President Donald Trump’s mystery speech planned for Wednesday night is already sparking backlash from furious fans of the CBS hit show “Survivor,” who will have to wait a bit loinger to find out the winner of the show’s 49th season.Earlier Tuesday, Trump revealed that he would give a speech from the White House. After Fox News asked the White House to detail “what it’s all about,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump plans to address the nation at 9 p.m. Eastern. “I hope your audience will tune in, and Americans across the country will tune in to hear from their president as well about the historic accomplishments that he has garnered for our country over the past year. If you look at the security of our border, if you look at stopping Joe Biden’s inflation right in its tracks, bringing down gas prices to the lowest level in five years,” she said.Internet observers immediately homed in on the time, as the last-minute presidential address will interrupt CBS’s three-hour season finale, the network confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. CBS News will broadcast Trump’s live speech from the White House, anchored by Norah O’Donnell with reporting from chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes. To boot, the “Survivor” finale, which begins at 8 p.m. ET, will be forced to pause for the address and resume immediately afterward for viewers.And fans were not happy.That included Stephen Fishbach, a two-time Survivor contestant, who railed on X, “absolutely wild that Trump is trying to make #survivor 49 last even LONGER, surely this will be the last straw for his supporters.”Matt Rice, Washington correspondent for The New York Sun, warned on X, “Delaying the Survivor season finale for a nighttime address to the nation could actually result in Trump losing a few more points on his approval rating.”Austin Myers wrote on X, “Trump is a deranged man for scheduling a speech in the middle of the Survivor 49 finale.””Survivor” fan beando chided on X, “If Trump is interrupting the Survivor finale just to talk about ‘his accomplishments’ republican’s will lose another 2 points in 2026.”
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