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Jeff Probst and Mike White Tease Competing on Survivor 50, Talk Survivor Fans and Play Pictionary
Jeff Probst and Mike White Tease Competing on Survivor 50, Talk Survivor Fans and Play Pictionary
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0:01
-I cannot wait to talk to you about everything.
0:02
I'm so happy you're here. Congrats, "Survivor 50."
0:04
-Thank you. -This is a big deal.
0:06
-I know it is. It's big. -[ Cheers and applause ]
0:08
-Yeah. -It's crazy.
0:09
Uh, there's a lot to celebrate.
0:11
I know we want to get to the book.
0:13
You have a book out as well, but also,
0:14
you did something that I thought was so fun and awesome.
0:18
You released a song that you sing.
0:21
-Yes. -Yes, it's -- yeah.
0:22
-Yes. -It's called "Survivor 50" --
0:26
-"Come and Get It" is the song, yeah.
0:28
-It's called "Survivor 50." -It's a rock song.
0:30
-Yes. It's legit. It's -- this is real deal.
0:33
-Well, I don't know that it's legit, but --
0:36
-Look at this picture of you. -Oh my God. Yep.
0:38
-This is on. Yeah. -Okay.
0:39
And okay, a little context.
0:43
That is Wichita, Kansas.
0:45
And I'm not kidding when I say that was just a Tuesday.
0:49
That's what I -- that's how I dressed.
0:50
I was in a, like a rock band that was terrible,
0:53
but I didn't know that.
0:55
-No. -You look so cool.
0:56
Come on, with the Van Halen t shirt.
0:58
-I wanted to be David Lee Roth.
0:59
-Yes. Who didn't? We all wanted to be. -Exactly.
1:01
-I want to play a little bit of it.
1:02
-Oh, really? -On "The Tonight Show."
1:05
"Survivor 50."
1:07
"Survivor 50: Come and Get It."
1:10
♪ Come and get it ♪
1:12
♪ Take what's yours ♪
1:13
♪ You want it bad, I say you gotta want it more ♪
1:16
♪ So come on, come and get it ♪
1:18
♪ Take what's yours ♪
1:20
♪ You want your face in the stone ♪
1:22
♪ Then you gots to bring the war ♪
1:24
-Yeah. -Yeah.
1:25
-Alright, let's -- I mean -- -[ Cheers and applause ]
1:26
Come on.
1:28
You're on Spotify.
1:29
-Okay, here's the deal.
1:30
For real. -Yes.
1:31
-Why would you do that?
1:32
It's ridiculous, over the top.
1:34
But I was thinking of "Survivor 50" and
1:36
"The Super Bowl Shuffle"
1:37
that the Chicago Bears did for the Super Bowl.
1:40
And I thought, I'm gonna die one day.
1:42
I want to do the things I want to do.
1:45
I want to write a rock song.
1:46
So we recorded at Henson Studio. Now it's Chaplin Studio.
1:50
It's one of the most legendary rock studios,
1:53
recording studios in the world.
1:54
-You went there to record? -Yes.
1:55
-How fun. -It was so much fun.
1:57
I'm not kidding. It was one of the highlights of my life.
1:59
-Come on, bud, to do that, I think it's the greatest thing. -Yeah.
2:02
-"Survivor 50: Come and Get It" on Spotify.
2:04
Wherever you get your music. Listen to it.
2:06
It's so fun. When you're having your watch party tomorrow night --
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-There you go. Play this. -Turn this on and crank it loud.
2:11
I read somewhere that when you were doing "Survivor 50"
2:15
before you shot it,
2:16
you watched the first ever episode of "Survivor."
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What went through your brain? What do you remember?
2:21
-Well, I had not watched it because I couldn't.
2:23
I had this, like, trauma. I mean, how -- was it --
2:26
was I okay? Was the show okay?
2:28
And what I remember was when it started the very first season,
2:32
we just started, all of a sudden,
2:34
people just started jumping off the boat.
2:36
And I have to explain what the show is about.
2:38
And what I remember about it is it was one take.
2:41
You're not gonna get the players back up on the boat
2:43
and say, jump again.
2:45
And so "Survivor" has always been that sort of one take,
2:47
risky, try an idea, if it works, do it again.
2:50
If it doesn't, try something else.
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But that's what stood out to me
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is we were making a show by hook or by crook.
2:56
It's just a live show. -Yeah.
2:57
Who knows what the show is going to be?
3:00
-Exactly. -Who knows how it's gonna end?
3:01
-Who knew what it was gonna be? That was it.
3:02
-Yeah. -Yeah.
3:04
And right there, and you took it from there.
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You also, you released this book, uh, today it's out.
3:08
-Yeah. -This is by you and this is all of your...
3:11
[ Cheers and applause ]
3:14
It's photos. -It's pretty spectacular.
3:17
Scott Duncan is our main DP on the show.
3:19
And these are a thousand photos from his 25 years.
3:22
He's a day one person.
3:24
And if you're a "Survivor" fan, it's a very visceral experience.
3:27
-Yeah, I know everyone. There's Cirie. I love everybody in here.
3:30
Here's one of your journals in the back.
3:33
-I keep -- I kept a journal in the first season.
3:35
-"We started shooting in one week.
3:37
This is unscripted live spontaneous experience.
3:39
I will have to react to what is happening
3:41
as it happens in real time.
3:42
Giant monitor lizard in my room." -[ Jeff laughs ]
3:45
That thing was huge and I didn't even know what they were.
3:48
But I woke up in the middle of the night
3:50
and this creature is just crawling along.
3:52
-Yeah, you've seen everything. But also I was going through
3:55
how many people have been on "Survivor" now, contestants.
3:58
-There were 750. -Yeah.
3:59
-How did you narrow down who would be on All Stars?
4:02
Who would be on 50? -Oh, it was --
4:03
We did it for about a year.
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We started with 200.
4:06
-There's so many greats! -I know.
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And we left so many people out because we only had
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so many slots. -Yeah.
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-But ultimately you just, one day you go,
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"Okay, this is the group."
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Had we stopped the day before,
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it might have been a slightly different group.
4:19
-How'd you get Mike White to come back?
4:21
-Mike texted me
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and said -- like six months before, before we shot.
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He said, "Hey, if you're doing something cool for 50
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and if you would like me,
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I would like to be a part of it,
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but you're gonna have to let me know because
4:34
I have to change my production schedule for 'White Lotus'."
4:37
-Oh my God. -Yes.
4:38
So I'm sitting in my house going,
4:40
so we're gonna change "The White Lotus" for "Survivor."
4:44
-Wow, look at us. -Yeah, yeah.
4:46
-Mike White is so cool.
4:47
I mean, here's a guy with the biggest show...
4:49
-On Earth. -In the world.
4:50
-He's the greatest director.
4:52
-And he still said, "I need this. I wanna try it.
4:54
It's fun." He doesn't have ego in that way.
4:56
He doesn't feel like, "I might get embarrassed."
4:59
-No. -He's still Mike White.
5:00
-Yeah. -He's still got "White Lotus."
5:01
-Yes, but there's so many twists and turns
5:03
and surprises this season.
5:05
You'll see on Wednesday some previews.
5:08
And there's rumors -- Can I -- I don't know...
5:11
-Yes. -...if I can say or can I say--
5:12
-You're in the promo!
5:14
-Okay, good. -Yes.
5:15
-I'm in this season of "Survivor."
5:16
-Yeah. -[ Cheers and applause ]
5:18
-I'm so excited. I'm so excited.
5:21
Dude, I'm so excited to say finally
5:24
'cause I kept it a secret.
5:26
I'm like, am I allowed? I don't want to ruin anything for anybody.
5:27
-Well, here's the thing.
5:28
I don't even know if I've told you this,
5:30
but the theme of this season's in the hands of the fans.
5:32
And they voted on a bunch of things
5:34
for how the show would play out.
5:35
And in the back of my mind, I thought, man,
5:37
there's some really cool famous survivor fans.
5:40
I wonder if they'd want to be a part of it,
5:41
but I didn't want to ask anybody.
5:43
So Zac Brown had told me one day, he said,
5:46
"You know, I can't do the show,
5:48
but if you ever need me for a weekend..."
5:49
and I sort of lodged that.
5:51
Then you and I were here
5:52
and we had this little game
5:53
where you said you should be on the show
5:55
and I go, "I will if you will."
5:56
-Yes. -And we shook hands.
5:58
And that night I texted you and said, I'm holding you to it.
6:00
And that's when we decided,
6:01
let's have a few celebrities.
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So it's you, Mr. Beast, Zac Brown, Billie Eilish.
6:07
-Come on! -[ Cheers and applause ]
6:08
-Come on. That's a good crew. -It's really fun.
6:11
And you all bring,
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you all throw a different wrench into the game.
6:15
It's really cool.
6:16
-I am so beyond honored, you know,
6:18
'cause I told you, you know,
6:19
every time I beg you to come on the show
6:21
and tell me everything, just little hints and --
6:24
but this, guys, I'm telling you,
6:26
I was so nervous about this.
6:27
I don't want to tell you what the thing is...
6:29
-Yeah. -...or how I'm involved,
6:30
but I am involved. -Yeah.
6:31
-And then you call me from Fiji and you're like, what?
6:33
-Here's how it went down. -Yes!
6:35
-Jimmy, can you hear me? Here's how it went down.
6:37
I'm like, what is happening right now?
6:38
-Yeah, it was cool. -It's so rad.
6:39
-Thank you for doing it. It was really, really fun.
6:42
It added a great layer.
6:43
-But then, but also you said,
6:46
I said, if I'm gonna be on, you have to be on.
6:48
-Yeah. -And did you?
6:51
-I mean, I am a man of my word.
6:54
I'll just leave it at that.
6:55
-Do you compete this year? -I'll just leave it at that.
6:58
It's a big -- but it's enough of a tease.
7:00
-Jeff Probst competes in "Survivor"?
7:02
-Yeah, I do. -You do?
7:03
-I do. Yes. -[ Cheers and applause ]
7:05
-Wow!
7:07
-It was only fitting
7:09
that I have talked so much smack for so many years
7:11
that I finally compete.
7:13
And I'm not gonna say how it went.
7:14
I'm only gonna say I have a lot of respect for the players now.
7:17
[ Laughter ]
7:18
-Uh, what do you want people to remember from everything
7:22
that you do out there?
7:23
I will quickly just say, I think you're the best to do it,
7:26
the best to host any of these reality shows.
7:28
-Oh, thank you.
7:30
-And whatever's thrown your way,
7:31
you were the leader that we all looked to to talk.
7:33
And you go, "Hey guys, here's what happened."
7:36
-And I just feel safe seeing you. -Aw.
7:38
-I love doing that. -He's gonna control the game
7:40
and make sure it's working. Make sure it's all even.
7:42
Make sure everyone's being heard and being taken care of.
7:44
You never -- it never gets too crazy.
7:47
-Yeah. -And I just, I just love it.
7:49
Every season's different and there's tricks
7:52
and psychological tricks to the game as well.
7:55
-Well, we, to your point, we wanted
7:57
we've always wanted "Survivor" to be a family show.
8:00
It's still vicious.
8:02
People play a very hard cutthroat game.
8:04
But to your point, if something sensitive
8:06
were to come up about race or gender
8:08
or something, we talk about it
8:10
because it's happening on the show,
8:11
but we try to do it in a way where
8:12
if you are watching as a family, you can say,
8:14
"What would you do if that happened?
8:16
How would you two handle that?"
8:17
And that's kind of the idea behind "Survivor"
8:19
is that it's this giant game,
8:22
it's this human adventure. -And it's real.
8:24
-And it's fun for everyone to watch
8:25
-The greatest.
8:26
I want to show a clip.
8:27
Here's Jeff Probst in "Survivor 50."
8:30
Take a look at this.
8:31
-You are it.
8:33
And the only thing
8:36
we want in exchange for giving you this spot...
8:42
...is everything.
8:44
♪♪
8:46
We want your blood.
8:48
-You got it, Mr. Jeff!
8:49
-We want your sweat.
8:51
-Hell yeah. -We want your tears.
8:53
We want it all.
8:55
And when this is over, every single one of you
8:58
should be able to look at yourselves and say,
9:00
"Whether I'm first out or got to the end,
9:02
I gave everything to this game." -Yeah!
9:04
-That's how you make history.
9:06
That's how you create a legacy.
9:08
-Whoo! -Yeah!
9:09
-Yeah! That's how you do it, bud!
9:13
Before we go, in honor of the big season 50 celebration,
9:16
we always happen to have a microphone here.
9:19
Would you maybe want to give us a little live
9:22
"Survivor 50: Come and Get It" -Oh my God.
9:24
-As we go to break? -[ Cheers and applause ]
9:25
-Yes! -Come on!
9:26
-With the Roots?! -Jeff Probst!
9:28
-Oh, my! Alright!
9:31
Let's go!
9:32
♪♪
9:36
♪ Well, they all came to play ain't no sheep in this pack ♪
9:39
♪ They say "Work together," you say "That's a trap" ♪
9:44
♪ Just one little question, what's real and what's not? ♪
9:47
♪ Who's gonna get get and who's gonna get got? ♪
9:51
♪ Well, the fans built the rules and they set every twist ♪
9:55
♪ They dropped eggs in the jungle that you don't wanna miss ♪
9:59
♪ Either handle this game or it will handle you ♪
10:03
♪ Crack under pressure, hello, déjà vu ♪
10:06
♪ Come and get it, take what's yours ♪
10:10
♪ You want it bad, I said you gotta want it more ♪
10:14
♪ So come on, come and get it, take what's yours ♪
10:18
♪ You want your face in the stone ♪
10:20
♪ You gots to bring the war ♪
10:22
-Jeff Probst, everybody!
10:24
-Welcome back, everybody. I'm Jeff Probst
10:26
and we're about to play a game of Pictionary.
10:28
But to do that, we're gonna need some contestants.
10:31
Let's meet our first team.
10:33
She's a cast member on "Survivor"
10:35
and he hosts NBC's "Tonight Show."
10:38
Cirie Fields and Jimmy Fallon!
10:41
[ Cheers and applause ]
10:45
-We got this. We got this!
10:46
-And their opponents --
10:47
They are also cast members on "Survivor."
10:50
It is Ozzy Lusth and Charlie Davis!
10:53
[ Cheers and applause ]
10:56
-Come on! -Let's go, buddy. -We got this.
10:57
-Everybody knows how to play Pictionary.
10:59
30 seconds on the clock, you each take a turn.
11:01
Then you're gonna have a showdown.
11:03
You'll both draw at the same time.
11:04
We'll do all this, they'll be worth
11:05
double points at the end, maybe --
11:06
maybe more points. May the best team win.
11:08
Charlie, you're gonna draw first.
11:10
-Okay. -Does that sound?
11:11
-That's good. -Alright.
11:12
-Shall we have a seat? -Yeah, let's do it.
11:14
Ozzy, you can take a seat.
11:16
Alright, Charlie, you pick any number.
11:17
What number should he pick?
11:18
[ Audience shouts numbers ]
11:22
-Five. I see five. -Alright.
11:24
-Let's go. -Five.
11:26
Here we go.
11:29
-Okay? Understood?
11:31
-Alright, I'm pretty confident. And go.
11:35
-Alright, it's a person.
11:37
Jeff. Jeff. Jimmy.
11:39
It's a -- he's a -- what is that?
11:42
It's a tiny little leaf. Oh, it's Adam.
11:44
Adam and Eve.
11:46
Um, naked man running, beach.
11:48
It's "Castaway."
11:50
It's a -- it's a fig leaf. It's a fig leaf.
11:52
-Oh, I know what it is! -It's a bikini. It's a merkin.
11:54
It's a -- it's a --
11:56
It's a Speedo!
11:58
-Yes! -Oh!
11:59
[ Cheers and applause ]
12:00
-Wow. Yes!
12:02
[ Cheers and applause ]
12:03
-Come on! -You did good!
12:05
-Didn't panic. Didn't panic. -That's a nice -- that's a nice Speedo.
12:08
-You were down to four seconds.
12:09
-You're good. You're good, you're good. Oh my God.
12:11
Well done, well done. -Jimmy's draw now.
12:13
-All right, here we go. -Come on, Jimmy!
12:14
[ Audience shouting numbers ]
12:18
-Whoever yelled five, no.
12:19
Uh, we just did five.
12:21
Okay, here we go.
12:23
Ah! Mm-hm. Yeah.
12:25
-You got it? -Got it? -Yep.
12:26
-Okay, I'll hold it. -I feel good.
12:29
-Mm-hm. -[ Cirie laughs ]
12:31
-Cirie, come on. -All right, I'm ready.
12:32
-I'm ready. -Come on, partner, we got this.
12:34
-Jimmy! -Ready? -I'm ready.
12:36
-Okay, here we go.
12:39
-The tall man. It's Jeff. It's -- it's...
12:42
The idol necklace.
12:43
The immunity necklace. Immunity idol.
12:46
Uh, hangman.
12:48
It's, uh... TV.
12:52
It's a TV host.
12:53
It's a immunity idol on TV, it's "Survivor."
12:56
-Cirie, this is not looking good. -It's "Survivor 50."
12:58
-It is, uh... -Down to eight seconds.
13:01
Oh, it's idol, it's TV, it's Jimmy.
13:04
It's -- it's balls.
13:07
-And -- [ Buzzer ]
13:08
-Oh...
13:10
-Jimmy, what -- just explain, though,
13:12
What was this intending to be up here?
13:14
-This part? -That was the American flag.
13:16
-Oh, okay. -That is --
13:18
-Would that have helped? -No.
13:20
-Uh -- -Oh! The Olympics.
13:21
-Olympic medal. -Yes.
13:22
-Gold medal. -Yeah.
13:24
-No, it's alright, it's alright.
13:25
-Alright, Ozzy.
13:27
-Sorry, sorry, sorry you didn't get that.
13:28
We got the next one. We got the next one.
13:29
-Come on up. -I'm drawing next.
13:31
-She said "balls." Okay.
13:33
I think I can do better. Alright. What num--
13:35
-You shouldn't think of balls first.
13:37
-[ Audience shouting numbers ] -I'm hearing ten.
13:39
-Ten. -Ten.
13:40
-Ten. Ten.
13:44
-Now I'm looking at it, it looks crazy. I'm sorry.
13:46
-Oh. -See?
13:47
-Now looking at it. -Okay.
13:48
-Good luck. -Tell me when.
13:49
-Alright, go.
13:52
30 seconds on the clock.
13:54
-Triangle, pyramid, uh... -Ozzy, five-time "Survivor" player.
13:57
-Wow. -Oh, it's a martini.
13:59
[ Cheers and applause ]
14:01
-What!? -It is.
14:03
-I mean -- -What?!
14:05
-Ozzy can draw!
14:08
-That's pretty good. -That's fantastic.
14:10
What else could that be?
14:11
-I'm taking this home.
14:12
-I thought -- yeah, that was --
14:14
I thought it was the Olympic rings.
14:15
-[ Laughter ] -Okay.
14:17
-Alright, Cirie, you're up.
14:18
-I'm up. -Cirie, you got this. Alright, come on.
14:20
-What number, guys? -What number?
14:22
-[ Audience shouting numbers ] -Eight?
14:23
-Somebody said eight. -Okay.
14:25
-I'm going for eight. -Cirie, we got this, we got this.
14:26
-Eight is the number. -Oh my gosh.
14:30
-[ Laughter ] -Really? Okay.
14:31
-Looking good for Ozzy and Charlie.
14:32
-Okay, tell me when, Jeff. -Gold medal.
14:34
-Go. -Okay.
14:39
-He can't see. -Oh, boy.
14:41
Uh...
14:44
-Okay. -Oh!
14:45
-How about this? -I know what it is.
14:46
-Popsicle? -That's it!
14:49
-Let's go, baby! Let's go!
14:52
-This is what I'm talking about! -I told you!
14:54
-That's it, Popsicle. Okay! Okay!
14:55
I love it. Okay!
14:57
I love it, baby. Come on. Popsicle. I love it.
14:59
-I'm gonna make this last round worth 1 million points.
15:04
-Let's go. -Okay.
15:06
-So, it doesn't matter what's happened.
15:08
-Okay, alright, alright. I like this.
15:10
-So pick somebody and pick somebody to draw.
15:12
-Definitely you drawing. -I'm drawing.
15:13
-Definitely you drawing. -Okay.
15:15
-Who's -- who's drawing? -I'm drawing.
15:16
-Did you see the martini? -Yeah, I saw the martini.
15:18
Yeah. Okay. Good.
15:19
So alright, Ozzy, you're over there.
15:20
-We're drawing at the same time? -Yeah, yeah.
15:22
You guys are gonna draw the same clue
15:25
at the same time, whichever one of us gets it first...
15:27
-Okay. -...wins the whole thing. -Which number?
15:29
[ Audience shouting numbers ]
15:32
-Seven. Alright.
15:36
-Let me see, let me see, let me see.
15:39
-Okay. Damn. -Got it?
15:41
-Yes. -Neither one of you
15:42
look like you really are psyched about this.
15:43
-No, no. We got this. -Let's start the clock.
15:46
-No, Ozzy's locked in.
15:47
-And begin!
15:50
-Alright, head, neck, body.
15:52
-Uh, uh... -This is it.
15:53
-Uh, Picasso. -Pac-Man!
15:55
-Uh, Mrs. Pac-Man. -Map! Uh...
15:57
-Oh, wait, a snow angel!
15:59
[ Cheers and applause ]
16:06
-Whoo!
16:09
[ Cheers and applause ]
16:11
-This is why they're on "Survivor."
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-You're really -- They're so good.
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Partner. Come on. We got this.
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Congratulations, buddy. Congratulations.
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My thanks to Jeff Probst,
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Cirie Fields, Ozzy Lusth,
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Charlie Davis, the champs,
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and Jeff Probst!
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There's so many things I want to talk "Survivor."
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I cannot wait to get into this with you.
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I can't believe you're going back or you went back.
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I don't want any spoilers.
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But anyways, I do, kind of.
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But anyway, I want to get into other things.
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I want to, as they say, give you your flowers.
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-Oh, okay. -For "White Lotus."
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-Oh, thanks. -You were amazing.
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Thank you for doing that.
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-Thank you. Thanks.
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-What you created.
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What you've written. What you've done.
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Every season, a different great story.
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Dude, you crushed everyone.
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-It's just amazing. -Oh, thanks.
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-What -- -You're too nice, Jimmy.
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-No, please. I'm not. I'm not too nice.
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Congratulations on all of it.
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I heard a rumor that the idea behind "White Lotus,"
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or parts of it came from a trip
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that you went on with Jennifer Coolidge.
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Is that true? -It is, yeah, it is true.
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Jennifer Coolidge and I are, yeah, we're friends.
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-Yeah. -And like, we went on this safari
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and it was like two weeks and like,
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we like, slept in the same bed, even.
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Like, I spent like two full weeks with her.
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-What was it like? -I mean, it was -- it was awesome.
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-I mean, she's so fun and she's so funny. -She's the funniest person.
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-But like, it's like, I don't know, she's just,
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you know, like getting through life is a bit hard.
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You know what I mean? There's a lot in the purse.
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There's a lot of stuff in her purse like -- -Of course there is.
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-And like we -- she also like veers a little on paranoid,
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so like we'd go out and she'd be like, "Wow,
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look at those pack of lions." And then she'd be like,
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"Do you see how they're looking at us?
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I know that look, we got to get out of here.
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I'm not kidding. We've got to get out of here."
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-She thought the lions were gonna kill you.
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"I know they only make that face when they're trying to kill you."
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That's so fun.
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-I was like, whatever I've done in my life
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that I'm here watching her freak out about these lions,
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I was like, I've done something right.
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-Yeah. -It's like, she's --
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-Yeah. -She's so -- yeah, original character.
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-And then you just go,
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I'm just gonna come up with an idea for a thing, and it's --
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-Well, she's amazing. And I just like, you know,
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yeah, just to give her a really meaty part
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that she could really sink her teeth into, it was really fun.
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-Yeah. And she crushed it.
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But so many parts, everybody.
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-There's so many parts. Murray, uh -- -Bartlett.
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-Bartlett. Oh my God, I mean, he --
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Parker Posey I mean, oh yeah.
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Walton Goggins, everybody who does your things.
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I mean, you must be -- do you not leave your house anymore?
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'Cause I feel like everyone wants to be in your show.
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-I mean, it was, yeah,
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going to Hollywood parties used to be more fun.
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I gotta be honest. I got to be honest.
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Like, now I'm like, I have to go to the bathroom.
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Obviously, like a lot of, I don't know.
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-Can't get in your car and take off. -I don't know,
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'cause, well, the thing is, like when you have a show
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that people want to be on, which is so --
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I feel very, you know, like, obviously grateful.
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-Yeah, of course. -But like, it's also a bit, uh, you know,
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you feel like you're rejecting everybody in town and --
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-You're not. You love everybody.
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-Yeah. Of course. Exactly.
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-They have to be right for the party.
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-Yeah, you're just writing a story
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and trying to find the right people for it.
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-It's so brilliantly done and fun.
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And the locations are amazing.
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And again, the rumors saying that the new location is Paris.
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-Oh -- it's France.
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-Oh, sorry. Sorry, I was -- -I mean, it's not --
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It's not --
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-I was off. -We'll be partying in Paris,
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but it's not necessarily Paris. -Oh!
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-Ooh, la-la! -[ Laughter ]
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-But yeah, I'm stoked.
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I'm gonna be there for the next ten months.
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Yeah, so it'll be --
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-Do you think about that when you write this
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and you think of these ideas like,
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where am I gonna spend the next ten months?
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-Definitely. For sure. Of course.
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-Yeah, right? 'Cause you're like.
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-I mean, yeah, I'm very spoiled at this point.
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It's actually -- yeah, it's --
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I can't. I feel like it was a life hack, man.
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-[ Laughter ] -Well, it's just, it's like --
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'Cause you go to the nicest hotels
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and when you go there, they like have, you know, like --
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they give me like a really nice room.
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And then in the room, there's like a, you know,
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like a "White Lotus" cake for me to eat.
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I mean, and champagne and like, yeah, I was like, I'm...
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Yeah, I'm such a dirtbag.
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-No, no, you work hard. You deserve everything.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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You famously do a great job of the attention to detail.
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Also, the secret of no one
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really knows what the season's gonna be about.
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Last season was pretty dark and --
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-Yeah. -And deep.
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-Sorry. -[ Laughter ]
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-No, it felt good. It was good for my therapist.
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-It was, you know, I was like, you know, Thailand.
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We were just like, yeah, really spiritual,
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so yeah, there was some -- yeah, kind of -- yeah.
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Existential (bleep). -Have you ever been to --
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-Ooh! Stuff. -Sorry. Stuff. Yeah.
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Have you been to Thailand before you wrote this?
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-I had been on "The Amazing Race," actually.
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-Of course! -I got eliminated on "The Amazing Race"
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with my dad in Thailand. So I had a bone to pick with Thailand.
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-You and your dad were fantastic.
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-But, yeah.
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-You had to go back and settle the score.
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-Now it's all good in Thailand.
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-Uh, but let's talk about "Survivor" now.
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You went on, you've been on "Amazing Race."
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I remember telling you how impressed I was with you back then.
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-Oh, thanks.
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-I believe you did it twice, right?
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-Yeah, I did it with my dad. -Yes.
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-It was amazing. -It was the best and
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it made me cry. -Oh, man.
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-It made me weep. -It made me cry.
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-And then, uh...
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And then you went on "Survivor."
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I go, who is this guy? Like, really?
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Who is Mike white? -What's wrong with him?
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-Yes. -[ Laughter ]
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-You don't get cake when you go on "Survivor."
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Or champagne.
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-Yeah, I don't know. -Why would you go back?
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-I don't -- I honestly --
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Well, you know, "Survivor 50" is a huge, that's a huge deal.
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It's like a, you know, it's a cultural milestone.
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And like, you know, I have, you know, it's like,
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I don't want to, like, miss out on something
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that could be super cool.
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I never thought it would work with my schedule.
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But then when I found out the dates, I was like,
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"I actually could go.
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That would be so gnarly to go again."
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'Cause I had a great time the first time and I was like,
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but then you don't realize -- then you get back on there
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and you're like, oh, it's like childbirth.
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Like you don't realize -- you forget
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how actually totally hellish --
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Not that I've given birth to a child, but.
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-No, no, no. -You know what I mean.
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Like it's so, it's actually so, it's quite hellish.
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-It is. -It's quite hellish.
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-It is quite hellish. -I mean it's like --
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unless you really want it
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and you want to just like sit in the dirt in the mud
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and like, yeah, die. Starve basically. Yeah.
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-But this year, this year, you know, the hands of the fans,
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which is the slogan for this one,
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the fans got to vote on different parts of the,
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of the game. -Yeah.
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And the fans are -- they suck
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because they -- the fans are like...
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-No, fans are great. -...cruel, they're like sadistic.
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-No, I mean, yeah, great. Thanks, fans. Love fans.
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I mean, I love fans. Thank you fans.
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-But the fans chose to --
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the fans chose to not give you food.
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-No, they didn't give us anything.
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-I love you, fans. -The fans --
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-Come on, they want to see you suffer.
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-Boo! -They -- what do you want?
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A cake and champagne? -I would --
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-I mean, it's a bit extreme. -Okay.
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-It'd be good to have, maybe, you know, a little bit of rice,
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a little kernel of rice. -Yeah.
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I mean, as a super-fan who's played, I mean,
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what do you think is the biggest misconception
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that people have with actually being on the island?
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'Cause I watch from home, you know I'm a fan.
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Jeff knows I'm a fan and I -- I could never actually do it.
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-Well, it is -- okay.
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Well, I mean, it's obviously it's really hard.
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And then, um,
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but you know, the truth is like the hardest parts were the parts
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that there were no cameras.
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As long as like there were cameras.
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I was like, oh, okay. The cameras give me life.
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Like I'm suffering,
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but like people are gonna watch this suffering.
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It's like I'm not suffering alone.
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Like, like there's, there's like, it's like a yeah,
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it's like the moments where you're like waiting to go
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to a challenge and you're sitting under like a tent
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and there's like a PA yelling at you and you're like,
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there's no cameras. You're just in the dirt.
23:32
You know, like -- "Why did I do this?"
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-It's like -- -Yeah, I don't want to suffer.
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-Where are the cameras?
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-Someone has to watch my suffering!
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-I need, I need cameras to suffer.
23:41
You need cameras.
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I want to show everyone a clip.
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Here's the great Mike White in "Survivor 50."
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Take a look at this.
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-Mike White --
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With the success of "White Lotus"
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that you write and direct,
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you could be anywhere right now, but you're here with us.
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What is it about "Survivor"
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that brings you out here to do it again when you don't need to?
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-I have major FOMO issues,
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and I knew this was gonna be an epic party,
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and I didn't want to hear about it from Angelina and Christian
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in a month from now.
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And I was like,
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"If you guys are gonna be down there,
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I'm gonna be down there, too."
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And I, yeah, I want a front row seat.
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[ Laughter ]
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I'm stoked to be here. Thanks for the invite.
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-There you go! Best of luck.
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Mike White, everybody!
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"Survivor 50" airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
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on CBS and Paramount+.
