The Zach Nichols Podcast - The Sydney Segal Interview! | ZNP EP. 125

Episode Date: September 12, 2025

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Sydney Quinn Seagull Esquire here coming from New York City. I was on the challenge, season 41. I was also on Survivor Season 41, but I was probably out in Survivor at this point. But I'm on the challenge. So I'm a lawyer in New York City based. I'm from L.A., and I'm excited for you to get to know me. No, I'm not. I don't really care.

But you can enjoy yourself because, like, I know that I'm doing God's work by being on this podcast, as I do in my regular life, as I did on the challenge. as a philanthropist that I am. Fortunately, this one's not a tax right off. All right, make sure you get your tickets to the live show. It's going to be September 20th, 2025 in San Diego, featuring Carl, Pauly, Horacio, and Nerees, and possibly some more guests. So get on that now. You're not going to want to miss this one.

Welcome back to the Zach Nichols podcast. I'm here with Prison Mike. So, yeah. But more importantly, Sidney Siegel. Yeah. Yeah. And we're going to find out today if she can back up all that talk. Probably the cockiest rookie.

Can you think of one, Mike? Who came in that hot? I mean, she is leading the pack in points. Can we get a round of applause for the pack leader? I will say this. Yeah, buddy. I want to see that energy like in someone's face. Never.

No? No. Just an interview warrior? Absolutely. Well, you did. The original thing, Johnny told us. you sat in front of all of them. What?

Like when you came in and they did the interrogation and you were just like, I'm the shit. I'm the best athlete to ever be here. You guys should be thanking me for being here. Absolutely. But the difference is like I'm saying it about myself, but I'm not going to talk shit to you about you. I can like hype myself up. That's not the problem. For sure.

For sure. Like I, no. And I said to their face that I will probably talk shit about them not to their face. So I was someone honest. Okay. Yeah. Did you like the experience of being on the channel? I hated it.

Really? I really, really, really didn't like it. And, like, it's so sad when I talk to the, like, two people that have recognized me so far. That's it? Yeah. Yeah. Unfortunately. Maybe because I'm, like, skinnier now.

I was a little fluffy on the show. But, oh, God. They're, like, so disappointed to know that, like, I didn't like it. Damn. That is actually is a bomb drop because you're playing. It looks like you're having a lot of fun. You are allowed to brush your teeth. And on Survivor, you can't even brush your teeth.

Yeah, but, like, the difference is, like, on Survivor. you're kind of beholden to the sunlight. So you have sunrise to sunset. It's a lot faster pace. Like you have challenges almost every day, if not every day or something. And then like when you don't have a challenge, you have, I don't know, getting water, crabbing, like just doing chores or you're just tired because you're not eating. And then like you're good. You're occupied. But on the challenge, you're not occupied most of the time. You have challenges. You have nomination, elimination. You have a lot of off days, interview days, fine. But then, like, on challenge days,

sure, you're occupied with stress and anxiety before the challenge, with boredom after the challenge, with discomfort when you're dirty, wet, soaking, whatever. Like, with misery knowing, like, what's impending, the shitty bus ride. They're, like, these arbitrary rules, like, no music. Why? Literally why?

Because they got to get story. Sure. But then, like, on week four, it's like, okay, you can have three songs. Why not four? So that irritability, I am kind of thinking, that's the point. Like, they try to, like, push you comfortably over the edge.

But how did you handle all these things that seemed arbitrary, but they made you do? Horrible. I was, like, I was losing my mind. Like, truly, I, every night when it was time to go to sleep, that was my happiest moment. I was like, I'm about to be unconscious right now. I cannot wait. So I got to tell you this, because I understand what you're talking about, but you know, the off day Saturday?

Yeah. So I would always, before I went on every single season, because I separated my shoulder a long time ago, zero pain in it. But I had a great doctor. And I'd be like, listen, write me a prescription because I have bad shoulders. So he would write me a prescription for oxies and just enough so that every Saturday off day, I'd break it in half, take it. And it would just be the best day of the week for me. Because that's how I would, because I'm the same as you. Like I hated arbitrary rules.

I did not like the downtime. time. In fact, my schedule on the challenge was I would set an alarm on my watch, wake up at, no matter what, I'd wake up at 3.34, work out all morning when no one else was awake, because the morning crew is just happy to have someone to talk to. So they'd come in and get like 10 minutes of me working out, and then they'd just chill with me. And then I would do my, my shit, and then I would eat. And then everyone else, you know, everyone else are like the early birds wake up on the challenge at like seven or eight, like CT first one is. as soon as they start waking up, I'm out of the kitchen. I'd shower. I'd go to sleep until they'd

wake me up. Like, they'd come in the room and just turn the lights on and I'm like, dude, it's three in the afternoon. Like, you got to wake up. That's amazing. So that's how I, my last like three or four seasons before I got blacklisted. That's how I would get through the days. Off days, just take an oxy and just, and I hate, I hate painkillers, but I was like, whatever, like, nothing else is going on, you know? And then on days that I, we, you know, not check. And challenge days, I'm up and then I'm in bed before, and then everyone else wakes up and I'm sleeping and then I wake up at, you know, two, three in the afternoon. And then I only have like, what, five, six hours until the bedtime. No, that's so ideal. Yeah, that's what I would do. So what

was your schedule in the house? I was an early bird. So I, because I was, you know, really excited to be unconscious every single day. It was like, right when we were back from the club, people are like, oh, you need to drink for a while. I'm not trying to turn up with you, Like my experience of alcohol was like, oh, I'm going to drink. But then I'm like, I'm so depressed. I can't handle the lows of like post-drinking. But then like I would be sober one night. And I'm like, wow, this is truly even worse.

Like I'm like, I can't be sober with these people. I am miserable. Who are these people? Just everybody. Like there's just not like I had my few people that felt like safe havens. But I guess individually I like most everybody. But then like as a whole like fuck that. group.

So, like, there was one point where Adrian's like, Sidney's a miserable bitch. Like, she's a miserable bitch. I'm like, you're right. Like, I'm not even going to fault you for saying that because I am a miserable bit. I am sitting in this bus pouting. So I would be in bed early. I'd wake up with like CT and Aviv. The parents.

The parents. And we'd have coffee in the morning, chill. And then when everyone else is kind of starting to wake up, I'd usually work out. I wouldn't work out on challenge days. Like the day before a challenge, I would usually do like a shakeout, a little bit of a jog. and then I would tan. I don't even know. I couldn't even tell you what I did

because, you know, we couldn't have books, we couldn't have notebooks, we can't have anything. They didn't like notebooks to write stuff down? Well, then, you know, notebooks start emerging, but I was like, hey, can I get a notebook? They're like, no. I'm like, okay. And I'm really not one to question authority.

I'm not. I know that seems crazy. I don't believe that. No, I know you don't. And like, as much as I don't love these arbitrary rules, I will follow them. I am a rule follower. I'm sitting there just like,

okay, I guess I'm all out of a notebook. So I'm just like sitting there kind of like watching people notebook. I don't know. And like, you know, bopping, kind of like up and down the stairs. And I usually hung out with whoever I was partnered with that week. So I would kind of just like mingle with that squad. I had my people and then like I wouldn't nap because I didn't want it to fuck up my nighttime sleep. So people would usually nap during the day. I was like, no, no, no. My sacred moment is putting the sheets over my head because the lights stay on until they turn it off. And just head to pillow. Head to pillow.

Like, I haven't prayed more in my life than I did. The only sane person to talk to is God, you're there, you know what I'm saying? No, it's true. And what's crazy is, like, I was like, I am going insane. But by me being, honestly, one of the only people going insane, I felt like the sane one. Like, I was very, very clear in my sentiment that these veterans all have mental issues. 100. The fact that they can go on and go on again.

Yeah, and you know what? I don't want to say it. To your face. I did it 11 times. Didn't want to say it to your face Was gonna say it to IG after the fact However, you're sick Like absolutely ill

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