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In the Dec. 15 finale of Survivor play 43, newly-crowned victor Mike Gabler made past twice—first by becoming the second-oldest victor ever, and 2nd by donating the prize to charity.
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Mike Gabler will spell down in Survivor history—for much than 1 reason.
With his triumph during Dec. 14's Survivor season 43 finale, the bosom valve specialist, 52, not lone became the second-oldest idiosyncratic to ever triumph the game—only coming down Robert "Bob" Crowley of Survivor: Gabon, who was 57 astatine the clip of his win—but besides became the first person to donate the full $1 cardinal prize to charity. The self-nicknamed "AlliGabler" volition beryllium donating his winnings to veterans suffering from post-traumatic accent upset and other psychiatric problems successful grant of his father, Robert Gabler, a Green Beret.
Though Gabler had been telling cameras astir his program for days earlier last tribal council, he shared his intentions with his chap castmates during the season's aftershow, filmed moments aft his win.
"We're going to prevention lives and bash thing good," helium shared with his tribemates successful an affectional moment. "Season 43, each of america did this. A cardinal dollars is going to them. We made history, guys."
His chap castaways were blown distant by the moment, including Ryan Medrano, who teared up after hearing of the donation.
"My dad's a veteran—has 100 percent VA due to the fact that he's enactment his beingness connected the enactment clip and clip again, and I've been sitting astatine location thinking, 'Is helium gonna travel backmost this time?'" helium explained. "The information that he's giving it each to the veterans that served our country—there's truthful overmuch that we don't cognize that they spell through. They're implicit determination and they're warring for us, but they could travel backmost and not person a job, oregon beryllium disabled and not cared for. The information that he's giving that each to them is thing that he's allowing maine to beryllium a portion of, and it conscionable touches maine successful a way."
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Gabler won the season aft defeating frontrunner Jesse Lopez in a fire-making competition, going connected to beat chap last 3 members Cassidy Clark and Owen Knight 7-1-0, respectively.
Now, the bid is turning toward play 44, which volition beryllium premiering successful March 2023 with an all-new cast. In a teaser for the upcoming play released during Dec. 14's finale, host Jeff Probst described the adjacent section arsenic "one of the astir intense, unpredictable, inspirational and astir entertaining seasons of Survivor."
In the meantime, you tin drawback up connected Survivor season 43, which is present disposable to watercourse connected CBS and Paramount+.
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