Survivor’s Brady Booker Slices Off Part of His Thumb With Machete

“What the f–k did I think?” he asked himself. “I’ve always been my own worst enemy and it always comes down to me not thinking and using the brain I’ve been blessed with.”

As the 27-year-old sat with the doctor while being patched up, he shared his biggest fears in the aftermath of the injury. 

“I knew I was going to do something stupid like this,” he admitted. “My biggest fear is that Doc’s gonna pull me from this game and that took me into this deep hole of thinking I’m a failure.”

Luckily, the doctor—who did not reattach the piece of his appendage—confirmed Booker could stay, as they wrapped his thumb and administered antibiotics.

“When Doc told me I can still be in this game, it was like a new life,” he reflected. “Sure, it’s still a little numb, but I can touch all the fingers. I can touch the far end. I can clap. I can grab. Sure, Brody, pain exists. But I’d rather feel pain than nothing at all.”

As for what they did with the detached part of his thumb? He was planning to show it off to host Jeff Probst.

“Doc takes my thumb, puts it in that plastic bag and then sticks it in his pocket,” Booker explained. “It was one of the weirdest exchanges of my life, but one of the best exchanges of my life because at the end of it, I got to know I get to stay in this game.”

When Probst finally saw the piece, he added, “Another Survivor first.”

While Booker’s wish to remain in the game came true, Ana Sani‘s time in Fiji came to an end after a 6-4 vote. Keep reading to see all the contestants on Survivor 51.