Jawan Pitts is opening up about going to therapy following his exit from Survivor 49.
Pitts was voted off during the Wednesday, Nov. 26 episode, placing in 8th. He was the fourth consecutive Black cast member to be eliminated, following Nate Moore, Michelle “MC” Chukwujekwu, and Alex Moore.
In an interview with the New York Post published on Monday, Dec. 1, Pitts revealed he's still processing the back-to-back eliminations in therapy months after filming wrapped.
“First off, it was a topic of discussion out there,” Pitts said, noting he spoke about it with a fellow Black contestant on the island. “Me and Kristina [Mills] had a back and forth about it.”
“I think as a viewer, it’s hard to watch. When it happened on [Season] 42… you know, I’m a part of the community too, so I definitely felt it,” he continued. “But I think in the game it was so hard to put a pin on it. And even experiencing it, I’m going to therapy to truly kind of process. I’m like, ‘Why? Why did that happen?'”
However, he said he doesn’t believe there were “any alternative motives” in how the boot order played out.
“I think the game was so fluid and there was so many things — advantages, variables,” he said. “So I think that’s how I feel personally.”
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Pitts is not the only Black contestant to speak on the boot order following their elimination. During her exit interview with Parade, Chukwujekwu revealed what she whispered to Pitts at Tribal Council after she told him she had "one ask" just before she was voted off.
"So that ask at Tribal Council started with what was happening at camp as we were prepping for Tribal Council. So whenever Sophie told me that she was going to put a vote on Jawan, I didn’t want to do that," she said. "It messed with my heart a little bit. Because, just in case, somehow the vote on Jawan did send him home, I did not want to have or see two Black people in a row on the jury."
"So I went to Jawan, I told him this exact feeling. I said, 'Hey, I’m having an out of game conversation with you right now. This could break my game. But I want to let you know what Sophie said. And I want to let you know why I’m not going to go with it. And if she tries it, I’m going to vote with you and vote against her,'" she continued. "So when I told him that, he freaked out, and he started running and talking to other people, even though he said he wasn’t going to. And then that’s what kind of made it messy and sloppy, and that’s when maybe the vote ended up turning on me. I don’t know what people’s thought process was"
Chukwujekwu was ultimately voted off that night, but noted that Pitts let her know ahead of time so that it wasn't a surprise. Along with Chukwujekwu, Pitts also voted for Nate and Alex to leave the game.
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In his interview with New York Post, Pitts said he wanted to address “the elephant in the room” regarding the fact that he voted out Black contestants.
“I just want to step back and look at the optics of the jury and just hold space for that for a moment. And maybe anybody that’s watching it and feeling uncomfortable, I want their feelings to feel validated,” Pitts said. “And also more specifically with MC, I want to hold space for her hurt feelings. But I also want to use this time to share some insight into why I made those decisions.”
“When MC comes to me and talks, she really confides in me like, ‘Hey, I do not want to see another black person on the jury.’ And I was like, ‘Hey, thank you so much. I appreciate you,'” he explained. “I took matters in my own hands not to target MC. I want to make sure me and her see another day.”
Pitts also said that he tried to keep Chukwujekwu in the game, but was unsuccessful due to Savannah Louie’s influence. As for Alex, Pitts said he voted him out because he was “a triple threat.”
“Every decision I made out there was about my family,” he said. “I’m a broke dude from South Jersey. I live in L.A. My bills do not stop. But I just thought this was my one opportunity that have a safety net for my siblings. So every decision I made moving forward, I put that to that scale.”
Survivor airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Episodes are available to stream next day on Paramount Plus.
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