Jeff Probst Tells Hollywood Life How He Became the Host of Survivor

Hollywood Life

Jeff Probst breaks down how he got the job as the Survior TV show.

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00:00 Great to see you.

00:01 Jeff, I'm a huge fan.

00:02 I'm a Stern fan, so I appreciate what you do for the Stern Show.

00:04 Anybody who's a Stern fan, to me, they get it.

00:06 Yes, I get it.

00:07 You, to me, have one of the best jobs in TV.

00:09 I do.

00:10 How did you get that job?

00:11 I wanted it.

00:12 For real, wanted it.

00:13 The second I heard about it, Mark Burnett was on the radio, and he was talking about

00:17 this show where he was going to dump a bunch of people on an island, and they had to vote

00:21 each other out.

00:22 And I literally called my agent, and I said, "There's a show called Survivor."

00:26 And he goes, "Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:27 Let me look into it."

00:28 And I never stopped thinking about it from that minute.

00:30 And when I got the job, it was the best day of my career, and it still is.

00:34 And I still love it.

00:35 It's one of the best.

00:36 How many auditions do you have to go for for that role?

00:38 You know, there's not even an audition.

00:39 It was a meeting.

00:40 I met with Mark Burnett, and he talked the whole time.

00:43 I was like, "What the fuck?

00:44 I don't get to say anything."

00:45 And at the end, I was like, "Hey, wait.

00:48 Look.

00:49 I'm a student of the human condition.

00:50 I'm a writer.

00:51 I've been in therapy.

00:52 I get this show."

00:53 And he said, "So nice to meet you."

00:54 And I was like, "What?"

00:55 And then six months later, I got a call saying, "You're in the running."

01:00 Over the years, you guys have chosen different islands to shoot at.

01:02 What's been your favorite place?

01:03 Obviously, you've been at the same place for a lot of years.

01:05 But you're one of the places like, "I don't need to go back to that place.

01:08 It's a hard place to kind of chill out for."

01:11 The Marquesas Islands.

01:12 Why is that?

01:13 The no-nos.

01:14 These no-seems.

01:15 These little bugs.

01:16 Oh, they're the worst.

01:17 They're everywhere.

01:18 Now, maybe it's not that way today.

01:21 The people there are beautiful, but the Marquesas Islands was the hardest shoot for us because

01:25 of that.

01:26 But everywhere else we've been, I'd go back in a second because we've been to some amazing

01:30 places.

01:31 Yeah, yeah.

01:32 Last question.

01:33 Do you guys give SPF?

01:35 What SPF are you using?

01:36 And what the contestants, what SPF are they using?

01:39 Are they given SPF because it is tough?

01:40 Yes.

01:41 We do give them sunscreen and bug spray.

01:44 It still doesn't help.

01:45 I mean, the sunscreen helps a little.

01:47 The bug spray doesn't help a lot.

01:48 They still get eaten alive.

01:51 But yeah, everybody's wearing sunscreen.

01:53 I'm the most lathered up person out there.

01:56 I put it everywhere.

01:57 But how do you do with the makeup?

01:58 Because you look good.

01:59 You always look great.

02:00 So when we're watching on TV, are you oily?

02:01 I'm on sunscreen.

02:02 Yeah, I'm oily and sweaty.

02:03 There's really not that much makeup.

02:06 It's a funny, you would think it's a TV show, but it's 110 degrees.

02:11 You can't really do a lot of makeup.

02:13 You can put a little on, but it sweats off.

02:15 I only care about sunscreen.

02:18 I really don't even care anymore how I look.

02:20 I've accepted it.

02:22 That's what you look like on Survivor.

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