At the Reunion, Russell refuses to congratulate Natalie on her win. He says on live TV that she didn't deserve it and she didn't do anything. He also offers her $10,000 if she gives him the title of Sole Survivor, which she refuses, and I cheered for her. Instead of blaming his loss on the fact that he treated everyone like crap, he blames the jury for being bitter that they got outplayed, even despite the fact that Jeff polled the jury and, had the final three been Russell, Jaison and Shambo, Russell would have won in a landslide. Even after the Reunion, Russell's post show interviews reveal that his is still bitter towards Natalie (who had NO control over how the jury voted) and that he believes Dave and Laura belong in a mental institution just because they have not apologized for not voting for him. So basically Russell is awful now. He's a sore loser and a poor sport. But there's one more reason I hate Russell.
The fans. Oh God the fans. There are all sorts of fans who think that Russell is some God among men, and that he is the best Survivor player ever. Yet a lot of these people have never heard the name Richard Hatch before. See, Richard Hatch played a very similar game to Russell 19 seasons earlier. He led a solid alliance that was originally down in numbers to the end, betraying people along the way, except he didn't treat everyone like crap, and guess what? He won. And 8 seasons later he was called back for All-Stars where he was the fifth person voted out and was the only person in the entire cast who wasn't bitter about not winning. He took his loss like a man. But people seem to forget the amazingness of Richard Hatch and think that Russell is the new god of Survivor. He isn't even the greatest player ever in any of the three categories. He damn sure isn't the best social or physical player. He might be up there in the strategic game, but he's not even close to number one. Second, of the three immunity idols that he found, two of them were shown differently in the edit from how he actually found them. The first one he didn't truly find without any clues. It was shown out of order. Yasmin already had the clue and he saw her looking up the tree trunks, and that was when he looked in them to find it, not before. The second one from what I know was legit found with no clues the way we saw it in the edit. The third one when Dave was following him around, the producers stepped in and pulled Dave aside for a confessional, giving Russell time to get the idol without him noticing. The fans were so enamored with Russell that in CBS's "Best Survivor Moment" tournament, they literally voted Russell burning Jaison's socks over Jonny Fairplay's Dead Grandma Lie in the first round. Disgusting.
So yeah, Russell ruined Samoa and Surivor as we know it.
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