Survivor 46’s Charlie Opens Up About Not Getting Maria’s Vote

Charlie Davis was damage that his greatest ally, Maria Shrime Gonzalez, didn’t vote for him to be the winner of Survivor 46.

“It was an actual sting,” Charlie, 26, solely instructed Us Weekly on Thursday, Might 23, following the Survivor season finale. “We see it within the after reveals, kind of like Jeff [Probst] requested folks to boost their arms about who voted for who, after which he requested Maria about her reasoning. However I came upon earlier than then.”

Charlie defined after Kenzie Petty was topped the Sole Survivor, the forged ran over to the salon proprietor to congratulate her. Whereas Kenzie, 29, celebrated, three of the jury members, Hunter McKnight, Soda Thompson and Liz Wilcox, confessed they voted for him. Charlie finally misplaced to Kenzie in a 5-3 vote.

“After which I’m like, effectively, that’s my three votes,” he defined. “There’s no Maria. And she or he was utterly avoiding my gaze. She didn’t come up, give me a hug, didn’t say something to me, and that simply sucked. I used to be simply completely in shock and simply actually out of it.”

Charlie shared that earlier than filming the Survivor 46 after present, the group had “somewhat little bit of a spot” earlier than filming the subsequent phase. In that transient break, he was in a position to “get again to some stage of composure,” however the loss nonetheless damage and it was evident within the episode.

“You possibly can positively nonetheless see the remnants of shock on my face and also you’re kind of [hearing it] in my tone and it was robust for certain,” he confessed.

If Maria, 48, had voted for Charlie there would have been a tie. In the results of a tie, the third-place finisher decides who wins. If that situation had been to happen, Ben Katzman shared with Us he would have voted for Charlie.

Whereas Charlie was upset that he didn’t get Maria’s vote, he revered her resolution and stood by his sentiments that Kenzie is a “tremendous deserving winner.”

“It was actually brutal not getting Maria’s vote. The very last thing she stated to me earlier than leaving the sport was like, ‘Get to the ultimate three. You’ve obtained my vote.’ So it was only a actually, actually robust tablet to swallow,” he instructed Us. “I assumed I did a very good job explaining my recreation and displaying her a number of respect and love during the sport, together with at Ultimate Tribal Council.”

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After leaving the island, Charlie has saved in contact with Maria however their friendship has gotten “difficult” after the ultimate vote.

“I feel we’ve reached a degree the place there’s an excessive amount of that’s transpired. And I feel it’s nearly a query of belief that’s there,” he admitted. “Clearly, it was devastating to have a vote in opposition to me, however I stand by what I stated within the after-show and understanding the end result and respecting her free selection. She’s a grown lady. I respect any selection she’s made. She’s not beholden to me in any respect. Nevertheless it’s been a fairly, I might say, rocky 12 months the place I’ve put a number of effort into attempting to be a superb pal.”

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