Survivor cast member Russell Hantz has responded to my report about the lawsuit against Jim Early , aka “missyae,” although he did not respond to my request for a comment for the piece itself. Russell wrote on his Facebook wall , “All I’m gonna say is this, everybody wants their 15 min of fame and never believe what you read because when it’s false and you believe it you’re just as bad as the jackass that wrote it.” He is clearly denying the charges leveled against him by Early in my Daily Beast story : that he leaked information about seasons 19 and 20, which would be a clear violation of his contract. Beyond that, I’m not sure if he means Early wants 15 minutes of fame and I’m a jackass; most amusing and/or instructive is the chorus of sycophants who comment on Russell’s status update. By the way, Entertainment Weekly’s Dalton Ross, who still has access to Survivor cast, crew, and locations, wrote on Twitter that CBS “always kinda knew it was Russell anyway.” Meanwhile, in a video ...