Early Show Transcript
January 8, 2004
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QUESTION: Danielle, have you remained friends with anyone from Kamiya now that the game is ended? I wouldn't
be able to stand talking to any of them besides 'Bella, Joni and Mike. I mean, there are some lines in a game that
you must not cross. What they did, even in an online game, is completely disgusting and morally reprehensible.
Kudos to you, Dani, for keeping your dignity intact.
DANIELLE: That’s not an easy question... I’d like to say that it was all just a game, and that afterwards,
we could all make up and be happy together, but it just isn’t going to happen. It’s just a little voice in the
back of my head that pipes up whenever I think about Kamiya... “Yeah, he’s nice… But remember what he did to you?”
Oddly enough, the person I’ve talked to most from Kamiya post-game was Chris. We can talk friendly, we’re okay
with each other, but I can’t really forgive. I haven’t talked much with anyone else from the tribe. Most of my
friends now are from Sato, even though I never got the chance to meet them in the game.
QUESTION: Hey Danielle, I know how bad it feels to get mocked in a game, I was in Tonga. However, it also
said you were very lazy, why didn't you help around camp more?
DANIELLE: I missed a day of chores: that’s it. What wasn’t mentioned in the episode was that I gathered
more food for the tribe than any of the other players
QUESTION: Dani, how glad are you that Chris won't be reproducing anytime soon? lol, j/k. Anyway If you could
vote off any single person from the game who? who would you give the win to if you could?
DANIELLE: Well, at least he was cute to look at...! If I could vote anyone off, it’d be Ryan. Chris and
Michelle may have gone over the top, but they didn’t use my friendship like Ryan did. I’d probably give the win
to Mike: he was nice, and at least tried to defend me. It was touched on only briefly in the episode, but it was
his idea to have me sit out of the Reward Challenge. His thinking was that I should at least have some control
over my own fate, and by sitting me out at the Reward, I had the chance to participate in the Immunity Challenge.
Otherwise, Murtz would’ve sat me out at the IC. I like Mike... but I find his taste in lawn ornaments disturbing.
^_^
QUESTION: Were you hurt that Joni and Emma voted for you? And, also, what did you think of Michelle's voting
speech?
DANIELLE: Not really. I never knew Joni and Emma that well. The only vote that really stabbed me through
the heart was Ryan’s. As for Michelle’s voting speech, it does salvage my opinion of her a bit. It would’ve helped
a lot more if I’d seen it sooner, ‘cause I was really messed up after that vote. Instead, I got to wait a couple
months. Ah well.
QUESTION: Danielle, you sounded pretty confident going into that tribal council. Who did you think was going
and who did you think was in your "counter-alliance"?
DANIELLE: I thought Chris was going, and I thought Ryan, Emma (Isabella), Mike, and Dave (Murtz) were with
me.
QUESTION: Have any of the Kamiya's really, truly apologized to you?
DANIELLE: Most of them have apologized. Many times. Repeatedly. As for sincerity, it’s hard to judge online.
That was one of my problems in the game: it’s just not easy to tell emotions over the net.
QUESTION: It was harsh; actually REALLY harsh to see what happend to you on the last episode. You really
weren't that mean to anyone, but you got torn apart. They called you names, etc., adn I imagine it hurt very much.
I hope that you can FORGET about what happened and take something out of this; good job while you were there! My
question for you is, if you actually DID get to align with the boys, how would the game have gone down (until the
end.)
DANIELLE: Well, Chris would’ve been voted out at the TC, rather than me. Michelle would’ve been next after
that, and from there, Murtz would’ve gone if Joni and Emma didn’t try anything. He’s just so paranoid o_o; After
that, I have no idea. I don’t know enough about Joni and Emma, nor about any of the Satos.
QUESTION: Dani, it is obvious from the story that Chris and Michelle were telling you the truth about what
the guys were saying. What I want to know is this, looking back and now being able to read what really happened,
and realizing Ryan was the one who was lying to you. How foolish do you feel for believing Ryan over Chris and
Michelle?
DANIELLE: Foolish? Not at all. I had no reason to believe Ryan was a lying sneak, nor did I have any reason
to believe a word Chris and Michelle said. I did have what I believed was a stronger relationship with Ryan at
the time, therefore, I believed him over Michelle. I came to the best conclusion I could given my circumstances.
And considering this question is coming from Michelle’s husband, it’s no surprise you want her to look good in
all this!
QUESTION: I don't see why anyone is villifying Christopher and Michele's alliance. That's what the game
is about: making alliances and voting people off. Danielle, if you had been smart enough to accept their offer
and join their alliance, none of this would have happened. But no. You showed that you were unworthy of being an
Angel by stupidly going back to the very guys C&M warned you about. So boo hoo, you got voted off. Someone
has to lose, and it's usually someone clueless. Maybe you can write a pea flute song to ease the pain...
DANIELLE: Yes, I made a mistake in believing Ryan over Chris and Michelle. Things like that tend to happen
in a game like Survivor. But you have to remember that it is just a game and that there are boundaries. No game
should cause a person to go through what I went through during and after that vote. No game should have players
trying to destroy each other emotionally and psychologically.
QUESTION: Hi, Danielle. It was quite disgusting what happened to you out there, my sympathies. So, I'm curious;
if you were given a baseball bat and an hour alone in a locked warehouse with one of your ex-tribemates, who would
you choose?
DANIELLE: Ah! Nice question! Well, if you mean who I would choose right now, there wouldn't be anyone in
particular. I hope that I'm past that by now. But if you mean who I would've chosen right after I was voted out,
I'd say Chris. That, or Mike's gnome :-D
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