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Zach From ‘Survivor’ Reckons He Was Playing The “Villain” Role & Is A “Hero” IRL

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Survivor’s most controversial character this year, Zach, was sent packing in last night’s ep. Now he’s saying his offensive behaviour was all an act all along. You can’t make this shit up.

Zach garnered controversy this season for the sexist descriptions he often used when describing and addressing the women on the contenders’ tribe, making him one of the most disliked players.

“I went in there planning to play a villain. I wanted to go in there and ruffle some feathers and have a bit of fun with it,” he said. “When you’re looking at strategy and how to win challenges you have to hear some hard truths and that can be offensive to some people.”

Zach added that he enjoyed playing the villain because he is more of a hero IRL.

“I get a kick out of playing the villain because, in life, I guess I’m more of a hero. I rescue animals, I have a pop-up family, I give money to the homeless. I work as a personal trainer changing people’s lives and being a positive role model. So it’s good fun to play a villain from time to time.”

Thank the Lord for Zach, right?

It all came crashing down at last night’s tribal council when Zach appeared to just dig his own grave by attacking the women of the tribe and their physical prowess in challenges.

“At the final tribal I knew I was going home, so I guess it was about going out with guns blazing. The girls had always been gunning for me,” he said. “When you’ve got no one talking to you and your head’s on the chopping block, I wasn’t shocked at all, I knew I was going home.”

At the conclusion of the episode, Zach blamed the fact that “left-wing women don’t like me” as the reason he got the majority of the votes, a comment we asked him to elaborate on.

“Well they’re emotional people, they don’t take jokes as well as others. They are the minority but they have a very loud voice and get super upset. It helps me get my notoriety though, so I’m very appreciative of them.”

Awkward that those same “emotional” women voted your ass home. Boy, bye.