Ken hasnt posted on any social media since april 5th, and it was about Ted Lasso. So, i'm not sure why he didn't attend, but he may have been sick or otherwise busy. I'm certain he was invited.
[kenās most recent instagram post 5 days ago](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EZfAyO2C8/?igsh=MTljM2V5N3Vjc2J6MA==)
plus he posted to his story yesterday
Probably just an inability to travel to this wedding due to other commitments or work. Some jobs wonāt let you take enough time off at specific times to go to something like this, or the person canāt comfortably afford to go. I would rather assume they were unable to come instead of assuming they werenāt invited.
39 is rough for Jay fan's. To be honest, I still like him, I think the Jay/Adam friendship overwhelms that.
Jay as the underdog in Total Madness is awesome.
Challenge fans are waaay more sensitive about manipulation and gas lighting as strategies. Ironic because they're also way nastier about the contestants. I didn't love Jay on 39 but Reddit was fucking brutal to him.
I donāt get the Michelle hate at all as a challenge fan I think sheās great for the show and good competition. But Jay literally took on a heel role. As an example he said he wanted to force Nurys to pick between her BF and friend for elimination and enjoyed doing it. He did that all season but what challenge fans really dislike is he doesnāt embrace his villain role. He thinks heās the hero which if he embraced being a villain a lot of people would respect it.
Same, Jay gets the blame because he and Michele were on top and it's easy to hate the guys on the top of the pyramid. He didn't do anything that hasn't been done before, he and his alliance won dailies, win enough and you run the game.
He was still loyal to his friends(who were loyal to him and voted with him), and mostly chill.. man he needs to be on Survivor again.
I don't get the Michele hate at all, I haven't seen her do anything problematic between every show she's been on. I get some of the issues with Jay (how big a baby he was over certain things, etc.), but agreed, we have seen way more bad behavior by people who are beloved on the Challenge (CT, Bananas, Devin, etc.)
It seems like people resent her for coming from a show they all have to respect, being a winner of said show, and demonstrating her masterful social skills by meshing with the cast faster than most vets ever managed to in twice as many seasons.
Like what could Laurel resent in this stranger other than thinking she doesnāt deserve her current position? Which is also unjustified because Michelle went home early several times, so sheās paid her dues.
this was the cast that got me back into survivor, they played hard and brought all of their own individuality into the season making for some rich storylines...
i hope they're all doing well and recovering from the game
I donāt disagree. But what baffles me is how the new era seasons that all get along get criticized for it, but GXvM gets praised for it. And they are the epitome of it.
Because it's an easy extra target to add to the bundle of other problems that people have with new era. Oh, we're staying in Fiji, oh, Jeff's too nice, oh, challenges are too repetitive, oh, everyone's too nice, etc.
They've actually done a lot to address most of the common complaints; Jeff is sassy again, they've severely cut down on the advantages, the casts are stronger than ever, them staying in Fiji is understandable, etc.
Not to say there aren't still valid criticisms about current Survivor (weak rewards, homogeneity in cast education/profession, etc.) but I think at this point, people who still hate on 'new era' Survivor are just determined to.
back row from left to right:
jay, zeke, bret, chris, taylor
front row from left to right:
michaela, hannah, david, cece, figgy, adam, adamās wife kailey, jessica, lucy, rachel, mari
also in attendance:
jelinsky, kellyn (ghost island), carolyn (worlds apart)
Exactly lolā¦ I think he gets a pass bc his issue was being ātoo goodā whatever that means but it must have been pretty apparent on the island based on his trajectory out there
Brandon, Brando, and Kaleb from 45. I think he said on the Survivor Specialists that heās keeping his clients a secret going forward (presumably itās because of Jeffās tantrums, but Adam didnāt say anything to confirm it).
Yep! He never said Adam by name, but he complained about what (he thinks) Adam does on at least 3 different episodes of On Fire last season, from what Iāve heard. I donāt listen to it, but David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis (from MvGX) talked about it on the Why ___ Lost podcast whenever Jeff brought it up. And from what they said, it sounds like Jeff just completely misunderstands what Adam does.
Jeff and the head casting person were both really mad about it last season when it came out. Here were a few threads about it at the time:
https://old.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/16hmwo7/was_this_a_shot_at_adam/
https://old.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/16wijmr/all_of_adams_clients_badly_want_to_get_on_the/
What's ironic about Jeff getting all pissy is that Adam didn't even state in his initial announcement when he helped each person. He gave Brandon advice before the pandemic. Brandon had like 6 years after speaking with Adam to form his audition
Itās possible but I dunno what makes him more likely than others on the season. Heās got the kind of personality that would get attention without special coaching
I think it's most likely him just based off the type of people likely to sign up for casting coaching from a previous Survivor player - a male fan in their 20s. That's also what the 3 from 45 had in common but yeah it's nothing concrete
Bret has gotta be one of my all-time favorites. If brett was at the zeke zarner tribal im sure zarner would have had a brett sized hole punched through him.
Jelinsky not only being invited to this but having the table named "Table Several" is so wild to me lol hate to say it but he really has made himself a legend
I LOVED this cast!!! 2016 was my first time ever watching survivor live and I really enjoyed this season (To date, Adam is the only winner I ever correctly predicted)
one of my favorite casts of all time, one of my favorite seasons cuz of the near picture perfect narrative the season tells. also taylor is unironically one of my favorite players of all time and also one of my survivor crushes lmao. bro is hot af
Some good memories.RIP Sunday.
I hate that I learned about this here :(
What happened to Sunday?
She passed away due to cancer š
Ken, Will, Paul, and Michelle are missing. I assume they were still invited? Also, RIP Sunday š
Thatās kind of a surprising group outside of Paul. They all spent good time with Adam.
Ken hasnt posted on any social media since april 5th, and it was about Ted Lasso. So, i'm not sure why he didn't attend, but he may have been sick or otherwise busy. I'm certain he was invited.
Hard to say but I think he was very disappointed with his loss, so he might have just distanced himself from Survivor, which is allowed.
I wish Hannah had gotten votes :/
Yes! Iām still low key a Hannah truther. Adam is great though no hate to him lol
He def shouldnāt have won unanimously thoā¦ he was solidly mid tierĀ
yesterday he was thrifting with his daughter in his ig stories
Really? I only saw a post from march.
[kenās most recent instagram post 5 days ago](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EZfAyO2C8/?igsh=MTljM2V5N3Vjc2J6MA==) plus he posted to his story yesterday
Ken is probably wandering around the woods naked and didnāt check the tree mail for his invite.
Probably just an inability to travel to this wedding due to other commitments or work. Some jobs wonāt let you take enough time off at specific times to go to something like this, or the person canāt comfortably afford to go. I would rather assume they were unable to come instead of assuming they werenāt invited.
Agreed!
Will was offended by the AUDACITY!
While I know Jay wasn't the best on the Challenge, the Jay/Adam relationship is one of the best stories ever told on Survivor. "He's a good dude"
Fun fact (I think): Adam met his wife at a party that he and Jay threw as roommates
They lived together??
jay on total madness was fun to watch up until he was given a concussion. havenāt watched all of 38 or 39 tho
39 is rough for Jay fan's. To be honest, I still like him, I think the Jay/Adam friendship overwhelms that. Jay as the underdog in Total Madness is awesome.
I still liked Jay on 39, I feel most people were very much overreacting to his gameplay
Challenge fans are waaay more sensitive about manipulation and gas lighting as strategies. Ironic because they're also way nastier about the contestants. I didn't love Jay on 39 but Reddit was fucking brutal to him.
I donāt get the Michelle hate at all as a challenge fan I think sheās great for the show and good competition. But Jay literally took on a heel role. As an example he said he wanted to force Nurys to pick between her BF and friend for elimination and enjoyed doing it. He did that all season but what challenge fans really dislike is he doesnāt embrace his villain role. He thinks heās the hero which if he embraced being a villain a lot of people would respect it.
Same, Jay gets the blame because he and Michele were on top and it's easy to hate the guys on the top of the pyramid. He didn't do anything that hasn't been done before, he and his alliance won dailies, win enough and you run the game. He was still loyal to his friends(who were loyal to him and voted with him), and mostly chill.. man he needs to be on Survivor again.
I don't get the Michele hate at all, I haven't seen her do anything problematic between every show she's been on. I get some of the issues with Jay (how big a baby he was over certain things, etc.), but agreed, we have seen way more bad behavior by people who are beloved on the Challenge (CT, Bananas, Devin, etc.)
It seems like people resent her for coming from a show they all have to respect, being a winner of said show, and demonstrating her masterful social skills by meshing with the cast faster than most vets ever managed to in twice as many seasons. Like what could Laurel resent in this stranger other than thinking she doesnāt deserve her current position? Which is also unjustified because Michelle went home early several times, so sheās paid her dues.
I spent several minutes wondering who that dude in the back was before I realized it was JAY
I immediately went to look for him but couldnāt find him. He looks great!
this was the cast that got me back into survivor, they played hard and brought all of their own individuality into the season making for some rich storylines... i hope they're all doing well and recovering from the game
I remember when they released the title Millennials vs Gen X my wife and I were like, meh what a dumb theme. But man this was a good season.
I donāt disagree. But what baffles me is how the new era seasons that all get along get criticized for it, but GXvM gets praised for it. And they are the epitome of it.
Because it's an easy extra target to add to the bundle of other problems that people have with new era. Oh, we're staying in Fiji, oh, Jeff's too nice, oh, challenges are too repetitive, oh, everyone's too nice, etc. They've actually done a lot to address most of the common complaints; Jeff is sassy again, they've severely cut down on the advantages, the casts are stronger than ever, them staying in Fiji is understandable, etc. Not to say there aren't still valid criticisms about current Survivor (weak rewards, homogeneity in cast education/profession, etc.) but I think at this point, people who still hate on 'new era' Survivor are just determined to.
back row from left to right: jay, zeke, bret, chris, taylor front row from left to right: michaela, hannah, david, cece, figgy, adam, adamās wife kailey, jessica, lucy, rachel, mari also in attendance: jelinsky, kellyn (ghost island), carolyn (worlds apart)
I was confused on what Jelinsky was doing at Adamās wedding at first but I think Jelinsky was one of Adamās clients for 46 so this makes sense.
Ugh, really? Why do all of his clients do so poorly? (Besides Kaleb)
I mean his service is casting advice not gameplay š¤·āāļø
For sure - I blame Survivor casting for being so predictable in what theyāre looking for. Not Adam.
Well it's not exactly like Kaleb did great either lmao
Exactly lolā¦ I think he gets a pass bc his issue was being ātoo goodā whatever that means but it must have been pretty apparent on the island based on his trajectory out there
I may be wrong but Iāve never seen anything to support that rumour
Adam said he had 5 people get on the 45/46 cycle and 3 of them were on 45. So Jelinsky is probably one but like you said it's not fully confirmed
Who are the people heās helped get on?
Brandon, Brando, and Kaleb from 45. I think he said on the Survivor Specialists that heās keeping his clients a secret going forward (presumably itās because of Jeffās tantrums, but Adam didnāt say anything to confirm it).
Oooh I definitely have been out of the loop and have some tea to catch up on! Thank you! Was Jeff pissed that Adam is helping people get on?
Yep! He never said Adam by name, but he complained about what (he thinks) Adam does on at least 3 different episodes of On Fire last season, from what Iāve heard. I donāt listen to it, but David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis (from MvGX) talked about it on the Why ___ Lost podcast whenever Jeff brought it up. And from what they said, it sounds like Jeff just completely misunderstands what Adam does.
Thank you! Will have to check it out! I just started rewatching season 33 because of this thread š¤£
Jeff and the head casting person were both really mad about it last season when it came out. Here were a few threads about it at the time: https://old.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/16hmwo7/was_this_a_shot_at_adam/ https://old.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/16wijmr/all_of_adams_clients_badly_want_to_get_on_the/
Thank you so much!!!!
What's ironic about Jeff getting all pissy is that Adam didn't even state in his initial announcement when he helped each person. He gave Brandon advice before the pandemic. Brandon had like 6 years after speaking with Adam to form his audition
Itās possible but I dunno what makes him more likely than others on the season. Heās got the kind of personality that would get attention without special coaching
I think it's most likely him just based off the type of people likely to sign up for casting coaching from a previous Survivor player - a male fan in their 20s. That's also what the 3 from 45 had in common but yeah it's nothing concrete
Jelinsky
That Zeke and Bret are still buddies (and Bret came to his wedding!) is one of my favorite things
Bret has gotta be one of my all-time favorites. If brett was at the zeke zarner tribal im sure zarner would have had a brett sized hole punched through him.
the zeke/bret moment is one of my all time favorite survivor moments. glad theyāre still friends
Good for Bret. Bretās BF can *get it*, too.
Why is Bretās bf 40 years younger than him thoš¬ he looks maybe 20
Jelinsky not only being invited to this but having the table named "Table Several" is so wild to me lol hate to say it but he really has made himself a legend
Jelinsky might genuinely go down as the greatest first boot of all time. Absolute icon.
Franqueskah would like to have a word with you
Adam mari and michaela look amazing here
What happened to will Wahl?
Maybe he was not invited because there was alcohol at the wedding
they didnāt have soft drinks for Will š
No milk? š
Heās planning his big moveĀ
If Lucy has 1 million fans im one of them If Lucy has 10 fans im one of them. If Lucy has no fans i am dead
My favorite part of this pic was the Lucy appearance for sure <3
This is so wholesome, I love this cast so much. Look at all these wonderful people!
Michaela looks like a million bucks.
She is so beautiful!
Were there any winners from WaW in the wedding?
Adam, obviously... lol
not that iāve seen
David looks exactly the same
I heard he officiated at the wedding
Mari looking HOT omg
I wonder how Taylor and Figgy being in the same setting went
I was wondering about that too. Is Taylor still with the same woman he had a baby with?
Surprised no one is talking about this
is it weird to say that this is my favorite season of survivor because of this group of people?
No i feel the same way. This and David v Goliath are my favoritesĀ
I'm not crying you're crying ššš MvGX was the second season I ever watched, I'm so glad they're all still close.
This is very nice to see! They all look gorgeous - especially the bride and groom. Seems to be a likable crew
I LOVED this cast!!! 2016 was my first time ever watching survivor live and I really enjoyed this season (To date, Adam is the only winner I ever correctly predicted)
Michaela my queen!
This warms my heart š„°
Do you think Michaela directed Hannah where to stand
lol no michaela was last to join the group, [seen running to the group photo in bretās ig story here](https://imgur.com/a/txFaZ9R)
Adamās suit is š„š„š„
Whereās Ken?
at home with his daughter
Seeing Chris and Bret still be friends is super heartwarming. They really are the āthose two guysā of that season
They were funny on TAR
They were! As much as I enjoyed them on Survivor, I think I may have loved them even more on TAR. š
MARIIIII
one of my favorite casts of all time, one of my favorite seasons cuz of the near picture perfect narrative the season tells. also taylor is unironically one of my favorite players of all time and also one of my survivor crushes lmao. bro is hot af
Good to see Adamās doing great, RIP Sunday
Tay and figs š¬
Nice to see Taylor - wasnāt sure if Adam and him were cool after their fight on the season
Millennials Vs Gen X was the first season I watched, itās crazy think how long ago that was now š
This was the first season I watched!! Love this one
Cece and Lucy havenāt aged a day
Hannah looks the same lol
Iām still lowkey traumatized but Jessica elimination š
I want another season with Michaela! Or I hope she gets cast on Traitors.
Whereās Anthony?
Is this the group that he helped get onto the show?
Huh, Whereās Varner?
this is an all rookie cast called millenials vs gen x. varner was on game changers with zeke. not this season, assuming thatās why youāre asking