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Former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett is set to appear on the new series of survival game show Survivor.
Lovett, 41, spent three years from 2008 to 2011 writing speeches for former President Barack Obama, alongside director of speechwriting Jon Favreau and political strategist David Axelrod.
In 2016, Lovett and Favreau cofounded the political media company Crooked Media and launched the flagship podcast Pod Save America. Lovett is also known for hosting the podcast Lovett or Leave It.
In the new trailer for the 47th season of Survivor, Lovett can be seen lamenting his lack of survival skills.
“I have no outdoor skills,” he says to the camera. “What am I doing here? I went camping as a cub scout. I threw up and went home.”
Although Lovett …
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