Survivor 46’s Maria Shrime Gonzalez Defends Voting for Kenzie Petty to Win Over Ally Charlie Davis

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00:00 So just to be clear, five of us voted for Kenzie.

00:02 I wasn't the single vote that changed anything, right?

00:07 My vote for Kenzie ultimately came after watching her make fire

00:13 and after Q's question at the final tribal that said,

00:19 "What are you going to do with this money?"

00:21 And anybody who interviewed me prior to the game or knew my reason for playing,

00:27 it was because as a mother in my life, I had given up so much of my, so many of my dreams,

00:34 so many of the things that I wanted to do to be a mother, to be completely unselfish in my life.

00:40 And going on the show, applying to be on this show,

00:43 this was the first time in a long time I was doing something selfishly for me.

00:46 And when she said that, that she was going to be selfish,

00:51 take this money, start her family, I'm like,

00:54 it just, it spoke to me on such a deeper level that just transcended the game.

00:59 This is not a story about why I didn't vote for Charlie.

01:02 This is a story about why I voted for Kenzie.

01:04 Kenzie just had that, that personal moment for me that was a painstaking decision.

01:12 Like I was walking up those steps to vote saying,

01:15 "Charlie, Kenzie, each step, Charlie, Kenzie, Charlie, Kenzie."

01:19 And ultimately I chose to go with my heart in this decision,

01:24 which was awarding a woman who wants to start a family the opportunity to do that.