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Ladybug007
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 7:29 am
Julie and Jeff sitting in a tree..... Jeff Probst has had many adventures as host of Survivor, such as hacking out of the Vanuatu brush, skydiving over the California desert and zooming into this season's finale on a big hog (motorcycle, that is). So who knew the biggest adventure for Probst would be embracing a new love? Probst, 43, and Survivor: Vanuatu's fifth finalist, Julie Berry, who turned 24 Wednesday, are a couple. "Nobody is more surprised than me that I could find my love affair on a show that I host," Probst tells PEOPLE, "but the truth is when something like this gets dropped in your lap, you don't look at how it's wrapped, you don't look at how it's being delivered. You just put your arms around it and you hold on because this is my love affair and there's no question in my mind about it." Rumors of a relationship started among viewers who noticed Berry sporting a dabbed-on heart tattoo with "Jeff" scrawled on it during one episode. "That was just harmless fun," Berry told the Portland Press Herald. Probst concurs. "The funny thing was there was this perception we were flirting on the show," he says, "and that was actually just fun stuff on the show. I didn't really talk to Julie until long after the show was over." After production on Vanuatu wrapped over the summer, Probst says he e-mailed Berry just to say hello. "Once we started spending some time together, I didn't have any doubt. I didn't have any doubt and all the questions about how you meet and any potential obstacles, they fade away like an old dry leaf." Happily, Probst adds, "I'm in love. I'm with her. I'm with her family, and there ain't no turning back. When you find it, you know and now I get it. The funniest thing is people used to always say, 'you'll know,' and I'd think, 'Oh, shut it! Let me tell ya, I've been around long enough, I don't know.' And then suddenly one day, I knew. Now I am one of those irritating people that is now saying, 'you'll know.'" Berry, a youth mentor from Gorham, Maine, is moving to California to pursue her master's degree in family counseling. Probst is in Los Angeles, having returned from shooting the 10th season of the series, Survivor: Palau. Probst was married to psychotherapist Shelley Wright from 1996 until 2001.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 7:50 am
That is quite an age difference...
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 7:54 am
I guess he didn't "know" with his first wife.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 8:31 am
That's nice news! I hope things work out well for them.   
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 8:55 am
That is great - good for them! I find it very curious that he married and divorced a psychotherapist and is now dating and in love with a future psychotherapist. Odd.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 9:02 am
A bit off-topic but IMO Julie is one of the best-looking Survivors of any season (both during the show and at the reunion) and on top of that she seems to have a very nice personality. It seems Jeff is a lucky guy (not that she’s doing bad either). I guess Jeff considered it would be inappropriate to make some sort of announcement at the reunion show!
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 9:24 am
guess its a good thing Julie didn't win. Could you see the speculation and nay saying that would be going on if she had? I'm actually happy for them and think this is kinda sweet...*files this under "Things that make you go awwww..."
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 9:40 am
his 'love affair'??? why keep calling it that?
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 9:43 am
Hasn't he dated other people from Survivor in the past? I agree..."love affair" is a little odd.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 9:52 am
Sometimes I think we (including me for sure) tend to over-analyse these things a bit too much (but it is fun ).
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 9:59 am
Spygirl, I used almost the exact same words as you after reading that. Great minds think alike!!!
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 10:05 am
Spy wrote: That is great - good for them! I find it very curious that he married and divorced a psychotherapist and is now dating and in love with a future psychotherapist. Odd. Maybe Jeff just like having his mind blown away.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 1:54 pm
*snort - - ROFLOL Lance! (and I thought the same thing Spy, native!)
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Cousin_jake
Member
07-04-2002
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 4:25 pm
Funny - when Julie was on the Survivor Insider show last Friday with Hatch, she was asked the question and flat out denied it. I guess they wanted to wait until after the finale to announce their relationship.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 10:53 pm
isn't she the one who was all over sarge? way too much age difference for me to say 'congrats'. he's old enough to be her father. ick.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 11:04 pm
Age is just a number. Long as she's legal and they aren't hurting no one, have fun. Love can be hard to find, so if they have, they should go for it.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 11:06 pm
Gotta agree with Tabbyking, I find the age difference a bit skeevy.
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Lauramydel
Member
12-14-2004
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 2:29 am
I'm nine year older than my husband, and we're just two people who fell in love. If you wait until what "society" thinks is acceptable, you may never find your happiness in life. Now, don't get me wrong, he was definitely past legal age when we met, and we have been married for five years and still going. So I'm definitely not one to judge.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 5:47 am
Hey Laura, you sound like me. Our 9 year difference and 5 year (almost 6 for us) marriage are the same!! I have (obviously) been with my dh for several years. Even being with someone 9 years younger (and for the most part I don't feel a 9 year gap) I think an age gap of 19 years would cause some issues... But if they are happy, who cares!
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 7:20 am
I'm almost 14 years older than my DH and I only feel the age gap in minor ways. Nothing insurmountable. Most people say, "You go girl!" to me so I guess it's o.k.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 12:02 pm
My oldest sis married someone 9 years younger than her just this past summer. Its her third marriage. She was a miserable and rather unfriendly person before she met this young fellow! Now she's so happy, friendly and caring its almost scary!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 12:25 pm
My best friend has been seriously dating a man 18 years younger for the past three years. She lost her husband five years ago, and for a couple years I thought I'd never see her happy again, all the spark had gone out of her eyes. When her and the younger guy started dating, she kept it quiet for awhile because she didn't want to hear about the ewwws and icks, but once they told people they were suprised to find none of that. Was hard for anyone to feel that way when for the first time since her husband had died, she was smiling, laughing, and happy again. She definitely got more than a few, "You go, girls!" from me, lol.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 5:51 pm
hey, it's okay if the GUY is younger! LOL
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 6:41 pm
Hell yeah, if the guy's younger it's totally not sleazy, it's exhilarating!!!!!!!!!
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 7:04 pm
I agree,I once dated a guy nine years younger than me. So what? Age is a number. And,it isn't like Jeff is 80 and Julie 18. They are both adults.
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