Behind the scenes with Sierra Reed, the 10th castoff from “Survivor: Tocantins”

By Jim Kelly

“People misjudged me from the beginning and I got off to a hard start.”

That’s the day-after self-review from Sierra Reed as she became the 10th player voted off “Survivor: Tocantins” and took to the weekly Fancast “Survivor” chat room that features the latest castoff answering fan questions and providing some behind-the-scenes thoughts on what we don’t always see on the Thursday CBS broadcasts.

Although she said, “I don’t hold a grudge, it’s just a game,” Sierra still seems to have some hard feelings toward Tyson when a fan asked if she had patched things up with Coach and Tyson.

“Tyson doesn’t have patience for females, that’s why he didn’t like me,” Sierra told the chat room. “i think that Tyson doesn’t know me and never tried to get to know me.” When asked to comment on a People magazine article in which Tyson called her “whiny,” Sierra decided to taunt back a little, telling the chatters: “I also think that since I outlasted him, his ego must be hurting!”

Sierra was asked what one thing she would change in how she played the game and her answer revealed the second-guessing on strategy that always takes place among the castoffs: “I wish I would have told Taj that we were still in an alliance and not waited for Brendan to reach out.”

She says things turned for her in the game when Brendan left. “I think they were thinking that if Coach hadn’t won immunity he’d be gone. They didn’t want to leave me and coach together.”

Sierra says she would like either Taj or Stephen to win among the remaining players. She also says the producers represented her fairly in the broadcast, although she wishes “they would have shown more why people wanted me out.”

A few interesting tidbits: she lost 15 pounds during the experience and said when players hadn’t won a reward and were in an immunity challenge, they were STARVING: “So hungry I could eat my hand!” Sierra said the most enjoyable part of being in Tocantins was “the simplicity – no bills, no car, no nothing.”

In the weekly chats, the fans always love to take shots at Coach, and the castoffs are usually happy to agree. Sierra said Coach was as arrogant as he appears on TV, was the most deceptive player – and she wants him gone. She also says he never contributed much: “He would literally tell people what to do, we’d scatter and realize he didn’t give himself anything to do.”

Sierra’s full chat remains online at http://www.fancast.com/blogs/live-chat/live-chat-with-the-latest-booted-survivor-tocantins-castaway/ Just hit the replay button and the transcript will be there.

These lively chats with the latest castoff take place every Friday at 3:30 pm Eastern time/12:30 pm Pacific, so if you want to chat firsthand with the players, get your questions answered, or tell them your own theories about what went down, stop by and get a great perspective on “Survivor:Tocantins” from the contestants themselves.

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