Survivor‘s Kellee Kim is speaking out against Dan Spilo after he issued a public apology to his former contestant.
Shortly after Spilo broke his silence about his controversial time onIsland of the Idolsin anexclusive statement to PEOPLEon Tuesday, Kim, who previously accused him ofinappropriate touchingon the show, responded to his apology.
“It‘s curious that Dan has decided to publicly apologize to me — and just me — on the eve of the #Survivor39 finale for a series of inappropriate incidents that occurred months ago and impacted a number of women on set,” Kimtweeted.
“I truly hope that some of this self reflection is real and that Dan changes his behavior going forward,” she wrote in a secondtweet. “For me, this statement only underscores the responsibility of CBS and Survivor to take action to prevent anything like this from ever happening again in the future. #Survivor.”
PEOPLE is out to CBS for comment.
Spilo, a 48-year-old Hollywood agent, wasremoved from the gameon day 36 after an incident in which he touched a female producer’s thigh as he was getting into a transport boat — weeks after he was accused ofinappropriately touchingKim.
In his statement to PEOPLE, Spilo wrote, “I am deeply sorry for how my actions affected Kellee during the taping of this season of Survivor. After apologizing at the tribal council when I first learned that Kellee still felt uncomfortable, I want to make sure I do so again, clearly and unambiguously.”
Kellee Kim and Dan Spilo.Robert Voets/CBS (2)
It was the first time that Spilo has spoken out since his ouster from the show. Sources close to Spilo tell PEOPLE that he had planned to address the controversy during the show’s live finale, butwas later uninvitedfrom the show.
Producers pulled each contestant aside to discuss the issue — but some players now say that the warnings were so unspecific that no one understood the severity of the issue.
Dan Spilo.Robert Voets/CBS Entertainment
As for the incident that led to his removal, according to multiple sources, Spilo insisted that the contact was inadvertent and accidental as he lost his balance while trying to get into the boat. But the show’s production team wasn’t convinced that the contact was merely incidental. After consulting with the show’s legal team, producers removed him from the show.
Survivor‘s season finale airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
source: people.com
