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Amac

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 09:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ghandia Johnson

Ghandia Johnson
Age: 33
Hometown:
Denver, Colo.
Occupation:
Legal secretary

Thefan

Monday, August 26, 2002 - 10:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am happy to see someone from Colorado!

Fanny

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 02:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
GHandia's profile says she attended "City College" in Denver. Hmmmm. There is no City College in Denver.

Sia

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 05:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ghandia's frustration at being unable to solve the puzzle quickly was evident; I felt bad that her tribemates kept YELLING at her while she was working on it. "Clearly," yelling doesn't help when in such a situation; someone tell my husband that, please. She really felt she might be the one voted off, but the tribe chose to oust John for his bossiness. (I could sense the hostility against John, and MB didn't disguise it much in the editing; many clips were of complaints against him.) Hopefully, Ghandia will perform better in the next challenge.

Eliz87

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Ghandia was overdramatizing when she couldn't solve the knife puzzle. Didn't seem like real tears to me when they were walking. In any case, at least she made an EFFORT to appear that she felt bad. (Glad she didn't get voted off though!)

Niceguy

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 08:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
She will be expelled if she blows it again this early. She blew a pretty big lead they had.

Llkoolaid

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 08:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Look at those dimples and that smile. I think her tears were real too. Imagine your team having a big lead and you are trying to solve a puzzle and everyone is screaming at you and you see your opponants gaining and you can't get the damn puzzle. Now you are behind and your team is trying desperately to catch up. You lose, you blame yourself. I'd cry, curse and be frustrated, just as she was. It was nice to see the support he teammates gave her. That being said, she better earn some brownie points before they have to go to the next tribal council.

Webkitty

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 08:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I liked her better than I thought I would from just her bio. I was all settled in to be a fan and then she blew the lead in the IC.

She must be as nice as she comes across, because her tribemates kept her, that was a huge slip-up in the Survivor scheme of things.

Still, I have a feeling that she won't get a second chance, and I don't see her going far.
Of course, the suck player thread is my home so.......

Mssilhouette

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay how come when they showed her little photo clip during the introduction it looked as if the background was DC not CO. Maybe it's my eyes but it looked like it was the capital bldg off in the distance.

I could be wrong of course and I could just recheck my tape..but eh why :) someone here will tell me.

By the way I hope she gets it together later on. She really seemed to be shaken up. I think it's a bit early for her to start doing planning and a plotting yet. It was the first challenge. I think she really was upset that she might be kicked off because she too so long at the puzzle. And she knew that the tribe had full rights to kick her off.

Ginger

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 12:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think she seems pretty cool so far. I hope she and her team are victorious in the next immunity challenge or it could get ugly. I completely believe that her tears were real. I absolutely would have cried in that situation too! It was maddening to watch. I wanted the older team to win SOOO bad, after hearing how hot the younger ones thought they were. I wonder if they noticed that when it came to the physical part of the competition, it was the old folks who completely whipped the young ones.

Wink

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I liked her. I'd certainly give her a second chance.

Azriel

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
At first I thought I wasn't going to like her when she made the comment about the women on a team. Sorry, but I usually cringe when I hear such feminist statements.

I was really peaved when she lost them the lead and then immunity. I'm really good at that kind of puzzle, but I do have to realize that I'm usually not trying to solve one with a whole boat load of people yelling at me.

She redeemed herself with me when I saw that she appeared to be very gracious with the others and told them that she had let them down and she understood if they voted for her. Then again, when John was voted out she had such a guilt ridden face and cried. My heart went out to her.

I think I like her and I'm happy she got a second chance. :)

Twiggyish

Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 06:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I feel sorry for her, because she froze on that puzzle. (watching the game on Sat.)

Fanny

Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 07:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like her. Mssilhouette, her clip was filmed in front of our 24K gold-domed state capitol in Denver.

Rain

Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 08:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
She is just <mod> for not completing that puzzle, and I would have kicked her butt out of there. I have a feeling the others simply liked her, which is bad bad strategy-- at this stage of the game they need to keep the people with strength and smarts for the good of team. "Nice" simply doesn't cut it.

Beegee

Monday, September 23, 2002 - 10:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Freezing under pressure can be so humiliating. She was a deer caught in the headlights. I'm glad they gave her a second chance. She seems like a team player, especially since she didn't get defensive about her performance, and how she performed on this one task doesn't necessarily indicate how she'll perform as a tribe member.

Gidget

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 05:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I LOVE Ghandia's hair

Hereiam

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 12:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Didn't know where to post this... so here goes.

Did anyone else notice when Ghandia and Ted were laying around resting on last nights show, she had her hand on the inside of his upper thigh? Is it just me or does that send a message?

I noticed it and thought hmmmmm during the show and then when they showed scenes for next week and the two of them are having some big fight due to a sexual something or other. It got me thinking even more.

I just wondered if anyone else saw it or was I imagining things.

Hermione69

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hereiam, you are not imagining things. Some of the other threads talk about it, I think especially the one from last night's show.

Hereiam

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Hermione69! I didn't think I imagined it but sometimes I do get distracted when watching so thought I should check.

Meggieprice

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 01:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My mother told me there is an article about Ghandia and the whole thing in this week's Enquirer.

Quietstorm4

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 03:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found this on survivorblows.com. I think it's the article you are referring to Meggieprice.

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DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
09-29-02, 12:04 PM (EST)

3. "RE: Ghandi news in the National Enquirer"
National Enquirer: Ghandia's Story
quote:
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'Survivor' Sex Scandal Ruins Contestant's Marriage
by Patricia Shipp

A shocking sex scandal has rocked the CBS show "Survivor:Thailand," and it's threatening to destroy the marriage of one of the contestants.

That's the disturbing behind-the-scenes secret of this seasonn's popular television reality series that debuted September 19 before a huge TV audience of 23 million. The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.

Contestant Ghandia Johnson, 33 -- a legal secretary from Denver -- was agressively groped and even bitten by fellow Chuay Gahn tribe member Ted Rogers Jr., 37, of Durham, N.C., during her stint on the show. Now the incident is causing problems between her and her husband Sly.

"Not only did Ghandia lose out on 'Survivor' as a result of the tensions that developed among her tribe after her strong reaction to being groped by Ted, but her husband is threatening to leave her because he feels Ghandia prompted the sexual shenanigans to begin with," a "survivor" insider told THE ENQUIRER.

"It's a nightmare every way you look at it, and Ghandia and Sly's marriage may not survive the fallout. They're talking about divorce and it's all because of a situation she couldn't control."

The groping incident, which was not caught by cameras, occurred one night when the group went to bed after a tribal counsel. Ghandia lay down on her side and Ted curled up behind her, whispering that he wanted to secretly talk strategy for the game.

"She and Ted already had a friendship going and had even held hands while walking on the beach at one point," the insider said. "So they talked about how to play the game and agreed to form an alliance.

"But when they were done, Ted didn't move. They drifted off to sleep, but a few hours later Ted put his arm around Ghandia and pulled her close. His arousal was obvious and he began to grope her from behind and grab her breasts."

Instead of protesting loudly and causing an embarrassing situation in the tribe, a stunned Ghandia stiffened her body to send the signal that she was not enjoying Ted's caresses.

"It was a nightmare for Ghandia because it brought back horrid memories of being raped during her college days," the insider revealed. "she had never gone to a therapist to resolve the emotional issues that resulted from that brutal attack.

"She tried pretending to be in a deep sleep, but persistent Ted continued to grope her body and bit her back and shoulders."

Ted finally fell asleep. But the encounter was deeply disturbing for Ghandia.

"The next day while the cameras were filming Ghandia lit into Ted and demanded an apology," the inseder said. "She said she had been raped once and when he violated her it brought back those terrible memories. Ted explained he fell asleep and mistook her for his wife. That's when Ghandia blew up saying, 'You mean we are in the jungle, no soap and water, and I smell like your wife? She must be real funky!'"

But days passed and Ghandia couldn't let go of her anger. It caused so much disruption in the tribe that they booted her out. And incredibly, when she returned home and told Sly the story of her troubles with Ted, Ghandia found herself facing yet another crisis -- this time with her marriage.

"Sly wanted to know why she held Ted's hand while walking on the beach, and why she didn't slap him when he began to fondle her," the insider said. "He couldn't help thinking ther was more to the relationship than she says. Now Ghandia and Sly are having nasty arguments on a consistent basis and when that fateful episode airs, things are going to get a lot worse between them.

"Ghandia really loves Sly and she's hoping they can hash things out. She's no longer upset she didn't win at 'Survivor' -- now she's just hoping to win back her husband."

Ghandia Johnson was approached by The ENQUIRER, but refused to comment.

Squaredsc

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 05:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks quietstorm, now not trying to judge anyone here, and not that i take anything in the enquirer as truth. but, instead of either getting up and moving, or giving a sharp elbow, or anything you just lay there? something just doesn't smell right.

Car54

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 05:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If indeed it was Ghandia who posted all the stuff at SS (her posts have been deleted now, but some other boards have copied them), if CBS does not sue her for everything she has, it is the beginning of the end of this franchise.

The whole show is based on them maintaining absolute control of information...and IF she did give post the stuff they say, she has breached that and they have to take action or lose control.

This is going to be very interesting to watch this play out.

Sia

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 05:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What "insider" or friend/relative/coworker would divulge the information that she was raped years ago to the PRESS?!?!? If that did happen, that is information that only Ghandia should divulge publicly. I'm speechless.