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By Sarah Hall
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[size=-1]Forget the million bucks--the Survivor set seems to be the latest place to find true love. [/size]
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Maine native Julie Berry came in fifth on Survivor: Vanuatu, but she still wound up with a prize of her own--the show's host, Jeff Probst.
Berry, 24, and Probst, 43, reportedly began dating once filming on the show wrapped. Probst said he sparked up the relationship by sending the comely contestant an email to say hello over the summer.
"Nobody is more surprised than me that I could find my love affair on a show that I host," Probst told People magazine, "but the truth is when something like this gets dropped in your lap, you don't look at how it's wrapped, you don't look at how it's being delivered. You just put your arms around it and you hold on because this is my love affair and there's no question in my mind about it."
Rumors that the twosome were involved began while the show was still underway, after Berry was spotted wearing a fake heart-shaped tattoo, bearing the name "Jeff" in one episode. But Berry denied that the inked-on declaration meant anything, claiming it was "just harmless fun" to the Portland Press Herald.
"The funny thing was there was this perception we were flirting on the show and that was actually just fun stuff on the show," Probst explained to People. "I didn't really talk to Julie until long after the show was over."
Berry, a youth counselor from Gorham, Maine, is planning to move to California to pursue her master's degree in family counseling. Conveniently, Probst also happens to be a California resident--that is, when he's not on location for Survivor.
Probst seems confident that his new relationship will outwit, outplay and outlast any obstacles.
"I'm in love. I'm with her. I'm with her family, and there ain't no turning back. When you find it, you know and now I get it," he told People. "The funniest thing is people used to always say, 'you'll know,' and I'd think, 'Oh, shut it! Let me tell ya, I've been around long enough, I don't know.' And then suddenly one day, I knew. Now I am one of those irritating people that is now saying, 'you'll know.'"
The khaki-clad host's previous marriage to psychotherapist Shelly Wright ended in 2001.
Of course, Probst and Berry aren't the first to find romance on the castaway competition.
Who could forget "Boston" Rob Mariano's touching proposal to Survivor: All-Stars winner Amber Brkich in the live season finale?
The duo forged their camera-friendly relationship while competing to be the last Survivor standing during the rainy season off the coast of Panama. In the end, their coupling proved to be more than just a showmance, as Amber accepted Rob's proposal and a hefty rock.
Now the reality-addicted duo is rumored to be among the couples in competition on the seventh season of CBS' The Amazing Race--and if their relationship can survive the stresses of two reality shows, we're guessing it must be true love.
Meanwhile, there's hope for future lovelorn Survivor castaways. Though Probst is taken, the show has been greenlit for an 11th and 12th season, providing ample opportunities for more island-bound hookups. The 10th season of the show is set to premiere in spring 2005. [/size]
By Sarah Hall
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[size=-1]Forget the million bucks--the Survivor set seems to be the latest place to find true love. [/size]
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Maine native Julie Berry came in fifth on Survivor: Vanuatu, but she still wound up with a prize of her own--the show's host, Jeff Probst.
Berry, 24, and Probst, 43, reportedly began dating once filming on the show wrapped. Probst said he sparked up the relationship by sending the comely contestant an email to say hello over the summer.
"Nobody is more surprised than me that I could find my love affair on a show that I host," Probst told People magazine, "but the truth is when something like this gets dropped in your lap, you don't look at how it's wrapped, you don't look at how it's being delivered. You just put your arms around it and you hold on because this is my love affair and there's no question in my mind about it."
Rumors that the twosome were involved began while the show was still underway, after Berry was spotted wearing a fake heart-shaped tattoo, bearing the name "Jeff" in one episode. But Berry denied that the inked-on declaration meant anything, claiming it was "just harmless fun" to the Portland Press Herald.
"The funny thing was there was this perception we were flirting on the show and that was actually just fun stuff on the show," Probst explained to People. "I didn't really talk to Julie until long after the show was over."
Berry, a youth counselor from Gorham, Maine, is planning to move to California to pursue her master's degree in family counseling. Conveniently, Probst also happens to be a California resident--that is, when he's not on location for Survivor.
Probst seems confident that his new relationship will outwit, outplay and outlast any obstacles.
"I'm in love. I'm with her. I'm with her family, and there ain't no turning back. When you find it, you know and now I get it," he told People. "The funniest thing is people used to always say, 'you'll know,' and I'd think, 'Oh, shut it! Let me tell ya, I've been around long enough, I don't know.' And then suddenly one day, I knew. Now I am one of those irritating people that is now saying, 'you'll know.'"
The khaki-clad host's previous marriage to psychotherapist Shelly Wright ended in 2001.
Of course, Probst and Berry aren't the first to find romance on the castaway competition.
Who could forget "Boston" Rob Mariano's touching proposal to Survivor: All-Stars winner Amber Brkich in the live season finale?
The duo forged their camera-friendly relationship while competing to be the last Survivor standing during the rainy season off the coast of Panama. In the end, their coupling proved to be more than just a showmance, as Amber accepted Rob's proposal and a hefty rock.
Now the reality-addicted duo is rumored to be among the couples in competition on the seventh season of CBS' The Amazing Race--and if their relationship can survive the stresses of two reality shows, we're guessing it must be true love.
Meanwhile, there's hope for future lovelorn Survivor castaways. Though Probst is taken, the show has been greenlit for an 11th and 12th season, providing ample opportunities for more island-bound hookups. The 10th season of the show is set to premiere in spring 2005. [/size]
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