(CNN) It was the first time in the "Survivor's" 39 season history that a contestant had been pulled over an issue of conduct and he is finally speaking out. My personal feeling is if anyone ever felt for a second uncomfortable about anything I’ve ever done, I’m horrified about that and I’m terribly sorry.”, RELATED: Survivor Contestant Accused of ‘Inappropriate Touching’ as 2 Players Admit to Using Allegations to Win, PEOPLE has spoken to multiple people involved with the show’s production, all of whom say that producers were concerned about how to handle the situation. “When a situation arises, everyone wants to do the right thing,” the second insider explains. Here are the thoughts I've had about this for awhile with some added. But then Kellee felt too confident and didn't play her idol and went to the jury so the producers were like "well crap that didn't work" and they couldn't exactly remove him at that point because they had already played their hand and no one had given new ammunition (no one else reporting him).

"Tonight, on CBS Survivor, Dan Spilo was kicked off for, once again, inappropriate touching. "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," Kim said in a tweet. As early as day 2, contestant Kellee Kim told Spilo that she would prefer that he not touch her. Introducing ... PEOPLE's Products Worth the Hype.

Please read the guide below for more info and how to filter on mobile. I can only hope that my actions in the future can help me to make amends and show me to be the kind of father, husband, colleague and friend that I always aim to be.". What are everyone's thoughts on the situation now that we have more pieces of the puzzle?

Kellee Kim, who Spilo mentions in his apology was one of the contestants on "Survivor" this season, and had made it known that she was uncomfortable with the way in which Spilo touched her.

Sources tell PEOPLE that the incident in question — which involved a member of the show’s production team — happened after an immunity challenge as Spilo and other contestants were getting into a boat to transport them back to the camp. And by the time it got to this point, everyone was just saying this season had become a sh– show. This incident was also off-camera and nobody would have known if people witnessing the event didnt peg it as serious enough to mention. While Dan’s dismissal has validated the concerns that I raised from the beginning of the season, I wish that no one had been subjected to this type of behavior," tweeted Kellee shortly after Wednesday's episode. For the first time in Survivor history, a contestant was expelled for inappropriate behavior after being formally warned on-camera in a previous episode. Here is PEOPLE’s take on it: Why Survivor Contestant Dan Spilo Was 'Removed' from the Game and What the 'Off-Camera' Incident Was. “If it had been his first strike, I don’t think he would have been removed from the game,” the first production source tells PEOPLE. The physics in involved in Dan's statement about what happened do not make sense and it was obviously serious enough and a bad enough touch to the leg for someone to say something. Ultimately, Spilo was permitted to stay — on a very short leash. “It was just a very vague blanket statement telling me if I ever felt unsafe, I should let production know,” contestant Aaron Meredith told Parade. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If you would like to opt out of browser push notifications, please refer to the following instructions specific to your device and browser: this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. No one could truly say the show acted in the wrong by removing him and they no longer have to worry about him making it to the end.

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(CNN)It was the first time in the "Survivor's" 39 season history that a contestant had been pulled over an issue of conduct and he is finally speaking out. Dan, however, was warned and I can't defend him based off this information because it sounds too odd. “But there was a difference of opinion of what should be done.”. Boston Rob mentioned that if he was going to play it he had to take unnecessary risk by getting people to write his name because he didn’t know for a fact that that was a real advantage. Robert Voets/CBS (2), Credit:

Robert Voets/CBS, Credit: I know that Jeff Varner is running around Twitter preaching Dan's innocence, but Varner's credibility has been crap ever since his nasty behavior on Game Changers, which he tried to use for famous moments in the 'real world.' He touched a woman (whether truly on accident or as another incident again we may never know and it doesn't really matter imo) in a manner that could be deemed inappropriate and there were witnesses but no video evidence that Dan could use in court for a wrongful game termination lawsuit or anything else but blustering. "I am deeply sorry for how my actions affected Kellee during the taping of this season of Survivor," Spilo said in a, Spilo continued, "I truly regret that anyone was made to feel uncomfortable by my behavior. They did everything correctly just far too late for it to truly matter and have been the right thing. Before contestant Dan Spilo was removed from Survivor: Island of the Idols, producers debated what to do about the 48-year-old talent agent, multiple sources tell PEOPLE. In my life, I have always tried to treat others with decency, integrity and kindness. After consulting with the show’s legal team, producers removed him from the show. “There was this feeling as the season started that this was a great cast, that they were all playing the game, and it would be really fun. They also don't put him on the jury so that he no longer interacts with Kellee and cannot make trouble as retribution against the show.

CBS, at the time, did not reveal any additional details. But then it happened. But the show’s production team wasn’t convinced that the contact was merely incidental. Remove S40 Posts; Remove International/Fanmade Survivor posts; Show only International/Fanmade Survivor posts You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. At the end of Wednesday’s episode, the screen faded to black with the following text: “Dan was removed from the game after a report of another incident, which happened off-camera and did not involve a player.”. This will get buried, but it seems like what happened is the producers of the show decided to get Dan our at this exact moment in order to get Dean to not be able to play his fake legacy advantage. A full recap of the episode is available, where it is revealed that someone new was voted off the island. “No one has ever been kicked off the show, ever, since 2000. “It’s ugly and it’s controversial,” a third production source tells PEOPLE. He continued to play the game and was never seriously in danger of being voted out. Following an episode last week the show briefly flashed a title card on the screen that read that Spilo, 48, a talent manager contestant had been "removed from the game after a report of another incident, which happened off-camera and did not involve a player.".

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“But the feeling was, ‘it’s time to pull the plug.’ In many ways, this was just the final straw.”. Sources tell PEOPLE that Spilo vehemently disagreed with the decision to boot him from the game.

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“We talked through everything for quite a while, and by the time he got on the boat to leave he had calmed down and was actually very respectful as he departed.”. These filters only work on desktop and will default to classic reddit. It was unprecedented to even consider removing him.”, The debate involved producers of the show as well as executives at CBS, a second source tells PEOPLE. The Hollywood talent agent was removed from the game on day 36 after an undisclosed incident off-camera. Neither CBS nor Spilo are providing additional comment at this time. Nobody else besides Jeff has discussed tonight yet and I'm sure if anyone thought Dan was in the right, people would speak up like they did with the Kellee thing. “When we first told Dan we were pulling him from the game, he was not happy,” host Jeff Probst told Entertainment Weekly. Mostly me guessing what the producers probably were thinking during the filming: I think that the producers decided not to do anything real when Kellee came forward because they knew that he was seriously being considered voted out over it and that the only other person seriously being considered was Kellee who is intelligent and had an idol (and maybe they even arranged for her to get a second one to encourage her to play it even more). According to multiple sources, he insisted that the contact was inadvertent and accidental as he lost his balance while trying to get into the boat.

He seemed destined to make the final three until his surprise ejection on day 36.

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The end of this season wasn’t fun at all, and it was time for Dan to go.”. She has now spoken out about Spilo's apology, questioning its timing. Dan Spilo removed from Survivor. Federal judge rejects GOP challenge to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes, See the fence being built around the White House, Vienna 'terror attack' leaves one dead, several injured, Tensions escalate in some areas ahead of Election Day, Trump suggests he might fire Fauci after the election, Texas Supreme Court denies GOP-led effort to invalidate thousands of votes, Trump supporters block traffic on highways in New York and New Jersey, Road to 270: Polls show Trump leading in only 2 battleground states, Only 4 states trending down in Covid-19 cases, North Carolina police use pepper spray to break up march to polling place, Biden campaign bus surrounded by Trump supporter caravan, Boris Johnson: England will enter second national lockdown, Two gay couples in Taiwan make history in military wedding, The 2016 promises Donald Trump has (and hasn't) kept, first time in the "Survivor's" 39 season history. But that’s not the real kicker. No action was taken while Kim was in the game.

Kellee may have been in a position to win if Dan had never driven her to reporting him and thus getting herself voted out in that crucial and pivitol post-merge first tribal.

“This went way beyond the game aspect of the show,” one production source says. At one point, Spilo allegedly touched the female crew member’s leg.