Survivor 50 is here! Every week, Parade.com's Mike Bloom will bring you interviews with the castaway most recently voted off the island.Kyle Fraser stood on the bottom of a near-vertical wall on Day 3 of Survivor 50. But his position in terms of topography was far from a reflection of his position in the game. On paper, Kyle was coming into his second season with all eyes on him. At the time, the entire cast had seen him take home a million dollars just a couple of weeks prior. Not only that, but two of his closest allies, Kamilla Karthigesu and Joe Hunter, were also returning alongside him. It had all the makings of an open-and-shut-case for the lawyer to get taken out quickly, especially as the only winner on his tribe.But, through the first four days of Survivor 50, Kyle was able to buck any expectations players or fans had of him going in. Looking to work with the "scary" players, he locked in with Genevieve Mushaluk, hoping the two lawyers could form quite a strategic firm. They then joined up with Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, Colby Donaldson and Q Burdette to form a majority. Indeed, when I got the chance to visit Vatu camp on Day 2, no matter who I observed talking, they all shared the same sentiment: "I got a good feeling about Kyle."Which makes what happened on Day 3 all the more tragic. At the end of the first Immunity Challenge of the season, Colby had helped his entire tribe up the wall. But the former "Superman in a fat suit" was having trouble getting off the ground to get up there himself. Confident in his reach, Kyle decided to hop down and boost him up. It wound up being a game-changing decision. During one run up the wall, Kyle tweaked what he believed was his ankle. Despite trying to shake it off, he was clearly hurt and limping, prompting Jeff Probst to stop the challenge to have medical attend to him. In the moment, they said he was good to continue and, showcasing how necessary he was to Vatu, Q was able to get him up the wall and win immunity. But while Kyle would avoid being the first boot of the season, another type of boot was coming his way. The next day, Medical took a more detailed examination of Kyle, discovering that he had actually ruptured his Achilles tendon. While the situation was not life-threatening, to avoid him sustaining any permanent damage to his leg, the show had made the decision to remove him. Vatu was distraught, in tears as the diagnosis was revealed. One thing was clear: Kyle was the heart of that tribe, and had possibly laid out the path to a second win.Now out of the game, Kyle talks with Parade about everything that went down with his injury that we didn't see, how he helped Genevieve figure out who to use the "Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol on," and who would have been the first boot from Vatu if he stayed.Related: Read our Survivor 50 pre-game interview with Kyle Fraser
We need to start, obviously, with your injury. I was there at the time it happened, and the ironic part is, the reason you were in that situation is that Colby was actually struggling to get up the wall. So you jumped down to boost him up. When you made that wrong step on the wall, you were trying to push through it, but clearly in pain. Talk me through what was going through your head then.I'll try to be succinct. You're right. Q ran up the wall on our tribe first, and then I ran up immediately after, got up myself, and we started pulling people up. And so that was one attempt. I went back down to get Colby. Colby did a ton of the heavy lifting getting the tribe up. So, I mean, he was gassed. So I was like, "Oh my gosh, I have to go back down and get him." We get him back up there, and then it's my turn to go up. But it's covered in mud. So what you actually saw when I tore my Achilles was the second attempt that I tried to get up the wall. I actually didn't tear at that time. I got a ton of air, I came back down, and I had one more attempt that's not shown on camera. And on that third attempt, I actually put my foot into the wall. But I didn't feel it. I was like, "Oh, I didn't get that much air." So I tried to turn around and keep going and to get one more running started. And I hear Q, go, "Kyle, I think you broke your foot." And I look and my foot's just hanging off to the right. And I almost crumbled. And it just felt weird. And so in my mind, I was thinking about the challenge. So I was like, "Something is wrong. But what are we going to do here?" You see me limp back towards the wall to try to figure out, tell somebody to come down. I'm gonna need some help. And then Jeff was just like, "You gotta stop." So I stopped.So Dr. Joe gives you the all-clear in that moment. And Vatu ends up winning the challenge. But it's clear you're hurt, with Q even carrying you back on piggyback. So, without knowing it was your Achilles, did you have the feeling this would be something that could significantly affect your game?Yeah, immediately after the challenge, Dr. Joe took another look, and he used the term "localized the pain." And they realized that it was more so in my Achilles area, not my ankle. It wasn't a bone issue, it was a tendon issue, a muscle issue. And when I heard the word "Achilles" going into the medical tent, it's before I get back to camp. And I couldn't walk in the sand. I tried. We're all washing the mud off. I was getting washed away in the ocean. [Laughs.] I tried to keep my cool, but all I could think about was staying in the game. So I was trying to project that I was okay as much as possible, not only to production, but to my tribemates. And that was really difficult for me to do. It's really painful. But I was optimistic that first day. It wasn't until I woke up in the middle of the night that first night, and I was in a ton of pain, and it just hit me like a wave of reality. Like, "This could be something very serious in my game." For the first time, in the middle of the night when no one was awake, I thought outside of the game, I might not be here anymore. But then I kicked back in in the morning, and I started playing. I started talking to people. I kept those conversations going. I told them, "Hey, I'm going to do everything to stay here." My tribemates are like, "Bro, we're not voting you out." And you just have to convince yourself sometimes that it's going to be okay.When Jeff tells you that they have to remove you from the game out of precaution for permanant damage, it does seem like you're doing everything to stay. So what was your reaction when you were officially told you would be removed?Dr. Joe actually came into the camp earlier that day. He just did the ultrasound in the morning. He said, "We're gonna see how you move on it. We need to see what you look like, and maybe give it a little bit more time to heal." So again, I was trying my butt off to project to everyone, like, "I got this." So when you see me walking like a zombie, I was figuring out the mechanics and the best way to do it. Jeff and I argued for I want to say 15 minutes when he came to camp. And not a blowout argument. But I was like, "Hey, man, I'm a lawyer. I'll sign a waiver." When he brought up, "We have legal duty," I was like, "Well, I'm a lawyer!" When we got into the irreparable harm sort of scenario, I brought up James. I said, "Listen, James got his torch stuffed. There's precedent here. That's a torn ACL; his tribe got to make that decision at the end of the day. I think my tribe should make the decision." Because I knew they wouldn't vote me out. [Laughs.] And it was a loving argument. Jeff really knew that I wanted to stay there. But ultimately, they made the right decision. Because this thing could have kept curling up, and it could have been even worse.Well, let's get into some of these people who would not have sacrificed you like a James Clement. You told me your mother said to you before the season that Genevieve was the scariest player on Season 50. But you were very clear about wanting to work with the scary players. So talk to me about your relationship.Genevieve was undoubtedly my number one. Colby and I actually had a conversation about strategy first, which shocked me. Colby was like, "Hey, what are you thinking?" And it shocked me. I tried to play cool at first. And I was like, "Let's see what's going on." He's like, "Brother, I want to run." And I was like, "Okay, in that case, Colby, I like you and Stephenie." Because I of course knew that he was going to be close to Stephenie just instinctively. And then also, me and Colby were working on the shelter. That whole Rizo thing, me and Colby were going to work, and were really bothered. [Laughs.] And I get along with Colby very well. And so I think that like that just formed organically. But then I was like, "Okay, we need a fourth. I need to talk to Genevieve." And so I went up to Genevieve to try and talk, and she was like, "I want to work with you." And I was like, "Hell yeah, we don't even have to have this conversation. I'm going to put my eggs into this basket." Which is scary, but again, I've done that before. So that foursome got formed very quickly. But me and Genevieve were at the heart of it. And the one thing that they didn't show is we really did try to put some distance between each other. I waited for Colby and Stephenie to say, "What do you think of Genevieve?" And I was like, "I'm a little wary. But if you guys think it's okay, then I'll think it's okay." And Genevieve did the exact same thing. And so we were at the heart of that four. But we were sort of working a little bit. People knew that we had a decent relationship, not outside of the game, in the game. But they didn't think that we were like this. [Crosses fingers.]So did you help her make the decision with that "Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol"?[Laughs.] When she opened that, I was like, "Oh, God, what is going on? This is awesome." I did. We walked through the options. Ozzy is somebody that we talked about. Savannah is somebody that I brought up. But I think the direction that we both sort of started moving into is they had her talk about Ozzy getting blindsided. But I think Genevieve would also tell you this. This was more so about relationship building. Thinking about, if you find this idol in your bag, and I'm X person, who's likely to be receptive to the fact that I told you that I sent it to you, right? So you need to have two avenues. Somebody who maybe you can build an alliance with this thing. If you get a chance to meet them, at a swap or a merge, and they'll actually be receptive to that, not like a Cirie who's going to be like, "Oh, thank you for it," then vote you out. You need somebody like Ozzy who loves that type of stuff. And then also, if he gets voted out, then that's a bonus. But I think the bigger sort of thing here is trying to build alliances in a game that we know is going to be crazy.What about Q? You told me in the preseason that you would consider him a Friend, but you were nervous about associating with him if he got too chaotic. What was your dynamic like?Q and I bonded very quickly. We went out to get water and I dabbed him. I was like, "Hey, bro. We have to have this relationship." And he knew that too. And we clicked very, very well. And so when that happened, then I needed to organically move Q into this five. And I said, "Hey, talk to Genevieve and see what you think." He liked Genevieve. So we moved, we integrated Q into this group. Because Q was awesome on the island. He's a character on TV, but Q is an extremely intelligent, extremely charming person, and so it was great. He's a great shield to have in a lot of ways. And I mean, him getting me up the wall, he helped me walk in a lot of ways. It was hard to walk on the sand. I could barely get to some places. And he was like a brother to me up there. We had some real deep conversations. And then Rizo started to integrate too. So then at one point, me, Genevieve and Rizo sort of were a three, and then we pulled Q into that. So Genevieve and I are now at the heart of this foursome with Stephanie and Colby, but also a foursome with Rizo and Q. And I felt as if that was going to be the story moving forward for us. Who do we go with? And what does that look like?On that note, let's say Vatu did go to Tribal Council first. Who would have gone? I noticed you didn't mention Angelina or Aubry's names in those foursomes.Angelina and Aubry we thought were a pair. They would go off a lot together. Colby and Angelina had a little bit of distance between them. And I thought Angelina was the best liar in the world. Because we would have these great conversations. But I was like, "She's clearly playing with Aubry." And then one night, she kind of just let it loose. She was like, "I don't have anybody out here, Kyle. And I feel like I'm the closest to you." And I really, really like Angelina personally. But I was very strategically wary because of Aubrey, who I also really like as a person. So then Angelina and I basically became like number ones in a sense. I was closer with Genevieve, obviously, but Angelina was my person. So then me, Angelina and Aubry formed a threesome.But I would say on the totem pole that threesome was the least in my strategy moving forward and my plan. I think Genevieve's plan was — I didn't even know about that conversation, really — but the plan would be to get Aubry out, but to tell Angelina at the last minute to sort of have a consensus boot. Especially after Genevieve found the Billie Eilish Boomerang idol. Because we thought Aubry had the idol, which was scaring us. But as soon as Genevieve found that, I was like, "Great, now we'll just sway the votes back to Aubry. We'll make sure that Angelina is comfortable with us still." And then you're thinking about, if a tribe swap happens, I need to be good with everybody on my beach. And so Aubry was the one person who I think we could have swayed that vote to, most likely.What made you suspect Aubry had an idol?Aubry was acting normal around camp. But one, that conversation with Genevieve put up a flag in Genevieve's head. Two, Aubry was throwing Genevieve's name around a little bit. And I think Aubry was the first person to throw names around. Three, you could tell Aubry was trying to play the game a little bit more open. I get along with Aubry very well, but her gameplay style this season was very sort of nonchalant, in a way that made me feel as if she was cooking up something all the time.Like that conversation with Genevieve was honestly indicative of some of the conversations I had, but she wasn't as forthcoming with me about seeing me as a threat. I don't even know if she saw me as a threat. And so it just made me a little wary, and it felt like she had something else going on. She was the one person I didn't have a pulse on, and it's like I couldn't read what was going on. And then she would walk off with Angelina a fair amount. So I thought that maybe one of them found it.Getting back to your injury, what was the recovery process like for you? Both physically and emotionally?So I actuallyhad to fly back immediately. I didn't get the Ponderosa time, which was tough.You've basically never been to Ponderosa between your two seasons!I think I might have 48 hours at Ponderosa total, outside of pregame. But I flew back immediately. I landed back in New York, probably within 30 hours. And then I had to go to the doctor immediately that morning. They confirmed it was a torn Achilles. So I then got surgery as quickly as possible, which was, I think, three to four days later. And then I started the recovery process, which I'm still in. I didn't walk for two months. Then you get out of a boot, and you're walking in a boot. It took me about three months to get into two shoes. I think I'm eight months in right now. I probably just started running about three to four weeks ago. I could have ran a little bit earlier, but my physical therapist didn't want to chance it. And it'll probably be another two months before I'm whole, which means athletic stuff, sprinting, jumping, doing these things. But at the same time, we go into physical therapy three four times a week. I've been learning a ton about myself, because it's an injury where you have to push yourself through a lot of pain every single day. It makes you very vulnerable. And I stayed in the gym. I'm the strongest I've ever been in my life, and I think I'm better for it in a lot of ways.You were incredibly optimistic about year chances of a repeat win, despite everyone having seen your winning game a couple of weeks prior. And you definitely exceeded my expectations as how to well you were set up so early on. But how did your expectations compare with that reality?I mean, it's funny. The one night that I was torn up about this was that night in Ponderosa. Because you have stories like Q comes back to camp and he tells us what goes on between Coach and Ozzy. And I'm like, "That is why I'm out here. I'm going to win this game, but I'm going to also be a part of experiences. I'm going to have my own moment with X player, Y player, Z player." And I think that hit me like a wave when I was in my Ponderosa room, like, "I'm going to miss out on that." But you know what? My experience on that island for the four days I was there, I loved it. I loved it. I was competing. People had genuine love for me. I started off Season 48 in survival mode. I broke that jug. I was scared to death. I said, "I'm going to do anything it takes to win," and that's all I thought about night and day. And it's not that I wasn't thinking about that on 50. But I was letting myself be more of myself. And I think people saw me for who I am, and I haven't had that in the world that quickly ever. And so I mean, I'm a Survivor winner, I'm a Survivor loser, and I'm proud of both of those statements. Because both of my experiences have been life-changing in completely different ways.
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