Not everyone gets along on “Survivor.” That was certainly the case for Aysha Welch and Rome Cooney, who clashed during Welch’s seven days on Season 47 . The 32-year-old IT consultant was voted out during Episode 3 after trying to mount a strike against Cooney, 30, and his ally Genevieve Mushaluk.
In an exclusive interview with The Post, Welch said she “tried” to connect with Cooney, but he “was just completely uninterested in getting to know me.” “I would ask him about his fiancée. I would ask him about his dogs.
And I have dogs. I literally talk about my dogs all the time, but he was so uninterested,” she explained. Welch went on, “And I thought maybe he’s just this way in life where he’s me, me, me, me, me.
But I would see him have longer conversations with Kishan or longer conversations with Teeny I’m just like, what is it? Why can’t we ...
We’re just, just oil and water at this point.” The Texas native said it was “eye-opening” when she watched the show and saw Cooney express his “disdain” for her in his confessionals. “I’m like, what did I do to you? Like what? Obviously I was very annoyed with him on a day-to-day basis.
That was clear,” Welch said. “That’s very clear on the episode, but I’m not someone who is just, like, spitting out vitriol at people.” “If I could have my options open enough and work with Genevieve and Rome, I was totally open to doing so.
But it’s a two-way street. I couldn’t just be open t.