Survivor alum and The White Lotus creator Mike White can’t resist drawing parallels between his reality breakout and his hit HBO show.
White, 53, was a contestant on Survivor: David vs. Goliath in 2018, where he was runner-up to Nick Wilson in a controversial finish. The White Lotus premiered three years later and was an fast success.
Though White was a author and director long before his Survivor days, he drew from his time on the island when creating The White Lotus.
“Survivor shouldn’t be that dissimilar to [The White Lotus], which is lots of times just people form of kvetching about who’s tending the fireplace or they’re hangry because they haven’t had anything to eat,” White told NPR in 2022.
After White brought on one in all his former Survivor castmates in the primary season, he soon promised more castaways would join the show. To the delight of fans of the CBS reality series, White has delivered. Listed here are the entire Survivor castaways who’ve made cameos on The White Lotus — thus far.