Survivor 49 finalist Sage Ahrens-Nichols simply accused two of her co-stars of dishonest.
In August, Survivor host Jeff Probst revealed that two alternates — Jason Treul and Michelle “MC” Chukwujekwu — entered the sport solely 12 hours earlier than filming began after two castaways had been kicked off for a guidelines violation.
Earlier than the Survivor recreation begins, the 16 castaways and two alternates keep at Ponderosa — a sequester location on the island the place the jury lives at earlier than selecting the winner.
Nevertheless, earlier than the present begins, contestants are strictly forbidden from speaking to one another in order that alliances don’t kind pre-game. The castaways who had been lower from the season broke this rule, although it’s unclear precisely what they mentioned.
Beforehand, Ahrens-Nichols claimed that 4 different castaways, along with the 2 that had been booted from the season, had been concerned within the pregaming. Initially, she did not present names of the offenders, however now, she’s naming two castaways who allegedly participated: Sophi Balerdi and Jake Latimer.
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In an unlisted video posted to YouTube on Monday, Jan. 5, Ahrens-Nichols alleges that Balerdi and Latimer — who each started the sport on the Kele tribe — met up with different castaways secretly at evening and engaged in conversations whereas on boats to and from media days.
She added that she wasn’t comfy sharing the title of the third offender, as she didn’t witness any pregaming from this particular person firsthand, however fairly heard about it from her co-stars. As for the fourth particular person, Ahrens-Nichols refused to share the title as she believed they demonstrated a “willingness to study and develop” they usually weren’t an instigator of the conversations.
Ahrens-Nichols additionally claimed to know why two of the cheaters had been faraway from the present. Based on her, the 2 contestants had been eliminated after Kristina Mills allegedly reported them to manufacturing after listening to of a plan for her to be the primary boot from the Hina tribe.
The finalist famous that she is sharing this info to validate these whose video games had been impacted by the pregaming, however made it clear that she is not encouraging followers to ship hate in the direction of anybody’s method.
She additionally instantly addressed Latimer, saying that if he tried to message her with any threats, she would launch extra details about his alleged dangerous habits on the island.
“I need to provide you with this chance to take accountability for the pregaming, and perhaps perhaps that lets you pause and mirror in your actions as a complete, so that you just course appropriate some issues,” Ahrens-Nichols stated. “I believe that everyone has the flexibility and capability to be a greater human. I am not saying that you are a s–t human. I’m saying that you just did some sh–ty issues.”
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Through the 49 finale, Ahrens-Nichols made it to the Closing Tribal Council, the place she positioned in third. Balerdi got here in second whereas Savannah Louie was topped the Sole Survivor.
Latimer was medically evacuated on Day 6 after he was bitten by a venomous sea krait, putting sixteenth.
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