But as the players neared the finish line, Jeff noticeably doubled over and tried to catch his breath.
“Jeff, you out of breath, too?” contestant Rizo Velovic, 25, asked him, before Jeff replied, “It’s no joke, man!”
Though the CBS series has filmed at the island country since 2016, the longtime host noted that he and the team still aren’t accustomed to the scorching weather.
“You have this amazing boat ride. It’s beautiful skies, the wind is blowing your hair back, you feel amazing,” he continued. “And then you step off the boat and walk into this dense forest. The cliché is, everybody says, ‘Man, it’s so hot today.’ And we all know we say it, and we all try not to say it. And then you walk in and go, ‘But my God, it’s hot! It’s so hot again today!’”
