“Survivor 50” star Rick Devens is “super psyched” for the live reunion next week — but he’s dreading seeing first boot Jenna Lewis-Dougherty.
“I do think there’s going to be drama. You know, with the exit press, there’s been a lot of back and forth,” the news anchor exclusively told Page Six after being voted off during Wednesday’s episode.
“The only person I don’t really want to see is Jenna,” he continued. “She trolled me the whole season. It just blows my mind.”
Lewis-Dougherty, 48, started the beef with Devens, 42, when she claimed on social media that he and Christian Hubicki were bragging about getting a lot of airtime the first night of filming.
But Devens told us that Lewis-Dougherty took his comments out of context.
“When we lost the first challenge, I’m like, ‘Hey, good news, guys. We’re going to get the airtime because we’re the tribe that loses,’” he explained. “That’s a joke, but it’s an obvious joke if I say it in front of the whole tribe.”
Devens said when he saw Lewis-Dougherty at the premiere party in February, she only “had nice things to say” about him, so he’s especially annoyed she later changed her tune.
“In her exit press she’s name-calling and bashing us, and then she just kept doing it all season,” he stated. “That’s not the way I play the game. So I was just over it.”
The “Survivor: Edge of Extinction” alum also insisted Lewis-Dougherty’s claims she made to Page Six about him, Hubicki, and Emily Flippen making an alliance before Season 50 are “not true at all.”
According to Devens, the only people he spoke to before filming were Aubry Bracco and Angelina Keeley.
“Aubry and I texted, and when I found out she was on, I was like, ‘Hey, I wanna see you out there,’” he recalled.
“And Angelina had reached out to me — I think probably every single person,” Devens added.
Devens also revealed that while Joe Hunter had “animosity” towards him because of their different styles of gameplay, they’ve made amends.
“He is a great guy. We’re friends now,” Devens said. “We sent our apologies back and forth.”
The “Survivor 50” finale and live reunion airs next Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
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