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Is Russell even more obnoxious in person than we were shown on TV or is he not such a bad guy?
He is obnoxious. I'm sure his wife made him take a shower this morning ... I'm glad that I'm not the only one who saw that Russell was nothing but a scumbag.

Would you do "Survivor" again if they asked you?
Maybe down the road. This is still too fresh, but maybe down the road when I start to miss it. I'm always a fan. But I know I'd have to defend my title and then I'd be the target. I have no complaints about my game.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-sandra-diaz-twine-talks-survivor-heroes-vs-villains-win-10944.php

Reality TV World: Why do you think Russell underestimated your strategic and social game play so much?

Sandra Diaz-Twine: Oh my god, we've been fighting all morning. I'm glad our interviews are separate now because he keeps saying just because I won that means the system is flawed. I tell him, "You know what Russell? I was a fan first before I was a Survivor. I take bits and pieces of everybody's season and every winner's strategy and I have dos and don'ts and I just have a winning combination."

He thinks because he saw Micronesia and he played in Samoa that he's an expert. He's not. He doesn't understand this game. He can play a thousand times and he'll never win.

Reality TV World: Since you were both his enemy and his ally, what do you think prevents Russell from winning the final jury vote once he makes it all the way to the end? Is his abrasive personality and kind of taunting gameplay why don't jury members respect his strategic game play more or is there more to it?

Sandra Diaz-Twine: He doesn't know how to play Survivor.

Reality TV World: Why?

Sandra Diaz-Twine: He's a bully. You can't bully people around and expect them to give you votes. Let me tell you this, when I saw the finale in Samoa I knew he didn't win. I knew -- with everyone's tone -- what was going down. I don't see how he didn't understand that, how he could go back two weeks later and repeat the same game. How is he a strategic player if he didn't change anything -- and that was a crappy game.

Once again, this is why I love Sandra. Just lets it rip with both barrels when the pressure's off, but still manages to know when to tone it down when it's a critical time in the game.

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Was he even more obnoxious to live with than was shown on TV or is he not such a bad guy?
You guys have no idea. I did say that last night but no one heard me because Russell wouldn't shut up. He's like, "America should choose who wins." But you guys don't have to live with him 24 hours a day. He's a very difficult person to be around because his whole strategy involves chaos and disillusionment and disorder. He's really, really hard to be around. So until America has to witness what he's like 24 hours a day, I don't think it would even be fair to put the power in America's hands. All he had to do is be a little more humble. He had a great opportunity to get quite a few votes ... He could've even gotten J.T.'s vote if he just wasn't so full of himself.

Were you surprised Parvati didn't win?
You know, I voted for Parvati because she was my biggest competition physically, mentally, socially, I had to give her mad props for that. On the other side of that, I'm actually very happy that Sandra won if for no other reason than for the fact that Russell absolutely despises her. That's what you get for taking Sandra in to the Final 3 and not me. Had I made it to the final 3, I know I would've won. I managed to get through the entire game without making a single person mad at me.

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Were you surprised to see your taking Tina to the finals make the nominations for Dumbest Move in "Survivor" History? We were surprised, we've always looked at that as a really upstanding move, not on the same level with the other nominees.
I'm not sure I agreed with being nominated, but to tell you the truth, I thought it was a low-class move all together. We're going to have a trophy made up and take time out of the reunion show to point out the dumbest move in "Survivor" history? Really? I thought it was a classless move on CBS' part.

What is the hosting gig you mentioned? We hadn't heard anything about that.
It's called "Top Shot" and premieres on June 6 on the History Channel. We just north in L.A. at a beautiful ranch in the mountains. We took 16 of the countries top marksmen and pitted them against each other in historical challenges using old fashioned weapons. History's had to be quiet about it because I was on "Survivor." Contractually we weren't allowed to promtoe me as host until "Survivor" concluded.

Hahaha... this is awesome. Too bad Colby didn't show this kind of fire during the season.

I agree with him completely. He shouldn't have been nominated and CBS was very weak to play that card. BTW, JT's move isn't NEAR as dumb as Erik's was. JT won because it just happened this season.

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Shouldn't be any spoilers so I'll discuss it here rather than over on the spoiler thread.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/18/jeff-probst-survivor-heroes-villains-finale/

I’m not going to argue whether Sandra should have won or not. I’ve learned from last season that it’s a bit pointless. The jury is in charge and the jury made their decision.

Thank dog.

All I could do last night was to try to keep him {RussHell} seated in his chair long enough for us to get a shot of him on-camera. In fact the entire night it felt a bit like a fight might break out at anytime. In case you’re wondering what I would have done…? I would have just let it happen. I wouldn’t have gone to commercial but instead would have launched right into good ole fashioned Survivor play-by-play.

Now that would have been great TV.

And maybe the Jiffy-lurve affair with Russ is over!!!!

But my opinion of Russell changed when he admitted to Boston Rob that he did not play to win. You can’t be the best if you’re not playing to win. He can hoop and holler all he wants about “America choosing” but that’s not this game. This game is about convincing a jury of your peers that you are the most deserving person. He didn’t do that. But my problem is not that he didn’t accomplish that goal, it’s that it wasn’t his goal in the first place.

Boston Rob and Amber – who knew they’d make such a cute baby

Huh? They're both attractive people, it's not surprising that they would have a cute baby.