After profitable season 43 of "Survivor," Mike Gabler introduced he'll donate his $1 million prize to veterans in want.
Gabler, a coronary heart valve specialist from Houston, Texas, revealed to host Jeff Probst within the after-show that he could be placing his prize cash towards a trigger pricey to him.
"There are individuals who want that cash extra, and I will donate your complete prize — your complete million-dollar prize, in my father's title, Robert Gabler, who was a Inexperienced Beret — to veterans in want who're recovering from psychiatric issues, PTSD and curb the suicide epidemic," mentioned Gabler, who was named the season's "Sole Survivor."
As the choice was cheered on by his fellow castmates, Gabler, 52, the second-oldest winner ever on the present, mentioned "all of us did this."
"We're gonna save lives, we're gonna do one thing good... Million dollars goes to them. We made historical past guys," he mentioned.
Gabler added he had a number of members of his household and mates within the navy. When requested by Probst if he was wealthy, Gabler mentioned he wasn't and has "labored very laborious."
"However I noticed being by means of this expertise, I'm wealthy at house," he mentioned. "I've an incredible life at house. I've an incredible household. I've superb mates. I have to be a greater husband, I have to be a greater father, I have to be a greater brother, son. I will do all these issues similar to all of us are going to try this after we go house."
He informed CBS Bay Space that profitable Survivor was "surreal" for him as a fan of the present, and his donation towards veterans was about doing "one thing good with the cash."
"Whereas I've by no means been within the service myself, to have the distinction to serve them is fairly profound to me," he mentioned.
Survivor airs on CBS and Paramount+. Season 44 premieres on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.