Dedham Survivor Update: Bret LaBelle's Occupational Fib

With a merge ahead, Dedham’s Bret LaBelle days on Survivor could be numbered, partially thanks to one conversation he had with members of the Ikabula tribe.

With four millennials and two Generation X members in the tribe, the odds were already against the Boston police sergeant, but one conversation about his job may have made things worse.

“I’m sitting there minding my own business and Hannah starts asking about the funeral home business so I start giving her the answers I think she wants to hear,” LaBelle said, after telling Hannah Shapiro that he worked as a funeral director when she asked about his job.

She didn’t tell LaBelle, but Shapiro wasn’t buying the fib.

“I grew up in Boston, I’m pretty sure he’s a cop,” she said. “He sounds like every cop I’ve ever met.”

None of the other millennials in the tribe were buying that LaBelle spends more time at the funeral home, rather than the police station.

“I know Florida cops. Take away the accent, put him in a uniform, and place him in Florida and he’s someone I’m running away from every time I try to start a bonfire on the beach. He’s too funny and lively to be a funeral director,” Jay Starrett said.

LaBelle said he chose to lie because historically, police officers do not perform well on Survivor.

After a defeat in the immunity challenge, the four millennials, led by Michaela Bradshaw had their eyes on LaBelle, but Starrett and Will Wahl went against the plan, voting against Bradshaw due to her success in the challenges and game intelligence.

At tribal council, votes by the two Gen-Xers, Starrett, and Wahl led to a shocking blindside that sent Bradshaw, the one tribe member emphasizing trust, home and out of the game.

Next week, the three tribes merge to become one and the millennials have a 7-6 advantage.

Survivor airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on CBS.

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