Scorpion King

Image credit: Jeff Probst: Monty Brinton/CBS Archive

ONCE BITTEN Probst tangled with the business end of a scorpion on the set of ''Survivor 3''

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Three weeks into the third, African-set edition of CBS' ''Survivor,'' the natives are getting restless. On day 21, ''Survivor'''s khaki-tastic host Jeff Probst faced off against an opponent with more venom than outback Überbitch (and current Playboy cover girl) Jerri Manthey. ''I got stung by a scorpion,'' Probst confesses to Entertainment Weekly via e-mail. ''Fortunately, the bite was a bit lower on the body. He crawled right up my boot and planted one on my Achilles' heel. He was about an inch and a half long and stung like a motherf---er.'' Call him a masochist, but the ever-earnest Probst (who will return to prime time when ''Survivor 3'' debuts in October) admits that he kinda likes the pain. '''Survivor 1,' I was stung in the nether regions by a jellyfish. During 'Survivor 2,' I peed on an electric fence and it sent a shock back to the point of origin. Now I feel authentic.''