Editing Jeff Probst (section)

==Personal life==
Probst was married to his first wife, psychotherapist Shelley Wright, from 1996 to 2001.<ref name="people2004">{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Cynthia |date=December 15, 2004 |title=Jeff Probst Admits to Survivor Romance |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jeff-probst-admits-to-survivor-romance/ |access-date=January 29, 2022 |work=People}}</ref> In 2004, after filming on ''[[Survivor: Vanuatu]]'' wrapped, he began dating one of the contestants, Julie Berry.<ref name="people2004" /> They broke up in early 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keck |first=Will |date=April 27, 2008 |title=Celeb Watch: 'Survivor' host Jeff Probst will survive – and thrive |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/celebwatch/2008-04-27-jeff-probst_N.htm |access-date=September 27, 2013 |work=USA Today}}</ref> 

Probst married his second wife, Lisa Ann Russell, on December 5, 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Cynthia |date=December 8, 2011 |title=Jeff Probst Weds Lisa Ann Russell |url=https://people.com/tv/jeff-probst-marries-lisa-ann-russell/ |access-date=January 29, 2022 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> Through this marriage, Probst is a stepfather to Russell's two children, son Michael (b. 2004) and daughter Ava (b. 2006), from her former marriage to actor [[Mark-Paul Gosselaar]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 7, 2006 |title=Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Wife Have a Girl |url=https://people.com/celebrity/mark-paul-gosselaar-wife-have-a-girl/ |access-date=January 29, 2022 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 8, 2011 |title=Survivor Host Jeff Probst Marries Lisa Ann Russell! |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/survivor-host-jeff-probst-marries-lisa-ann-russell-2011812 |access-date=May 13, 2013 |work=Us Weekly}}</ref> Probst has stated that he and his wife amicably share custody with Gosselaar and his second wife, and that the children consider all four to be parents.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bricker |first=Tierney |date=December 12, 2012 |title=Survivor's Jeff Probst Talks Sharing Custody With Mark-Paul Gosselaar on Larry King Now |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/371012/survivor-s-jeff-probst-talks-sharing-custody-with-mark-paul-gosselaar-on-larry-king-now |access-date=January 29, 2022 |work=E Online}}</ref>

Probst keeps the snuffer that he uses to snuff the torches when a contestant is voted out of the game as a souvenir after every season of ''Survivor''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keck |first=Will |date=April 27, 2008 |title=Celeb Watch: 'Survivor' host Jeff Probst will survive – and thrive; see video |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/celebwatch/2008-04-27-jeff-probst_N.htm |access-date=May 6, 2010 |work=USA Today}}</ref>
He has written a book called ''Stranded'', based on the show ''Survivor.'' As an ordained minister, he has presided over the weddings of several of his friends.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rizzo |first1=Monica |last2=Wang |first2=Cynthia |date=September 23, 2016 |title=Jenna Fischer's Minister at Her Wedding: Jeff Probst |url=http://people.com/celebrity/jenna-fischers-minister-at-her-wedding-jeff-probst/ |work=People.com}}</ref>