“Survivor 48” contestant Kevin Leung’s shoulder damage within the first problem was a lot worse than what was proven on TV.
The 34-year-old finance supervisor completely advised The Put up after his elimination that he really dislocated his shoulder the primary day on the island and thought he was going to be medically evacuated.
“I actually blacked out from the entire thing, and they had to stick a medical kazoo in me,” Leung mentioned. “So I really was like, ‘Wow, I’m done. I’m done with this whole experience.”‘
Leung’s shoulder dislocation didn’t make the edit, which bummed him out as soon as he watched the present.
“It was a little sad not to be shown, but I also… I love ‘Survivor.’ The fact that I got confessionals. I’m just grateful that I even got something. So to me, it was sad, but I’m not entirely so distraught over it because at least it was known, and I could share my story.”
Regardless of his damage, Leung powered via the sport till day 5, when he was voted out by his personal allies, Cedrek McFadden and Justin Pioppi.
Leung admitted that he “played too hard” in attempting to avoid wasting Mary Zheng and vote out Saiounia “Sai” Hughley, however he blames his damage most for his downfall.
“That, to me, already set me back a long time. I already was thinking negatively, like, ‘How am I going to win individual challenges? How am I going to win the game?’” Leung mentioned.
“With a dislocated shoulder, I cannot climb a wall. I can’t swim. It’s just so hard to function like that,” he defined. “And then I had no sleep, obviously because of my shoulder. And no food. It was just really hard physically to just keep going.”
Leung additionally advised The Put up how he felt about his personal alliance turning on him.
“Watching it, I was like, ‘Wow, they’re conspiring.’ I wasn’t that surprised. It was more so, I was really hoping that reasoning could help,” he mentioned. “And the more that I was trying to be strategic and logically give them the reasons why we should do this, the more that they’re like, ‘You’re smart.’ I was like, ‘Oh no.’”
“I should have literally just sat on the beach and cried the whole day,” Leung joked. “I probably would’ve still been there at least for a couple days, before we lost the next immunity challenge and go to tribal.”
“Survivor” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
