Boston Rob reveals why he turned down 'Survivor 50' casting: 'I have played so many times'
The five-time Survivor player and one-time winner posted a lengthy statement to his Instagram on Friday revealing why he turned down a spot on the coveted milestone season's cast list.
"Wow!!! I got all of your DM's and messages so so many thank you all!!" Mariano wrote. "But literally don't be mad @survivorcbs and @jeffprobst early on they called and asked… I just felt like I have played so many times and I am truly fulfilled with my Survivor Journey."
The legendary player, who was the first to ever hit five seasons on the long-running CBS series, added that he hoped dropping out of season 50 would allow someone else to get another chance at the title of Sole Survivor.
"I wanted my spot to go to someone else that deserved another chance!" he wrote. "I've gotten so much out of Survivor. It will always be a part of who I am! I'm eternally grateful. Like I said ..It's gonna be OK. I feel like something good is coming!!!"
Survivor 50 won't air until 2026, but host and showrunner Probst already announced the full cast on Wednesday. The supersized group of 24 returning players is the series' biggest cast ever, featuring contestants going all the way back to season 1 of Survivor: Borneo (Jenna Lewis-Dougherty) as well as two yet-unnamed competitors from Survivor 49, which just filmed a few weeks ago and will air this fall on CBS.
The cast also features two legends competing for the fifth time, Cirie Fields and Ozzy Lusth, tying Mariano's record as the most seasons ever played. Other notable returning players include The White Lotus creator Mike White and recent winners Dee Valladares (Survivor 45) and Kyle Fraser (Survivor 48).
Mariano previously told Entertainment Weekly that he was ready to field Survivor 50 alliance requests. "I'm stirring it up on social media like I like to do," he said in 2024. "So slide into the DMs, all you former players, and we'll let you know whether or not you can get in the alliance or not. Actually, talk to my secretary, Sandra [Diaz-Twine]. She's fielding all the requests."
However, he previously told EW a few months earlier that he was not open to appearing on the show the way it's currently constructed. "I mean, in what capacity?" he said. "As a contestant playing with everyone else, it just feels like we've been there and we've done that."
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He added that he was still down to appear on the show either in a mentor role again (as he appeared on the Island of the Idols season) or another way in which he will not be immediately eliminated due to his massive threat level.
"I've always said it would take some kind of unique format change to make me go back and compete over there," he said. "Something would have to happen, otherwise we're faced with the same situation where they gang up on me and want to get me out, or keep me around for a little bit, or whatever... I think there would have to be a pretty dynamic format shift to get me excited to get back out there."
Mariano also recently competed on Peacock's The Traitors and NBC's Deal or No Deal Island, but came up short of winning either series.
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"If This Happens To You, Run As Fast As You Can": 29 Women Share The Subtle But Important "Red Flags" That Revealed That Their Partner Was Misogynistic
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And they don't even notice until you mention it — but then once they realize it, they quickly find a way to rationalize it to you and continue ignoring women and BIPOC creators." —madkz 3."In addition to 'nice guy,' any man who describes himself as 'chivalrous' or 'a gentleman' on a dating app is an immediate left swipe. You don't have to say these things; your actions should show them." —doofenshmirtzevilinc 4."When they're super quick to put down media/books/music that is mostly enjoyed, created, and consumed by women. AKA, they think all rom-coms are trash and not 'intellectually stimulating,' but will happily sit through a three-hour, lowly rated action movie with no plot, just lots of gun shooting. You don't have to love Taylor Swift, but I'm gonna raise an eyebrow if you turn her off in the car because 'all she does is write break-up songs.' —u/Ok-Wait-8281 5."A seriously overlooked red flag: saying he is looking for a woman 'capable of an intellectual conversation' on his dating profile. The thing he's not saying is that he doesn't think that is a given for women…" —hereforthedramz 6."When they preface things with, 'You might not get this,' or, 'You might not understand this.' Yes, I am a girl. No, I am not an idiot." —u/This_Silent_Tragedy "Especially when it's an extremely simple concept that he's trying to explain. A guy that I work with was trying to explain his views on Roe v. Wade getting overturned and began it with, 'You probably aren't going to understand this...' I'm a software programmer; I'm clearly not dense." —u/lilimac416 7."When men think you need to be told how to do something just because you do it differently than they do. He once said to me, 'Here, let me cut that for you because you're not doing it right.' Uh, no…I want to cut it this way, and if I wanted help, I'd ask. It's degrading after years and years of it. Just because I do something differently than you does not make me wrong." —Anonymous 8."When they strongly identify with fictional characters who treat women poorly, because they think they're badass or cool." —fanosaurusrex 9."My ex used to jokingly say, 'Girls don't poop.' I didn't think much of it at first, but then I realized that he was placing me on a pedestal, and when I didn't live up to these unrealistic expectations of being this perfect, hot all the time, poopless fartless, sex machine, I was 'too much' or 'not enough' or a mess or whatever else." —u/ExistentialHousecat "My grandmother used to tell this story about a distant male relative of hers who divorced his wife because he 'caught' her removing sock lint from between her toes. This was such a disgusting act to him that he couldn't stand to be married to her any longer. My grandmother always told this as a cautionary tale about how a woman always has to make sure to act properly or her husband would leave her. My mother didn't quite agree." —u/brutalbeast 10."When they interrupt or talk over their partner, repeatedly." —u/Noah_Pinyin "I once dated a man that interrupted me constantly. I, assuming it was unintentional, told him what he was doing, and he stopped. Then, he replaced doing that by saying, 'You talk a lot.' In reality, he talked fucking constantly, and any of my part of the conversation was maybe one-third of the time of his. Eventually he started using the phrase 'equal rights, equal lefts.' I can't believe I stayed so long." —u/Dorkadoodle men pretend to care about women's rights, but only engage with them in an abstract way, while continuing to embody the same problematic dynamics that they claim to hate in their personal lives. This is exactly why I roll my eyes at men who say, 'Not all men,' 'There's good men out there,' or, 'I would never do this and that.'" "My good friend is married to a guy who is extremely involved in social justice movements. You would think he'd be more socially aware, but he talks over her constantly and openly patronizes her if he thinks she's said something wrong. It's so uncomfortable to watch." —u/bucky_list 12."When we watched movies and there was a scene with all women, my ex would always feel the need to comment, 'Here is the obligatory female scene to get the chicks to watch.' He said this emphatically during Endgame when the women had a fight scene. He made a similar comment with the latest Ghostbusters about how stupid the movie was going to be because of the female cast. As if women don't or can't contribute to a plot in any realistic way — we are just filler until the men can carry the plot forward." —Anonymous 13."When they correct you on literally EVERYTHING. My ex corrected me about the name of a certain muscle. I have a degree in health science, which involved no less than six anatomy or physiology courses, and I got 98% in all of them. He worked in finance. He would also 'test' me on things typically feminine like knowledge of makeup products or names of clothing styles." —jess_is_a_babe91 14."When they're skeptical of educated women or women that make good money." —u/productofoctober "I make a good living. I worked so hard to get where I am, and I can't tell you how many MEN daily are like, 'What guy do you sleep with to get these things?' Like, no, women don't need men to have nice things!!!!" —u/lmc152 15."When their opinion always matters more than yours. Ex: It's your birthday, and you love sushi, but your BF hates it. He refused to take you to a sushi restaurant, even though they offer options other than sushi. Or he will drag you to whatever movie he pleases, knowing that you don't want to see it. But he's unwilling to sit through a movie that you picked but he isn't interested in." —identicalsnowflakes 16."My ex said he couldn't vote for a woman because women are too emotional and can't make decisions that aren't based on emotion." —Anonymous 17."We were married for 30 years, and over the years I achieved a much higher level of success and made three times his salary. Nonetheless, he was constantly reminding me that I was still less intelligent than him and just lucky because I am an attractive woman. I think we all know who was really smarter." —Anonymous 18."When your S.O. complains about women in sports. Female athletes and sporting leagues should be seen as their own thing that operates in their own competition, rather than an extension of the men's league." —u/little_cranberry5 19."I find it odd when men never let you pay for anything. If I have a career and I'm making a decent income, then I want to pick up the tab sometimes. It feels infantilizing if they insist on paying each and every time. It's almost as though they don't think I'm self-sufficient enough." —u/starskyandbutch "It's not just the patronizing attitude. It's also setting a tone of being indebted to them, financially or morally. I've yet to see a man who insists on paying for absolutely every single thing in a relationship, who doesn't bring it up when shit hits the fan." —u/petronia1 "When they order for you on a date. I went out with a guy who insisted on buying me expensive cocktails when I said I wanted beer and was paying for it myself. He kept ordering the cocktails for me thinking I'd be impressed. I was not!" —jexxls 20."Every time a celebrity announced a pregnancy, my ex would go off on a rant about how they weren't going to be hot anymore and that pregnant women were 'damaged goods.' I asked him once if he'd see me as damaged good if I was pregnant, and he said that he would and that pregnancy was apparently a 'hall pass for men to cheat,' because it made women so unattractive. Then, he said I'd have a maximum of six weeks to get back in shape before he'd dump me." "Fifteen years later, I'm married to an amazing husband and about to give birth to baby number three. I can't even begin to tell you how badly my ex's comments have fucked up my mental health. Each pregnancy has been plagued by insecurity, doubt, body issues, anxiety, and feelings of inadequacy." —u/Kimmbley 21."Making fun of you and then saying, 'Don't be so sensitive, I'm just joking' when you let them know you don't appreciate it. Blaming you for their garbage behavior is gaslighting at its finest. If this happens to you, run as fast as you can in the other direction." —Anonymous 22."Never taking accountability for his actions. He was always faultless; everything was deflected, always turned back on me. His domineering statements always, ALWAYS began with 'You need to...' or 'You should...' or 'I told you not to...', or my absolute favourite, 'The problem with you is...'" "Five years of gaslighting before some amazing and on-the-ball maternity staff when I was having his baby helped me to finally get clued into how toxic and misogynistic he was, and that his behaviour toward me (and the baby) was not okay!" —Anonymous 23."They're only affectionate when they're getting intimate before sex. Any other time they're asked for a back rub or foot massage before going to bed, they insist they're tired and just flip over to go to sleep because they know you're not in the mood for sex. Like, they think a massage or touch is a prelude to sex every time. This gets annoying and erodes the relationship." —Anonymous 24."When your partner always defends his mates' bad behavior(s) and makes up excuses. For example, I have a history of sexual abuse and rape that my BF knows about. My BF's friend makes a rape joke. I call him out and tell him it's not funny. Regardless of how he reacts, my BF immediately jumps in and tells me I'm sensitive and need to take a joke. I tell him he knows my past and that he is being extremely disrespectful. Now I'm the bad guy. But now, I can't trust my BF or his friends." —Anonymous 25."Pay very close attention to how a man treats his mother. I missed so many obvious signs between my ex-husband and his mom. He was rude, dismissive, controlling, and cruel — all traits that (eventually) spilled over into our relationship. I just thought he didn't like his mom. Turns out he didn't like women, at all." —Anonymous 26."When he has applied different expectations to you than to himself. Though it has always been there, I wasn't staring at it so blatantly until we had a child, and now I can't unsee it. He can take off to play golf or go to the gym when he wants, but I need to find ways to get my hair done or nails done during my work hours." "If our child is sick, I'm the one taking off work. There is never even a thought that he should do it. When pushed, his response was, 'Well, you are the mother.' And if I were to recall these moments, he would swear they weren't sexist. 🙄" —Anonymous 27."When he is shocked that you know anything about a stereotypically male topic." "For example, I once went on a date with a guy that drove a DS Automobile. He thought that it was amazing that 1) I recognized the brand, and 2) I knew that DS is a premium model for Citroen, 'cause 'girls don't know cars.' SMH." —u/HappyHermitLife "I used to have a friend in high school who would constantly ask for help, but would always ignore my advice. The best part was that if any of his guy friends offered the same advice, he would be more than happy to do it. But that dude always came to me for any 'physical' help, like completing projects or assignments. He was a typical 'wanna be computer nerd', but only discussed the topic with his guy friends, even though I was equally interested, if not more than them." I guess it wasn't a surprise that he called me a whore in front of our grade anonymously out of spite and jealousy, but I was smart enough to find out it was him, and guess who got suspended?" —Anonymous 28."When he tries to control things like where you go for dates and what you eat at a restaurant. He always has a reason, too, saying things like it's 'because he knows food better than I do.' He gives presents HE wants me to have, regardless of what I want/like." —u/boo-pspps "I knew a guy who had a bad habit of responding, 'Women shouldn't' or 'Women shouldn't be allowed to' in conversations about certain subjects. 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Stoppard, when asked in a documentary what 'Brazil' signifies as the title of the film, beyond the presence of the Ary Barroso song on its soundtrack in many varied arrangements as a leitmotif, said its theme was 'the myth of a free man in an unfree society.' As premonitory cinema goes, 'Brazil' is perhaps matched only by Paddy Chayefsky's 1976 'Network.' I disdained that film upon first viewing as hopelessly over-the-top; today it plays like a documentary, depicting the takeover of a network's news operation by its entertainment division, which fills the news slot with a psychic, an opinion poll, scandal-mongering, a regularly scheduled terrorist attack for the cameras and, of course, an unhinged messianic anchorman. 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Paperwork is another weapon in this society. A character trying to get to the bottom of her neighbor's disappearance at the Ministry's records office is instructed to obtain a form from Information Adjustments and bring it to Information Retrieval, which subject her to an endless runaround. Modern America has taken heed; the work requirement for Medicaid enrollees imposed by the last Trump administration and revived in the Republican budget bill enacted in July threw 18,000 adults off Medicaid rolls in the four months of 2018 it was in effect in Arkansas, the only state that implemented the rule before it was blocked by a federal judge — not necessarily because the enrollees couldn't meet the work standard (more than 90% of them were already working or had exemptions written into the rule), but because they couldn't navigate the administrative reporting system. The Biden White House rescinded the rule. That brings us to the subplot of 'Brazil' that resonates the loudest for today's America: the arrest of an innocent man due to bureaucratic carelessness. It begins when a fly falls into and short-circuits an office machine at the Ministry (literally a 'bug') resulting in an arrest warrant for a man named Buttle, a 'shoe repair operative,' instead of Tuttle, a renegade heating repairman played by Robert De Niro. A squadron of masked, anonymous officers promptly storms the Buttle family home through the windows, door and ceiling, elbows the children aside, swaths Buttle in a straitjacket and hauls him away without explanation, leaving his terrified wife with a receipt for her husband (paperwork, of course). He is never seen again. The very scene is a chilling pre-enactment of the ICE raids across California and in other states, in which masked and unidentified patrols have rounded up people who look Hispanic, are overheard speaking Spanish, and who are detained at car washes and Home Depots — detaining legal residents and American citizens alike. As my colleagues report, the latest such foray took place Wednesday at a Westlake Home Depot, notwithstanding federal court rulings prohibiting the use of roving patrols to target immigrants. The departments of Justice and Homeland Security have admitted to federal judges that some detentions are the result of errors, but as judges have complained, their efforts to rectify the mistakes have been irregular at best. 'Brazil' had a difficult birth. Gilliam's original cut was massacred by its U.S. distributor, Universal, which reedited the firm to give it, absurdly, a happy ending — Gilliam's version ends with Lowry reduced to a happy catatonia, defeated (or perhaps not) by his totalitarian bureaucracy. Gilliam ultimately placed a full-page ad in Variety addressed to Universal boss Sidney Sheinberg, demanding that the studio release his film to theaters. Gilliam's final recut is widely available as the canonical version. It becomes more relevant with every passing day. An ancient philosophical concept holds that art should imitate life. 'Brazil' is a counterargument all on its own. It's not an example of art imitating life so much as art painting the future.
