Here's part of the transcript of the CBS chat with Sue today.I think it gives a little more insight.
Host: Hi Sue, thanks for being here today. Are you ready to take some questions?
Sue: Yes, yes we are.
Q: Sue, I felt for you and I think you were 100% right in your feelings. How are you dealing with it now?
Sue: Actually I learned a huge lesson out of it and am moving forward one day at a time.
Q: When did you decide to quit? Was it after you talked to Jeff or did you know before you even arrived at the Reward Challenge?
Sue: Actually, I decided to quit that morning after I woke up, about an hour to a half hour after being awake I knew I wanted to quit.
Q: What was your family's reaction when you came back from the island? Were you able to tell them anything about what happened?
Sue: I could talk to my husband Tim when I came back because he signed a disclosure. I told Tim what happened and he supported my decision 100 percent
Q: It was a horrible thing that happened, do you wish you had not even played the All Star game?
Sue: If I had known that was going to happen ahead of time, no I would not have played the game.
Q: You never seemed to be happy. From day one you seemed very down in the dumps - was it your team?
Sue: I was happy, and the two minutes of air time I had was what they could grab, I believe it was so that they could feed my exit more liberally.
Q: Sue, I am so sorry for your distress, you didn't deserve what happened to you. Are you planning on suing Richard over the incident?
Sue: There was a time when I was contemplating a lawsuit, but CBS brought Richard and I together to confront each other about the incident and talk through each other's perspectives. From that meeting I was able to then move forward with my life rather than tie myself up anymore emotionally in this matter.
Q: Hope you are feeling better. Sue why did you not protest Richard's behavior right then and there when it happened?
Sue: Thanks for the greeting. I did not protest that immediately because my head was so deeply emerged in the challenge and the moment to win the game with the team. You could equate it with a soldier being in battle, and after the battle is over with he has time to think over what had happened, and it just traumatized me.
Q: Would you do a second Survivor All Stars if asked?
Sue: No. I would not play the game ever again.
Q: Was the animosity from Survivor 1 with Richard still very much in your game this time?
Sue: No, actually my feelings about Rich have been on a congenial basis during and since Survivor.
Q: Did Jenna's departure a few weeks ago make it an easier decision to leave the game?
Sue: Jenna's departure took me by surprise, and that wasn't even on my mind. Jenna never even passed through my mind when I was making my personal decision.
Q: Do you think the other members were unsympathetic to you because of your previous behavior?
Sue: I didn't watch last night's episode. As far as caring if I had a sympathy vote or not from anybody did not concern me, and to this day does not concern me. This is America and everybody's welcome to their opinion.
Q: Do you feel Jeff is at all responsible for what happened? After all, he is in charge out there, he should have told Richard to put his clothes back on immediately.
Sue: Jeff was in a position where, us being all adults in the game, this occurrence was something he might have not even thought of foreseeing. So he probably felt no need to tell Richard to put his clothes back on. I hope to see in the future of the game that an incident like this could be prevented next time.
Q: On the Early Show you said the rules for the balance beam game forced you to run into Richard, could you elaborate on that?
Sue: Prior to the game, Jeff gave us the rules. One set of the rules was we had to exit our platform on a certain beam, and return to our platform on another beam. So that's what I was aiming for. Jeff didn't tell Mogo Mogo about the beam rule.
Q: How did they get a boat to you so fast?
Sue: Because the producers, cameramen, sound people all have to get to the island on a boat, so there was probably 100 boats floating in the water at the time because of the challenge.
Q: If Richard had not been voted off, how do you think you would have reacted at the challenge?
Sue: I would have probably tried to claw his eyeballs out, but then I would have been disqualified for being physically abusive -- but that would have been okay.
Q: Sorry to say our time with Sue is up. Any final comments for the fans?
Sue: Thank you for taking your time to talk to me today. Truly enjoy watching the rest of the show and keep watching any other series that comes along. Thanks everybody for the well wishes, it is much appreciated.
