“I’m really just done with the whole flip-flopping of your reasons why.”
Well, that was surprising.
Kenzie especially had played a strong social game and made personal bonds with several of the jurors.
Charlie Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
How shocked was Charlie by Marias vote?
What else did we not see at the final Tribal Council?
We spoke toTaylor Swifts biggest fanto get the full scoop.
Charlie Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.CBS
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How were you feeling about your chances walking into that final Tribal Council?
CHARLIE DAVIS:Walking into Tribal, I think I was feeling good, confident, but not overconfident.
I tried the whole game not to underestimate anyone.
Maria Shrime Gonzalez and Charlie Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.CBS
I think that’s really a way to get yourself voted out ofSurvivoror loseSurvivor.
And I did feel like I could definitely give a really solid pitch to a lot of people.
I was very confident in my game.
Charlie Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.CBS
I’m still very proud of my game and I thought I could defend it really well.
How surprised were you to not get Marias vote to winSurvivor?
I was really shocked.
Charlie Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.CBS
I mean, I said it I think in the after-show.
You’ve got my vote.
So I don’t know what more I can do.
It feels to me almost like it’s like a perfect control experiment.
Obviously, I have to perform at final Tribal, that’s always on me.
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She said it was the fire in Kenzies eyes during the fire-making competition.
Do you buy that or do you think it was something else?
I honestly don’t know.
But yeah, I mean it’s so up and down with her.
Weeks after the game, she called me and told me she regretted her vote for Kenzie.
She wished she voted for me.
And so I’m really just done with the whole flip-flopping of your reasons why.
So I’m pretty much just done with that bang out of guessing game with her.
I never know if I’ll get the right answer.
I think I have a pretty good idea in my mind.
I think she should stick to her reasons at the after-show.
That’s been the most consistent that she said, but it is what it is.
In the game, she left and said she was going to vote for me.
Something happens in her mind at Pondy and all of a sudden that’s switched up.
Yeah, I’ve definitely done my detective work.
How did you send her out of the game?
Did you tell her, Okay, listen, you’re going at this vote?"
Did you tell her, Hey, I actually was coming after you earlier?"
That’s obviously going through your mind in terms of how you wanted to handle that relationship.
She absolutely knew she was going home.
I didn’t feed her any sort of line.
She was pitching different names.
I was basically telling her, Sorry, they’re not landing.
They weren’t landing.
I wasn’t really trying to help them land.
And so that wasn’t a total blindside.
I saved a lot of stuff for Tribal Council that I wanted to talk about.
I’m still not immune.
So that was the balancing act I was taking.
If you get Marias vote, it is 4-4 and Ben is the tiebreaker.
Im sure you all have talked about this.
Whom does Ben vote for to win if it comes down to him?
Yeah, Ben votes for me.
That’s not AI generated.
But Ben and I were super tight out there.
That’s just an example of how close we were.
I was just as much there for him as Kenzie in terms of panic attacks.
He was there for me, and we had a really close strategic relationship too.
They had a real butting of heads after the Tim vote and their relationship was barely there.
But Ben and I were strategizing super close and had a really close personal bond.
Yeah, it is super tough, and I do think the final Tribal was close.
And she actually said in her question before I even answered.
she was like, But you’ve already proven me wrong.
I felt really good about having shown my strategy really well.
And I think, ultimately, that’s mainly how it went down.
It’s just only three people voted mainly off of that.
So it was really hard to compose myself.
I am grateful to the couple of producers that were there.
Yeah, you handled it very well in a very tough situation.
I’m going to give a couple relationships.
He’s a lot more strategic than people give him credit for and super loyal.
Number two would be my relationship with Tiffany.
We had aHarry Potterthemed alliance and we had a lot of fun out there.
So that would be there.
And then number three would be Venus.
So that was a lot of fun.
She’s also a better player than people give her credit for.
You don’t want to sayhitting yourself in the family jewelswith the Hawaiian sling?
That was honestly hilarious.
Not the pointy end, obviously, or I would’ve been swiftly off the beach.
But yeah, crazy times out there and an unforgettable experience.
