'Survivor' Question of the Week #5: What's the Most Despicable Moment Ever?
By Gordon Holmes
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:57:26 GMT
Which "Survivor" moment made you cringe? Check out my answer
and Jeff Probst's answer, then let us know what your pick is...
*** Click here to comment - Are Gordon and Jeff right? What about when Boston Rob stabbed Lex in the back? Or when Jonny Fairplay lied about his grandmother's death? What's your pick?
*** Click here to comment - Are Gordon and Jeff right? What about when Boston Rob stabbed Lex in the back? Or when Jonny Fairplay lied about his grandmother's death? What's your pick?
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Gordon and Jeff are ab-so-lute-ly right!!! I was SO upset (still am!) when Dreams reneged on his deal with Yau Man. I was ready to start a "Send Yau Man a Dollar" campaign to see if fans could raise a million bucks for him. Bless his good and kind heart, Yau Man was a gentleman all the way; he is a great man and Dreams is just the opposite.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:53:11 GMT | catgranny
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What about Johnny Fairplay's dead grandmother scam. That was pretty low! I don't understand any of these people who swear on their loved ones. Give me a break!Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:27:30 GMT | 4therunofit
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Yeah for me it still has to be the Fairplay Grandmother stunt. I think it was the first really bad betrayal that was put over on everyone.. not just a particular person. He was permantly a creep after that stunt.I have to agree for individual honors, the Dream / Yau thing was bad also.
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:37:44 GMT | Pet_sitter
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For me Fairplay's dead grandma stunt tops it. Dreams betrayal of Yau Man was pretty bad, too.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:51:07 GMT | dagwood1
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I have to agree with Fairplay's move being the worst. For anyone who has ever lost someone special to them he made a mockery. Doesn't get much lower.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:42:53 GMT | pcthebest
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The top "cringing" moment for me was a naked Richard Hatch rubbing his genitals on Sue (I believe) in the challenge during the All-Stars! My YUCK factor was blown right off the charts!!!!Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:53:29 GMT | LooWho
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How about the original despicable shocker. When Susan Hawk told Richard Hatch in no uncertain terms that he was the lowest of the low. She also told Kelly Wigglesworth that she was a backstabber, and her tirate she went into in telling the "Survivor World"Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:58:13 GMT | Hoorah
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I have to go with the census with Johnny Fairplay and his dead grandmother. He was so convincing with his buddy and then to turn around and find out she wasn't even dead.. What a **bleep**, but he had me fooled.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:12:49 GMT | kimbo68
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Without a doubt it's Fairplay lying about his grandmother dying.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:51:37 GMT | formerwny
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Fairplay by far! I mean, come on, lying about your grandmother is just sleazy.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:23:46 GMT | mikerd
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I totally agree. A close 2nd was Johnny Fairplay lying about his grandma being dead. But johnny is despicable all the way.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:48:06 GMT | lindasue2u
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Dreams was the most despicable of all when he reneged on his promise to Yau Man! I wanted Jeff to take the pickup away from Dreams and give it back to the rightful owner--Yau Man. I feel Yau Man is the best player that has been on Survivor in all the years it has aired! As for Dreams--I hope they NEVER have that disgusting low-life on the show again. From what Dreams did to Yau Man; he probably has done to others and is in jail now!Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:03:17 GMT | lhch
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Definitely Johnny Fairplay... but what do you expect? Did anyone else catch her laughing with him over it at the reunion? Seems more than genes run in families...Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:56:34 GMT | miniflowers
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I agree...I don't know how Dreams sleeps at night...that was so low and the sad thing is that many people think cool man, you ripped a car off.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:05:22 GMT | MollyMag
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Johnny Fairplay's grandma lie was low and so was the betrayal by Dreams to Yau Man, but I'm going to go a different way here. I think that any time one or several of the other Suvivors go through someone elses belongings to look for a hidden Immunity Idol, that's totally despicable! Ta Da...Crystal strikes again! She's dispicable, personified!~Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:15:33 GMT | Grammiedian
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Johnny Fairplay's lie about his Grandma was dispicable, and so was Dreams betrayal of Yau Man, but i"m going anoher waqy here. I think any time Survivors search the belongings of one of their fellow Survivors, in an attempt to find a hidden Immunity Idol, that's LOW! DISPICABLE! Ta Da! Crystal strikes again! She's despicable personified!Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:18:42 GMT | Grammiedian
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Richard Hatch and all his "faded" Glory running around and being mean and nasty about it.No wonder Sue ripped Kelly and new one she was over grossed by Richard's nastiness.
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:21:01 GMT | DannyLou
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I've seen EVERY Survivor episode except the very first from the first season. I've seen it all and, as much as I despised J. Fairplay in his original season, I have to concede that his Grandmother stunt, as Machevelian and bad-Grandma-mojo as it was... was fair play within the Survivor spectrum. I said to myself, "What a scumbag," when he pulled it off, but my heart didn't sink and I didn't cringe to nearly the degree as I had when Dreamz betrayed Yaoman.Dreamz's betrayal was far more dramatic and came at a far more critical moment in the game. He took something directly from Yaoman on a bald-faced lie as opposed to Fairplay's tugging at players' heartstrings with a rouse. That, however, isn't the end of it. The component that took Dreamz's transgression to the next level was the fact that he'd accepted Yaoman's offer in the name of his children and later during an island interview, looked his kids in the eye (via camera) and told them, "I'm going to show you what it means to be a man... how a man keeps his word..." etc... then sat there in tears at tribal -- knowing he was DEAD WRONG in breaking that promise to Yaoman -- and proceeded to break the promise. He sat there knowingly pissing away his honor before his kids while taking something directly from an extremely honorable player and, thus, has the dubious honor of owning the worst transgression in Survivor history... by far. Believe me, Grandma Fairplay was far more rocked by that than her own (apparent) death.
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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:32:24 GMT | NeutralCorner
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I agree that that was a very bad moment, but I also agree that Johnny Fairplay and his dead grandmother takes the cake. That one pulls the heartstrings a little more because it involves death. I think he should have been eliminated just for that.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:47:01 GMT | wcl