The Problem: USA’s Cassidy Clark is shedding gentle on why she didn’t get together with fellow competitor Michaela Bradshaw.
“The one particular person within the Survivor alliance I didn’t actually get together with was Michaela,” Cassidy, 26, solely advised Us Weekly on Friday, October 13, someday after her elimination from the fact collection.
“She’s very clever, however she’s clever in a extra logical sense, and I feel I’ve somewhat bit extra emotional intelligence. I feel we play our video games very in another way, and that made us conflict rather a lot,” Cassidy continued. “I don’t do nicely with actually manipulative individuals simply from my previous. I get very triggered by it as a result of I went via a relationship that was very abusive in that means.”
Whereas Cassidy emphasised that she wasn’t implying that anybody from her season was abusive, she famous that she doesn’t reply nicely to manipulation as a gameplay tactic.
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“It really works for some individuals they usually’re in a position to play a extremely strategic, actually calculated recreation — and good for them. However I don’t like when individuals attempt to make me really feel small with their intelligence or attempt to strong-arm me into doing one thing or simply play thoughts video games with me. I don’t vibe with that,” she stated. “I’ve discovered to stay up for myself once I really feel like I’m being manipulated. So, I feel for these causes, we couldn’t actually click on.”
Cassidy Clark, Michaela Bradshaw. Jonne Roriz, courtesy of Paramount (2)
Cassidy additionally named Problem veteran Wes Bergmann as somebody she discovered arduous to attach with attributable to his method to the sport.
“I by no means felt like I may get near individuals like [Michaela] or Wes as a result of it simply at all times felt like there was some hidden motive or they have been utilizing me for their very own gameplay they usually didn’t truly care about me as an individual,” she stated. “Which is okay, however I don’t know, I don’t construct my relationships within the recreation that means.”
Regardless of being eradicated simply forward of the ultimate, Cassidy proved herself to be a robust competitor this season. She was despatched into the Area 4 instances, successful her first three face-offs in opposition to Alyssa Lopez, Alyssa Snider and Michele Fitzgerald. She finally misplaced a Corridor Brawl to Chanelle Howell through the Thursday, October 12, episode.
“It doesn’t get acknowledged sufficient, the psychological toll that it takes on somebody to enter the Area so many instances and to be nominated so many instances,” Cassidy advised Us.
Though she confronted an uphill battle to make it to the ultimate 10 rivals, Cassidy is glad the season performed out the best way it did.
“If I may have performed a recreation the place I didn’t must go in [to the Arena] so many instances, I in all probability would’ve jumped at that probability. [But] would it not have allowed me to have the story that I did and show myself in the best way I did? No,” she stated. “Wanting again, I desire the trail that I took and the journey that I needed to go on as a result of it allowed me to have such an epic rookie season.”
The Problem: USA airs on CBS Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET.
