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rCySurvivor 50rCO Star Ozzy Lusth Is rCySurprisedrCO CBS Asked Him to Return After rCyHardcorerCO OnlyFans Career

By Nicholas Hautman

February 26, 2026
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Ozzy Lusth never thought he had a chance to return to Survivor after
pivoting from reality TV to OnlyFans.

rCLIrCOm surprised CBS asked me back after everything,rCY Lusth, 44, told The U.S. Sun in an interview published on Tuesday, February 24. rCLI dabbled
in some pretty hardcore stuff.rCY

Lusth has competed on five seasons of Survivor: 2006rCOs Cook Islands, 2008rCOs Micronesia, 2011rCOs South Pacific, 2017rCOs Game Changers and Survivor 50, which premiered on Wednesday, February 25.

Prior to coming back for this yearrCOs milestone 25th anniversary season, Lusth launched an OnlyFans account in 2021, on which he posted not only
naked photos but also sex tapes. He came out as bisexual the following year.

rCLIt was pretty dark for a while. I wasnrCOt in a good place back then, and my choices reflected that, but I have no regrets,rCY Lusth told the
outlet. rCLIrCOm really surprised my OnlyFans wasnrCOt a reason for them to turn me down. ItrCOs a lot. I thought for sure it would be a reason they wouldnrCOt want me on this, you know, sort of family-friendly show.rCY

However, Lusth shared that the showrCOs casting director, Jesse
Tannenbaum, rCLassuredrCY him that his side hustle was not a problem with producers.

rCLWhen they first started making the calls, I was like, rCyDude, are you sure?rCO HerCOs like, rCyLook, they know everything. They know it all. ItrCOs not a deal breaker. So thatrCOs obviously why werCOre calling you now,'rCY Lusth told Entertainment Weekly in January. rCLAnd I was like, rCyF*** yeah, letrCOs go.'rCY

LusthrCOs OnlyFans, which is no longer active, was not his first foray
into the adult entertainment industry. Shortly after finishing as the runner-up on his first season of Survivor, he appeared in an episode of
the Playboy TV reality dating series Foursome.

rCLI remember answering an ad for Playboy TV that was something like,
rCySpend 24 hours with two couples, and if something happens, great.rCO Something like that rCo and it paid $500,rCY he recalled to Paper magazine
in 2021. rCLSo I sent in my stuff and got on the show. I never thought I
would be an actor or in front of the camera. I had done nude modeling
when I was in college, and I was a stripper in college. IrCOve been an exhibitionist my whole life. I figured this would be a one-off and no
one would watch it.rCY

However, Lusth admittedly did not think about his explicit scenes living
on the internet rCLforever.rCY

rCLI just wanted to have fun,rCY he said. rCLI thought, rCyIrCOm going to have fun
with these chicks, and it will be a blast.rCO No thought of the future.
$500 to have a good time? LetrCOs do it. And it was so much fun. And I got
a taste of what it was like to perform in front of a crew of people, and
it didnrCOt affect me. In fact, I kinda liked it.rCY

Lusth claimed SurvivorrCys former casting director Lynne Spillman was rCLfuriousrCY when she found out about his Foursome appearance, so he wrote
an apology letter to longtime host Jeff Probst.

rCLIt didnrCOt seem to affect them casting me anymore,rCY he added.

Survivor 50 airs on CBS Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.

Source: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/survivor-50s-ozzy-lusth-surprised-cbs-asked-him-to-return-after-onlyfans/
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