{"id":2412421,"date":"2026-05-11T22:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2412421"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:56:28","slug":"survivor-host-jeff-probsts-brother-scott-probst-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/survivor-host-jeff-probsts-brother-scott-probst-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor Host Jeff Probst&#8217;s Brother Scott Probst Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/survivor\/\"><em>Survivor<\/em><\/a> host<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jeff-probst\/\"><strong> Jeff Probst<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s younger brother <strong>Scott Probst<\/strong> has died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome sad news, our brother Scott is no longer with us,\u201d <strong>Brent Probst<\/strong> wrote via Instagram on Monday, May 11. \u201cHe was a great brother, son and friend. I will miss him so much \u2764\ufe0f I\u2019m so sad he is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the comments section, <em>Survivor<\/em> alumni shared their condolences to Brent and the rest of the Probst family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so terribly sorry Brent. Sending love to you and your whole family,\u201d <strong>Adam Klein<\/strong> wrote, while <strong>Kendra McQuarrie<\/strong> added, \u201cSo so sorry for your loss\ud83e\ude75 sending lots of love to the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jeff-probst-explains-why-he-doubled-over-during-survivor-49-challenge\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jeff-probst-explains-why-he-doubled-over-during-survivor-49-challenge\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Jeff Probst Explains Why He Doubled Over During &#8216;Survivor 49&#8217; Challenge<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSurvivor fans are used to seeing contestants squirm under the sun during challenges, but on the latest episode of the CBS reality competition, it was host Jeff Probst who looked like he was ready to pass out. During the Wednesday, October 29, episode of Survivor season 49, Probst doubled over in physical discomfort after the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Teeny Chirichillo<\/strong> also commented, \u201cThinking of you and your family. I\u2019m so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A cause of death was not publicly shared at the time of publication, and Jeff has not publicly commented on his brother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff, the oldest of three brothers, collaborated with Scott on <em>Survivor<\/em>, with the youngest sibling serving as an art assistant from 2006 to 2008 and as a cameraman from 2011 to 2012, per his IMDb page.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff, for his part, has been the host of <em>Survivor<\/em> since the 2000 premiere. The show is currently<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/survivor-50-what-we-know-and-what-were-hoping-for\/\"> celebrating its 50th season<\/a>, with fan-favorites like <strong>Mike White, Cirie Fields, Ozzy<\/strong> <strong>Lusth, Savannah Louie <\/strong>and<strong> Dee Valladares<\/strong> trying their hand at another shot at the title of Survivor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/survivors-jeff-probst-reflects-on-the-games-evolution\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Survivor-Jeff-Probst-on-How-the-Game-Has-Evolved-Over-45-Seasons-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Survivor Jeff Probst on How the Game Has Evolved Over 45 Seasons\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/survivors-jeff-probst-reflects-on-the-games-evolution\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Survivor\u2019s Jeff Probst on How the Game Has Evolved Over 45 Seasons<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tRobert Voets\/CBS Jeff Probst has seen his fair share of tribal councils since Survivor premiered 23 years ago \u2014 and it hasn\u2019t gotten old. \u201cThere\u2019s a phrase I said to myself years ago that stayed with me \u2014 which is one of the things I learned from Survivor \u2014 everybody has a story,\u201d Probst, 61, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI mean, my blood is in this show, right? I literally bled for this show for nearly three decades,\u201d Jeff <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jeff-probst-teases-the-future-of-survivor-even-if-hes-not-the-host\/\">exclusively shared with <em>Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> ahead of the <em>Survivor 50<\/em> premiere in February. \u201cBut 100 percent, this is not me saying something politically correct. The show should last forever, because the format is just an incredible format.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Jeff went on to acknowledge that he may not be able to participate in every iteration of the show, which sees a group of castaways competing against each other in a series of challenges in the hopes of winning the $1 million grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stay inside the tiny little box that is the format of <em>Survivor<\/em>, but once you step inside that tiny little box, you realize the space is enormous,\u201d Jeff explained. \u201cYou can try all kinds of things. So, for instance, if you hired a different type of person to host, and then you brought in a different type of person to produce, and you took their different points of view, it seems likely that the show would go in a completely different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI really do think it goes on, and I hope that even if I\u2019m not hosting, maybe there\u2019s a way I can, you know, still be involved because I love this show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survivor host Jeff Probst\u2019s younger brother Scott Probst has died. \u201cSome sad news, our brother Scott is no longer with us,\u201d Brent Probst wrote via Instagram on Monday, May 11. \u201cHe was a great brother, son and friend. I will miss him so much \u2764\ufe0f I\u2019m so sad he is gone.\u201d In the comments section, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2412422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22062,24003,25601,21738],"class_list":["post-2412421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-deaths","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Survivor-Host-Jeff-Probsts-Brother-Scott-Probst-Dead.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412423,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412421\/revisions\/2412423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}