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FORT LAUDERDALE — Troy Robertson, a two-time castaway from “Survivor,” and far better recognized to the show’s viewers as “Troyzan” spoke lately to CBS Information Miami.
“This is a unique day,” he explained. “This is the extremely first Buff I at any time wore in my Survivor occupation. I’m heading to give you this to dress in. I never even know if anybody’s at any time wore that prior to.”
The reality demonstrate contestant visited Gulfstream Park recently to verify out the large Pegasus and Dragon statue, a person of 8 U.S. landmark statues that are dressed with the actuality show’s signature Buffs.
Pegasus’ Buff is 66 toes-by-11 feet-extended.
The visits are part of the exertion to endorse the Wednesday evening premiere of “Survivor 45” on CBS at 8 p.m.
“‘I’ve lived here for 30 many years and I’ve by no means even listened to of this Pegasus and now I am like, it can be insane,” he mentioned staring up at the third premier statue in the United States.
Robertson, who operates as a photographer for Sports Illustrated, life in The Redland and elevated a household of monkeys. A buddy nicknamed him “Troyzan” and it trapped on the show.
He had the grit to compete in two separate seasons of a lot more than a month every single time with zero comforts of home .
“There is certainly no toothbrush, there is no soap, there is certainly no shampoo, no toilet paper,” he said. “No absolutely nothing.”
But Robertson explained he didn’t head that element. It was a little something else that was much more hard.
” The hardest aspect is not starving, and it truly is not rest deprivation,” he explained. “”It’s trying to determine out if anyone is lying to you and to modify their intellect. So, you happen to be very best close friends with someone for 38 days and then they backstab you and you are like are they lying the whole time? Do they even like me?”
The 62-yr-previous “Survivor” alumni is difficult not to like.
His audition tape for Period 24, when he was turning 50 a long time old, is a single for the books.
“I turned on the Tv set in May or June of 2000 and I noticed these persons leaping out of a boat and this tunes enjoying,” he said. “I am like, ‘Oh my God, no matter what this is, I gotta do it!’ I am a survivor. I’ve normally felt like I was the survivor.”
He might not have won the $1 million in prize money, but he stated he’ll be tuned in to check out the “Survivor 45” premiere and will be thrilled from the very second he hears that acquainted tunes.
“I will be a Survivor fan until eventually I die,” he said by laughter. “I probably will have a Survivor Buff painted on my casket.
Truly, I’m heading to get cremated, so I am going to I have a minor urn with a Troyzan Buff on it.”
