Ozzy Lusth has made a memorable return in Survivor 50, but during Survivor: Miconesia he struck up a showmance with Amanda Kimmel, so what happened between them?<\/p>\n
During the reunion show in 2008, Ozzy and Amanda announced they were dating, however it turns out that he actually had a girlfriend at the time of filming Survivor: Micronesia.<\/p>\n
He opened up about his relationship with Amanda on the Drop Your Buffs Podcast<\/a>, explaining: “After the game was over, [Amanda and I] were immediately, like, together. Day 40, we were hanging out at Ponderosa, and if you want to know some real gossip, I had a girlfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n Ozzy admitted that he was \u201cready for that relationship to be over\u201d and that things were \u201ckind of rocky and kind of on its way out.\u201d<\/p>\n As soon as he got back he split up with his girlfriend, with he and Amanda dating for “maybe six, eight months, maybe a little bit longer”, but ultimately it ended up fizzling out.<\/p>\n He continued: “It just never quite worked. The passion of the island, the jungle love, the fighting our way for a million dollars was amazing, and I just didn\u2019t see our personalities sync up correctly. It didn\u2019t end up working out.\u201d<\/p>\n Ozzy Lusth also admitted that he did some “questionable things” in their Survivor relationship, and claims he was an “a**hole” towards Amanda Kimmel.<\/p>\n He explained: “When I really think about it, I was an a**hole. I should\u2019ve been more open to my feelings with her at the time. I kind of liked the excitement of maybe this storybook affair of Amanda and I falling in love with each other, having a great relationship, and coming back and getting married on live TV. We were going to be like the Boston Rob and Amber [Mariano]. It just never really worked out that way.\u201d<\/p>\n The two then actually reconciled a few years later, with Amanda sharing with Ozzy that she was the one who blindsided him on Survivor, despite Parvati saying it was her on the show.<\/p>\n Ozzy added: “Maybe everything would\u2019ve changed if she\u2019d just been honest. It kind of goes back to this idea of honesty. Hiding from the truth in those moments, it ends up creating such a weird energy. I\u2019m like, \u2018Damn, Amanda, you should\u2019ve just told everybody! Everybody would\u2019ve been so into that!’\u201d<\/p>\n However the pair since split, with Amanda living a very private life and Ozzy keeping himself busy with his OnlyFans<\/a>.<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He admitted to being an ‘a**hole’ towards her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":47728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2095,2218],"class_list":["post-47723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-survivor","tag-survivor-50"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/05\/heres-what-happened-between-ozzy-lusth-and-amanda-kimmel-after-their-survivor-romance\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Here’s what happened between Ozzy Lusth and Amanda Kimmel after their Survivor romance","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/05\/heres-what-happened-between-ozzy-lusth-and-amanda-kimmel-after-their-survivor-romance\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/05\/heres-what-happened-between-ozzy-lusth-and-amanda-kimmel-after-their-survivor-romance\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-57-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-57.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["survivor","survivor 50"],"dateCreated":"2026-03-05T00:05:48Z","datePublished":"2026-03-05T00:05:48Z","dateModified":"2026-03-05T00:05:48Z"},"rendered":"He admitted he was an ‘a**hole’ towards Amanda and did some ‘questionable things’ in their relationship<\/h2>\n
The two reconciled years later with their ‘lives in orbit around each other’<\/h2>\n