Charlie Davis and Maria Shrime Gonzalez after Survivor 46

What the record shows

• Confirmed Kenzie Petty won Survivor 46 by a 5-3-0 jury vote over Charlie Davis and Ben Katzman. Maria Shrime Gonzalez, voted out on day 24 in fifth place, sat on that jury and voted for Kenzie.
• Confirmed Charlie Davis told Parade, in an interview published 23 May 2024, that the break came when Maria texted him a preview of her exit-press answers, which he called "totally inconsistent with everything we've talked about for a year."
• Confirmed In the same interview Charlie said "we don't have to be friends. I don't dislike her," and said the friendship would not be what it could have been.
• Confirmed Charlie later said on the official On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast that the two had not spoken since the season aired.
• Unverified Maria Shrime Gonzalez has not publicly answered Charlie's account of the text message. No statement from her about it has been located, and the message itself has never been produced.
• Confirmed Survivor 50 did not stage a reunion between them. Charlie Davis is in the Survivor 50 cast, which premiered 25 February 2026. Maria Shrime Gonzalez is not on that cast.

What happened at the final tribal council

Survivor 46 ended on 22 May 2024. Kenzie Petty took the title with five jury votes, Charlie Davis got three, and Ben Katzman got none. Maria Shrime Gonzalez had been voted out on day 24 in fifth place, which put her on the jury, and her vote went to Kenzie.

Charlie and Maria played the season as each other's closest ally. A jury vote is a permitted move and there is nothing irregular about hers. The reason it became a story is the distance between how tight the pair were on the show and where the vote landed.

The text message Charlie described

The day after the finale, Parade published an interview with Charlie by Mike Bloom. In it he said the relationship changed after Maria texted him a preview of the answers she planned to give in exit press. He called that preview totally inconsistent with everything the two of them had talked about for a year. He also said she first told him she regretted the Kenzie vote, and later told him she had no regrets.

That is Charlie's account of a private exchange. Maria has not answered it publicly and no copy of the message has been produced, so it stands on his word and this page treats it that way. His summary of where things landed was blunt. He said they do not have to be friends, that he does not dislike her, and that it would not be what it could have been.

Where it stands now

Charlie has since said on the official On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast that the two had not spoken since the season aired. That is the most recent public statement about the state of the friendship from either of them.

Maria has given no public response. Without one there is no competing version of the text-message story to weigh, so the honest summary is short. The vote is a matter of record. Charlie says the friendship did not survive it. What Maria wrote to him, and why she voted the way she did, has never been established.

Survivor 50 did not put them back together

A version of this story circulating in fan spaces holds that Survivor 50 revisited the fallout on screen. It did not. Charlie Davis is in the Survivor 50 cast, which premiered on 25 February 2026. Maria Shrime Gonzalez is not on that cast list, so the show had no way to stage a reunion between them.

What did happen is narrower. Charlie's press and gameplay commentary around Survivor 50 has been read as still carrying the old grudge, and at least one outlet wrote it up that way. That is a reading of his tone, not a new event and not a confrontation the season produced.

People in this story

• Charlie Davis Survivor 46 runner-up; described the fallout in exit press
• Maria Shrime Gonzalez Survivor 46 juror; voted for Kenzie Petty
• Kenzie Petty Won Survivor 46 with five jury votes
• Ben Katzman Third finalist; received no jury votes

Questions people ask

Are Charlie and Maria still friends after Survivor 46?

Charlie Davis has said they are not what they were. He told Parade the day after the finale that they do not have to be friends and that it would not be what it could have been, and he later said on the On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast that they had not spoken since the season aired.

Why did Maria vote for Kenzie instead of Charlie?

Maria Shrime Gonzalez has not given a public explanation that can be sourced. What is documented is the vote itself: she cast one of Kenzie Petty's five jury votes at the Survivor 46 final tribal council.

What was the text message Charlie Davis talked about?

By his account, Maria sent him a preview of the answers she planned to give in exit press, and he found it inconsistent with a year of their conversations. That is Charlie's description. Maria has not publicly responded and the message has never been produced.

What was the Survivor 46 final vote?

Kenzie Petty won 5-3-0. Charlie Davis took three votes and Ben Katzman took none. Maria Shrime Gonzalez, voted out on day 24 in fifth place, voted for Kenzie.

Did Survivor 50 bring Charlie and Maria back together?

No. Charlie Davis is in the Survivor 50 cast, which premiered 25 February 2026. Maria Shrime Gonzalez is not on that cast, so there was no on-air reunion.

Sources

• Survivor 46 runner-up Charlie Davis says his relationship with Maria permanently changed after her jury vote Parade, Mike Bloom, via AOL, 2024-05-23
• Survivor 50's Charlie Davis still seems quite bitter about what happened with Maria Shrime Gonzalez Surviving Tribal, undated
• Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans, cast list and premiere date Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-26

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