![]() ![]() While this season is the first time that Survivor has taken action against a player for bad behavior, it's not the first time that the series has had a run-in with harassment. Some Backstory on Survivor and Harassment Survivor has a harassment problem-I hope this will serve as the final lesson that helps institute change. ![]() ![]() Unlike the real world though, Survivor's watchful eye could have policed the situation and stopped it from the get go. Survivor has always been a complex microcosm of the real world, but this is the first time the series has operated in a climate that demands that behavior is recognized. Then again, Spilo’s behavior, its effect on fellow player Kellee Kim, and the person on the other end of “another incident” aren’t the first instances of harassment on the show. Yes, an un-filmed second strike did lead to a removal, but it took nearly the whole game for what should have been resolved two weeks before. There’s something asinine about that: a two-strike rule for behavior that clearly crosses the line. Last night, for the first time in the history of the series, Survivor removed a player from the game for what the show notes as “another incident.” But that’s a really ambiguous way of stating the truth, so let’s call it what it is-Dan Spilo was removed from Survivor because he allegedly inappropriately touched someone after being warned that his inappropriate touching was a problem. ![]()
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