OMG! Survivor 50 star, Cirie Fields Reveals just dropped a BOMBSHELL — fans are in shock! (Exclusive)

Cirie Fields on ‘Survivor 50’ Robert Voets/CBS

The legendary six-time player reacts to being called the greatest of all time: ‘Eventually you start to believe it.’

As the epic cast of 24 players stood at the opening of Survivor 50, quite a number of tears were shed. But perhaps the most emotional, surprisingly, was the one among them who has the most experience: Cirie Fields. In her time between stints in Fiji, the reality TV legend has kept busy, winning The Traitors, making a deep run on Big Brother, and even appearing on an international Survivor season. But, as she put it on Day 1, “Survivor is like home for me. And there’s no place like home. What brings me back is knowing it could give me more and that it always gives me more every time I come.” And, indeed, what Cirie gave us over 23 days was perhaps her most impressive game to date.

Of course, given Cirie’s stature in the game, becoming the first person to play Survivor six times, it was only a matter of time until she would get targeted. And Jenna Lewis Dougherty would get that formality out early, warning everyone how threatening she was. It says a lot, however, that not only did nobody on her tribe heed her words, but they proceeded to then vote her out unanimously. Astoundingly, Cirie quickly found herself in the Cila center, well-connected with pretty much everyone. But her most meaningful relationship was, surprisingly, with Ozzy Lusth, whom she had blindsided nearly two decades ago. Now, however, the two were thick as thieves, eager to used their combined 200+ days of experience to finally accomplish what neither could do: Winning the game.

By the time Cirie hit the merge, she had gained even more connections. Most prominently, years after meeting Rizo Velovic at a casting call, he got the part of one of her closest confidantes, as the two eagerly shared information. Indeed, at the Final 11, Cirie outlined that she either had an alliance or “understanding” with nearly everyone left in the game. No matter what their relationship, they felt some form of trust in her, eager to bring her in on any plan they had brewing. The bad news for Cirie: Most of those plans involved voting out Ozzy. Not wanting to lose him anytime soon, she would turn on the afterburners, swaying the votes to get the mullet man out of every hairy situation. Unfortunately, that also meant going after some of the people she was previously tight with, including Christian Hubicki and Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick.

After feeling she had a grip on the endgame yet again, Cirie’s hands began to slip when the tribe was shockingly split in two on Day 21. With only four people vulnerable, she was suddenly in the line of fire, the intended target of a plan concocted by Emily Flippen and Rick Devens. But she was able to outscheme the schemers, saving herself with an expert play of an Extra Vote, the only advantage she’s ever used in her Survivor career. On the other side, however, Ozzy was a bit more stingy with his other advantage, getting taken out with an idol on his pocket (at least it wasn’t Cirie’s doing this time).

Now missing one of the only people who would take her to the end, the climb to Final Three suddenly became much more of an uphill battle. When Tiffany Ervin won a crucial Immunity Challenge at the Final Six, Rizo and Aubry Bracco both set their sights on the legend, knowing they stood no chance sitting next to her. Sensing her time was coming to an end, Cirie put in work that afternoon, and nearly convinced the majority that Aubry had leaked precious information to her. But, in the end, no amount of twisting could obscure the massive threat she was. Cirie was taken out in sixth place, yet again deprived of a win. But she went out how she came in: With some incredibly gracious words about the show that took a chance on her 20 years ago.

“Thank you Jeff, for some of the best years of my life,” she said, standing in front of the veteran host. “I am forever grateful for what Survivor has done for me. I don’t even have the words to express how grateful and thankful I am for finding out there’s so much more to life than what I knew from sitting on my couch and watching TV.”

Now out of the game, Cirie talks with Parade about what she felt her chances were of making it to the end in the final week of the game, the variety of relationships she had throughout the season, and what she thinks her legacy across 20 years of Survivor is.

Cirie Fields on ‘Survivor 50’

So you had a clear sense your name was on the chopping block during your final day. And you put in work to try to sway the votes onto Aubry. By the time you got to Tribal Council, did you think you had any chance of staying?
No. I knew from conversations that they didn’t show with Joe. Joe, this is his moniker:We keep it real with each other. I said, “What are you thinking?” And Joe’s response to me was,
“Well, Cirie, you know, nobody’s going to sit next to you and win.” And I knew at that point that, yeah, there was nothing. When I didn’t pull a Hail Mary out, it was nothing. I was going to go.

Let’s say Tiffany doesn’t win immunity there and she goes out. Do you think you had a path to the end at all at Final Five?
No, I’m next. It was spelled out, no matter what. Because Tiffany, Ozzy and maybe even Christian would be the only people willing to sit next to me in the endgame. And once they were gone, I knew Jonathan definitely wouldn’t sit next to me. Joe pretty much told me he wouldn’t. And even Rizo, I knew Rizo wanted to win so badly. And Rizzo is schooled to the game; he’s a child of Survivor. So he knows that is no way me and him gonna sit in the end and he’s gonna walk away.

Well it wouldn’t be a season with you, Cirie, if you didn’t have an entire web of relationships that you were playing with. Let’s pull on a couple of threads. You told me before the season you wanted to try to connect with Ozzy early on in the hopes you could work together this time, and we saw how well that worked out for you both. Talk to me about working with someone who you blindsided with an idol in your pocket yourself 34 seasons ago.
It just speaks to how dynamic relationships can be, right? People mess up all the time. People may offend even in this game, being blindsided by me. But if you have the right conversation and communication and you are sincere. Ozzy knows me a little bit, right? He could tell that I was sincere in saying, “I will ride with you today.” And he knows my history. If I can trust you, if I feel I can trust you, I’ll ride with you to the wheels fall off. And I felt the same from him. So I thought it was awesome that we both have such a long history. We played together so many times on opposite sides and opposite teams, and we could come together and try to make a run in Season 50. I thought it was a beautiful day.