Gay ‘Survivor’ contestant fired from his real estate job for exposing transgender ‘deception’
A contestant on the “reality” TV show Survivor lost his new job selling real estate after a 10-month-old episode aired in which he exposed a rival as being a female-to-male transgender person. Former contestant Jeff Varner , a one-time newscaster with Fox and CBS affiliates, was fired from his new job as a Greensboro, North Carolina , realtor last week after the show was broadcast. It showed Varner, a three-time contestant, outing Zeke Smith, a member of his team or “tribe,” as a biological female. His motivation was obvious. In each episode of the show, filmed on the island in the South Pacific Fiji chain, all contestants vote one person off the island and out of the competition for the end-of-season prize of $1 million. Believing himself to be the next to go, Varner said to show host Jeff Probst , “There is deception here. Deceptions on levels, Jeff, that these guys don’t even understand.” He then turned to Smith and asked,“Why haven’t you told anyone that you’re t