'Survivor: Kaoh Rong' Spoilers: Does Jeff Probst Approve Of Jason & Scot's Chaos Strategy? [VIDEO]
What does Jeff Probst think of Kyle Jason and Scot Pollard causing chaos on Survivor: Kaoh Rong?
The latest episode of Survivor featured Jason and Scot (and eventually Tai Trang) making camp life much more difficult for their fellow castaways. After the women plus Joe del Campo voted out Nick Maiorano, Jason and Scot realized they were on the bottom and subsequently decided to hide the ax and machete; Scot and Tai also put out their campfire.
Proust spoke with Entertainment Weekly after the episode to discuss whether causing such chaos was a legitimate strategy.
"Putting aside my own personal feelings, I'd say yes, it's a legit strategy. Trying to instill fear, chaos, hopelessness, or any emotion that takes someone out of their best self is a strategy. As for whether it's sore losers, I'm not sure it has to be one or the other. It can be both," he explained.
"There is a bit of sore loser playing out. I am fascinated by what happens when Scot and Jason are together versus when they are apart," he continued. "Both were really nice guys in casting. I liked them very much and never saw this coming. It's a thin-slice look at the many nuances of this game. One personality can shift another personality and that can shift an entire tribe dynamic. I imagine that right now Scot and Jason are bummed that they are seen by some of our audience as bullies, because I don't think they see themselves that way. Scot is a former pro athlete - those guys play for keeps. They have huge stakes, millions of dollars on the line, plus personal pride. Jason chases other humans for a living. It doesn't get any more personal than that. So I think both of them were triggered by their fight or flight instincts and this is the result. The bigger question from a game point of view can it work?"
Jason, Scot and Tai lucked out due to some internal problems within the women's alliance, with Debbie Wanner ending up voted out at the end of the episode; plus, they got to keep their Hidden Immunity Idols. So how does this move forward?
"It's getting more difficult to tease because so much happens. So how's this? I think the audience will be screaming at their TVs by the time it's over!" Probst teased.
Survivor: Kaoh Rong airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
