The two-time champ does not want to share the crown.
“There can only be one queen.”
And that’s not all that Sandra told me.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What’s going on, Sandra?SANDRA DIAZ-TWINE:Nothing much.
And I was mainly the labor, because Rob was the mastermind, and he does construction.
He has his own construction business.
And I was like, “Oh my God, home sweet home.”
And I kind of got a little bit sad inside.
But that was the past and now I’m here for season 40.
So I really have to just do my best.
I’m going to take it.
This is serious for me.
After this, I’m going to definitely retire.
No dogs, no me, no kids.
Because, this last time it was a little bit longer.
So, it’s been more than half a year.
So, I said, “You know what, Marcus?
I mean, I can still retire.
Would you play?”
And I said, “If you’re inviting, I’m there.”
But I hadn’t talked to my family or anything like that, I just made that decision.
And, I jumped on it.
I was like, “Really, Jeff?”
And I was like, “Boston Rob.”
He was the reason why I applied forSurvivor.
Not only for the money, but because I felt a connection to him.
Not in a weird way, you know?
If he can do it, I can do it."
I gotta take this seriously."
Or, “This is the easier way.”
Or, opening up a coconut, it used to take me maybe about an hour.
I think now I can get it down to seven minutes.
Like, that’s really, really good.
So, I kind of was preparing myself for 40 in 39.
But my favorite game of yours wasGame Changers.
By then, I was already a two-time winner.
And even when Tony would talk to me, he wouldn’t address me as Sandra.
From the beginning, he just started saying, “Yo, Queen, yo Queenie.”
So, a lot of times I’m like, “Okay, the Queen stays queen.”
That became my name instead of Sandra.
But he was telling this to my alliance, because I was the majority already.
So, he’s telling this to people that are already on my side.
So, that’s where Tony screwed up.
I don’t think Tony will make that same mistake again.
Does it still sting, getting voted out for the first time inGame Changers?No.
I feel like I did everything right.
And Sarah took me out.
Sarah did that to me, and here she is.
Because I wanted it to be a secret.
Like, “Oh wow, this is Sandra’s fifth time.”
Yeah I wasn’t playing my fourth time for the million dollars, but I was still out here.
But, I don’t know every single player out here.
I know Boston Rob, and I’d never met Amber.
When I seen Amber at the hotel that Thursday morning, I didn’t even know who she was.
And I was in shock, because Rob told me out here, he had always said no.
And he told me out here, “Amber has no desire to play after she wonAll-Stars.
She would never leave our four girls to come out here and play.”
So, for me to see her, I was like, “Where’s Tina?”
I’m looking for Tina, and here’s Amber.
So, I was really, I had no idea.
Absolutely zero idea that she was going to be out here.
So, like I said, I don’t know every female and male player that’s out here.
Until I saw a big fish, then I’d turn around and go away.
Because, there’s sharks out here.
So, I did a lot of things out of my comfort zone.
We even went to the top of the mountain.
And I was like, “Yeah, you go ahead, you knock it out.
You do you, because that’s not me.”
And he was like, “Are you sure you don’t want to go?”
And I was like, “No, I’m sure I don’t want to go.”
I need to put on pants and long socks and stuff."
And before you know it, I was right behind him.
And he looks back and he’s like, “I thought you weren’t coming.”
I was like, “You’re right.”
And, it took us a while.
We went up, we took a lot of pictures, the drone came.
And then, on the way down, I took three good tumbles.
And I’m glad that he convinced me, and then he left it up to me.
He never pressured me.
He said, “Either you’re coming or you’re staying.”
And then, when he walked away I was like, “I’m coming.”
Our shelter has withstood.
I mean, Rob can build anything.
If it’s not a three-time winner, there will definitely be a two-time winner.
Like, King T.V., King Tony Vlachos.
And this one did this."
So, if I could help it, there will not be anotherSurvivorqueen.
