Australian Survivor contestant Rogue ‘deeply humiliated’ after exit

She begged her tribemates to vote her out and deleted her account. Now, Survivor’s most controversial contestant is breaking her silence.

Controversial Australian Survivor contestant Rogue Rubin has broken her silence to say she’s “deeply humiliated” about the conversation that ultimately contributed to her early exit in the show.

The filmmaker and animal rights activist, 42, left Survivor last night in an extraordinary tribal council. She first accused most of her tribemates of not living up to their “heroes” tag, and then, when she sensed they had turned on her, she announced that she wanted them to vote her out.

Rogue really said, ‘You can’t fire me, I quit.’

“Honestly, I’m listening and I’m hearing people and I’m sensing and I’m going, ‘I’d like to be voted off.’ I want to be voted off. I would like everyone to go there and sign my name,” Rogue announced – a move her tribemates described as “mind-boggling”.

The fiery exit came after Rogue made few friends in her tribe, and caused a social media firestorm with her comments to African-American tribemate Nina Twine early in the game.

In last week’s series premiere, Nina was shown telling Rogue which part of the US she was from.

“North Carolina. On the east coast. All the way on the other side,” she said.

“Because I live there half the time, I don’t need you to explain it to me like I’m an idiot,” Rogue shot back, putting her hand on Twine’s shoulder. “I work in the US all the time.”

Rogue’s shocking comment to Nina (right) during the season premiere.

And then the kicker, from Rogue: “I’m more African-American than you are, you need to understand that. Because I’m from Africa.” (Rubin was born in Cape Town, South Africa.)

Her comments understandably shocked viewers, some of whom questioned whether she should have been kicked off the show. Amid intense scrutiny from viewers and even Nina’s mother, two-time US Survivor winner Sandra Diaz-Twine, Rogue posted a message on Instagram apparently blaming “editing” for the moment, before deleting her account.

But in a post-exit interview with 10Play, she struck a different tone.

“I’m heartbroken. I’m deeply humiliated that my words have caused offence. I made a silly comment, very much in jest, since I was born in Africa and have lived in America, and in no way did I intend to cause disrespect to Nina or anyone else and I really, wholeheartedly apologise,” she told the outlet.

Nina (right) confronts Rogue (centre) about her earlier comments.

Nina confronted Rogue on their earlier encounter during last night’s tribal council, challenging her on her assertion that most of the tribe did not deserve their “heroes” tag.

“It’s been nine days, and I do feel like I’ve held my tongue just a little bit,” she said.

“In my opinion, I feel like you would find more of us a little bit more heroic if you got to know us a little bit more, but that’s hard because of the way that you have spoken to us.”

Australian Survivor: Heroes vs Villains continues 7.30pm Monday on Ten

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