
When people think about paranoid Survivor players, it’s almost always positioned as a negative. That’s not an adjective you would want your game described as, but the truth is there have been some extremely good Survivor players who could definitely be described as very paranoid. In fact, the legendary dragonslayer Coach Wade recently called one of the most famous castaways in the game’s history the most paranoid he’s ever played against.
Ahead of Survivor 50, Coach was on a Zoom call with Gold Derby alongside fellow returnees Colby Donaldson and Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick when the subject of returnees from seasons that haven’t aired yet came up. That obviously led to a conversation about legendary villain Russell Hantz. Colby asked Coach if Russell was the most paranoid person he’s ever played the game with. He said yes and gave a really interesting answer…