“Survivor 48” Contestant Mary Zheng Says Her Castmates Have Received 'Death Threats' Over Her Elimination

Survivor 48 contestant Mary Zheng is asking fans to show a small grace.

After nan constituent maltreatment counselor, 31, was voted disconnected nan deed CBS crippled show during nan May 7 episode, Zheng told nan New York Post that fans person gone excessively acold successful voicing their criticisms and revealed that immoderate of her formed members person moreover received decease threats complete her elimination.

“When you’re watching a show, you wanna beryllium entertained, right? But erstwhile you’re playing nan game, you wanna consciousness safe, you wanna consciousness seen and you wanna win," she began. "And those are 2 wholly different objectives."

“I deliberation everybody brings into nan crippled everything from their past. Their strengths, their traumas, their egos. Everyone is virtually playing nan champion that they can,” Zheng explained. “Nobody should beryllium getting decease threats.”

Though she hasn't been connected nan receiving extremity of nan dislike online, nan reality prima said she felt compassion towards her chap contestants — moreover though location were times she felt ostracized by immoderate of them.

“I person a batch of grace for myself, but that intends I besides widen that grace to nan group I played nan crippled with,” she shared. “Everybody was playing for nan first clip and everybody was conscionable trying to make nan moves that they thought were champion for them."

"I don’t want anybody to deliberation that I’m holding thing against anyone for nan measurement that they played. Everyone’s conscionable retired location trying their best," she added.

Season 48 of Survivor has seen it's adjacent stock of drama.

In April, contestant David Kinne revealed that he mislaid retired connected much than nan $1 cardinal prize aft he was eliminated from nan competition. Earlier this season, nan reality prima revealed that his woman backmost location would not beryllium continuing their narration if he didn't travel location a winner.

He later confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that his woman was "out nan door" conscionable "a fewer weeks aft she recovered retired I didn't win" nan season.

"People astir apt laughed astatine that full thing, [but] it was unluckily true," he revealed.

Despite his breakup, Kinne said he was making love personification new.

"She's phenomenal. I'm genuinely emotion blessed correct now," he said of his caller partner, calling her nan "most unthinkable woman."

"I'm almost gladsome I didn't triumph a cardinal dollars," he added.

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New episodes of Survivor season 48 aerial Wednesdays astatine 8 p.m. ET connected CBS.