Former contestants of the CBS reality show “Survivor” say that the yummy host, Jeff Probst, is a total diva who makes fun of the contestants and holds up production if he isn’t comfortable with the conditions. While the contestants are starving, filthy and covered in bug bites, sources say Jeff doesn’t like to get wet, eats candy right in front of the contestants and will cut shooting if the bugs get too bad.

The toughest challenge facing “Survivor” contestants is surviving the diva attitude of the show’s host, Jeff Probst, say those connected to the show.

“Jeff Probst was always making fun of people, and he’s such a jerk,” the winner of “Survivor: Micronesia,” sexy Parvati Shallow, said in an interview.

“There was one challenge where we all had to get in the water and go from platform to platform. Jeff got someone to bring his speedboat around so he wouldn’t get wet, and he’s standing there under a shade umbrella. He’s such a diva.”

But Shallow – who placed sixth on “Survivor: Cook Islands” in 2006 and won the $1 million prize in season 16’s “Fans vs. Favorites” competition – isn’t the only one flinging the mud at the 46-year-old host.

“Jeff has actually brought production to a halt during the tribal council meetings because the bugs were bothering him,” an insider revealed. “The contestants were sitting in their own filth, starving, waiting to hear their fate, and suddenly Jeff shouts, ‘Cut!’ because a few mosquitoes were swarming around his head. He’d have the crew spray him – and him only – with bug spray before he’d continue.

“At times he’d snack on candy in front of the famished contestants, and he’s even had crew members lay planks of wood at his feet to avoid getting muddy as he walked.”

[From The National Enquirer print version, April 29, 2009]

I say, big deal. So what? He’s not a contestant, he’s the host. He didn’t sign up to sit in his own filth, get bitten by bugs and starve. The contestants did. They’re all there to win the million bucks and get famous, so why not make fun of them for the being fame whores they truly are? Maybe I am biased because I am blinded by Jeff’s hotness, but I can’t help but think I’d be doing the same exact things to the morons on this show. If they don’t like it, they can go be on another show.

Here’s Jeff Probst at the Time For Heroes Celebrity Carnival in Los Angeles on June 6th. Images thanks to WENN.com .