Whom does Wendell see as his main competition?
What’s his biggest weakness?
It’s killing him, isn’t it?WENDELL HOLLAND:[Laughs] I don’t know.
Dom gave me some good advice for this season.
He told me to get out there and play my game.
He also said, “Don’t be as friendly, and build as many things too early.”
OnGhost Island, I built a million things.
He said, “Play it cool.”
He said, “Lay low, until the merge, and then turn things up.”
But, is it killing him not to be out here?
I’m sure Dom will get his time to come back out here, soon.
He probably wants the credit if you win.
It seems like you were just out here, practically.
You won the million dollars.
You did it all.
Why come back?Yeah, why come back?
First and foremost, I’m a huge fan ofSurvivor.
People, after their season, you wait on the call.
It’s like, man, you’re just waiting for the phone to ring.
As far as I’m concerned, I feel like CBS has done a lot for me.
I laid a lot of groundwork.
I did my thing out there, but CBS provided this venue, if you will.
So, I feel like it’s my duty to go out here and venture to do it again.
So, I’m going to go do my thing.
You’re out here before the game with nine other men.
Rushmore the Boston Robs, Tonys, Tysons, Jeremys, et cetera.
I think there are things that I can learn from the old school players.
Let’s get rid of the little guys."
I have pictures designed for pretty much everybody.
Obviously, calls are always going out in between people, and emails or texts.
Tell me what that whole process was like, and how much stock you put in it.You hear rumblings.
You see lists of who’s on this season, whatever.
You hear, “Oh, it’s going to be all winners.”
You think toCagayan, man, there might be Tony and Sarah Lacina out here.
You think to Jeremy’s season, when he was out there working with Natalie.
You think to all these seasons.
You think of players that have returned and played again with people.
So, you think of all these relationships.
Then, you think, man, there might be sour relationships.
I don’t think it’s too good to put too much stock into the whole pre-game thing.
I think it’s best to come out here with a clean slate, and play your own game.
I can’t lie.
When I first meet theseSurvivoralums, I’m still star struck.
I’m like, “No, man.
It’s good to meet the alumni.”
He’s a real person!
Oh, my goodness!
He looks a little different than when he played, but he’s a real person.
This is my first time meeting Tony.
I’m best friends with Brice Izyah, and he talks about Tony all the time.
He got to play with Tony, and I’m actually out here seeing Tony in real life.
He’s a little shorter than I thought he was, but he’s still Tony.
You see Jeremy Collins.
I’m nervous and excited to go up against him.
He’s a cool dude, but man, he’s a scary player.
He has that dry humor.
So, he’s a scary player.
There’s some scary players out here.
I’ve been on social media a lot.
I’ve been posting a lot.
I’ve been going to a lot ofSurvivorfunctions.
Because, as a big fan, you want to be involved, and I just love meeting everybody.
TheSurvivorfamily is what you make of it.
So, I’ve just been out there, and they’ve seen that, I assume.
So that, might make me kind of a threat out here.
Also, I’m not bad at challenges.
I could step into leadership roles.
So, I will have to tone that back a little bit when I get out there.
What’s your biggest weakness in the game?
Do you have an Achilles heel?Well, there are a couple.
I’m actually pretty petrified of heights.
I would be terrible at a challenge like that.
I’m not good at heights.
I’m not good at eating things.
You saw inGhost Island,as soon as I picked up that fish, I kind of launched it.
It didn’t even get anywhere near my mouth.
Finally, I need to learn to shut my mouth.
Sometimes, people don’t like a loud mouth.
So, I need to chill with my mouth.
