More villains? I thought Jeff recently said he doesn't like villains?
And he thinks Savannah might be a villain? Damn! Even Jeff hates her. lol _____________________________________________________________________
Jeff Probst reveals his Survivor Mount Rushmore and says he wants more villains on the show
The host also responds to being called out on "Las Culturistas" podcast.
By Dalton Ross
November 20, 2025 7:00 a.m. ET
ItrCOs been a hot, dry season of Survivor so far, but a Survivor storm has been brewing off the island recently courtesy of the On Fire With Jeff Probst podcast. On the Oct. 22 episode, Probst asked Survivor: Cambodia champion Jeremy Collins (who acts as an On Fire cohost this season) if Parvati Shallow rCo who won Survivor: Micronesia and recently won
Australian Survivor in a 16-day season rCo counted as a two-time winner.
rCLListen, I donrCOt think so,rCY replied Jeremy. rCLIn my Survivor world, I say
she has one and a half wins. ItrCOs a good win. Survivor Australia is a
good one. But itrCOs not the same as Survivor U.S. ItrCOs not the same.rCY
Suffice it to say, Parv Nation rose up en masse, taking Jeremy to task
for his opinion, with Parvati herself commenting on Instagram, rCLA couple of straight men trying to discredit a womanrCa get a new move boys.rCY
Also jumping to ParvatirCOs defense were Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang on
their Las Culturistas podcast, with Rogers noting, rCLI donrCOt think so, honey. Jeff Probst, yourCOre not gonna get away with calling Parvati
Shallow a one-and-a-half time winner of Survivor. She won two times. She
won Micronesia, and you know that. And she just won Australian Survivor, which is, IrCOm gonna say it, not only a more difficult version of
Survivor, but a better produced version of Survivor. American Survivor,
you better get it together because they are lapping you, they are outclassing you around the world. Do not play with me about Parv.rCY
To which Yang chimed in, rCLDonrCOt f--- with Parv.rCY
Rogers than continued: rCLJeff, IrCOve got a lot to say about the amount of twists in the show. IrCOm a diehard fan of the show for years, and I just,
I donrCOt think itrCOs getting better. So for you to pick on one of the great iconic winners of the show, I think because she went and did
Traitors and that pisses you off. DonrCOt show that yourCOre insecure, Jeff. Because I will get you on this podcast. I donrCOt think so, honey. Nothing but respect for the queen, Parvati. Love ya.rCY
The only problem is, Probst never actually offered any sort of public opinion on the matter, a fact he pointed out while replying to the controversy on the newest episode of On Fire.
rCLSomehow, Jeremy's answer, his own opinion as a player, got attributed
to me,rCY Probst responds on his own podcast. rCLAnd now I'm the one who said that ParvatirCOs win doesn't count. I didn't say it. I don't even
have an opinion. And if you think that was a leading question and I was hoping Jeremy would answer that way, you don't know me. I have opinions.
I state them all the time. I often regret them later. But I don't have
an opinion on this. I've never played. I couldn't comment if it's a
worthy win or not.rCY
After Jeremy confirmed that he rCo and not the host rCo was the one stating the opinion, Probst continued on being slammed by Las Culturistas: rCLThe thing is, I like that podcast, and Bowen was great to me when I was on
SNL. He welcomed me and kind of relieved some pressure that you kind of
feel when you're there. And I like both those guys. So Matt, I hear you.
And it was funny, but you got the wrong guy. Retape that with Jeremy.
And Jeremy, you can take all the grief.rCY
After then reiterating that he has nothing to do with Australian
Survivor, Probst decided to go and drop an opinion anyway, and it has to
do with the four people he considers the best to ever play the game.
rCLI do have an opinion I would like to offer up, if I may. My opinion is
I have a Mount Rushmore of Survivor players from the U.S. Just my own opinion. And I'm going tell you who they are: Boston Rob, Sandra, Tony,
and Parvati. Those are the only four people on my Mount Rushmore.
Parvati is one of the most dominant to ever play. Incredibly charming, mischievous, devious, duplicitous rCo all the things that Tony is, and Rob is, and Sandra.rCY
Probst also notes that fearsome foursome has something else in common. rCLAlso worth mentioning, all four of them are villains. Celebrated villains. Villains that we love.rCY
Fans have lamented a lack of villains in the showrCOs new era, but the
host insists he is not weeding them out in casting. rCLThe only reason I bring up villains, is that people keep saying rCyProbst doesn't want villains.rCO Oh, let me be clear. If you know a Rob, a Sandra, a Tony, or
a Parvati waiting to play Survivor, please give them my personal number because we will put them on the show immediately.rCY
However, there is a brand of old school Survivor villain that Probst
admits is now persona non grata. rCLBut if what you're talking about in
the kind of villains you want is sort of that throwback rCo and we've had some that are just sort of mean-spirited rCo they're not fun. It's ugly. Those people, no, we don't want them. They can apply to other shows. But
the idea of villains is still very much alive. I think in Survivor 49,
you could argue Savannah's making a case.rCY
In the end, the host says he loves the debate and discussion over all
things SurvivorrCa as long as he is not misquoted in the process. rCLThat's why Survivor is fun. It is a sport. I like these opinions. I get tons
thrown at me all the time. I don't mind it. Except if I didn't say it,
then I mind it. So that's all I wanted to clear up.rCY
Your move, Las Culturistas.
Source: https://ew.com/survivor-jeff-probst-responds-being-called-out-las-culturistas-podcast-11853094
On 11/20/2025 7:10 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
More villains? I thought Jeff recently said he doesn't like villains?
And he thinks Savannah might be a villain? Damn! Even Jeff hates her. lol
_____________________________________________________________________
Jeff Probst reveals his Survivor Mount Rushmore and says he wants more
villains on the show
The host also responds to being called out on "Las Culturistas" podcast.
By Dalton Ross
November 20, 2025 7:00 a.m. ET
ItrCOs been a hot, dry season of Survivor so far, but a Survivor storm
has been brewing off the island recently courtesy of the On Fire With
Jeff Probst podcast. On the Oct. 22 episode, Probst asked Survivor:
Cambodia champion Jeremy Collins (who acts as an On Fire cohost this
season) if Parvati Shallow rCo who won Survivor: Micronesia and recently
won Australian Survivor in a 16-day season rCo counted as a two-time
winner.
rCLListen, I donrCOt think so,rCY replied Jeremy. rCLIn my Survivor world, I
say she has one and a half wins. ItrCOs a good win. Survivor Australia
is a good one. But itrCOs not the same as Survivor U.S. ItrCOs not the same.rCY
Suffice it to say, Parv Nation rose up en masse, taking Jeremy to task
for his opinion, with Parvati herself commenting on Instagram, rCLA
couple of straight men trying to discredit a womanrCa get a new move boys.rCY
Also jumping to ParvatirCOs defense were Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang on
their Las Culturistas podcast, with Rogers noting, rCLI donrCOt think so, >> honey. Jeff Probst, yourCOre not gonna get away with calling Parvati
Shallow a one-and-a-half time winner of Survivor. She won two times.
She won Micronesia, and you know that. And she just won Australian
Survivor, which is, IrCOm gonna say it, not only a more difficult
version of Survivor, but a better produced version of Survivor.
American Survivor, you better get it together because they are lapping
you, they are outclassing you around the world. Do not play with me
about Parv.rCY
To which Yang chimed in, rCLDonrCOt f--- with Parv.rCY
Rogers than continued: rCLJeff, IrCOve got a lot to say about the amount
of twists in the show. IrCOm a diehard fan of the show for years, and I
just, I donrCOt think itrCOs getting better. So for you to pick on one of >> the great iconic winners of the show, I think because she went and did
Traitors and that pisses you off. DonrCOt show that yourCOre insecure,
Jeff. Because I will get you on this podcast. I donrCOt think so, honey.
Nothing but respect for the queen, Parvati. Love ya.rCY
The only problem is, Probst never actually offered any sort of public
opinion on the matter, a fact he pointed out while replying to the
controversy on the newest episode of On Fire.
rCLSomehow, Jeremy's answer, his own opinion as a player, got attributed
to me,rCY Probst responds on his own podcast. rCLAnd now I'm the one who
said that ParvatirCOs win doesn't count. I didn't say it. I don't even
have an opinion. And if you think that was a leading question and I
was hoping Jeremy would answer that way, you don't know me. I have
opinions. I state them all the time. I often regret them later. But I
don't have an opinion on this. I've never played. I couldn't comment
if it's a worthy win or not.rCY
After Jeremy confirmed that he rCo and not the host rCo was the one
stating the opinion, Probst continued on being slammed by Las
Culturistas: rCLThe thing is, I like that podcast, and Bowen was great
to me when I was on SNL. He welcomed me and kind of relieved some
pressure that you kind of feel when you're there. And I like both
those guys. So Matt, I hear you. And it was funny, but you got the
wrong guy. Retape that with Jeremy. And Jeremy, you can take all the
grief.rCY
After then reiterating that he has nothing to do with Australian
Survivor, Probst decided to go and drop an opinion anyway, and it has
to do with the four people he considers the best to ever play the game.
rCLI do have an opinion I would like to offer up, if I may. My opinion
is I have a Mount Rushmore of Survivor players from the U.S. Just my
own opinion. And I'm going tell you who they are: Boston Rob, Sandra,
Tony, and Parvati. Those are the only four people on my Mount
Rushmore. Parvati is one of the most dominant to ever play. Incredibly
charming, mischievous, devious, duplicitous rCo all the things that Tony
is, and Rob is, and Sandra.rCY
Probst also notes that fearsome foursome has something else in common.
rCLAlso worth mentioning, all four of them are villains. Celebrated
villains. Villains that we love.rCY
Fans have lamented a lack of villains in the showrCOs new era, but the
host insists he is not weeding them out in casting. rCLThe only reason I
bring up villains, is that people keep saying rCyProbst doesn't want
villains.rCO Oh, let me be clear. If you know a Rob, a Sandra, a Tony,
or a Parvati waiting to play Survivor, please give them my personal
number because we will put them on the show immediately.rCY
However, there is a brand of old school Survivor villain that Probst
admits is now persona non grata. rCLBut if what you're talking about in
the kind of villains you want is sort of that throwback rCo and we've
had some that are just sort of mean-spirited rCo they're not fun. It's
ugly. Those people, no, we don't want them. They can apply to other
shows. But the idea of villains is still very much alive. I think in
Survivor 49, you could argue Savannah's making a case.rCY
In the end, the host says he loves the debate and discussion over all
things SurvivorrCa as long as he is not misquoted in the process.
rCLThat's why Survivor is fun. It is a sport. I like these opinions. I
get tons thrown at me all the time. I don't mind it. Except if I
didn't say it, then I mind it. So that's all I wanted to clear up.rCY
Your move, Las Culturistas.
Source: https://ew.com/survivor-jeff-probst-responds-being-called-out-
las-culturistas-podcast-11853094
Jeff makes clear that he doesn't want mean-spirited villains, presumably someone like Russell Hantz or maybe an Abi-Maria type.-a He's okay with
what I would call mischievous villains, like Tony, who aren't really villains in the literal sense but who do everything with a wink to the camera.
And for the record - I think it is a stretch to call Parvati a villain.
Yes, she was cast on the Villains tribe of H vs V., but I have never
found her to be nasty or hurtful in the sense of more traditional villains.-a And based on what we have seen so far, with the caveat we haven't seen the entire season, I would hardly call Savannah a villain.
So far the most "villainous" thing she has done is maybe diving for the
keys that one episode, and once could really call that more competitive
than villainous.
I think Jeff may be confusing villainous with competitive.If it was a guy who dove for the keys, Jeff would say that was being competitive. I think he still has a problem admitting that women can be
On 11/20/2025 7:10 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
More villains? I thought Jeff recently said he doesn't like villains?
And he thinks Savannah might be a villain? Damn! Even Jeff hates her. lol
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Source:
https://ew.com/survivor-jeff-probst-responds-being-called-out-las-culturistas-podcast-11853094
Jeff makes clear that he doesn't want mean-spirited villains, presumably >someone like Russell Hantz or maybe an Abi-Maria type. He's okay with
what I would call mischievous villains, like Tony, who aren't really >villains in the literal sense but who do everything with a wink to the >camera.
And for the record - I think it is a stretch to call Parvati a villain.
Yes, she was cast on the Villains tribe of H vs V., but I have never
found her to be nasty or hurtful in the sense of more traditional
villains. And based on what we have seen so far, with the caveat we
haven't seen the entire season, I would hardly call Savannah a villain.
So far the most "villainous" thing she has done is maybe diving for the
keys that one episode, and once could really call that more competitive
than villainous.
I think Jeff may be confusing villainous with competitive.--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
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