Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X castaway Lucy Huang was voted off her Takali (Gen X) tribe on Wednesday night during Season 33's fourth episode.

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Lucy, a 42-year-old dietitian from Diamond Bar, CA, became the fourth castaway voted out of Survivor on Night 13 at the game's fourth Tribal Council session.

The Gen X tribe had to vote one of their members off after they lost the game's fourth Immunity Challenge to the opposing Vanua (Millennials) tribe, resulting in the older tribe's third trip to Tribal Council.

Lucy was blindsided when David Wright played his hidden Immunity Idol to save Jessica Lewis, who had received 5 votes when Lucy only received 2 votes.

During an exclusive interview with Reality TV World on Thursday, Lucy talked about her Survivor experience. Below is the concluding portion. Click here to read the first half. 

Reality TV World: You got rid of Paul Wachter so you girls wouldn't end up on the bottom of the majority alliance. But by getting rid of Jessica, did you consider at all you might be putting yourself back in that position? Or were you just super confident you had David and Ken McNickle with yourself and Sunday Burquest?

Lucy Huang: I didn't know what I had Sunday at that point; I did not know. I didn't even discuss it with Sunday. I thought that Sunday was going to vote for [Ciandre "CeCe" Taylor] and we were going to keep it at that because then we'd still have the majority vote.

And so, I didn't discuss it with Sunday, and I think somebody else did at the end, so she had switched her vote. But the way I see it is had Sunday not switched her vote, she would have probably voted for CeCe and it would've had to be a tie vote, you know? Between me and CeCe, who would've been voted out.

But I did feel confident with Ken and Dave because they were the underdogs and, like I said, I was whole-heartedly trying to give them the information about who the majority [alliance] was going to vote for and that it wasn't going to be them. I thought they'd just be happy moving forward, you know?

Reality TV World: Did you really think you could regain Bret LaBelle and Chris Hammons' trust again, fully?

Lucy Huang: Well, I did because there were times -- even with the Paul situation -- they were so pissed off, and I actually spoke to Chris on the side myself, not in front of everybody, and explained myself. And when he was like, "No, don't talk to me. I don't want to talk," then I waited until the next day.

I said, "Hey Chris, can we talk?" And I explained that move, and they agreed that they knew where Paul's head was -- not that they didn't want Paul out, but they knew that maybe Paul would've been an easy vote later on. Because everybody on both tribes would've known that this guy is power-hungry, you know?

It would've just been an easy vote later on. And so, sometimes I guess with those easy votes, you should keep them going because you know you can get rid of them any time, and so it's not necessary to take them out in the beginning.

Reality TV World: Yes, I was going to ask if you thought you had made a mistake in getting rid of Paul when you did.

Lucy Huang: Mhmm, yeah, I think we did! We should've just stuck to the plan. If we had stuck to the plan, everything would've been perfect. (Laughs)

Reality TV World: Ken turned on you because he didn't like how demanding and controlling you were trying to be. After telling Ken to vote for Jessica, did you get the vibe he was distancing himself from you? If so, is that why you ended up apologizing to him or did you realize right when you spoke to him maybe you handled things poorly?

Lucy Huang: I didn't realize right when I did it. I thought, "Okay, good! We're all good to go!" I even went back to Bret and Chris and said, "Okay, everybody is onboard." And then I started hearing things, like, "Oh, Jessica just told Sunday that Lucy is getting everybody to vote Jessica off."

And then I'm like, "Oh my God!" You know?! "Oh my gosh, what's happening?!" And then Jessica actually approached me and said, "Hey, Ken just told me that you want to vote for me," and I kind of played it off. And then I went back to Ken and was like, "Why did you do that?"

And that's when I apologized because I wanted to hear his side. But I definitely wanted closure even if I was going to be voted off, was the fact that I wasn't trying to be that bossy or a bitchy person.

I was just trying to be basically the messenger and helpful in a way of like, "Okay, we want you to still continue, so it's not going to be your name." I was saying these people were safe, basically. Because I thought, again, at that point, you just want to make it to the swap and it doesn't matter how.

Reality TV World: I feel like Sunday is kind of a wild card at this point in the game now that you're gone. Ignoring the fact a swap is coming up, did she trust Jessica when you didn't, and could you see them reuniting? Or do you think Sunday will stick with Chris and Bret going forward?

Lucy Huang: I think Sunday will try to stick with Chris and Bret. I think at that point, her voting for Jessica would be a complete betrayal to Jessica, because they were really tight.

I mean, I had good relationships with people, but they definitely were the ones that -- that's why I was afraid to talk to Sunday, because I thought, "There's no way," you know? "There's no way. They're just tight."

But I also didn't know how strong Sunday actually was, like, does she want to play her own game or just keep following what Jessica says? Basically. And I just didn't know that yet. I wasn't certain and there was not enough time for me to figure that out yet. But I think that Bret and Chris will definitely be better off for her.

Reality TV World: As for a light-hearted question, what was your reaction when Michaela Bradshaw appeared to rip her bikini top off in the challenge? Did you respect the move, were you shocked?

Lucy Huang: I'm actually the one that grabbed her bikini and it just came off when she tried to get away. So basically, I had my hands on it, and when she swam off, it came undone. But, you know, (laughs) it's all in good fun! Things happen!

Reality TV World: How were you cast on Survivor? How did you end up on the show?

Lucy Huang: They had originally called me for Blood vs. Water with my husband after I had sent in a video, but they saw something in me that they liked and so they called me a few years later to be on the show.

I think mostly they liked the fact I was that "tiger mom," that controlling person and a strong woman. I think they were looking for somebody, like a female, that's actually strong and willing to make moves -- and not just be somebody that gets carried to the end.

To read the first half of Reality TV World's exclusive Survivor interview with Lucy, click here.



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