Much of the initial uproar over the Survivor 50 cast has gone away over the past few months. Fans have mostly come to terms with who was chosen and started to get excited, but that doesn’t mean there’s not still some lingering confusion. Even if they’re not actively mad anymore, plenty of the beloved reality show’s fans still feel befuddled about some of the decisions casting made. Fortunately, longtime host Jeff Probst finally offered some clarity as to why we didn’t get more legends.
The clarification happened during a recent interview with TV Insider. Probst was there to hype up Survivor 49, which is about to start airing, when he was asked about the two players from that cast being chosen for the milestone season. During his extended answer, he talked about what he was looking for from players on Season 50, and his answer reveals a ton about why everything went down as it did. Here’s a portion of his quote…
