Survivor’s Rob Antonson Insists He Did not Give up, Host Jeff Probst Reacts to Surprising Exit
Survivor contestant Rob Antonson exited the sport on his personal choice within the newest episode and now he’s opening up about his surprising exit from the CBS present.
While at tribal council in episode two, Rob tried to vote himself out of the sport, however discovered that he wasn’t allowed to place his personal identify on the cardboard. It appeared that he was feeling the emotional toll of the sport and didn’t need to proceed.
At the start of episode three, Rob complained of an harm on his foot and believed that an an infection was spreading up his leg. The physician arrived to look at him and noticed a tiny reduce on Rob‘s foot, however wasn’t involved about his well-being and cleared him to proceed enjoying. Rob insisted that he was in ache and was instructed that there’s all the time an opportunity of one thing occurring that the physician couldn’t see, which he used as rationale for pulling himself from the sport.
In a post-exit interview, Rob insisted that he didn’t give up.
Rob speaks out after his Survivor exit
Rob instructed EW, “I don’t really feel like I give up Survivor. I really feel like quitting is one thing you simply hand over on, okay? But there are specific circumstances that go to taking your self out of the sport, and that’s what I did. Day three, I received injured strolling into the ocean, I stepped on one thing. I kinda simply handled it as a result of that’s how I did it, that’s how I’m going in life. My dad taught me, you recognize, simply don’t be a puss, associate with it.”
“And that complete time, I saved getting extra ache, ache, ache by way of the ankle, going as much as my foot, going as much as my leg. And I didn’t inform anyone. That was my greatest remorse is just not telling anyone. I didn’t go to the physician. I didn’t inform the doc. I didn’t inform my tribe. I felt like if I instructed the tribe, I’d be this weak man,” Rob added. “Looking again on it, I ought to have gone to the doc. The doc might have in all probability helped me out, and I in all probability would have stayed within the sport. So when it comes right down to it on the finish, voting myself out, that’s going 5 days of no sleep, raining on daily basis, barely no meals, barely no water, and I’m in ache. I’m in ache from my harm. So you’re not in the suitable state of mind.”
Rob stated that individuals who watch at residence don’t know what is definitely occurring on the market and individuals who don’t have children don’t perceive.
“But I decided on the finish to take myself out because of my harm as a result of I’ve three children, and having an an infection in my leg, one thing like that, might harm me being a dad full-time with three children. I’m by no means gonna go towards that. And individuals on the market that don’t have any children, they simply don’t perceive it. They suppose whenever you don’t have children, you don’t take into consideration any of that. So it’s simply completely different being a dad, you recognize?” he stated.
Jeff Probst reacts to Rob’s exit
“Rob’s choice to voluntarily depart the sport caught me off guard,” Jeff stated in an Instagram put up. “He had stated in an interview that he stepped on one thing within the ocean, however by no means as soon as requested for medical to test him out. That’s uncommon as we test in on the gamers fairly ceaselessly.”
“When we lastly had Dr. Barry give him an examination at camp, Dr. Barry couldn’t discover something incorrect with Rob. To be clear, that doesn’t imply he wasn’t in ache. It solely means we couldn’t discover any medical proof of something incorrect,” Jeff continued. “Rob regarded and sounded emotionally exhausted, which may occur to the strongest of people. Survivor humbles you in a short time and might get you in a wide range of methods. Days 4, 5 and 6 are sometimes VERY powerful for gamers. This is a threshold level that you must get previous. If you’ll find a method by way of the need to surrender, you virtually all the time discover that second wind.”
“Speculation from Rob’s tribemates was very clear — they imagine he engineered a give up,” he added. “This is a MASSIVE LOSS for the Savu tribe. Because anytime you lose a tribemember, you improve your odds of being voted out as a result of you’ve gotten one much less tribemember. And on this case, they didn’t do something incorrect.”
Earlier this season, one contestant chopped off part of his thumb, however stayed within the sport and remains to be competing.
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