Survivor 50 ended early for Mike White.
A huge Blindside sent him home on Day 9.
Even though he was only on the show for a short time, Mike revealed extensive weight loss.
This is an aspect of the New Era that sometimes gets glossed over by fans.
It’s not easy to compete with barely any nutrition. And the New Era has made getting food even harder.
Mike White says he lost 15 pounds on Survivor 50
“I lost 15 pounds in nine days,” Mike White told Entertainment Weekly.
Mike had been asked if he had stayed in Ponderosa after his elimination. That’s when he addressed the weight loss.
Ponderosa is where the castaways go after they have been voted out at Tribal Council. It’s where the jury members also stay before casting their votes on a winner.
“I didn’t stay in Ponderosa and I didn’t come back. I’m vegan. I lost 15 pounds in nine days. So by the end, I was starving, and then we got to Ponderosa and there really… I mean, again, I sound bougie, but I can’t eat this,” Mike told EW.
“I need food that I can actually eat. So I was like, ‘I don’t wanna mess up your game and I don’t wanna come home early. I wanna be respectful to the thing, but, like, can I just pay for myself to go somewhere where I can eat the food I can eat and, like, not starve?'” he added.
Yes, he is correct, that does sound pretty bougie. He left Ponderosa to find food more palatable for his diet. It’s understandable to an extent, and he certainly has the means to do it after his success with The White Lotus.
The bad news for Mike is that he couldn’t go home until the season finished filming. So he was still without his phone, but more alone because he didn’t have the other eliminated players to chat with at Ponderosa.
But that’s also when he had the time to focus on creating the story for The White Lotus Season 4.
For anyone who hasn’t heard of the show, it is on HBO and tells dramatic stories at a resort chain. Many Survivor alums have even guest-starred on it.
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