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Jeff Probst is digging deep.
The longtime big and showrunner of CBS' Survivor, which is presently airing its 43rd season, is revealing however agelong helium plans connected snuffing contestants' torches—and, of course, gave an reply acceptable for tribal council.
"It's intolerable to picture what Survivor represents to me. Impossible," helium told Entertainment Weekly Dec. 7. "It goes beyond originative look oregon nonrecreational recognition. It's overmuch deeper. It's close successful enactment with the ideas I effort to impressment connected our players. It's astir pushing myself further than I deliberation I tin go, astir trying to enactment successful the infinitesimal and accommodate to my surroundings, astir being a bully 'tribe member,' astir being unfastened to caller ideas and caller people."
He added, "The aforesaid opportunities Survivor offers the players, it offers me. I emotion Survivor and I inactive request Survivor."
So, don't worry, Survivor fans: It seems similar Probst won't be leaving Fiji anytime soon.
Although Entertainment Weekly reported that Probst considered leaving the CBS contention amusement doubly previously—after seasons 12 and 16—to prosecute different projects, helium yet stayed, gaining much originative power successful the process. Now, the Finder's Fee director has ushered the bid into a "new era" aft the coronavirus pandemic, with a shorter, 26-day crippled and more twists than ever.
"The Covid interruption was a large Survivor reset for me," helium said. "Coming connected the heels of Winners astatine War, which I loved, I was much bushed than I realized. When we had to postpone our shoot, it gave maine a accidental to measurement backmost and erstwhile again bespeak connected each the things I perfectly emotion astir this show."
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Catch Probst adjacent retired play 43 erstwhile the finale airs Dec. 14 astatine 8 p.m. ET connected CBS.
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