There’s no sexual harassment in my past … the nudity is something we’re headed backwards on. There was a racial incident on Ponderosa where I was called the N-word and I literally had to pick up a pool cue and pool ball to defend myself against two white young … Richard Hatch on Survivor. READ NEXT: ‘Survivor’s’ Jeff Probst Revealed 6 Outrageous Things From the Early Seasons, Why Richard Hatch Wasn’t on ‘Survivor: Winners at War’, Copyright © 2021 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. From there, Survivor‘s first true couple was born.Since then, the two have had four daughters, competed on two seasons of The Amazing Race, and returned to Survivor together for the first time since All-Stars for Winners at War.. The difference, though, said Hawk, is that "he kept his distance, always." However, Sue felt sexually violated by Richard, which caused her to become emotionally distraught, and she quit the game the following day, even though her Borneo co-star already left. Hatch’s recollection of Hawk having finished the challenge and coming back at him is incorrect. I had not been part of it, I had not known it had happened and I had to think about what on earth that meant,” he said, adding, “Eventually, we all were flown to California and watched the footage. Looking back on it, it just didn’t seem to fit. “I never touched the woman and the challenge went on. I think season 40 would have been better with me there than without.”. For the second time in a month, a Survivor: All-Stars contestant arrived at a challenge only to declare their intention to quit the game, as last night Sue Hawk quit upon Chapera's arrival at the Reward Challenge, alleging to be distraught over her challenge incident with Richard Hatch that was broadcast in the previous week's episode. Because CBS invited Sue to return after knowing she, according to Richard, wasn’t stable and then edited the footage to look a certain way to viewers, the former winner believes the network is at fault. It’s not a slam against Richard Hatch. It’s about inspiring kids to want to get out and make something and see what they’re capable of. Even though Richard attempted to clear his name several times over the past 16 years, he recently released a YouTube video detailing the entire situation and why CBS is actually at fault. I didn’t initiate the incident,” said Hatch. The Borneo winner places the majority of the responsibility on CBS because the network shows the viewers “the edited perspective” they want everyone to see. “One complicated piece of the puzzle that people don’t give too much thought to that they should is that what you saw of that challenge … is only what CBS decides you should see. He wasnaked again, all through "Survivor: All-Stars." I think they’d rather be more in control of what people are thinking and saying if they can be,” said Hatch. He continued, “They, the participants, aren’t exposed to what’s true with all of the information, but the producers and CBS are. The winner takes home $500,000 and the title of Sole Survivor. Richard claims that between Borneo and All-Stars, Sue expressed her anger for not winning and that she wanted to “extort CBS.” The former winner also detailed the infamous challenge, explaining, “literally out of the blue, she turned around rather than completing the challenge and headed back towards me.”. Richard also appeared on ‘Survivor: All-Stars.’ During an immunity challenge in Episode 5, Richard reportedly rubbed his naked genitals against fellow player Sue Hawk. But I never touched the woman. Sue stated she considered filing a lawsuit against CBS but decided not to pursue legal action because the network helped her “deal with the situation.”. But the episode is available on CBS All Access and we watched it. In the controversy, Sue Hawk accused her co-star of rubbing his bare genitals on her during a challenge, which caused her to quit the game. The day before the show aired, CBS called me and explained what had happened and what had unfolded. “Sue had expressed to many of us that she was angry she didn’t win, she figured she couldn’t win and she was going to do what she was able to do to extort CBS,” Hatch said in his video. https://t.co/tH9rSDS8td. “Here we are, 16 years later from that incident, after CBS continues to do the same thing in their choices as to what you saw about last season, season 39. I never knew anything really traumatic or problematic even took place. They know that I am a lover of the game, I’ve never missed an episode … but they also know I know who they are.”. So here we sit, CBS, Jeff Probst particularly … choosing to scapegoat me, pull me from filming season 40 all winners because of the way they portrayed an incident that they know I had nothing to do 16 years earlier. Ahead of its premiere, he filmed a video talking about why CBS pulled him from filming (his words) and addressing the long-ago “All-Stars” incident with fellow “Borneo” castaway Sue Hawk. One of the most memorable Survivor winners, Richard Hatch, was not invited to return for Season 40’s Winners at War due to an incident that happened on All-Stars. Jonathan LaPaglia, host of Australian Survivor: All Stars. There is a lot of layers and allegations to the Sue Hawk incident that were simply not there in Game Changers. Powered by. He’s just being Richard Hatch.”, He added, “I didn’t feel comfortable having him out on the show and representing a show that is for families. The tape shown to a jury who was not biased towards his TV persona might have favored for him. “Sue Hawk turned around, intentionally instigated something. On his YouTube channel, Richard explained he made an alliance with Sue on Borneo before the game began even though he believed she was “unstable” then. Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the American CBS competitive reality television … Overall, All-Stars is an uncomfortable season to sit through, but it does have an epic feel, especially across the first three or four episodes. In the video, Hatch reminds Survivor fans that CBS chooses what to air. As for Probst, he told US Weekly when asked about Hatch not being in the “Winners at War” cast, “Given his history on our show, it did not seem appropriate. It's interesting how Probst cites the Richard Hatch and Sue Hawk conversation as the very essence of the show. This week on “Survivor,” a contestant ( Dan Spilo) was removed from the game for the first time ever due to an off-camera “incident” involving sexual misconduct. Saying she was “sexually violated, humiliated, dehumanized and totally spent,” Sue Hawk quit Survivor All-Stars, ... she went off on Jeff Probst when he mentioned the incident. "I was called the N-word": Black Survivor all-stars reveal racism behind the scenes. Host and executive producer Jeff Probst publicly said he did not invite Richard back for Winners at War as it “did not seem appropriate” due to the Borneo winner’s past and the recent controversy surrounding Dan. CBS. In the fifth episode of Survivor: All-Stars, Richard Hatch sexually assaulted Susan Hawk when he rubbed his naked genitals against her while they were competing in an Immunity Challenge. It’s just nuts and that’s just them looking for a scapegoat, trying to distract viewers from their responsibility in all of what’s gone on on Survivor thus far … it’s sad. “reflective of her emotional instability,”. They appeared on The Early Show together and Hawk said, “Me and Richard have had a chance to sit down and hash it out and talk about the incident. Survivor was very different than compared to now. But he said that CBS allowed him to be naked during the challenge and if it hadn’t been allowed, he never would have done it because he always followed the rules of the game. I'm sure it's why Sue took the settlement and the free plastic surgery. “I think Jeff Probst clearly has his favorites and I’m not one of them any longer because he doesn’t like that I’m gonna tell you just like it is, just what I’m thinking, just how it happened. It doesn’t look like he intentionally rubbed himself on her, but there may have been some contact. For the first time in Survivor’s 39-season history, a contestant has been ejected from the game due to an undisclosed, off-camera incident. People talk about editing a lot over the years … the choices as to which pieces of what you see are completely up to CBS,” said Hatch.