Things looked a little rocky for Fort Worth-raised actress and Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel on an episode of Survivor: Philippines in late September. She walked away from other tribe members to be by herself.
"I don't feel like I'm fitting in. I'm already on the outside and don't have somebody I can trust or talk to," she said in the video from the CBS series. " … I'm very used to just taking care of myself, so I think in real life I'm just trying to learn to open up and trust more and depend on other people, but this is not the place to experiment with that."
She's been away from acting for a while but left for the Philippines shoot shortly after her divorce from her husband of 24 years, Steve Cauble, became final in March. "Going out to Survivor was helpful for me, to divert my attention and not just dwell on the loss," she told People magazine.
"Those days on the island were the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. It pushed me to my extreme limits physically, mentally, spiritually, and especially, emotionally," she said in a posting on her Web site.
The Survivor programs are shot in advance under strict secrecy and aired later as a series. By the time you read this, she may be gone from the show. Or she may survive.
