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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam

Kentucky’s ex-Survivor lawmaker rues ‘embarrassing’ cousin gaffe in incest bill

Nick Wilson in his time on the Survivor TV show.
Nick Wilson in his time on the Survivor TV show. Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images

A Kentucky state lawmaker and 2018 winner of the television competition Survivor had to hastily scrap a proposed measure that – if approved – would have unintentionally legalized sex between first cousins.

After correcting the gaffe within a day, Nick Wilson – a Republican representative in Kentucky’s house of representatives – expressed hope that the misstep would not doom a measure whose purpose is to combat familial abuse.

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