Editing Survivor: Marquesas (section)

===Rob Mariano===
During his time on the show, then-25-year-old construction worker [[Rob Mariano]] made several [[Homophobia|homophobic]] and [[Misogyny|misogynistic]] remarks about fellow contestants, even going so far as to [[Outing|out]] one competitor as a gay man. According to Mariano, then-35-year-old fishing boat captain Zoe Zanidakis, whom he deemed insufficiently feminine, was "the toughest guy on the island." In reference to then-36-year-old registered nurse John Carroll, a [[gay]] man, Mariano stated, "When I first saw John I thought he was a big-time queer... I won't be sleeping next to him tonight." Also in reference to Carroll, he said, "We have eight guys and one girl on the island. I think her name is John."<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Winds Twist |series=Survivor |date=March 20, 2002 |network=CBS |season=4 |number=49}}</ref>

After an argument about voting strategy, Mariano asked Carroll "Are you gay dude?" to which Carroll responded "Hey, don't ask me that... Yeah I am." He expressed discomfort over the public outing later in an on-camera interview: "It was very passive aggressive like a throwaway comment, 'Hey, are you gay?', but you know, hey, … I've been out for a long time, so I said 'Yeah', you know I am. I said thanks for outing me, you know."<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Underdogs |series=Survivor |date=April 4, 2002 |network=CBS |season=4 |number=51}}</ref>

Nevertheless, Mariano would frequently be invited to participate in subsequent [[CBS]] productions throughout the years that followed, eventually winning the million-dollar prize on his [[Survivor: Redemption Island|fourth ''Survivor'' appearance]] and later going on to be featured as a "mentor" and "''Survivor'' icon" in the show's [[Survivor: Island of the Idols|thirty-ninth season]]. Shortly after he was eliminated on the show, Mariano addressed the incident in an interview, saying "I actually talked to him right after I outed him on the show. The reason I asked him if he was gay wasn't to bring him out on national TV; it was to see if he would be honest with me."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shaw |first=Jessica |date=April 15, 2002 |title=Boston Rob tells why he outed John on TV |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/04/15/boston-rob-tells-why-he-outed-john-tv/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Neither Mariano, ''Survivor'', nor CBS have ever since publicly addressed the comments or apologized for his behavior on the show.