Savannah Louie got real about the shocking amount of money she owed to the IRS after winning Survivor 49.
“It is painful, it’s actually devastating. I have already paid my taxes, obviously, from the past year and I think of that $1 million I paid about $380,000,” Savannah, 32, said during a Thursday, May 7 appearance on the “Financial Tea With Mrs. Dow Jones” podcast. “It was a punch to the gut.”
The former newscaster explained that the prize amount was “more money” than she had “ever made in a year.”
“To sign a check over essentially for that high, it was unreal,” she reflected. “It hurts.”
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