Brandon answers Heidi's question!

Our conversation at the Final 7 was not bullshit at all. I really wanted to flip on Jaburu for a round or two because I wanted to feel more comfortable with my position in the game going into the end. Ever since the merge had started (and even previous to that with JP), I was really weary of the Final 3 alliance that we had made so long ago. I hadn’t touched base with JP all that much and it seemed like he had other people (Todd, Ryan) that he was closer to. Also, I knew that going to the end with JP would mean I would have the most difficult time to win in the end if I did face him against the jury.

Truth be told, turning on Jaburu really meant turning on JP first and that was what was going on in the Final 7 vote. I was ready to vote for JP and I’m sure with a little convincing, Shambo would have followed suit. JP won immunity so we obviously couldn’t do that, but Brad was still available. The reason why I didn’t target Brad was 1) I knew that Brad was one of the two people that probably had my back and without JP, he would have been most loyal to me, and I don’t think the same could be said if Brad left that JP would have been most loyal to me, and 2) I didn’t really get the chance to put out any names since I came online and I learned through the grapevine that “someone from Jaburu” told you guys that JP and Brad were close and that you guys were targeting Shambo. It was late in the round so it would have been near impossible to talk to you guys and trust you guys to vote for Brad and not Shambo at that point (it would have had to have been through PM), and Shambo probably wouldn’t have been okay with voting for Brad anyway (and neither would Todd had been since he had confided in me at this point he was sympathizing with you and Jenna moreso than Shambo).

So, all in all, no it was not bullshit, but I was not ready to vote for Brad at Final 7. I was 110% ready to vote JP at Final 7, and it was just unfortunate for us and lucky for him that he won immunity this round. I hope all this made sense and that I answered your question.