Survivor’s Gay Mormon is drawing some headlines; also willing to gather wood and sh*t

September 26, 2007 | Filed Under Television News

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Todd Herzog, Survivor: China’s openly gay Mormon has been drawing himself some headlines questioning his gayness, his Mormonness… pretty much everything. Check out this from the SLTrib:

The 22-year-old former UVSC student also lists “drinking coffee” as a hobby, which, along with the “openly gay” thing, makes me wonder how Mormon he really is. Can Mormonism be a pose or a gimmick, tried on like a costume to titillate TV casting directors? Oooh, you’re gay AND Mormon? How deliciously conflicted! You’re hired! And is “gay Mormon” becoming a Hollywood cliché?

Herzog isn’t the first openly gay LDS castaway on “Survivor.” In 2005, Salt Lake City-born Rafe Judkins made it to the final three of that season’s “Survivor: Guatemala.” Judkins approached the show with sincerity and a positive attitude, traits he attributed in part to his Mormon faith. Herzog claims to have a similarly enthusiastic outlook, although it’s not clear whether that stems from his religion or his excitement over the upcoming Spice Girls reunion tour, which he calls “the most significant historical event of the past 100 years.”

If Herzog has any such internal struggle, he’s not saying. But “Survivor’s” producers are only too happy to create some external fireworks. Was it just a coincidence they stuck Todd on the Fei Long tribe with Leslie, a Christian radio-show host? I don’t think so.

Wow, dude. You can gay up Survivor all you want but what the hell kind of shit are you smoking to think that the Spice Girls’ tour is “the most significant historical event of the past 100 years”?? Are you forgetting key moments like the birth of Hayden Panettiere, Pee-Wee Herman’s arrest for jacking off in a movie theater… shit, we could go on.

Seems that this Todd guy is trying just a bit too hard. However, we’re not watching Survivor so we don’t really give a shit. But you might.

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