Jon Lovett of ‘Pod Save America’ joins ‘Survivor’ cast

by Tara Suter - 05/23/24 4:25 PM ET

Podcaster Jon Lovett appears at an event. — Richard Shotwell, Invision via Associated Press
Jon Lovett participates in the “Pod Save America” panel during the HBO Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton hotel on July 25, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Former Obama speechwriter and “Pod Save America” co-host Jon Lovett will be a cast member on the next season of the CBS reality show “Survivor,” CBS confirmed to The Hill on Thursday.

“I have no outdoor skills,” Lovett says in a trailer for the next season of the popular reality show that aired Wednesday night, according to CBS. “What am I doing here? I went camping as a Cub Scout. I threw up and went home.”

Lovett’s “Pod Save America” co-host, Jon Favreau, appeared to poke fun at his colleague being on the show in a Wednesday post on the social platform X.

“What did I tell you?” Favreau said the post in response to the trailer. “Eat Pray Lovett.”

The company behind “Pod Save America,” Crooked Media, which Lovett co-founded, also responded to the trailer with a post on X of their own Wednesday.

“So, this is how you tell us…” the post reads.

Crooked Media later confirmed the casting to The Hill.

Updated at 4:35 p.m. EDT

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