SK: You will go down in Survivor history as having one of the most nightmarish moments the show has ever seen when the bug embedded itself in your ear. A lot of people have been wondering why you sat there and suffered without any medical evaluation. Did you call for a medic?
JL: Of course I did. That thing was in my ear for two days. Just because you call for a medic doesn't mean they bring you one. I don't know where people get that idea from [laughs]. They will wait right up until you literally are on your last breath and you can't take it anymore before they bring you out. It's gotta be good drama. My ear started bleeding for 24 hours, possibly 30 hours, before they brought the medic out. I asked for the medic quite a few times. At one point I was actually screaming for the medic. That cry was real. Those tears were real. That was hard and very painful. Finally, they brought a medic over. I was crippled. I was on the ground rolling around just screaming. I could barely move anymore.
SK: When the bug finally crawled out of your ear, I think everybody was screaming at their TV, wondering why your tribemates didn't grab it right away and kill it. What was the deal?
JL: Right? When I saw that, I was pissed. I was like, "What the hell?" It was crazy [laughs]. The medic eventually put an antibiotic solution in my ear. He goes, "If there's anything in there, this will kill it." I was like, "If? Really, dude? Really?" It started to crawl out and that's when I screamed.