Dee Valladares confirmed that she said to Rizo Velovic earlier “Survivor 50” — but their speech wasn’t honorable connected Velovic’s end.
“Here’s nan point that cipher knows. Rizo and I did get connected a FaceTime call, but here’s nan moreover crazier portion of this FaceTime call,” Valladares exclusively told Page Six aft she was voted retired connected Wednesday’s episode.
“Rizo lied to maine and told maine that Savannah [Louie] sewage 5th spot and he sewage 4th spot [on Season 49],” Valladares revealed.
The “Survivor 45” victor said that aft her telephone pinch Velovic, she recovered retired Louie really won Season 49, and frankincense his dishonesty was exposed.
“So going into Season 50, I did not for illustration Rizo and I did not spot him,” Valladares told us. “I did not spot Savannah. And if you spell backmost to immoderate of my pre-season interviews, I ever said I want nan [Season] 49 group distant from me.”
“And that’s because they lied to maine successful nan existent world and they thought I wouldn’t find out,” she added, jokingly calling Velovic “a small weasel.”
But Valladares said that erstwhile she ended up connected nan aforesaid people arsenic Velovic connected Season 50, he won her complete and she decided to deny her state Charlie Davis to prevention Velovic.
“Going into nan split, I didn’t spot Rizo,” Valladares shared. “So if thing that goes to show you that Rizo conscionable had a measurement amended crippled successful solidifying alliances than Charlie did.”
Valladares further praised Velovic’s “phenomenal” gameplay, crediting him for being “more self-aware than half of nan cast.”
“I will opportunity a batch much successful nan unrecorded reunion, but Rizo had 9 days,” she said, referring to Seasons 49 and 50 filming back-to-back.
“And if anything, that conscionable goes to show that my guy’s playing. He came back, showered, and was like, ‘Alright, fto maine spot what I could do,’ and bully for him.”
Valladares and Velovic’s pregame telephone was exposed by Davis, who exclusively told Page Six past period that “Survivor 49” runner-up Sophi Balerdi allegedly connected nan brace earlier they filmed Season 50 successful Fiji past summer.
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And Valladares thinks Davis had a motive successful spilling her secret.
“It doesn’t look for illustration he was complaining astir nan FaceTime telephone pinch maine aliases Rizo — but what I really want group to inquire themselves is: what was nan volition down [Davis] saying that?” Valladares said.
“And I deliberation — I’m not saying it’s true, this is my belief — nan volition down saying that Dee and Rizo sewage connected a telephone was to diminish my crippled aliases diminish Rizo’s game,” she added.
In conclusion, Valladares took 1 much changeable astatine Davis.
“So if you’re going to talk astir my FaceTime, let’s talk astir yours, too,” she said.
“Survivor 50” airs Wednesdays astatine 8 p.m. ET connected CBS.