29 November 2012 12:40 PM, PST | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »

Survivor giant Jonathan Penner was voted out of the game Wednesday night, being halted in his third attempt at winning the CBS hit reality show's million dollar grand prize. We're catching up with the 50-year-old Los Angeles-based writer, who discloses why he didn't take Lisa up on her final four offer, the biggest lesson he learned in Survivor, and his take on Abi's "honest" approach.

ETonline: I was sorry to see you go, because every week it just seemed like when you were on the chopping block, you found a way to get out of it --

Penner: Yeah and then I didn't realize I was on the chopping block, so I stopped working so hard -- dummy!

ETonline: So were you surprised when your name was called [at Tribal Council]?

Penner: No. I was surprised earlier in the day when i was told that it was going to be me. I was not surprised at the tribal because »


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