Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick is explaining herself after her fellow “Survivor” alum Eliza Orlins called her out for antisemetic comments.
“During a conversation in which I was calling out someone for what I perceived as a lack of support for the Jewish community, I misspoke in a way that was abrupt, poorly worded, and offensive,” Kendrick, 45, told the Daily Mail on Wednesday, August 20. “What I meant to express was frustration that someone who is Jewish was not standing up for their own community in a moment that called for unity and support. However, the way I said it was wrong, and I take full responsibility for how it came across.”
Kendrick made the comments in question in a since-deleted Instagram video published by the Daily Mail. The video was a response to Orlins’ “full exposé”