While competing in “Beyond the Edge,” a new reality series testing the survival skills of celebrities, Morgan earned the respect of his fellow players by sharing his camping, hunting and construction knowledge.
Like “Survivor,” “Naked and Afraid” and other survival shows, “Beyond the Edge” tests participants’ abilities while living in the jungles of Panama for two weeks. While contestants weren’t eliminated, all had the ability to raise money for their charities through various competitions.
Executive Producer David Garfinkle says there were injuries, ear infections and tooth abscesses, “but they all wanted to stay in the game and not quit. It was incredibly inspirational to watch.” In those “what now?” instances, the nine “leaned on each other,” Underwood says. “Not only to survive but through the emotional part of it and what we needed out of the experience itself.”Williams, a “Real Housewives” star, says she bonded with the others but wouldn’t want to repeat the experience. “I am too comforted by my warm bed, three meals a day and knowing which water I’m going to be able to drink,” she says. “It does really require such a stretch every last one of us.