is standing by her decision to crown as the Sole over her day one ally, . “So just to be clear, five of us voted for Kenzie,” Maria, 48, exclusively told on Thursday, May 23, after the season finale of . “I wasn’t the single vote that changed anything.
” Maria was one of five to select Kenzie, 29, while Charlie, 26, received three votes. If Maria had chosen Charlie, who she aligned with on day one, instead of Kenzie, there would have been a tie vote. In the result of a tie, third-place finisher would have become the tiebreaker vote.
(In Ben’s interview with , he revealed he would have voted for Charlie as the winner if he was in the position to vote.) Throughout the season, many fans thought Maria would have been a sure vote for Charlie in the end due to their tight bond. However, she took fans — and Charlie — by surprise by going in the opposite direction.
In the aftershow, Maria shared that she was convinced to vote for Kenzie because of her determination in the final four fire-making challenge. When chatting with on Thursday, Maria shared that Kenzie’s response to ’s question about what she would do with the $1 million prize spoke to her. “As a mother in my life, I have given up so many of my dreams.
So many of the things that I wanted to do to be a mother, to be completely unselfish in my life,” Maria explained. “And going on the show, this was the first time in a long time that I was doing something selfishly for me. And when [Kenzie] said that s.
