Jeff Probst on Mike White’s Survivor Return, Potential White Lotus Cameo

Jeff Probst would be lying if he said he didn’t know Mike White being cast on the 50th season of Survivor was going to cause such a commotion. Still, the host and executive producer admits he “was a little surprised at how much attention” the news drew in when CBS unveiled its slate of returning players.

“The thing that’s most interesting about Mike playing for the second time is there is no hiding that he is the biggest writer, director, show creator in the world right now, and he wanted to come back and play Survivor ,” Probst tells The Hollywood Reporter . “So I can understand why people had a reaction.”

Jeff Probst would be lying if he said he didn’t know Mike White being cast on the 50th season of Survivor was going to cause such a commotion. Still, the h