Jeff Probst Weighs In After Entering a Meat-Eating Vegetarian Contest
A survivor the host Jeff Probst he has no interest in giving special treatment to vegetarians.
After Survivor 47 Get rid of it Kyle Ostwald made a blind bet on a plate of chicken wings during a food auction featured on the Wednesday, November 6, episode of the reality competition series, and decided to eat it despite being a vegetarian for years. (Kyle’s competitor Sam Phalen (he offered to buy wings from her, but Probst, 63, said no sharing or trading would be allowed.)
This moment caused a backlash among some fans, one by one X user he asked why A survivor “it was glorifying to give vegetarians the ‘moral dilemma’ of eating meat” and compared the situation to giving a sane competitor a margarita.
The Reddit user said Kyle, 31, eating the wings “just felt forced” despite admitting he’s “his own person” who makes his own decisions.
“Where’s Jeff?!” a Reddit user wrote. “That sounds strange A survivor the production can have beef or whatever and it’s people who can’t eat beef.”
Probst, host A survivor since it premiered in 2000, stressed on Wednesday’s episode of his “On Fire With Jeff Probst” podcast that contestants with dietary restrictions “know where they’re walking in” when they apply to be on the show.
Kyle Ostwald and Jeff Probst in ‘Survivor.’
Robert Voets/CBS“They know that we will not change our system to treat anyone, in the same way we did not change anything [Survivor 43 contestant] Noelle [Lambert]who had a prosthetic leg, was on the show,” he said, noting that he “has no advice” for contestants who cannot eat certain foods. “He still had to face the same challenges with the same ball, all that stuff. That’s how we look at the game.”
Probst added that he doesn’t know if the contestants have dietary restrictions.
When Jeff Probst scolded Rachel LaMont for trying to steal rice during Survivor Immune, he was ultimately impressed by her courage. “Rachel tried to steal the rice in front of me,” said Probst, 62, on the Thursday, September 26, episode of his “On Fire” podcast. “In front of 20 cameras, in front of […]
You might think, ‘How can you spend months and months knowing these people and not know whether they are vegetarian or not?’ But I don’t,” he said. “It’s not important to me.”
The television producer said that what is important to him is that the contestant is a “talented storyteller” who has a “vision.”
Kyle noted during the auction that he had gone from veganism to vegetarianism just because A survivor desires. Before the chicken wings scene, he broke and ate a crab in a deleted scene. Entertainment Weekly last month.
Kyle Ostwald and Gabe Ortis on ‘Survivor.’
Robert Voets/CBS“Going seven-plus-eight years eating only things grown on the ground itself – I didn’t hurt anything in a heartbeat for a long time – I finally felt so low that I was willing to break that commitment that I had to myself,” Kyle said to the cameras.
When his friend went missing Gabe Ortiz asking him what the crab tastes like, Kyle replied, “It’s like I’m doing something wrong.”
Kyle is not the first A survivor the contestant to have fewer food options than his competitors while living off-world. Survival 46‘s Liz Wilcoxwho is allergic to many foods and therefore cannot eat coconuts or anything else on the island, he got a bad reputation there Q Burdette he didn’t invite her to the party to eat Applebee’s.
Robert Voets/CBS Jeff Probst criticizes the way survivors are handled. “I want to say right here on your show that from now on if you’re a Survivor player and you quit, your torch will not be extinguished,” Probst, 62, said during the Wednesday, November 15, episode of Live. […]
“I’m angry!” Liz broke down in tears after Q, 30, made her choice.
Although Liz knows better than anyone how hungry someone can be on the show, she was not thrilled with this season’s performances. A survivor in the auction.
Liz Wilcox on ‘Survivor.’
CBS“I’m sorry, but the auction on Day 14 is not fun to watch. And that’s from ME. The hungriest competitor ever,” he wrote via X on Wednesday.
In a follow-up tweet, Liz added, “Like I was really hungry right now but I [also] he didn’t eat coconut! Call me sick — I just don’t think they’re hungry enough. Two more days and yes! I’m so hungry!”
If I say Liz calls for tight auction conditions A survivor, Us doesn’t think the show will change its policy regarding dietary restrictions anytime soon.
A survivor airs on CBS and Paramount + Wednesdays at 8 pm ET. You can stream episodes on Paramount + the next day.
