An executive producer behind new reality show Naked and Afraid - which involves contestants being dropped in the jungle without food, water or clothing - has said that nudity on the program was never mean to be 'exploitative'.
Each week, a new pair of complete strangers - one man and one woman - find themselves stranded in and, quite literally, exposed to some of the world's most extreme weather environments.
An executive producer on the Discovery show, which started last Sunday, explained that the nudity on the show is not exploitative but merely part of creating a realistic wilderness experience.
Each week, a new pair of complete strangers - one man and one woman - find themselves stranded in and, quite literally, exposed to some of the world's most extreme weather environments.
An executive producer on the Discovery show, which started last Sunday, explained that the nudity on the show is not exploitative but merely part of creating a realistic wilderness experience.
When asked if she thought that nudity would get more people watching the show, Discovery producer Denise Contis told salon.com: 'Well, we didn’t develop the show to be exploitative, ever.
'We always developed it with our filter being ''how do we protect and it make it a pure survival experience?'''
The contestants private parts are blurred when the show is broadcast.
Naked and Afraid is billed as taking 'survival of the fittest' to the next level - and dubbed 'the Everest of survival challenges'.
Each duo is left high and dry with no food, no water and and no clothes. They must survive on their own for a full 21 days, with nothing but one personal item each.
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According to Ms Contis, no one brought clothing as their item but preferred practical items such as a small cup, machete and goggles.
The dramatic trailer says that humans can only go three days without water - with the human body beginning to shut down after three weeks without food.
And contestants are seen desperately scrambling for something to eat, with one woman seen killing a fish as her partner yells 'chop its head off', as tells it 'you're my dinner'.
While another kills a snake, telling the camera: 'It will still bite you even though I cut its damn head off.'
He's paired up with Kellie Nightlinger, 38, an adventure guide from Alaska, who worked in law enforcement and as a rock minor. She is now a guide for glacier and whale watching adventures - and once survived in the Everglades for a week by herself, even being harpooned by an alligator.
Jonathan Klay, 36, a former Marine and bodyguard from LA joined Alison Teal, a 27-year-old surfer and filmmaker from Hawaii who currently lives in a Robinson Crusoe-style grass hut that she built with her parents over the last 20 years.
Survival instructor and country and western singer-songwriter Clint Jivoin, 24, from Indiana, says that ninety percent of his diet comes from his own hunting and wild edible plants; however, he is adamant in his disdain for sport hunting: 'Disgusting and despicable; if you kill it, then you’d better eat it.'
He's paired up with Kellie Nightlinger, 38, an adventure guide from Alaska, who worked in law enforcement and as a rock minor. She is now a guide for glacier and whale watching adventures - and once survived in the Everglades for a week by herself, even being harpooned by an alligator.
Jonathan Klay, 36, a former Marine and bodyguard from LA joined Alison Teal, a 27-year-old surfer and filmmaker from Hawaii who currently lives in a Robinson Crusoe-style grass hut that she built with her parents over the last 20 years.
Survival instructor and country and western singer-songwriter Clint Jivoin, 24, from Indiana, says that ninety percent of his diet comes from his own hunting and wild edible plants; however, he is adamant in his disdain for sport hunting: 'Disgusting and despicable; if you kill it, then you’d better eat it.'
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