“Survivor 47” star Gabe Ortis is clearing up his final words after he was eliminated.On Wednesday’s episode, it appeared that the 26-year-old radio show host called his ally Caroline Vidmar a “snake” for voting him out.And while Vidmar did betray him, Ortis exclusively told The Post that the comment was actually directed at Teeny Chirichillo.“That was the one vote that surprised me.
That Teeny actually flipped,” Ortis said.Read Ortis’ full interview below.New York Post: Was it shocking that Caroline turned on you despite your three-way alliance with her and Sue?Gabe Ortis: No, just because I thought that was the best move for her game at this point.I was like, if Caroline wants to just get to the end, then keep me in the game.
If Caroline wants to win, which I know Caroline wants to win, you got to get me out way before we get to the end, which is what we were talking about doing together.So I was hopeful that she would stand by me, but I wasn’t surprised when I saw that she did because I was like, ‘Yeah, you’re an amazing, amazing player and an amazing strategic mind.
And you did the best move for your game.’Was it a complete disadvantage for you that Tuku had the most numbers at the merge, and thus became a target?I don’t know if it’s so much about the numbers.Like, yes, that is a problem.
But we survived a lot of votes with the numbers.Relatively speaking, I think it’s more about solidifying that trust among you guys.
And that’s what tribal council does, is when you survive tribal council and you are part of the plan that is implemented, that grows trust.There aren’t a whole lot of things you can really do in ‘Survivor’ to properly grow trust.
I would say one is sharing advantages.Another is alerting somebody that they’re going to be voted out.
And the third is being on the end of the plan that actually comes to fruition.So I think that we definitely were at a disadvantage going in with so many people just because w...