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New York Post
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Survivor 48' star Mary Zheng says her castmates have received ‘death threats'
'Survivor 48' star Mary Zheng doesn't support the online hate for her cast. The 31-year-old substance abuse counselor was voted out on the May 7 episode by the majority alliance that has steamrolled through the season — which hasn't been received well by a portion of the fanbase.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
‘Survivor 48' Contestant Mary Zheng Urges Fans to Show Compassion After Elimination
After being voted off Survivor 48 during the May 7 episode, Mary Zheng is asking viewers to show more kindness — especially toward her fellow contestants. Speaking to the New York Post, the 31-year-old substance abuse counselor revealed that while she has avoided direct online hate, some of her castmates have received death threats following her elimination — something she strongly condemns. 'When you're watching the show, you want to be entertained. But when you're actually playing the game, you want to feel safe, to feel seen — and of course, to win,' Zheng said. 'Those are two completely different things.' She emphasized that each player brings their full self to the game — past experiences, traumas, strengths, and egos — and that everyone is simply trying their best. 'Nobody should be getting death threats,' she added. Operation Sindoor Operation Sindoor: Several airports in India closed - check full list Did Pak shoot down Indian jets? What MEA said India foils Pakistan's attack on Jammu airport: What we know so far Despite occasionally feeling ostracized during the competition, Zheng said she holds no grudges. 'I give myself a lot of grace, and that means I also give grace to the people I played with,' she shared. 'Everyone was playing for the first time, just doing what they believed was right for their own game.'
New York Post
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Survivor 48' star Mary Zheng reveals castmates have received ‘death threats' for their gameplay
'Survivor 48' star Mary Zheng doesn't support the online hate for her cast. The 31-year-old substance abuse counselor was voted out on Wednesday's episode by the majority alliance that has steamrolled through the season — which hasn't been received well by a portion of the fanbase. But in her exclusive interview with The Post, Zheng revealed that some viewers have taken their criticisms too far. Advertisement 7 Mary Zheng on 'Survivor' Season 48. CBS via Getty Images 'When you're watching a show, you wanna be entertained, right? But when you're playing the game, you wanna feel safe, you wanna feel seen and you wanna win. And those are two completely different objectives,' Zheng said. 'I think everybody brings into the game everything from their past. Their strengths, their traumas, their egos. Everyone is literally playing the best that they can,' she continued. 'Nobody should be getting death threats.' Advertisement 7 Mary Zheng in her interview with The Post. NY Post 7 David Kinne, Eva Erickson, Charity Nelms, Star Toomey, and Mary Zheng on 'Survivor 48.' CBS via Getty Images When asked if she's gotten death threats, Zheng responded, 'Oh no. Not me. No, I'm not talking about myself. The fans have been really great for me.' Zheng also explained that while she felt ostracized by the other castaways during her final days on the show, she isn't holding any grudges against them. Advertisement 'I have a lot of grace for myself, but that means I also extend that grace to the people I played the game with,' she shared. 'Everybody was playing for the first time and everybody was just trying to make the moves that they thought were best for them. And I don't want anybody to think that I'm holding anything against anyone for the way that they played. Everyone's just out there trying their best.' 7 The cast of 'Survivor' Season 48. CBS via Getty Images Zheng opened up more about the 'incredibly frustrating' feeling of being on the outs of a group that refused to turn on each other. 'I knew that these people wanted to play more. Like, I had a conversation with Kyle [Fraser] that wasn't shown where I was like, 'Dude, are you proud of the game that you're playing right now? Like, is this how you imagined you'd be playing? I know you wanted to do more, so do it,'' she said. Advertisement 7 Mary Zheng on 'Survivor 48.' CBS via Getty Images 'Yeah, I think people just kind of missed the moment,' Zheng added. 'Last vote, it could have been the moment. This vote, it could've been the movement. But for whatever reason… well, I know the reason. I think they just really had genuine connections out there. And I don't think that viewers understand how difficult it makes it. I don't know how difficult it makes it because I didn't really have any connections out there.' 7 Jeff Probst, Saiounia 'Sai' Hughley, Mary Zheng, and Cedrek McFadden on 'Survivor.' CBS via Getty Images 'I would get to know someone, and then after a day they were gone,' Zheng noted. 'But I love my castmates now. But when I was out there, I didn't have those connections. Everybody was like playing this connection game — and it wasn't a game. They weren't playing a game, right? I was trying to play a game.' Zheng also spoke about her contentious relationship with original Vula tribemate Saiounia Hughley and if they made amends after leaving Fiji. 7 Saiounia 'Sai' Hughley on 'Survivor 48.' CBS via Getty Images 'Sai called me after the game and apologized and I accepted her apology. We're good,' Zheng shared. 'Survivor' airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Survivor 48' recap: Mary's ‘weird-ass motley crew' plots a path against Joe's ‘core four'
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways Previously on Survivor 48, Kyle Fraser and Shauhin Davari were successful in an ongoing coverup of their offshoot alliance with Kamilla Karthigesu. Clocked as untrustworthy by their allies David Kinne and Mary Zheng, Kyle and Shauhin put in the work to convince Joe Hunter and Eva Erickson to betray David, using his paranoid energy against him in an epic blindside. This week, Mary attempts to band together a "weird-ass motley crew" after being alienated from her alliance. Does Mary have the social capital to pull off a blindside or is she giving away the all-powerful swing vote position to someone else? Read on for our recap of Survivor Season 48, Episode 10, titled "My Enemies Are Plottin'," which aired Wednesday, April 30 on CBS. More from GoldDerby The players still competing to become "sole Survivor" at the start of the episode were: Eva Erickson, Joe Hunter, Kamilla Karthigesu, Kyle Fraser, Mary Zheng, Mitch Guerra, Shauhin Davari, and Star Toomey. The members of the jury that will decide the winner are: Cedrek McFadden, Chrissy Sarnowsky, and David Kinne. Photo by CBS - Credit: CBS CBS "Bro, I can't take that snorin' no mo'" — Star Toomey In an attempt to make good with Mary after blindsiding her in the David vote, Eva told Mary that she did what she could to keep the vote off of Mary and promised to let her know in advance if a vote is coming her way. In saying that, Eva also made it clear that she might actually vote Mary in the future as a decoy and confirmed that she will "not be playing the idol" on her behalf. Eva returned to her actual allies (Joe, Shauhin and Kyle) to confess her conversation with Mary and how she told her she should just lay low and be a number for them, underscoring that it would be a smooth sail for them to the final four. At the same time, Mary returned to the others and gathered with Star and Kamilla to build an opposing plan that they all stick together with Mitch against the other four no matter what -- their first target? Joe. Despite her opposition to his snoring at night, Star approached Mitch with the pitch to stick together as four, even if it means going to rocks in a tied vote situation. Mitch referred to it as "the biggest joke in the game" for Star to be the one to come to him with the plan because she voted for him at the last Tribal Council. Joe and Shauhin both had their sights set on bringing Kamilla and Mitch in to their core four to get to the final six. When Kyle and Kamilla put their heads together, Kamilla confessed that the bottom four are talking about going for Joe in a 4-4 tie situation, but Kyle countered that Joe is honest about wanting to keep Kamilla around and told her that while he's not willing to go against another alliance member, he could at least give her a chance at going for Joe as long as no one learns he knew about it. Photo by CBS - Credit: CBS CBS "I need Mitch, Star and Mary as pissed off as they can possibly be" — Kyle Fraser For the Day 18 reward challenge, the final eight had to drag a buoy along a rope through the sand while having their hands and legs tied before landing three rings on a throwing target. The winner would get to escape to a neighboring island for a fried chicken and waffles picnic. Shauhin, Eva and Kyle got the best starts in the sand slithering. The leaders all flopped when trying to loosen their rings from the obstacle, leaving room for those behind them to catch up, but then Kyle held off a late surge from Joe to earn the win for himself. As the winner, Kyle chose to bring Eva, Kamilla and Shauhin as his guests, leaving Mitch feeling disappointed by his omission from the group. In his confessional on the topic, Kyle pointed out that he purposefully left Mitch, Star and Mary out of the reward so that they'd be "as pissed off as they can possibly be" to work with Kamilla against Joe. Also bothered by Kyle's decision was Joe, but he talked himself down from being upset about it and considered that Kyle chose him to "babysit" Mary. Joe also used it as an opportunity to connect to the players he hasn't spent as much quality time with, like Mary. In their conversation, Joe told Mary that the narrative was that she was in David's head manipulating his decisions against the alliance, but Mary quickly recognized Joe's honesty as a jury management tactic, solidifying her desire to get the "motley crew" together against his "core four." On Day 19, the final eight returned to the beach for their next immunity challenge. This time they used a tension rope to balance a wobbling platform where they'd have to stack blocks to spell "immunity." Before the start of the comp, Jeff offered them a bag of rice that could last to the end of the game as long as three of them would volunteer to sit out. When all eight refused to sit out, Jeff Probst was curious why the mentality of players had changed in the last few seasons. Shauhin told him that they just all want to compete. In the challenge, Jeff noted that Joe and Shauhin kept a "slow and steady" pace compared to Kyle who went "full tilt" despite multiple failed attempts. By the end, after one fall of his blocks and many from the others, Joe came back to win and claim safety for himself. Photo by CBS - Credit: CBS CBS "With this group of people, it's not slappin', it's not hittin', it's not workin'" — Mary Zheng With Joe safe from the vote, the "motley crew" needed a new target and Star chose Shauhin. When she tried to bring Mitch in, he warned her that she might need to play her Shot in the Dark, but he was still reluctant to trust Star and Mary enough to make a move with them. Elsewhere, when Mary told Kamilla that they should put their votes on Kyle ("because they won't go to rocks for him"), flags went up for Kamilla and only pushed her to work against Mary instead of with her. Kamilla went straight to Joe (and Mitch) to tell them that in the span of an hour Mary went from wanting Joe out to naming Kyle, hoping that it would move the core four's target away from Star and on to Mary. When Star and Mary realized that Kamilla and Mitch are working with the others they figured that they'd have to write each other's names on parchment. At Tribal Council, Mitch phrased the structure of their tribe as "individuals within small groups" that are trying to figure out how to move forward with each other. Jeff highlighted it as important because it underscores how there is an alliance and then people out of the alliance forced to work against each other out of self-preservation. The group also addressed the topic of "paranoia," heavily suggesting that it's the reason David is sitting on the jury (much to his chagrin) and asserting that they're all choosing to move forward on the basis of "trust." Trusting her gut over all else, Star did not play her Shot in the Dark and let the votes fall where they would: Star, Mary, Star, Mary, Star, Mary, Star, Star. By a split vote of 5-3, Star became the fourth member of the jury. Next time on Survivor... Mary finds "one more trick up [her] sleeve" and Kyle continues to wrestle with the idea of going back on his word against another ally. SIGN UP for Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions Best of GoldDerby Sign up for Gold Derby's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 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Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Survivor' recap: Who was voted off? Who's left on season 48?
"Survivor" fans, were you too busy to catch the latest episode, but want to know what went down on the island? We've got you covered. In the 10th episode, titled "My Enemies Are Plottin," some alliances were weakened and distrust continued to grow following the surprise vote-out of David Kinne from last week. His top ally, Mary Zheng, felt herself at the bottom of the majority alliance and began to look for other ways to keep her spot and gain power in the game, USA TODAY reports. Meanwhile, the majority alliance continued to value physical strength and honesty, as members dominated this week's reward and immunity challenges. Here's what happened on Season 48, episode 10. Joe Hunter, a 45-year-old fire captain living in West Sacramento, California, won the coveted immunity necklace for the second consecutive week. Kyle Fraser, a 31-year-old attorney residing in Brooklyn, New York, also won a chicken and waffles reward. Star Toomey, a 28-year-old sales expert living in Augusta, Georgia, became the latest person voted out of the game and the fourth member of the jury, USA TODAY writes. The vote was down to Toomey or Mary Zheng, a 31-year-old substance abuse counselor living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zheng had previously used her "shot in the dark" successfully and had no other advantages, so she tried to convince the group of her trustworthiness and persuade them to vote for Toomey. Toomey, meanwhile, sat back and did little to interfere with the night's events, even telling host Jeff Probst at tribal council that she wouldn't give in to fear and that the "name of the game is to never get paranoid." Much to the surprise of the three members of the jury, Star chose not to play her "shot in the dark," which would have allowed her to trade her vote for a one-in-six shot at immunity. Although the vote was close, Toomey was ultimately voted off the show. Here are the remaining contestants on "Survivor" season 48: Eva Erickson, a 24-year-old PhD candidate living in Providence, Rhode Island. Joe Hunter, a 45-year-old fire captain living in West Sacramento, California. Kamilla Karthigesu, a 31-year-old software engineer living in Foster City, California. Kyle Fraser, a 31-year-old attorney residing in Brooklyn, New York. Mary Zheng, a 31-year-old substance abuse counselor living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shauhin Davari, a 38-year-old debate professor living in Costa Mesa, California. Episodes of "Survivor" season 48 air on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+ for subscribers of the Paramount+ with Showtime plan. Episodes can be streamed the next day for subscribers of any Paramount+ plan. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Who was voted off 'Survivor'? Who's left? Season 48, episode 10 recap
