Q&A with Steve "Chicken" Morris
by John Powell, Special to GlobalTV.com
John Powell: From watching last week's show, was it a deliberate strategy of yours to not take a stand on issues and not take
that leadership role?
Steve "Chicken" Morris: Yes, it was going into but there is a ton of stuff they didn't show. I did everything I possibly
could to make that shelter come together. Within ten minutes, I was drinking water but I didn't tell anyone because I wasn't in their circle yet.
John Powell: Did the age difference and your background play a role in the tribe voting you out?
Steve "Chicken" Morris: You are exactly right. This is a good case of that kind of perception. Those people were on the
wrong level. They were on the level of winning the game and going as far as they possibly could. The generations are backwards. They are backwards players. It
is a good cast but these people are different. There are 16 chapters in the book and each chapter is different. That is what makes this a very unique game and
a very unique show. Being Number One is really great but not in this game.
John Powell: In the first episode, what are some of the things we didn't see about your time on the show?
Steve "Chicken" Morris: Number One, I wish they had of shown when I found the water within the first 10 or 15 minutes. They
had done without water for two days. Number two, I wish they showed a little more of me getting along with people in the tribe on Monday and Tuesday there.
They really didn't set the tone between me and the other seven people.
John Powell: What made you try out for the show?
Steve "Chicken" Morris: Actually, I just sent in an audition tape and got the application off the Internet. I sat down in the
middle of three thousand chickens and told a three minute story on a four-wheeler on tape then sent it in.
John Powell: What really surprised you about the time you spent in the game and in China?
Steve "Chicken" Morris: The shocker for me was the rain was really impressive. The thunder and lightning was so close to the
ground. When it rained, you didn't get colder. You got hotter. It rained for the first 16 days. The climate was brutal and the snakes are everywhere. What
amazed me is that eight people, eight grown people educated in the United States couldn't come together to accomplish anything. We didn't accomplish
anything in three days.
John Powell: Based on your time there, who were you the most closest too?
Steve "Chicken" Morris: Really, really close? No one. No one. Three days, it was gone by the time you got a feel for the game and a feel for the people. I was drinking water and that was the most important thing. I was eating and they weren't. I wasn't about to help them out until I felt secure and bonded with them. I probably could have gotten on my knees and kissed somebody's hiney and stayed another two or three days but it wouldn't have taken me as far as I wanted to go. If things didn't change after I left I totally believe they will walk through. They will vote our tribe out first. They are going down.
John Powell: Why did they vote out the guy who worked so hard? Did they not value hard work?
Steve "Chicken" Morris: Evidently, John. I think they are all just stupid. The old saying is, you cannot fix stupid.
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