Survivor Zeke Outed

Zeke outed himself to Bret as a gay man on the reward, not as being transgender. And he was alone with Bret when he did this. A contestant on 'Survivor' was outed as transgender by his fellow. 'Survivor' Zeke Smith Outed As Transgender By Jeff Varner. By Anna Menta. April 13, 2017. Zeke Smith is a contestant who's doing pretty well on season 34 of CBS's reality show, 'Survivor: Game.

On Wednesday night, Survivor fans saw one of the show’s most raw, emotional, and “real” moments yet: Jeff Varner his Nuku tribemate Zeke Smith as trans. As shocking as the moment might have been for some fans—contestants’ surprise onscreen was palpable—CBS had clearly spent plenty of time carefully planning how it would present this moment. After the tribal council scene in last night’s Survivor was filmed, we consulted with Zeke Smith and with GLAAD in advance of the broadcast, including the issue of how Zeke would tell his story after the episode aired,” the network said in a statement.

“This is his second consecutive season on Survivor. From his first season through the current edition, we have always been guided by the principle that this is his story to tell, and it remains so. We support how Jeff Probst and the producers handled a very sensitive situation and marvel at the grace Zeke exhibited under extraordinary circumstances.

We have also respect for how Jeff Varner has expressed remorse for his mistake, both in the episode and in his subsequent dialogue with the media. In the end, we believe this episode, accompanied by Zeke’s own remarkable writing and speaking on the subject, has provided an unexpected but important dialogue about acceptance and treating transgender people with respect. But in the aftermath of being outed, I’ve been granted unprecedented autonomy in how I wanted to tell my story.

We started having conversations all the way back in Fiji nine months ago about the care with which this episode was going to be handled. I came to Jeff and asked if I could write a personal essay about what happened, and he immediately said yes. And I was really proud of how I responded. And I wanted the world to see how much I’d grown and I also thought by showing what happened, maybe it wouldn’t happen to someone else, and something good could come of it.As crucial as it is to scrutinize decisions like these, made by powerful networks on behalf of their comparably vulnerable contestants, it might be prudent in this case to let Zeke speak for himself.

Varner, a former news anchor, told that he was let go last Thursday in an 'ugly, knee-jerk reaction kind of way.' 'As I'm spending hours doing press on Thursday, I discover I can't access my email. Then the MLS multiple listing service association emails to say, 'You've been terminated.' I didn't even find out from my company,' he said. 'Suddenly my real estate license was inactive and my current clients were left in the dark.

It took hours after my press junket to get anyone with the company on the phone to tell me personally. It was an ugly day.

My former boss told me that I was in a news story they wanted nothing to with.' In a statement to ABC News, Pat Riley, Allen Tate's president and CEO, wrote, 'The Allen Tate companies were built on core values of honesty, integrity and respect. Those fundamental beliefs led us to end our relationship with Mr. Varner, a real estate agent who had become affiliated with our firm just 17 days earlier.'

The statement added, 'To be clear, at no time before the airing of the 'Survivor' episode on Wednesday evening was our management aware of his actions on that episode. We make all decisions such as this one with careful consideration of our clients, employees and our agents.'

Varner told 'ET' that he had warned the company there would be headlines 'but apparently not the people who needed to hear it.' On the episode — which was taped 10 months earlier — Varner, who is gay, asked Smith, 'Why haven't you told anyone you're?' When other contestants reacted with outrage, Varner defended his actions by saying Smith was being deceptive during the game.Smith responded by saying, 'I wanted to be Zeke the 'Survivor' player' and not 'the trans 'Survivor' player.' In the end, Varner apologized but was voted off anyway. He apologized again on Twitter after the episode aired. Varner told 'ET' that he had not intended to out Smith and has been receiving therapy for the last 10 months to deal with the 'traumatic' situation.Although it has cost him his job, Varner said he was relieved 'that this is finally out there.'

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In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, Smith wrote that he is not 'wild' about people knowing that he is trans but is proud of the way he handled his response on the show.He also wrote that he accepted Varner's apology but was still struggling to forgive him.' While I can reconcile the personal slight of him outing me, I continue to be troubled by his willingness to deploy such a dangerous stereotype on a global platform,' Smith wrote.