by Brian Juergens

Meet Charlie Herschel, "Survivor: Gabon"'s gay, single NYC lawyer

Today CBS unveiled the cast of Survivor: Gabon, the 4,673rd season of their successful reality competition. And, as in past seasons, there is a gay man among the castaways: 29-year-old Charlie Herschel, an attorney from New York. Charlie runs marathons in his spare time (he says that his training helped him lose 60 pounds and keep it off) and that his strategy for game play is " "With high risks, come high rewards, but the risks must be calculated."

Take a peek at Charlie's bio if you want to learn more, or check out this intro video of Charlie discussing the game. After the wins of out contestants Todd and Richard, Charlie's combination of smarts, persuasive skills and physical strength sound pretty promising.

Thoughts?

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Brian Juergens

on Wed, 2008-08-27 08:46.

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What a cutie!!!

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Whitetee (2870 points) (621 posts)

on Wed, 2008-08-27 09:45.

And good-looking gay lawyer from NY,who is single?How Will & Grace is that?hehe. :) But marathons in spare time?THAT`s hardcore,he`s got my respect.

At least for now I`m rooting for him.

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Gawdorable

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Dan McCallum (1140 points) (577 posts)

on Wed, 2008-08-27 10:00.

I can't stand how adorable this boy is. Surely he'll ruin that illusion before too long.

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I REALLY hope not,but I`m

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Whitetee (2870 points) (621 posts)

on Wed, 2008-08-27 11:05.

I REALLY hope not,but I`m prepared for the worst.

According to what the host Jeff said about him on EW.com

JEFF PROBST SAYS: ''Charlie prides himself on being very bright and educated. And the question I'd say for Charlie is, 'Can he stand up for himself? Does he really have a voice?' Or is he just going to look for somebody to hang on to and see how far they'll pull him along.''

Hum,not bad it seems.The comment some others get are much worse.

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My teeth hurt...

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boyd (646 points) (156 posts)

on Wed, 2008-08-27 10:51.

...but I might actually start watching Survivor again after a 6 season hiatus.

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One other thing

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Whitetee (2870 points) (621 posts)

on Wed, 2008-08-27 11:15.

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/08/survivor-gabon.html

And while there are no hardcore “showmances” this time around, Probst does tease that one player proves particularly popular: “Marcus, the doctor from Georgia — one of the most arrogant guys that we’ve had on the show — he at one point had three people after him. And not only women.”

God I hope it`s not the gay-guy-after-straight-guy kinda thing,THAT would be bothersome.Could it be that Charlie flirted with him a little bit,or maybe we have another closet case?Or it could be two straight guys` "Bromance" of some kind.

God I should really get a life! -_-

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