Cirie Fields Responds to Boston Rob Questioning If She Used &x27;Excuses&x27; to &x27;Justify&x27; Her “Survivor” Finale Vote (Exclusive) Charlotte WalshTue, June 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM UTC 0 Cirie Fields; Rob "Boston Rob" MarianoCredit: Lisa/AFFUSA/Shutterstock; Michael Tullberg/Getty Cirie Fields is responding to Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano challenging her Survivor 50 vote Mariano previously questioned Fields and Ozzy Lusth&x27;s explanations for voting for winner Aubry Bracco "I don&x27;t need excuses to justify anything I do or say," Fields tells PEOPLE Cirie Fields is standing by her vote.
Cirie Fields Responds to Boston Rob Questioning If She Used 'Excuses' to 'Justify' Her “Survivor” Finale Vote (Exclusive)
Charlotte WalshTue, June 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM UTC
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Cirie Fields; Rob "Boston Rob" MarianoCredit: Lisa/AFF-USA/Shutterstock; Michael Tullberg/Getty -
Cirie Fields is responding to Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano challenging her Survivor 50 vote
Mariano previously questioned Fields and Ozzy Lusth's explanations for voting for winner Aubry Bracco
"I don't need excuses to justify anything I do or say," Fields tells PEOPLE
Cirie Fields is standing by her vote.
The Survivor legend, who appeared on the reality competition series' milestone 50th season this year, caught up with PEOPLE at Tribeca Festival's Survivor 50th Season Anniversary Panel on Saturday, June 6 about another season in the books.
During the event, Fields, 55, responded to critiques from fellow series star Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano about her decision to vote for winner Aubry Bracco during the finale. Mariano, 50, questioned in a Wednesday, June 4 interview with Parade if Fields' and Ozzy Lusth's explanations for voting for Bracco were "excuses."
"I'll be 56 years old in July," Fields says. "I don't need excuses to justify anything I do or say. Never have, never will. Period."
Cirie Fields in 'Survivor 50'Credit: Robert Voets/CBS
On May 20, Bracco won Survivor 50 in an 8-3-0 jury vote and took home the season's $2 million prize. Fields left with the $100,000 Sia Fan Favorite prize, which was voted on by viewers.
Weeks later, Mariano told Parade that he found it "interesting" that Fields and other voters discussed Bracco playing "the middle" during her winning season. "Years ago, that would be considered being called a coattail rider. She rode someone's coattails, and that was looked down upon, and now it's being revered," Mariano said. "So, I wonder, is that something they actually revere, or is that the excuse they're giving to be able to justify their vote? To say she played the middle really well, because they didn't want to vote for Jonathan [Young], or they didn't want to vote for Joe [Hunter], so they wanted to vote for Aubry. 'What's the excuse we can use for Aubry?'"
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Mariano then explained that he didn't want his comments to "take away from Aubry's win."
"I do believe she should have won. But it's interesting. I think [it's] a lesson in psychology, how everybody tells themselves the stories they want to hear and that's always been the way. And I think in the moment, I think you don't have to say anything. As a jury member, you can say whatever you want. But I think in their mind sometimes they feel that justifying it makes it logical," he said.
Elsewhere during her chat with PEOPLE, Fields — who finished the season in sixth place — reflected on the "awesome" experience. Fields is now a six-time Survivor competitor, making her debut on the franchise during 2006's Survivor: Panama.
"It was an amazing ride so it's kind of like you get happy and sad feelings because it came so quickly even though we filmed a year ago and it's over," she says of Survivor 50. "Wow, that was amazing. And there are lots of memories, so I find myself frequently remembering things from the island, things from the finale — all pleasant though."
As for what's next for Fields, she says "there's so much" ahead for her after her run on Survivor 50. "This has been the best year and continues to be one of the best years of my life. So please just stay tuned," she says. "... There may be other shows, there may be some commercials. There's a lot going on."
Survivor 50 can be streamed in full on Paramount+. PEOPLE's 50 Seasons of Survivor special issue is available on newsstands.
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Published: June 9, 2026 at 06:36PM on Source: PRIME TIME
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