Cirie Fields Reveals What You Didn’t See With Aubry and Rizo (Exclusive)

Survivor followers let loose a collective, “NO!” eventually evening’s episode. Cirie Fields, lengthy dubbed the best participant to by no means win, was voted out once more in Survivor 50 Episode 12, simply shy of next week’s finale. With no Shot within the Dark or idol to play, her survival was right down to technique, however nobody besides Tiffany Ervin was keen to let the strategic powerhouse wherever close to the ultimate three. Every Survivor 50 participant knew, and nearly each one among them mentioned sooner or later this season, that if Cirie was within the ultimate three, she was successful all of it.

Here, Cirie breaks down what she says is her ultimate season of Survivor after 5 tries on the American iteration and one in Australia. She opens up about every part from Ozzy Lusth “blowing up” their recreation by telling Aubry Bracco their plans to when she knew Rizo Velovic was straying from her alliance. Plus, she reveals the reason for her resolution to border Aubry, what her talks with Rizo had been like after the Ozzy blindside, and extra.

The circumstances of your elimination this time had been comparatively regular, all issues thought-about. If that is your final time taking part in Survivor, how do you are feeling about this episode being your ending?

I really feel superior about it. I really feel like I pulled out all of the stops. I did every part I may to attempt to throw a Hail Mary as soon as I knew that it was most likely going to be me. And I simply love the sport that I performed this season. I’m thrilled with all of it. I don’t have any regrets, and I normally have one or two. I don’t have any this time.

It was so enjoyable watching you. You mist all people. You have such a strategy to persuade those who your thought is probably the most common sense one. And loads of the time, it’s.

Exactly. That’s why it really works. It’s not likely me, per se. It’s simply open of their eyes like, wait a minute, what? Because typically you’ve received to listen to it. Sometimes you’ve received to listen to it out loud or see it written down, and then you definately’re like, wait a minute, what’s your considering?

How did it really feel to have Jeff allow you to say, “The tribe has spoken”?

Jeff let me say it earlier than. So it was like, I like Jeff. And I don’t know. I simply really feel, like I instructed Jeff, the gratitude and honor I really feel being there, even on the time being voted out of season 50 and standing earlier than Jeff and seeing him smile and feeling the vitality, love from him. I don’t know, it was nice as standard.

The recreation loves you as a lot as you adore it.

Right. They’re my household now. I’m ceaselessly. So I would get a tattoo. I don’t know.

Oh my gosh, what would the tattoo be?

I don’t know. Something with Survivor in hearts and butterflies.

Did you and Rizo speak about what occurred with Ozzy at camp? Because we didn’t see a lot of you two instantly after tribal council on this episode.

We did. He instantly, the second he received again, he got here to me and was like, Ozzy instructed him every part. He instructed him about us. He instructed him he gave Aubry every part. And so I needed to go together with the vote, and I couldn’t inform him as a result of Rizo basically would’ve been blowing up his recreation as a result of they’d’ve identified as a result of Ozzy was so relaxed and certain that Aubry was moving into, and they knew he was in that state. So if Ozzy simply arbitrarily performed his idol, they must go searching, and Jonathan would realize it wasn’t Joe. Joe would realize it wasn’t Jonathan. They each would realize it wasn’t Aubry who was main the cost towards him. So who can be left? Rizo would basically blow his recreation for Ozzy, and he desires to win like the remainder of us, so I understood his rationale.

I’m wondering if there’s any situation in your thoughts the place defending Ozzy in that vote would’ve helped each of your video games or all three of your video games?

Definitely. I feel Ozzy and I might’ve wished to take Rizo to the top. When we mentioned we had been locked, we had been locked. We weren’t taking Rizo as a result of we expect we will beat him. We had been taking Rizo as a result of we had been on this threesome alliance, and we felt like we may belief one another to the top. I don’t assume the opposite individuals there checked out Rizo in the identical method and wished to take him for a similar cause. So we’ll should see.

Is there any situation the place you assume that Rizo had this idol? Did you ever need him to play it for you? And is there any situation the place that helps his resume doing that for you?

Unfortunately, Billie Eilish, the rules of that idol is you may’t play it for anyone else.

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Oh, proper! Billie Eilish, why did you do this? Not even the choice. So it’s not even price exploring the hypothetical of that. Dang. Why didn’t Ozzy play that idol?

I do know. And he had a dream the evening earlier than. So this can be a lesson for all of the youthful individuals and even older individuals. When your intestine tells you one thing, when the universe involves you in a dream to inform you is attempting to achieve out to you in some ways, and this has occurred to me. I don’t assume it’s a universe for me as God. I’ve gotten indicators from God that, thank God, I listened to. Things would’ve been catastrophic for me had I not. So you’ll at all times get a warning. You will at all times get an ick feeling. You will at all times get goosebumps. Something is attempting to inform you. When that occurs, hearken to it. Please hearken to it.

When you discovered what Ozzy did, telling Aubry about your alliance, what did you worry on your recreation in response to that?

I felt that these individuals, who already suspected that Ozzy and I had been intently aligned, can be affected. And the worst a part of it was loads of them knew that we had a connection or an settlement. Joe knew we had a connection or settlement, however the issue in Survivor, info is foreign money, and should you’re not sharing your info with me, then you definately don’t belief me. And should you don’t belief me, ought to I belief you? And as soon as they discovered that I had this further vote that was given to me by Ozzy to date again, I felt like they’d be like, “Oh, why didn’t she tell us that? Or why didn’t she tell me that?” Even individually, I assumed we had been cool. I assumed we had been locked in, and I knew that will depend towards me of their eyes.

Speaking of knowledge as foreign money, are you able to clarify your thought course of behind framing Aubry on this episode as a substitute of telling the reality about Rizo? Why is a lie extra beneficial than the reality on this situation?

Because they’d already spoken to me a number of occasions, and I feel they’ve proven it so many occasions the place they’re like, “We don’t trust Aubry. We don’t trust Aubry.” And I knew they’d just a little bromance going with Rizo, so I felt like my greatest probability was to reinforce that mistrust of Aubry than attempt to construct mistrust of Rizo that they could not have believed.

You’re so good. When you had been heading into tribal council, clearly, you knew that you just had been a potential title being written down that evening, however how involved had been you that it was going to be you?

Very, very involved as a result of, as you see once I mentioned to Rizo, “What happens if Tiffany wins immunity?” And Rizo’s reply was, “I don’t know.” And I mentioned, “What do you mean you don’t know? I already know.” Huh? You don’t know? OK. If you don’t know, I do know. So yeah, I knew. Yeah, that’s why I threw the Hail Mary. That’s the one cause I might ever attempt to get Aubry as a result of it was both she or I. Other than that, I by no means actually focused Aubry.

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When Rizo mentioned, “I don’t know,” do you assume you actually didn’t know, or was he mendacity?

I knew he knew. That’s why I mentioned it. What do you imply? It was like a mom scolding. What do you imply you don’t know? I do know .

Yeah, that was so humorous. Was the Ozzy vote if you knew Rizo was turning on you? When did you clock that Rizo was straying?

When Rizo instructed me that Tiffany wished him out, and I used to be intently aligned with Tiffany, there was no strategy to bridge that hole. And when he instructed me that the plan was Tiffany and they didn’t need me to know, however they wished him to know, I knew that Rizo had an alternate alliance, the romance with the blokes, that from Rizo’s standpoint, if I am going with Joe or Jonathan, possibly I may beat one among them. If I am going proceed down this path with Cirie, there’s no method I’m going to beat her. And to Rizo’s credit score, he was proper.

He is a brilliant participant.

Yeah.

I requested Ozzy final week, “If you and Cirie had made it into the final three together, how would you have differentiated your game from hers?” And he mentioned that he was prepared and keen to lose the season to you. How does that make you are feeling?

I knew that, and that’s why I rode so onerous for Ozzy. It’s like authenticity is simple to really feel and establish, and I knew each phrase that Ozzy mentioned he meant. And I knew it when Tiffany mentioned it to me as effectively. Tiffany mentioned the very same factor to me. She was like, “I’m willing to go all away with you and lose to you.” And I do know you possibly can really feel when any person’s mendacity to you. You can really feel when any person’s BSing you. You can’t BS a BS-er, and Ozzy didn’t strive it. So that’s why I did every part and would have continued to do every part I may to maintain Ozzy within the recreation.

Is there anybody on this season who you’ll’ve been glad to lose to, should you had been within the ultimate three with them?

Ozzy, he had a 20-year journey identical to I did. Tiffany. Your loyalty to me is reciprocated. If you might be keen to go down with the ship for me, then I’m keen to drown with the ship for you. So I might’ve gone down with Ozzy. I might’ve gone down with Tiffany. I might’ve even gone down with Rizo. I might’ve. If there was a chance, he received there, and he may out-talk me and do his factor, I might’ve taken that probability as a result of up till that time, you had been loyal to me. I don’t activate loyalty. If you’re loyal to me, I’ll be loyal to you.

How did it really feel to observe Aubry within the episode final evening name you the best Survivor participant of all time?

I like Aubry. Me and Aubry have this historical past, and coming from Aubry, who I feel is a beast at this recreation, who’s tremendous good, it means extra. Listen, I recognize it, and I’m so flattered and honored when it comes from followers which have by no means performed this recreation, nevertheless it’s on a special degree when you’ve somebody who’s performed this recreation 4 occasions, made it deep, and is aware of what it takes to play this recreation. For her to say that, it simply warms my coronary heart, and it simply made me smile. I instantly texted her once I noticed it, “I love you, Aubs.” And she texted the identical factor again. So, flattered and honored to have that come from somebody like her.

Watching this season, was there something that you just found you didn’t know? You actually had your fingers in every part this season.

Let me assume. Not actually [laughs]. Is there something that I didn’t know? No, not likely. The solely factor I didn’t know was that Ozzy had instructed Aubry.

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Watching that scene, how did you react?

Oh, no, no, no, no. But I understood his rationale. I needed to instantly assume, why? Why? And as soon as I went by means of, I needed to put myself in his sneakers and assume like he was considering and perceive why he was doing it. Yeah, I don’t know. I nonetheless love Ozzy, although.

Of course, you guys have performed the sport collectively for therefore lengthy. Have you talked about that since? Have you made sense of it collectively?

He simply instructed me what he did and how sorry he was for blowing up the sport. I instructed him I like him. I ain’t one among them. You didn’t deliberately attempt to do something to mess my recreation up, so I like you. Hate the sport, not the participant. I may by no means hate Ozzy.

What do you assume is your greatest Survivor recreation ever?

Honestly, I feel this one. I used to be in a position to survive, no pun meant, not one, not two, however three makes an attempt within the very starting to get me voted out. The second Jenna hit the seashore, she mentioned the second we hit the sand, she wished me gone. OK, I survived that one. Next, right here comes Savanna. Oh! Survived that one. Then we do one other tribe swap, and the very first thing Jonathan says is, “Cirie has to go.” And guess who was nonetheless right here? And then to be ready the place individuals had been coming with the knowledge, I used to be wealthy. I used to be island wealthy. And I don’t have any regrets. I really feel like I did every part I ought to have executed, even right down to my final Hail Mary. So I feel this will have been one among my greatest showings, if not one of the best.

And it wouldn’t have made sense so that you can strive your Shot within the Dark on this episode, since you don’t wish to lose your vote, proper?

We had been already previous utilizing the Show within the Dark. It was the episode earlier than. You couldn’t use it anymore as soon as it received to me.

Oh, Devens used it on this episode, however I suppose that was the final time?

That was the final time you possibly can use it.

OK, effectively, no Shot within the Dark.

That, I hate. Why can’t you employ it up till possibly 4 or one thing? I didn’t even know that. Once I discovered that out, I used to be like, rattling, as a result of I’m fortunate! I’ll be the one to tug protected.

A Shot within the Dark to save lots of Cirie would’ve been electrical tv. Of course, your sixth time taking part in, do you assume you’ve one other one within the tank?

No, I’m a Lola [grandmother]. I would like Avani or Yvonne. Those are my grandchildren. Maybe they will symbolize the Fields household, or Jared, John, or Jamil [her children]. I wish to move the torch off. We get our torches. Whoever desires it, they’ve it. I wish to do simpler stuff. Survivor‘s hard. It is worth it. It’s price each second of it. But after 20 years, that’s like 20 years on any job. At some level, you wish to retire.

Survivor 50, Three-Hour Season Finale, Wednesday, May 20, 8/7c, CBS

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