Who was Parvati Shallow married to? Survivor star compares former marriage to cult 

Television personality Parvati Shallow, who is widely known for starring in the popular reality-competition TV show, Survivor, which is produced in multiple countries across the globe, in a recent interview with US Weekly, opened up about her childhood, marriage, and her upcoming memoir, Nice Girls Don't Win. The 42-year-old reality TV star, Parvati Shallow, got candid about the time she starred in Survivor, growing up, and her marriage to one of the Survivor cast members.

While Parvati Shollaw compared her former marriage to a cult in her upcoming memoir, she opened up to US Weekly and revealed how her initial years growing up were spent on a commune that was led by a dominating and manipulative guru, who would cleverly collect her followers' money, organize arranged marriages and would come up with detailed strategies to adopt her follower's infants.

As Parvati Shallow compared her former marriage to a cult, the netizens got curious about whom she was married to. The Survivor: Micronesia winner, Shallow, was married to John Fincher, who appeared on Survivor: Samoa. After meeting one another through mutual Survivor friends, they got engaged in 2017 and eventually tied the knot the same year.

The marriage that began with love and attraction soon turned into Shallow's worst nightmare as it reached a point that she had to request a protective order against Fincher, which was eventually denied. As per People, Parvati Shallow's filing claimed that Fincher was dangerous to her as well as her daughter, Ama. She also accused him of abusing her verbally and emotionally.

Parvati Shallow mentioned her former marriage to John Fincher in her upcoming memoir and compared it to a cult

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Parvati Shallow's memoir Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power is set to be released on July 8, 2025. She discussed her former marriage to John Fincher in it as she wanted to tell her side of the story. During her interview with US Weekly, she talked about the part in her memoir where she compared her marriage to Fincher to a cult. When she was asked about it, Shallow said:

"I wrote down the hallmarks of a cult. There are certain key signs that you’re like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s a cult.’ My marriage felt that way. I think marriage, in general, comes from a patriarchal sort of creation of a woman’s obedience to a man and the man being the head of the household and the lay down the law kind of thing. A lot of women can get trapped in this false sense of safety when we think about marriage. Where I was at in my life, I didn’t really have a sense of self. I didn’t have a career built up for myself. I wanted someone to give me direction in my life. I wanted a baby. I wanted a family. That seemed safe and secure, and I loved this guy. A lot of it was really hard and not working, but a lot of it was also really fun [when we first got together."

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