She may have given the greatest performance in Survivor history.
So what’s next?
Does Kim worry her reputation puts her in immediate danger out on the island?
How do the big changes in her life make her a different player in the game?
And what does she make of her competition?
How do you feel about that?
And, yeah, it’s both.
I really appreciated being anonymous my first season.
But I think I’m still okay.
I love that, and I’ve been flattered to read things like that for the last few years.
So I’m hoping not to get too centered in on, day one.
It’s been seven, eight years since you played this game.
Let’s give people the update.
What have you been up to?I’ve been up to a lot.
So last time coming on, I was coming out of a messy divorce.
I owned a couple of bridal salons.
And since the game, I got remarried, which I’d never thought I would do.
So I got remarried and then had three kids about as fast as is humanly possible.
So they’re all within 26 months of each other.
So now I have a 3, 4, and 5-year-old.
And my life is sweet, honestly.
It’s just so good.
So it was hard to leave.
Was it?Yeah.
Super hard to leave.
So when you got the call, was it hard but an automatic yes?
Or did you have to think about it.Yeah, it was a big think about it, for me.
I just couldn’t picture a way where I was going to leave my three kids at this age.
And my husband was like, “Yeah, it’s a no.”
He was like, “You’re going to do it.
I just know it already, the fact that you’re even putting a question mark on it.”
So there were green lights.
So, here I am.
Did they ever approach you in the past about coming back to play?
And so this was really the first time.
And honestly, I want my kids to get to experience this.
They don’t even know whatSurvivoris.
They haven’t seen my season.
We’ve never really talked about me being on.
I think I am completely the same and totally different at the same time.
And this time around, I think I know how to grind way harder than I did last time.
I mean, having three babies in three years was beyond anything I had experienced.
A whole new tired.
You just want to die.
And so if I had to doSurvivoror natural childbirth again, that would be a tossup.
They’re both an ass-kicking.
And they’re compared a lot to each other, because you forget about how hard they are.They are!
That’s exactly right.
I do compare them a lot because of that, yeah.
But as I’m approaching it, I’m dreading it.
It’s absolutely miserable, physically.
You are sitting out here and you’re with nine other women here before the game.
You don’t know who else is going to be out here.
I’m sure you’ve been doing your own guesswork, and maybe have some ideas.
and maybe they’re right and maybe they’re not.
And I don’t know.
It’s really a hard thing for me to say.
I can guess right now and everything might change day 1.
There’s just something about Sandra that I get.
I don’t know what it is.
And of course, they all scare me.
She scares the s out of me, but I like her.
I could see myself working with her.
I really like Amber.
I think Amber’s going to be an interesting one to see.
I’ve always liked Sophie.
And she also scares me.
They all scare me a little bit.
How much do you know these people?I don’t know them well.
I’ve met most of them a time or two.
I met Sarah at her finale, but, no real friendships with people that I chat with.
So I’m hoping I’m not the outsider.
I don’t know how many of them have real relationships.
Well, that’s always the question when you get into returning player seasons, right?Yeah.
Honestly, I know some of the guys better, for sure.
Is there a learning curve for you at all with that?Oh, for sure.
I know this is going to be a totally different game.
And honestly, that’s the way I want to approach it.
I am coming into this with a total clean slate.
I don’t want to think about what I did last time.
I want this to be a fresh start.
It’s a new game.
It’s new people.
You’ve got to start over, read the situation, adapt.
But, yeah, it’s a totally different game.
I think this may end up being a little more old school.
I’m just not going to be surprised.
I think there are some people that would like to see that happen here.
So it’s going to be fascinating to watch.
How do you think others see you?
And I think that they think I’m pretty legit.
I’m sure that I’m on the list of names of some people that people are worried about.
So if I can get through those first few days, I can get in there.
If they don’t come gunning for me, I’ll be all right, maybe.
What’s your biggest weakness?
You are so well-rounded, which is why you’re so well-regarded.
“I don’t know.
That’s the problem, I guess.
Well, that’stheirproblem, because you’re so good.
Tell me about your head space going into this game.
Are you more or less nervous than last time?Way less.
Because you’ve been through it?Yeah, I think I know what to expect.
I just don’t feel as green.
But I also think I’m just a way more confident person than I was then.
I mean, my confidence was so shook when I came out here at 28.
And so I really gained a lot of that back being out here last time.
I’ve made lots of good decisions that have been really beautiful life decisions.
And so I think I feel total confidence to come out here.
There’s just no way to control all that.
And they’re very accomplished players.
It’s a way higher level of play than the people I played with last time.
There’s no easy passes in the room.
And yet there still is a room.
Yeah, I’m not going to name any names, as tempted as I am.
Way higher level of play.
There’s room for people to be overconfident.
It’s just going to be subtler, I think.
This group is highly intelligent and emotionally intelligent, as well, so.
Well, don’t make me look bad by ranking you as the best.
That should definitely be your motivation.That’s what I’ll keep at the core of my person.
Forget about taking care of the kids back home with another massive check.Thisis why you’re playing this game.Yeah.
It’s for you, Dalton.
