The program is pretty simple, two individuals are dumped in the wild and forced to endure for the duration of the show by fending for themselves in the outdoors. ET) on the Discovery Channel.However you feel about the show Naked and Afraid there are some very obvious things that do have to happen on the show and some rules that the contestants have to follow. The new season of Naked and Afraid XL premieres on Sunday (10 p.m. He always tells them that he's more worried that I am safe and healthy.' 'They're like, 'Aren't you scared that she'll see another guy and want to hook up with him?' But he knows that it's not that type of situation. 'People ask my fiancé if he's worried,' says Ballestero. They were okay with that.'ĭo Your Boyfriends or Husbands Get Jealous? 'It's anything but sexual! So I made sure they understood that it was a survival situation where I was being pushed to my limits. 'But they understood that this is not a sexualized experience,' she continues. 'I asked them if they thought it was going to be weird that mom was going to be naked on TV, and they shrugged their shoulders. 'I was just honest' says Osorio, who has two kids. How do participants talk about this with their children? Let's face it: most of us wouldn't be thrilled if our kids decided to get naked on a reality show. Story continues What Do You Tell Your Kids About Being Naked on Television? 'You have no libido out there at all,' adds Osorio. Everyone is dirty and tired it doesn't really happen.' 'That's the biggest question I get,' says Ballestero. To help us out, PEOPLE asked this season's Naked and Afraid XL participants Alyssa Ballestero and Stacey Lee Osorio to weigh in on these (sometimes very delicate) questions. With those questions out of the way, let's move on to certain gender-specific questions that the female survivalists often get. It's all about the experience, not the cash.) Each night, production goes to base camp, leaving the participants alone with a diary camera.) Do they get paid? (Yes, but just a few thousand dollars. It's the jungle.) Are they really left alone? (Yes. Where do they go to bathroom? (Anywhere they want. Here at PEOPLE, we feel like it's our public duty to answer some of these burning questions. People always have a lot of questions about Naked and Afraid.

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