Burly good guy Rupert Boneham, all-time favourite on top American reality show Survivor, touches down in Johannesburg on Saturday morning.
The gentle giant of Pearl Island is here to discuss working on a new South African TV series.
Boneham, 41, whose wife Laura and daughter Raya, six, will be with him, is due to meet Jurie van Leeuwen, head of the Witch & Wizard production company - supported by Citroen SA - to talk about a travel series for broadcast on national TV. Most likely, international broadcast opportunities would arise later.
Van Leeuwen conceptualised the series with Boneham "the bear" as first choice for the presenter. The reality-show star from Indianapolis having exceeded his celebrity by becoming a youth mentor, having founded an organisation called Kids Inc with the $1-million he won from survivor. Kids Inc focuses its attention on troubled youths.
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Gruff voice aside, he's a romantic whose favourite colour is red "The prize-money allowed me to buy a new house for my family, to pay off my mom's house and to start my new foundation," Boneham explained. The venture is an extension of his work with Indianapolis-based Dawn Project, a social outreach organisation where he worked for six years mentoring children with behavioural and emotional problems.
Boneham - who will feature on Jeremy Mansfield's Big Breakfast Show on 94.7 next Wednesday from 7am and appear at the 94.7 Outdoor Adventure Experience tomorrow from 1pm - is to donate proceeds from his trip to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group.
Gruff voice aside, he's a romantic whose favourite colour is red, who adores the scent of vanilla and who says the flower that appeals to his sensitive side most is the rose.
Spending time with family is his No 1 choice, but he also loves playing Monopoly, Pac-Man and racquetball and going fishing.
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