Sarah's Post Boot Interviews and Press
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Gina8642 | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 06:22 pm     Note about the NoNos Bugs like some people more then others. It has nothing to do with wearing long pants or not. Nothing to do with sitting still or not. Nothing to do with wearing greasy NoNo juice or not. It is just bad luck of having a certain body chemistry. DEET, the active ingrediant in commercial bugsprays is the ONLY clinically proven method of preventing bug bites. Other home or local remedies have limited effect. I am one of those people that bugs love. I felt really bad for Sarah because of her bug bites. When mosquito venom is running through me, I can think of nothing else, it drives me to distraction. NoNos appear worse then mosquitos. Sarah had bites covering her entire body - you all can't even begin to imagine how awful that would be. |
Seamonkey | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 07:09 pm     I'll second what Gina just said.. I'm one of those people too. The local paper, OC Register, actually did an article today.. nothing real exciting, but here goes: New kind of reality for O.C. 'Survivor' People. Sara Jones is enjoying the perks of sudden fame after stint on the TV show by Richard Chang, The Orange County Register On her first official day as an ex-"Survivor" contestant, Sarah Jones appeared on CBS; "the Early Show," taped segments with "entertainment Tonight," "Inside Edition" and "E!" -- and contemplated an offer to pose nude in Playboy magazine. Being a contestant on TV's hottest reality show has completely changed her life. "People recognize me, they take pictures with me, they ask for my autograph," said the 24-year-old Newport Beach resident. "I'm enjoying every minute of it." Jones spend 39 days last year on the remote island of Nuku Hiva, where CBS' "Survivor: Marquesas" was shot. In Wednesday night's episode, her tribe mates voted her out of the game. But for Jones, life is just beginning. "It's definitely changed me. I came home and skydived, rock climbed. I've become more adventurous, more of a risk-taker, and I've learned you definitely have to get to know people more." For four weeks, Jones was a key player in "Survivor," still one of America's top TV series. The show ranked No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings last week, attracting more than 20 million viewers. Jones fought off bug bites and criticism from other players about laziness and her possibly enhanced figure. But ultimately, she couldn't fight the 4-1 tribal council vote. "The comments that people made - I just kind of laughed," said Jones, a communications graduate of California State University, Fullerton. "Every single person there had a bathing suit, but I seemed to be the one that was talked about. "(Fellow contestant) Vecepia said I paid a lot for my boobs. She also said if you've got it, flaunt it. I took that as a compliment." A cocktail watress at Houston's restaurant in Irvine and a free-lance photographer, Jones had to keep quiet about the show after she returned from the South Pacific and during the four weeks she was in the running for the $1 million prize. She still can't discuss how other contestants did or who might win. "It was very odd. Coming home, it was almost like a dream that I had been there. my friends, my family, my work were the same, but I was completely different." Jones' relationshipe with boyfriend Kevin Jacson is still going strong, despite scenes of her getting close to contestant Rob Mariano. jones said she and Mariano "had a connection from the very beginning," kept each other warm at night and even shared an off-screen kiss. "I wouldn't say it didn't affect my relationship," she admitted. "but (my boyfriend) was able to deal with it. he's a really tough guy; he's very understanding, very unselfish. he wasn't expecting me to go and sit and mope and be homesick." Jones had lost 13 pounds and was covered from head to toe with bug bites when she got eliminated. She said it was funny to see herself on TV. "I was pretty surprised by the editing. It kind of seemed like I was really, really lazy. maybe I didn't do as much work as I could have, but I wanted to enjoy myself while I was there." Jones said her biggest regret was changing her place when contestants were asked to stand on wooden discs with new tribe designations underneath. her first choice turned out to be the stronger Rotu, but she shifted to Maraamu, which lost Wednesday's immunity challenge. "Fate had it in for me, and everything goes the way of it." Jones keeps in touch with several tribe mates, including Mariano and Hunter Ellis, who lives in La Jolla. "we will be friends forever," she said about Ellis, who voted against her twice. As for the future, Joes is seriously considering the Playboy offer "for the right amount of money" ("I'd like to buy a house") and wants to stay connected to the entertainment industry. She appears on "Rosie O'Donnell" today at 10a.m. "Whatever comes my way," Jones said. "hopefully I'll make the 15 minutes go longer than 15 minutes." |
Grooch | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 07:24 pm     I heard part of her interview this morning on the Howard Stern show. When asked why she didn't cover up, she said during the day time it was way to hot to. And she said at night time she wore long pants and long sleeves and had the bandanas wrapped around her ankles and wrists to keep them from getting under her pants or up her arms, but it didn't work. She said she was so miserable from the bugs. |
Twiggyish | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 07:28 pm     In a way, I can relate to her bug problem, it is very miserable. |
Car54 | Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 09:58 am     Sarah was on the Saturday Early Show this morning with Gretchen the new female co-host. Instead of just interviewing, they are doing things with the Survivors this season...they took Hunter to a spa, and they took Sarah to a psychic. The woman had never seen Survivor. They asked if Sarah would pose for Playboy, she said yes..Sarah was destined to be very successful. They asked about Sarah and Rob...she said they were very attracted but that Sarah had reservations (Sarah said this was true- she had a boyfriend at home). At the end the woman made a prediction of the winner...they sealed it in an envelope and will open it after the winner is announced. |
Moondance | Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 11:27 am     Cool Car... thanks! |
Seamonkey | Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 12:31 pm     That IS cool.. and way more fun that yet another interview asking the same old questions. i was even up early today but, just not in the habit of thinking about Early show on Sat (or most other days, for that matter) |
Car54 | Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 04:20 pm     Sarah's ET Online Interview: Week 4 | SARAH JONES "They really liked me for some reason, those bugs. It was gross!" March 20, 2002 Survivor's resident siren, SARAH JONES, was the fourth tasty dish voted off the show. Find out what the seductress thought of her experience, the bugs and her fellow tribe mates! ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: Were you surprised about the vote? SARAH JONES: I wasn't surprised about the vote, I was miserable that day. I know I did a few things wrong and I could have changed it around but I was miserable with my bug bites. My shirt flew off when I jumped in the water, so I knew I was getting really skinny. ET: What went wrong? SARAH: The switch. We had things going the way we wanted to go before the switch. We had a choice to stand on the blocks, and at the last minute I changed my mind and jumped from one to another. The one I would have been standing on would have gone to the tribe with SEAN, VI, and ROB. ET: Speaking of Rob, what was the deal there? SARAH: Rob and I were really good friends. We had the same opinion about everybody there. We hit it off right from the very beginning. He made me laugh, which is something you don't get to do very often out there, and he kept me warm at night out there. It was freezing. ET: Now tell me what happened with your legs? SARAH: I still have scars form all the bug bites. I would wake up in the middle of the night and did not realize that I was itching myself and I was bloody from head to toe. They really liked me for some reason, those bugs. It was gross. They drove me crazy. ET: The impression was that you were kind of lazy. Do you think you were ... could you have done more work? SARAH: It's TV. You see 44 minutes of three days. I did do work. I did what I thought needed to be done. The busy work didn't seem important to me, it kind of tired us out and I think that is why we lost so many of our challenges. Everybody was getting tired. ET: So could you have done more work or should you have done more work? SARAH: I think I could have done more work. You can always look back and say, "I should have." At the time, it didn't seem that important. ET: What was life like, and tell me what you weighed before you left for the island? SARAH: I went into the game weighing 103 and came out weighing 90, so I lost 13 pounds which is a lot for me and I felt it, big time. I did, however, gain 24 pounds back, which is amazing. I ate everything in sight when I was done. It got to me too. I felt very weak, very little and 90 pounds is nothing. ET: Have you been recognized now on the street? SARAH: I have been recognized a lot, especially at work. I went skiing in Utah two weeks ago and got recognized a lot there. I went back home to where I went to high school in Napa Valley, and it's just amazing. People just stop me. ET: Are you prepared with the celebrity that accompanies this? SARAH: I'm prepared for what's to come. We'll see. I'm just going to have fun with it. I know it's not going to last for long. ET: What's next for you? SARAH: I don't know what's next for me, I really enjoy photography and we can see what comes of that. Also I want to get my teaching credentials, so more school. ET: On the island we saw a lot of your body and saw you in a bikini. Are you considering Playboy? SARAH: About the bikini on the island -- every single day was 100 degrees and every person there, man or woman, had a bathing suit on. Because I have boobs, I got the rap for that, but I would consider Playboy for the right amount of money. It would be fun. ET: Let's talk a little about Hunter. Why did HUNTER get voted off? SARAH: I think Hunter got voted off because he really didn't like Sean and I very much. He really liked GINA and they were buddies. So, after PATRICIA left it was just Hunter and Gina with their two votes together and there was four of us that wanted to go against him. My other reason for voting Hunter off was that every day he belittled me saying, "Sarah is too small, Sarah is too little, Sarah is too weak, Sarah can't row, Sarah can't swim." ET: What was the most surprising thing for you watching it, along with the rest of us? SARAH: How I looked on TV. I did seem very lazy and I could have done more. Other than that, just to see how much weight I lost and to see myself on TV is very strange. ET: What about Gina? SARAH: I had no idea about the evil eyes that Gina gave me until watching TV. At the time I didn't notice it, but watching TV that surprised me a lot. I really liked Gina, I thought she was a nice girl. ET: Any advice to who is left on the island? SARAH: If I was Vecepia, just to fit in. I think she is doing a real good job with that. No drama, just go with the flow, and that seems to work for the winner. |
Car54 | Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 04:22 pm     From Napanews.com: The tribe has spoken: Napan gets the boot from 'Survivor' television series Thursday, March 21, 2002 By NATHAN CRABBE Register Staff Writer Napan Abby Armstrong said she didn't know her sister, Sarah Jones, was getting booted from "Survivor" until Internet rumors swirled before the show's West Coast airtime. "I was shocked," Armstrong said. "She did a great job of keeping it a secret." Jones, a Vintage High School graduate, was voted off the island Wednesday night on the fourth episode of the season. Armstrong said people shouldn't accept as reality Jones' depiction as everything from a sex kitten to a lazy toad. "She's really not the way they made her look on TV," she said. The death blow comes just days after steamy photos of Jones were featured in a supermarket tabloid. The accompanying story accused Jones of using her well-contoured body in pursuit of the million dollars awarded to the final contestant. Armstrong said Jones was in Napa when she found out about her tabloid debut and was "not very happy." The pictures had been taken by "a supposed friend," Armstrong said. The feature even used shots of Jones in a Vintage cheerleader uniform and discussed her time in Napa. Jones now lives in Newport Beach. The reality game show's fourth season is set on one of the Marquesas islands in the South Pacific. Jones was initially the program's most popular contestant. Jones received the highest ranking with 82 percent in an online poll after her performance in the first week, which mainly entailed her sauntering around in a bikini. But that ranking plummeted to 50 percent after the second show, during which she was portrayed as doing her dandiest to avoid physical labor of any sort. Jones' ranking stood at 35 percent before her final show. Armstrong said the impression of Jones as lazy was due to the show's editing. "I think it was a lot of editing because Sarah is not a lazy person at all," she said. At least one Survivor follower thinks the portrayal will be good for her in the long run. Murtz Jaffer, who runs the website Survivor-Central.com, said he thinks the Jones' negative image might help her future aspirations. "It is better to be remembered as the villain than not be remembered at all," Jaffer said. Armstrong said Jones doesn't want to get into acting like other former Survivors, but hopes the show will open other opportunities for her sister. "Hopefully it will take her somewhere," she said. |
Car54 | Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 04:39 pm     From Survivor Central: SARAH GOES GLOBAL Get ready, that salt lick of a blue bikini is finally coming off this week. Nooo, not in Playboy - yet, but Nuku Hiva's most notorious globes and their allegedly annoyed owner made their way into The Globe this week. Two days before the scandal rag hit the news stand, Miss Jones sent a devilish e-mail to her friends claiming to be annoyed yet pointing them to the two page spread - excerpted for your viewing pleasure: "Has everyone seen the Tabloids? Yikes...check out the GLOBE from this week.....on the front is Maury Povich....and then ME, then 2 full pages inside as well. Details later....I am annoyed. Hope everyone has a good weekend! XOXXOOOXOX -Sarah " Hmm...annoyed? Annoyed that her cover shot was so small, perhaps? Interesting stuff. Looks like Sarah really does want all the attention that she can get, if this source is correct |
Car54 | Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 02:34 pm     Straight from the horse's mouth: From Napa News again: Castaway says Napa wasn't her kind of city Jones says only reason she visits former home is to see her sister Friday, March 22, 2002 By NATHAN CRABBE Register Staff Writer Former Napan Sarah Jones avoided physical labor at all cost on "Survivor," but she didn't dodge a question about the authenticity of certain body parts. "They are fake. I've had them for a few years," Jones said Thursday. Jones, a Vintage High School graduate, was banished from the island Wednesday night on the fourth "Survivor" episode of the season. She said Playboy has already approached her and a nude pictorial could be her next move. "If the price is right," Jones said. Jones' tenure was marked by castmate complaints of her laziness, but she isn't worried about leaving a negative impression. "If sticking up for myself makes me a jerk, then I'm guilty and bring it on," she said. Jones said she moved to Napa in the 8th grade and stayed through some classes at Napa Valley College. She said she remembers Napa fondly, but was glad to leave. "I just knew I didn't want to stay there forever," she said. Jones, who now lives in Newport Beach, said she gets back to Napa about twice a year. If her sister, Abby Armstrong, didn't live here she said she would probably never return, she said. Jones said she was in Napa a few days ago and was recognized by more people than anywhere else. It was here she first learned that a "former friend" had sold revealing photos of her to a tabloid. Jones said she worked three jobs before "Survivor" and joining the show "was sort of a vacation for me." The reality game show's fourth season is set on one of the Marquesas islands in the South Pacific. She said she's saved all the articles about her except one -- a Register feature on how local bar patrons reacted to her first appearance. That story went straight into the garbage, she said. Still, Jones said she's generally unfazed by reaction to her. "I've never really been one to care what people think about me," she said. |
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