the people are a little smarter because they've been there before, and I'd predict there's going to be a lot of cutthroating before the end of the show.

RudyKicksNavyButt: RUDY! RUDY! RUDY! I love you, man! Did you ever get sick from drinking the water without boiling it?
Rudy: When we first got there, they said, "We're gonna give you water, but you have to boil it before you drink it." I said to myself right then, "I don't care if I boil it or not," because over the years I've had dirty water and it didn't phase me, so I was sure this wouldn't either.

shore: Describe the four remaining Saboga tribe members in one word.
Rudy: Rupert is a man you can trust. He gave me his word and stuck by it. Jenna is kinda hyper; she's a good athlete. I thought I was kinda mad at Jenna because I thought it was her fault I was voted off. Jerri was going along with Jenna, so I couldn't blame her much. Ethan is a very good athlete. They need him on this tribe, and Ethan's name was never mentioned, so I can't blame him for nothing.

Spyke: Rudy, who is the most interesting person you've met through the game?
Rudy: Of all people, it'd have to be Richard.

JennaLover: Rudy, I think you were amazing out there. Was there anybody out there that you were surprised they brought back?
Rudy: It surprised me that Jenna from the first SURVIVOR was back, but no, not really. The rest of them are pretty outstanding people. They all stood out for some reason or another.

RudyRox: Rudy, who were the two guys that were spooning on last night's episide?
Rudy: You know, I don't know! I can't pick them people out. It seemed like they were under t-shirts; I won't say blankets because we didn't have. I don't know, I don't know who they were. It wasn't me.

EthanZohnsLova: Did you hate the tribe that you were in when you found out who the ALL-STARS were?
Rudy: No, I was together with these six people for about three days before they actually told us we were a tribe, and I was glad to be with them. Rupert had a good name; Jenna is a good athlete; I didn't know about Jerri, didn't know her well. Ethan I know is a good athlete, and Tina was okay. So I really couldn't complain about the people in our tribe.

troubleup: Rudy, what do you think of Richard Hatch walking around naked all the time?
Rudy: Richard is a homosexual nudist and y'know, what else are you going to say about the guy? He made that public all over the world. When I came out of the water and saw a familiar scene--Richard naked and bending over--when I say familiar, I mean that I looked at it for 39 days on the first show...

WKDRED: Rudy, why didn't you guys get rid of Jenna? She is useless at Challenges and bossy at camp.
Rudy: Well, that's your opinion of Jenna. To me, she's a pretty good athlete and was needed on that tribe. Jenna sort of sounded like on TV that she was running the tribe, but really she wasn't. We disagreed with what she said. When you first start this thing, you don't have a reason for voting somebody off. She suggested to vote off the people who already won, and that's reason, enough so we just went along with what she said.

bigfan101: Hey Rudy, which was tougher, acting on JAG or being back on SURVIVOR?
Rudy: I would say being on SURVIVOR was tougher. Being on JAG, to me, was almost a pleasure, except for I told them they're going to have to put cue cards up for me to say anything, because anything over five words is hard for me.

speedracer: Rudy, how's that ankle doing?
Rudy: My ankle's back to normal. I think what caused it was from the one Challenge where Ethan was running up the beach with the logs and throwing them up making the ladder. I was on one side of the ladder and had to get the rung in and I think the last one hit me in the ankle, and it made it sore for alittle while. I didn't think it was that bad, but I heard people say I was limping a little bit, so maybe I was.

FireyRedTU: Rudy, were you surprised at anything when watching on TV what was going on between the other two tribes?
Rudy: No, I didn't. Every tribe is on their own. We each had six people and were doing our thing the best we could. A couple of Challenges the other people had better ideas than we did. Why we didn't think of them I don't know. Consequently, we lost two Challenges in a row, and that resulted in me being voted off second.

alljoy: So Rudy, given the choice, would you have liked to have had Richard or Sue on your team once again?
Rudy: If I had a choice, I would pick Sue. They're both strong, dependable, and I would just pick Sue. Richard is just a wise guy, but he's pretty smart, but anyway...I'd pick Sue.

all4jenna: Hi Rudy, if you had to make an alliance out of members of the other tribes, who would you choose, and why?
Rudy: For one, I'd pick Sue, and I would probably pick Richard because I could trust both of them in the first SURVIVOR. I would pick Rupert because he's a man of his word and he stuck to it. And four people in an alliance is enough to win in that show. That gets to you to the Final Four, and then it's cutthroat between you four.

QueenAurora: What was your reaction when you got the call from the producers about another shot at it? Are you happy with your decision to do the show?
Rudy: Yeah, I'm happy with my decision to do the show. The first inkling I had that I might be on the show was when we were in NY in Carnegie Hall. When I got onstage, I got probably the biggest standing ovation of all the people. Later, Jeff Probst came up to me and asked how I'd feel about doing an All-Star Survivor, and I say sure I'd do it. That's all I said, and I guess it went from there.

rupe01: How do you feel Jeff Probst has changed from the first SURVIVOR to now? How has the show changed?
Rudy: I think in the first show Jeff was new. He was as new as we were, and even CBS didn't realize how big this was going to be. I think Jeff's refined himself after each show, and now it's almost automatic to him what he's going to do. When I left the show, the comments he made to me made me feel happy with him, and I guess other people feel that way with him too.

rudyrules: Rudy, it was sad to see you leave; you're great. Did Rupert give you any sign that the others were going to vote for you?
Rudy: No, Rupert didn't give me any signs, and I don't know if he knew anything or not. Actually, there was nothing he could do about it even if he did know: it was 3 to 2. Rupert stood by me because it showed him making his vote at the end of the show, and he voted for Ethan just like I did.

buckeenie: Rudy, how far could Jeff Probst or Mark Burnett make it competing in SURVIVOR?
Rudy: [laughs] Everybody in the world knows who those guys are, and I think just on that they'd vote 'em off right away. If nothing else, for someone to get even with them.

freckles: Rudy, are you taking your wife on any fun trips now that you are back?
Rudy: I got an agent and told her that if she wants to send me someplace, if my wife don't go, I don't go. My wife goes every place with me. I'm glad she's there, because I hardly have to think. She does all the thinking for me, and I like that.

WindyCityJo: Rudy, was there someone from previous SURVIVORs you expected to be there but wasn't?
Rudy: Yeah, Colleen from the first show. I thought I'd see her there, but didn't. I read she was asked to come back but turned it down. She's pretty quiet. Once we all parted from the first SURVIVOR, I'd never seen her again. Everyone else, I saw at least once.

Realwife: Rudy, how do you feel about the girls lying to you about voting you off?
Rudy: At first I was mad. I made a couple dumb statements, but since then I've thought it over, and they were absolutely correct the way they did it. I agree with them voting me off. I agree with it.

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