​​Survivor 48’s Charity Says Eva’s Autism Kept Her From Being Voted Off

Charity Nelms tried to make a transfer towards Eva Erickson on Survivor 48 however couldn’t rally assist from her fellow tribemates.

“To be trustworthy, it form of felt like all people understood that and would need to [vote Erickson out,]” Nelms, 34, claimed in an interview with Leisure Weekly on Thursday, April 3. “However due to Eva attending to share her story, I feel lots of people have been simply scared to try this — to look dangerous when that was a really actual second that transcended the sport.”

Nelms was referring to the second proven in final week’s episode the place Erickson, 24, had an emotional second the place she advised the remaining gamers she struggles with autism. Whereas Nelms knew that state of affairs was a “human second,” she believed it had an impression on the sport as soon as the tribes reached the merge.

“We’re additionally enjoying the sport now,” she mentioned. “And to deal with her in another way due to that, I personally don’t suppose is truthful.”

Nelms added that the explanation she needed to focus on Erickson was as a result of she was such a savvy Survivor participant. When approaching others to kind a plan, Nelms claimed that she was hit with resistance.

“She is unimaginable, courageous, sensible, and that’s why I need her out of the sport. She additionally has an idol in her bag that wasn’t actually hers,” the flight attendant mentioned of Erickson. “So the reception to that was like, ‘We predict you’re proper. And yeah, we form of need to try this too, however we’re scared.’”

Nelms shared that the one two individuals who weren’t afraid of going after Erickson have been herself and Sai Hughley. Nelms and Hughley, 30, raced for a bonus within the immunity problem earlier than they have been each on the chopping block at Tribal Council. In the end Nelms was voted out over Hughley.

Not solely has Erickson made an impactful impression on her tribe, she’s additionally received over the hearts of followers and Jeff Probst himself. Throughout Erickson’s emotional second with ally Joe Hunter, Probst, 63, was dropped at tears — a primary for the host prior to now 48 seasons.

“Once I mentioned the phrases ‘mother and pa,’ it triggered the father or mother in me and one thing cracked open,” Probst admitted in a March interview with Leisure Weekly. “It wasn’t nearly Eva anymore — it was about each younger particular person looking for the phrases to precise who they’re, and each father or mother attempting to know, assist, and shield their youngster by way of it.”