SURVIVOR legend Parvati Shallow has slammed the show’s longtime host, Jeff Probst, for “discrediting women” in a buried social media comment.
SURVIVOR legend Parvati Shallow has slammed the show’s longtime host, Jeff Probst, for “discrediting women” in a buried social media comment.
The TV star didn’t hold back with her thoughts after the host’s comments on the latest episode of the show’s podcast, On Fire with Jeff Probst.
Jeff appeared to stir up trouble during a sit-down with Survivor: Cambodia winner Jeremy Collins when he asked him if he thought Parvati deserved the title of being a two-time Survivor champ.
Parvati secured a win in Survivor: Season 16, Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites, and the show’s international version, Survivor: Australia.
“Jeremy, I’m gonna put you on the spot,” Jeff began.
“And I mean this as a legit question. In the Survivor world, does Parvati winning Survivor Australia count in the same way that winning this Survivor does? Is she now a two-time Survivor winner?”
Jeremy honestly stated his thoughts, stressing that the two experiences weren’t the same.
“Listen, I don’t think so,” Jeremy answered. “In my Survivor world, I say she has one and a half wins. It’s a good win. Survivor Australia is a good one. But it’s not the same as Survivor US. It’s not the same.”
The conversation got Parvati’s attention as she clapped back at the pair in the comments of an Instagram post shared by the Drop Your Buff’s Pod, highlighting the moment.
“A couple of straight men trying to discredit a woman… get a new move boys,” the reality star wrote.
Jeff has been accused in the past of favoring male competitors over female competitors.
In March, he again got under Parvati’s skin when he voiced what he thought about an all-women season of Survivor.
“The idea of just doing all women or all men, it is interesting,” Jeff said on the Elvis Duran Show about possible spinoffs.
“You just have to really marinate and think through it. Because the dynamic and the real approaches to life are interesting.
“For instance, when you list all the interesting ‘characters’ of Survivor the majority of them are men. Why? What is it about what we allow men to say or do socially?”
Parvati ripped Jeff for his comments after they circulated online.
“Dude. This guy,” she wrote in the comments of another Instagram post.
“I wonder if some kind of editing bias (among other things) could be preventing the women from becoming bigger characters … hmmm.”
She further elaborated on her Stories, writing, “Grrrr … When your team is primarily made of men and your bias shows that … wonder why women don’t become bigger characters??”
Aside from Survivor, Parvati has appeared on multiple other reality shows, including Deal or No Deal Island and The Traitors.
Survivor is currently airing Season 49 of the long-running series.
