Jeff Probst is addressing a bit of controversy from Survivor that has become the focus in recent seasons.
If you didn’t see, last week’s season 47 episode featured Kyle, a vegetarian contestant, bidding on an unknown food item in Survivor‘s famed food auction for the hungry players. Another contestant asked if Jeff would be willing to sell the plate to another contestant if there ended up being meat involved in Kyle‘s mystery item. Jeff declined. Well, Kyle‘s food ended up being a plate of chicken wings. He did end up consuming them and breaking his vegetarian diet for the food.
Last season, a castaway named Liz had a very famous blowup when she was starving and couldn’t eat what others were eating at the campsites due to her food allergies.
Jeff was asked for his thoughts.
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About if players should compete, or if he has advice for those with dietary restrictions, Jeff said on the “On Fire” podcast, “I have no advice or philosophy because they know what they’re getting into. They know that we’re not going to change our show to accommodate anyone in the same way. We didn’t change anything when Noelle, who had a prosthetic leg, was on the show. She still had to get up the same challenges over the same giant ball, all that stuff. That’s how we view the game.”
“Here’s what I find interesting. I don’t even know anymore about a player’s dietary restrictions. I know you may think, how could you possibly spend months and months getting to know these people and not know something about whether they’re vegetarian or not? But I don’t. It’s irrelevant to me,” Jeff added.
He continued, “I don’t even really care where people are from. I only care if I find you compelling, if you’re a good storyteller, if you have a point of view, all the things we talk about on this podcast because the game or the format or the twist, whatever it is, that’s always going to be whatever it is. It’s what the players do with those elements that makes a great season.”
He then said, “So maybe that’s my insight for future players regarding how to approach Survivor. Just remember what I said: The game, the format, the twist, whatever it is will always be whatever it is. You are what matters, so focus on yourself and listening to your gut and using your emotional intelligence and your social skills to play your game and worry less about whether or not the Knowledge is Power [advantage] is in the game. Because if everything else is working, you’ll know if the Knowledge is Power is in the game.”
