There have been many breakout Survivor cast members during the show’s forty-four season run, but there haven’t been many that have generated stronger reactions than Carolyn Wiger. The thirty-something mom from Minnesota did everything on the island in her own way with a unique and vibrant energy that propelled her to the final three. That energy also led to a lot of feedback from fans (and host Jeff Probst). Initially, some of that feedback was extremely negative, to the point where she told people to chill out on sending her mean DMs, but by the end of the season, a lot of the response was much more positive.
Following her exit, Carolyn was asked how she felt about all those social media takes and all the people who have reached out to her. Not surprisingly, she used a lot of words to talk about where her head was at, and ultimately, while she recognizes some of the negativity is there and she’s “not everybody’s cup of tea”, she’s way more focused on the positives, specifically all the people who have told her they felt seen after watching her. You can read a portion of her quote from the interview with Entertainment Weekly…
