Not then savvy enough to think about the impact my monologues would have on my tribemates’ egos, I soliloquized and Jeff beamed, and the rest of the cast glowered.
There was one post-merge Tribal where, I swear, he called on me every other person.
I knew part of the reason I was brought back is that Probst liked the way I talked about the game, and the expectation was that I would continue to deliver.