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This is the hardest thing I've ever done.

Narrator: In brutal locations all over the world,

the men and women of "naked and afraid"

suffer through pain, starvation,

thirst, danger,

and awkwardness.

Welcome to malaysia.

Thank you. Same to you. [ laughs ]

um, so... Wow.

In episode after episode,

the challenge was often overshadowed

by a variety of awkward, embarrassing,

and downright humiliating moments.

Why are you peeing in the water?

It's sterile.

"it's sterile." I wash myself with that water.

And it all happened in front of the cameras.

Can you see yourself?

I just landed all on my back and my ass. [ groans ]

now, for the first time, with never-before seen moments...

Fernando: There's a leech on my scrotum.

Guys, this is so embarrassing. I apologize.

Narrator: ...We look back

at these cringe-inducing highlights...

And low-lights.

Fire ants are just biting the [bleep]

out of my butt [bleep]

it's "naked and afraid's" "naked and awkward."

it's all very charming, isn't it?

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narrator: On the very first day in the wild,

the survivalists face a moment of truth --

meeting a complete stranger naked.

Sometimes, it's not so bad.

But often, it's excruciating.

So...

This is the most awkward thing ever.

All I was thinking about was, um, "keep eye contact.

Stay looking at his face."

samantha: "just look at his eyes. Just look at his eyes.

Just look at his eyes."

"don't look at his [bleep]

don't look at his [bleep]" you know.

But then you look at it as soon as, you know -- [ laughs ]

so it's like you can't really stop yourself, you know.

[ laughs ]

I was like, "all right, I'm not gonna think about it.

"I'm not gonna focus on it. I'm not gonna talk about it.

I'm not gonna acknowledge it."

forrest: People seemed so uncomfortable

and weirded out by the nudity

when they first met.

I came in with the approach

that I'm just going to make it as awkward as I can

right off the bat.

[ laughing ] okay.

I'm just kidding. How you doing?

I'm cassie. Nice to meet you. Cassie, forrest. How are you?

[ laughs ] a little weirded out.

It's kind of crazy.

I was just like, "oh, god. Who is this person?"

it is what it is. I don't think it's that bad.

It's a little weird.

Forrest: I think it was relatively well-received.

I wasn't too weirded out by it.

I don't mind being naked.

Yes, naked woman.

Yeah, this isn't weird at all.

This is awkward. I'm fernando.

I'm samantha. Nice to meet you.

It's very nice to meet you. Yeah.

Meeting samantha out there and she's naked,

it was -- it definitely made for some awkward banter

for the first few minutes.

Welcome to malaysia.

Thank you. Same to you.

Um, so... Wow.

Yeah.

We tried to, like, somehow establish a rapport,

but meanwhile, we're just thinking about how naked we are.

This is a little weird for me.

Yeah.

Okay. Well...

That was definitely one of the hardest -- hardest moments

of the whole challenge, believe it or not.

Hey, how are you?

As I'm walking up, obviously, every guy's thing,

whether he admits it or not, is the size insecurity.

It's a little in the shade and a little chilly,

so, you know, you do get a little shrinkage.

That's cold, huh?

Yeah.

It's official. I have shrinkage.

[ chuckling ] you have shrinkage.

I'm justin. Hi, justin.

You want a hug? Yeah.

All right. All right.

Justin, he walked around the corner,

and the first thing out of his mouth is...

It's cold today, huh?

Little bit chilly, yeah.

More for me than for you, but, yeah.

[ laughs ] that's okay.

He was a little more bashful about it than I was.

Let's see how it goes.

All right. Cool. And this is elroy?

That's elroy. Hi, elroy.

He's a grower, not a shower.

A grower, not a shower.

That's excellent.

Um...Yeah.

[ laughs ]

narrator: For some of the survivalists,

it wasn't just meeting a naked stranger

that proved embarrassing.

It was having to make small talk with a naked stranger.

Hello. [ laughs ]

I'm julie. Puma.

All right.

All right.

[ both laugh ]

yeah. You ready?

Think so. Are you?

As ready as I'm gonna be, I guess.

[ laughing ] all right.

It just felt ridiculous. It really did.

I guess that was the nudity factor,

was doubled up on "what the hell are we doing out here?"

yeah. [ both laugh ]

it occurred to me

that I may have got myself a little bit deeper

than I knew what I was doing here.

"what the heck am I doing out here?"

so, been to the jungle before?

First time.

I'm a bit of a mountain man.

Right on. Me too.

I mean, I'm not a mountain man.

[ laughs ]

but, I mean -- yeah.

[ laughs ]

yeah.

Um, all right. So...

When we did our introduction naked,

I mean, I was slightly nervous at first.

Understandably so.

You know, typical Wednesday for me.

How about you?

Uh, yeah, this is completely average.

Yeah. Normal day.

I see you've got the same outfit as me.

Oh, yeah, I mean, god, I hate it when people match.

Dang it. It took me five hours to pick this one out, too.

Really? I guess skin is in, right?

Yeah, I guess.

I just threw it on in 30 seconds, so...

'course. Men.

Exactly.

I spent more time on my hair.

[ laughs ]

awesome.

All right, well, I'm ready.

I'm ready, too. Let's kick this pig.

"kick this pig."

narrator: Another embarrassing reality

the survivalists must get over

is having nothing to hide in front of the crew.

Vincent: Guess this is the real deal

and there's no turning back now.

Not that I want to.

I'm excited to get out there, and we'll see what happens.

Man: Okay, take off your clothes and then walk out over there.

When I was first asked to take my clothes off,

there was some production crew around

and some people I hadn't met yet,

and there was some women there who I had met already.

So my mind did go to,

"oh, yeah, I'm getting naked in front of foreign people here."

I never really thought that much about being naked before,

and it hit me right when they were like,

"take your clothes off."

it was really nerve-wracking and awkward.

Super awkward.

And I was like, "all right, let's just get into this."

here goes nothing.

Narrator: Getting naked in front of strangers is difficult,

but out in these tropical locations,

it can quickly go from difficult to very peculiar

as ky discovered after she arrived in louisiana.

Did you grow up around here?

Okay.

No, I haven't.

I think the most awkward part of it, for me,

was I'm sitting in this canoe

with this old guy that was paddling me along.

Yeah?

Oh, lovely.

And then, all of a sudden, I have to get naked in a canoe.

Now, I don't know if any of you been in a canoe,

but it's quite tippy

and suddenly I'm trying to take my clothes off and climb

out without legs and arms and things splaying everywhere.

This has got to be one of the weirdest things I've ever done.

[ laughs ]

this way?

Yeah. Straight that way.

All right.

I'll see you in 21 days.

Narrator: Once past the obstacle of being naked for all to see,

it's time for the survivalists' first night together.

Corinne: We're about to go to bed,

and chris and I are gonna be sleeping next to one another

in relatively small, tight quarters.

Is he gonna touch me? Please don't touch me.

So we'll see how this goes.

Here we are in our orangutan nest.

Yeah.

It's, uh -- that's definitely what it is.

[ chuckles ]

julie: It was cold, and we had to huddle together to keep warm.

It was definitely a little weird for me.

It's [bleep] freezing.

It's gonna be a long night.

We tried to stay warm with body heat,

and tom was, like, really weird about it.

He kept talking about, like, he's a married man

and this, that, and the other.

Gonna get the fire going.

I was like, "it's okay, dude.

Like, believe me, I don't want this either."

and then it just was so weird,

and then finally I was just like, "you know what?

This isn't gonna work out."

and I just got out.

Uh...

Chris: So we're gonna see how this pans out,

but, uh, I'm thinking it's gonna be a little bit awkward.

Corinne: The first night together, we ended up having to cuddle.

We were both laying there, naked,

spooning the biggest spoon ever.

You really couldn't do anything but laugh

because it was so awkward and so miserable.

And, uh, hopefully I wake up before little chris does.

Narrator: When two strangers are brought together

to survive as a team,

one of the first sacrifices they have to make

is their privacy.

There's always someone there, and it can get awkward.

In india, phaedra got sick, and hakim --

he just wanted to help.

I'm gonna stay here and try to monitor you a little bit,

see what we have.

My partner was sick from day one,

so really dealing with that

was probably one of the weirdest moments I had.

As I'm hiking in my first day,

I'm stopping every 15 minutes to take a [bleep]

which was really embarrassing, you know.

I'm not gonna lie.

I want hakim to get away.

[ chuckles ]

I really feel like you should go head.

I don't want to stop you from getting things accomplished.

Okay.

Duly noted.

I just want to make sure that, as your partner,

that I stay with you.

So now, on top of that,

like, vomiting and diarrhea and everything,

I can't even [bleep] by myself anymore.

Phaedra, you're a ninja. Where you at?

Behind the tree that you're standing behind.

So you're still feeling bad?

How you feeling?

Okay, I got to go the bathroom. Hold on.

I swear to god, I felt so uncomfortable.

Like, I was like so embarrassed

to be, like, [bleep] in front of my partner.

[ groans ]

just give me one second.

I'll be down in just one second.

Where you at?

[bleep]

hakim: She just needed me, and so I had --

I had a lot of responsibility on my shoulders.

Phaedra, what's going on?

[ vomits ] [bleep]

[ vomits ]

I might need to throw up again in just a second.

Okay.

[ sighs ]

[bleep]

narrator: Coming up, we reveal more mortifying moments.

Why are you going in the water?

It's sterile.

I wash myself with that water.

Oh!

[ laughs ]

this look like the face that enjoys what you just said?

I've got mud in my butt crack.

This afternoon, I got the first signs of menstruation.

My butt [bleep] itches really bad.

Narrator: And we've saved some of the best for last.

There's a leech on my scrotum.

Guys, this is so embarrassing. I apologize.

Narrator: Even under the best of circumstances,

personal hygiene and bathroom issues

can become very touchy subjects.

Take away all clothes, all comforts, and all privacy,

and it can only get worse.

Tyler: Once you're out in the jungle long enough

and hovering over a fire and sweating,

you know, I know we stunk like, you know, rotten pigs.

You haven't showered in how many days?

Or, I'm sorry, used soap?

Who's the one with the stinky pits?

You know, I could smell her more than me.

Smell like an amazon woman under your armpits.

My stinky underarms smell better than that river water.

When it comes to hygiene out there, it was awkward.

Woman: I just imagine my friends watching this

and being like, "that is disgusting."

you just got to learn to live in filth.

Fernando: In the first few days,

samantha and I are still relatively

getting to know each other,

and so we tried to kind of, like, do more considerate things

when it came to, like, "oh, you know..."

whatever.

You know, just we're still getting to know each other.

But halfway through, towards the end,

all bets were off.

Oh, boy.

See, kids, this is what happens when you don't brush your teeth.

Jeff was all about, like, scent marking

right out in front of our shelter.

I don't understand why you feel like you have to pee

right outside the front door, though.

This is such a dude thing.

Like, no girl is gonna go along

and squat right outside the door.

You pee, like, three feet away from where I pee,

and it's not outside the front door.

When I had to use the restroom, it's not as easy.

You're a woman, and so you kind of have to step to the side.

"no, don't follow me. I can't just turn my back.

Hold on. I'm going into the reeds over here."

gonna squat down for a sec.

And I made sure that where I peed

was not in our water that we drank.

But luke, he just goes everywhere.

Whatever, you know. Who cares?

All right.

Got to pee, and then I'm gonna go.

Me too.

But I'm gonna wait until I'm by myself.

Luke goes to pee one day.

I turn around, and he's peeing

directly into the pool that I use to wash myself daily.

Why are you going in the water? It's sterile.

"it's sterile." I wash myself with that water.

Okay, well, don't do it for the next hour

and you'll be fine.

We always talked about poop.

Once I -- once I start getting something

other than coconuts,

my poo will be better.

Yeah.

I'm about to drink something

that's gonna give me godzilla diarrhea.

Here goes nothing.

Maybe we can compare poos.

Have you pooed yet?

Maybe.

Every night, we'd have like a little nightly session

back in our shelter.

You don't even want to know what my poo looked like.

Probably not.

Not while you're eating.

Probably not.

I mean, I'm getting over a lot of things.

But, you know...

We're not quite there yet?

We have a really honest talk

about how we're doing physically.

It's just, like --

my poo is also in survival mode, I think.

Everything is changing.

What does that mean?

Well, I don't want to tell you 'cause it's gonna gross you out.

It was just incredibly, incredibly awkward.

I mean, there's no other way to put it.

My poo was honestly like, um -- like thanksgiving gravy.

Like the gravy you'd pour over your potatoes and your turkey.

Like diarrhea?

Yeah, but not like your normal diarrhea.

Like -- like gravy.

Like, if I had a slab of turkey breast and some potatoes --

shh.

That's what I'm planning on eating on christmas.

As far as the gross list,

that about -- that about does it.

You're gonna think of me on christmas day

as you pour the gravy over your meal.

It was really awkward.

Jonathan?

Yeah, what's up?

Ow. [bleep]

I just walked outside of our hut and I stepped right in poop.

And I was like, what the heck is this?

And there's just complete buzzing flies all over it

and I was like, "wow, there's a dog on the --

there's no dog on this island."

and then I was like, "oh."

I'm not trying to, like, embarrass you,

but I don't -- embarrass me?

You're not gonna embarrass me. I want you to speak your mind.

Okay, well, I just --

I would never, ever go to the bathroom near a shelter,

and I don't know if that's something --

that's -- if you have diarrhea, what can you do?

You just got to drop trou right there.

You go to the bathroom

a certain distance away from your fort

and a certain depth in the ground.

You don't go poop 10 feet from your shelter

and leave it uncovered.

Vincent: And one of the huge things is

"what are you wiping your butt with?"

you know, that's important.

Going to the bathroom out there was interesting.

I used leaves.

Yeah, you just got to do what you have to do.

My butt [bleep] not very clean

'cause I don't wipe butt with dirty, poison leaves.

I start bragging to eva, "hey, check out these leaves I found.

These make the best toilet paper."

and she looks at me, and she says,

"why are you using leaves?"

[ exhales sharply ]

I'm a pebbles kind of person, and jeff prefers leaves.

[ grunts ]

and I'm very adamant about the fact that a smooth stone

is absolutely the best butt-wiping squeegee

on the face of the planet.

I got a fairly smooth stone. This is gonna be a good one.

I don't know if I've ever wiped my butt with a rock before.

But I guess eva and chuck norris --

they're probably the only two

that have done something like that.

My butt [bleep] itches really bad.

[ laughs ]

and I don't really want to itch it

'cause it's probably really dirty

and all I have is my fingernails

and I eat with these things.

My butt really itched. I got to tell you.

Every time I sat down, I was sitting down in the dirt.

You know, so there was dirt and mud and who knows what else,

you know, crammed in the crack of my butt.

So maybe I can find

a butt [bleep] itcher out here somewhere.

Yeah, the butt [bleep] scratcher.

It was -- it was a good idea.

Is that honest? Man: That's honest.

Honest enough for you?

I told justin if, at any point, there is mud in my butt crack

and it looks like I've [bleep] myself,

you absolutely have to tell me.

Now, that being said, I do know

that I was covering myself in mud to avoid the bug bites,

so tried to avoid, like, getting it in my butt crack --

more like around my butt.

That's kind of the difference

between the off limits and the okay.

Yeah, I need to take a bath

'cause I've got mud in my butt crack.

[ laughs ]

can't be having that on tv, yo.

And that's really gross.

I don't know if there's mud in my butt crack or a bug.

[ laughs ]

wow. Yeah.

Narrator: When it comes to possible embarrassment,

the female survivors have a very particular issue

that sometimes occurs during the challenge.

I got my period, so that was really fun.

My stomach doesn't hurt all day long,

but then sometimes it will hurt,

and it's like you can't do anything about it.

And I felt like I got hit by a truck.

Been on my period for four or five days --

since day six.

Five freaking days of period.

Justin: First time I met her,

she's like, "I'll be starting my period in 10 days."

[ laughs ] so...

Well, that part bothers me.

No, it's gonna be, like --

it's seriously gonna be I might throw something at you.

I don't know.

I'm like like, "okay."

"just letting you know I'll get really bitchy."

I'm like, "okay."

I might start my period, too. You never know.

Are you gonna start your period, too?

I get kind of bitchy sometimes.

Oh, we might even end up on the same cycle.

You know, that happens with girls that live together.

[ both laugh ]

when it happened, I stayed away from it.

Sometimes, during that period,

she wanted to be by herself and great with me.

This afternoon, I got the first signs of menstruation.

And unfortunately,

I'm at the age that it's not normal.

It's not your regular, normal cycle anymore.

But I got a little bit of cramping.

Not too much.

But I can't tell whether it's that or the diarrhea.

It's all very charming, isn't it?

[ laughs ]

talking about [bleep] and whatever else.

Narrator: Coming up, more embarrassment in the wild.

Whoa [bleep]

I just landed all on my back and my ass.

Bring it down towards my ass to see if my back's okay.

Here you go.

I'm all tucked into bed

and ready to hopefully get a good night's sleep.

Good night.

Narrator: Once the survivalists have settled in

and built their shelters,

they must face certain awkward realities

of having to sleep next to each other.

A whole new sound was heard in the cacophony of jungle noises.

[ snoring ]

hopefully, we have enough fire for tonight.

Um, thinking there might be some issues, but...

And I sat out there, butt [bleep] naked.

And he stayed in the shelter, stayed warm,

and was sleeping and snoring.

I could hear him [bleep] snoring.

I'm like, "how the hell are you snoring out here?"

[ snores ]

[ snoring ]

am I snoring?

[ laughing ] a little bit.

[ snoring ]

I'm a really, really light sleeper.

So if anything does come in camp,

I'll probably be the first one to wake up.

[ snoring ]

I don't like...Sleeping next to someone, near someone.

Yeah, laura woke up on the wrong side

of the palm leaf this morning, so...

[ laughs ]

don't tell her I said that.

[ snoring ]

lisa: Uh, the snoring is pretty loud,

and it's kind of terrifying,

'cause it'll start off very steady.

Just like a [snores]

but much, much, louder.

[ snoring loudly ]

it's natural.

We're just people. [ laughs ]

[ snoring ]

it'll shorten. [ snores unevenly ]

until all of a sudden, it's a [snores loudly]

like a growl.

[ snoring loudly ]

[ snoring ]

I honestly was very concerned that she would be mad at me.

[ snoring continues ]

amanda: My partner's snoring woke me up.

Josh, shh.

[ snoring stops ]

[ snoring ]

[ snoring echoing ]

narrator: If something as relatively normal as snoring

can prove embarrassing,

certain side effects of getting sick during the brutal challenge

can take it to a whole new level.

Kind of still...

[ retching ]

amanda: The first day that josh got sick,

I'm like, "all right, you know,

he just drank the water too fast."

he had been hiking.

[ retches ]

the second day, I was like, "all right, what is going on now?"

[ retches ]

and then I learned about him trying to quit smoking

going into this, which is the hardest one to do.

And that's a very touch vice to kick.

This hurts.

You see, I have this problem.

I'm lactose intolerant.

So when I got to nicaragua,

I tried some of the local cheese.

I did have a few too many last night.

I did make sure I hydrated very well, but...

The lactose from the cheese

was not mixing well with the acid in my stomach.

We'll see how it goes. No hangover this morning.

I don't know what it is about nicaraguan beer,

but I can drink my belly full.

And I developed an ulcer.

And it didn't help things.

Still feeling nauseous this morning.

[ retching ]

[ vomiting in distance ]

well, I looks like my partner's still not feeling good.

He just walked over to what we have entitled "the vomit tree."

josh: I vomited and vomited and vomited.

It was a rude awakening.

I need to sit down.

[ vomiting ]

[ vomiting continues ]

[ vomiting echoing ]

narrator: There are many opportunities for embarrassment

in these remote locations,

and ky and billy discovered in louisiana.

It became a battle between survivalists and a bird.

Ky: Hello, beautiful.

Edgar was this beautiful night heron that we had out there.

And at first, it was like having a friend drop 'round to visit

when he came by.

When I woke up this morning,

I saw on this log just right by me

this beautiful bird that was catching crawfish.

It was stalking them like a hunter,

and it would sort of bounce forward and back

and just had this whole routine down

for catching these crawfish.

It was a really cool moment to watch.

Billy: We've been seeing a lot of crawfish

down here in this slough.

But have not been able to catch any.

It looks so damn simple.

I'll tell you, if we can get your trap and my trap set,

that's gonna make a big difference.

Like here?

We were initially putting our crawfish trap

over where we saw edgar catching a lot of crawfish,

and hopefully we'll collect some more crawdads.

I'm gonna check the trap, billy.

Anything?

Um, no.

One, but it fell out and got away.

Damn it!

Son of a bitch.

I guess by watching the way edgar stalks the crawfish,

you know, it gives us an idea

that it's not the easiest thing in the world to catch them.

How in the hell we're gonna do this, I don't know.

Hope to god there's no gators in here.

Are you sure you should be in there, billy?

Do you want to tango with him in the water?

Oh [bleep]

I think you should leave that one, billy,

if you can't see him in there.

Where the hell did he go?

Edgar, what the [bleep] man?

Ky: How awkward.

Not only were we putting up

with anything around us trying to eat us,

we were also not being able to eat anything ourselves.

We see edgar the heron catching them all over the place.

I mean, he's over here. He's over there.

He just picks them out of the water like they're nothing.

See, this is when I get pissed and start breaking [bleep]

might be worth catching and killing edgar

just for the 25 crawfish he's managed to catch this morning

in his belly.

That's my crawfish trap he's laughing at.

Narrator: Coming up, more cringe-worthy moments

the survivalists would love to take back.

See, that's meat right there.

Oh, my gosh.

You know what you'd say if I ate the whole thing, right?

What?

I'm being shellfish.

[ laughs ] yeah, I went there.

Narrator: A bit of embarrassment we all share

can simply be falling down.

[ yelps ]

[ grunts ]

you all right? Yeah.

Twist something? No, no, no.

I just landed harder than I meant to.

For the survivalists, it was worse.

They did it naked and on camera.

[ splash ]

[ groans ]

you okay? You injured?

Not injured. I'm just hurt.

For your information, I actually felt ashamed of myself.

It took a lot out of me.

I want to be by myself.

[bleep] getting hurt.

Aah!

E.J.: Kept falling further and further down the hill.

I thought to myself, "oh, boy."

[ clears throat ]

amanda and I were sitting on the shelter,

and we're talking.

And then all of a sudden...

Whoa [bleep]

ow.

Crack!

I fall what felt like 14 feet down to the ground

but was probably only like 12 inches.

You can see yourself?

I just landed all on my back and my ass.

Bring it down towards my ass to see if my back's okay.

Oh, yeah.

You got yourself a little mark right there.

[ groans ]

I should probably also warn you I'm fairly klutzy.

So at some point -- you're gonna fall?

Yeah.

He's just a little clumsy, but he told me that on day one.

These small ones are so stupid.

They won't go in.

Can't really get in without sliding.

That's the problem.

[ laughs ]

I mean, he's clumsy, but I think that --

I mean, he's not like seriously hurt or anything like that.

Oh, going down.

Okay.

It kind of became a worry while we were out there.

It was awkward.

I, uh, inadvertently took a bath.

It was cold.

Really? Oh, yeah.

Did you fall? Yeah, a couple times.

There was one day that I was trying to get firewood,

and I was trying to minimize

the amount of times I had to carry it.

I lost my balance and fell onto the rocks and into the river.

[ groans ]

I don't know that it got caught on camera.

I knew that was coming.

Narrator: One method for relative strangers

to relieve any tension

is to tell a joke.

But it can often increase the awkwardness.

With lisa and I, our personalities are different.

Just, you know, she'll make jokes that kind of, um,

you know, don't hit my funny bone sometimes.

I think my stomach is probably pretty disbelieving right now.

Hmm.

Like, "no, no, no, no, no.

"no. This -- this isn't what happens.

We don't get meat."

stomach is hollering down to the rest of the intestines,

"hey, we got a live one here."

mm-hmm.

The intestines are like, "don't believe you."

you know, we had our awkward minute or two,

and I just laughed my way through it.

Ha, ha.

Laura: I think e.J.'s realizing how hard it is to tend fire.

I don't like doing this part.

Are you enjoying being a housewife or...

Yeah.

No.

[ laughs ]

this look like the face that enjoys what you just said?

[ laughs ]

see, that's meat, right there.

Oh, my gosh.

Tom had these, like, grandpa jokes

that were, like, so stupid.

You know what you'd say if I ate the whole thing, right?

What? I'm being shellfish.

I am known for telling horrible jokes.

Yeah, I went there.

[ laughs ]

I do remember that she never really got my sense of humor.

Narrator: During the "naked and afraid" challenge,

we've certainly seen the teams say and do

some very unusual things.

It may not have seemed strange for the survivalists,

but looking back at it now, it got weird.

To be honest, I'd eat a dead body right now.

Eva: Oh, god. I would, too.

I would.

Dibs on the thigh, man.

Dude, I'd carve into a butt cheek.

Absolutely.

It was a little weird, but it just makes sense.

I mean, you have to consider every angle.

Well, I mean, think of how many resources we would have

in a single carcass.

All of those bones.

[ sighs ]

all that meat.

Honestly, I was starving so bad

that if eva had dropped dead,

I wouldn't have any problem cutting a steak

out of, you know, one of her calves or something.

I would have tried not to mess up her tattoos, of course.

Eva: Just made sense.

I mean, it is a survival situation, after all.

So, it's that time of the day again.

We're gonna point out the funny shapes in the cliff.

And what do we have up top here?

Some of the stranger moments that I came across

was definitely all the things that I was seeing in the cliffs.

I see a dog's head.

Here's his nose.

It goes up.

Here's his ear.

Can you see that?

Looking back, it was actually a little awkward.

We saw george washington.

He's up there.

Hey, george.

I just found either rastafarian, maybe, santa claus,

or just a grumpy -- you see him?

It's santa-claus face!

He's grumpy.

That was cute.

I haven't seen anything else,

but I'll get back to you if I do.

Narrator: Being in extreme, stressful conditions

has put some of the survivalists

in the very awkward position of stretching the truth

with their partners.

Case in point, in brazil,

honora had a little secret involving a coconut.

Successful breakfast foraging mission.

The one time I was dishonest with matt,

he had disappeared --

gone on this, like, huge, epic walk --

and I wanted to use his kukri

to open a coconut that I had found.

My goal is to open this as quickly as possible,

return the knife, and eat the coconut.

I was like, "my body really, really needs

these electrolytes."

[ slurping ]

I ate that whole coconut by myself.

Okay, got to get rid of the evidence.

I never told him about that coconut.

Oh, that's nice.

Matt: Oh, hey, honora,

you can use the machete whenever you want.

Narrator: Coming up,

we've saved some of the best awkward moments for last.

'cause right now, they're eating my vajayjay alive.

No.

There is one thing that russell did.

He said, "I wake up with boners."

I mean, man, you can't really beat this thing.

Narrator: When two strangers have had some harsh words

for each other,

the most awkward moments can occur

when nothing is happening.

Honora: Well, it was really interesting

when matt and I got in an argument.

A lot of our time out there

was spent, like, not talking to each other.

[ sighs ]

[ sniffs ]

it's kind of like that quote --

like, "happiness is only real when shared."

I definitely realized after a certain point

that he still was, like,

the only other person there that I could talk to.

[ burps ]

that was a good one, right there.

[ insects buzzing ]

oh, my god.

Narrator: There are things that happen

during the "naked and afraid" challenge

that perfectly embody awkwardness.

Oh [bleep]

for example, creatures getting into places

you really do not want them to go.

[ sighs ]

lisa: I'm about to say something

I never thought I would say in my entire life.

But I'm pretty sure I have fleas.

I have head lice. Yay.

I had contracted head lice.

[ sighs ]

and, I ended up, like, shaving all by pubic hairs off.

Shh. Don't tell my partner.

Whoa, you're covered in leeches.

Yep.

Samantha: The most unpleasant experience

was actually getting a couple of leeches on my vaginal area.

Oh, that's awesome.

Phaedra: [bleep]

there's one on my ass right there.

Phaedra: I would find a leach on me every single day.

It was kind of embarrassing, to be honest with you.

You know, the camera guys aren't supposed to talk to you,

but he's like, "uh, uh, um..."

it's like, big, huh?

Yeah, it's big.

The first leach I found in my crotch,

like, that was pretty gross.

Fernando: There's a leech on my scrotum.

That would happen,

unfortunately, kind of frequently.

Guys, this is so embarrassing. I apologize.

Tick situation was very, very, bad.

I still want tweezers and a mirror

because I don't want you taking them out of my butt [bleep]

[ laughs ]

these fire ants are just bitting the [bleep]

out of my butt [bleep]

[ groans ]

they're everywhere.

Literally everywhere.

[ groans ]

tick free? No.

There's too many.

But the ones trying to get in my pee hole --

I got those. God.

There's a mosquito eating my hootie-hoo.

The mosquitos, they love warm places.

My vajayjay.

That's where they go to,

and that's the only place they really want.

'cause right now, they're eating my vajayjay alive.

No.

Narrator: Men can sometimes awake to something a little extra,

and the women of "naked and afraid"

had no choice but to suffer through this phenomenon.

When a man and a woman is put somewhere together naked,

things are gonna come up.

[ sighs ]

ooh, the wife's right here in the room.

This is a good topic -- a good, juicy conversation.

There is one thing that russell did.

He says, "I'm gonna apologize up front.

I wake up with boners."

and I went like, "whatever. Okay.

That's -- well, thanks for letting me know."

I mean, man, you can't really beat this thing.

Is morning wood an issue?

Well, usually I was up before anyone was gonna get up anyhow.

And I'd just go off and take care of it

before it becomes an issue for anyone.

Oh [bleep]

vincent: You know, men will be men in the morning,

and you're gonna have some hydraulics going

if you have to urinate.

And I had that happen a few times, and to me, it was no --

well, maybe it was a big deal,

but it was "no big deal" metaphorically speaking, anyway.

Alana: You know, the morning occurrences

was something that I was concerned about.

I thought I was gonna be waking up

to more than firewood next to me.

But I was trying not to look down as much as I could.

As far as I know, cass never woke up with morning wood.

Cass: Yes, it possibly might have happened.

[ laughs ]

shannon: Oh, did he? [ laughs ]

well, I certainly didn't notice it if he did.

Cass: My wife's gonna flip out. Edit that.

Don't put that in there.

[ laughs ]

narrator: The once-in-a-lifetime experience

that is "naked and afraid's" 21-day adventure

certainly does have its intensely awkward moments,

but the challengers survived that as well.

You know, typical Wednesday for me.

How about you?

Uh, yeah, this is completely average.

Yeah.

Amanda: It's just an awkward thing to do.

It's not normal.

So, again, I just --

I was trying not to think about it or focus on it.

I was like, "all right, here's my partner.

Now what are we gonna do next?"

corinne: I like to do things that challenge myself,

so I'll be able to reflect on it, you know,

other times in my future that are difficult.

And I'll say, "well, you know, I did this before,

so I can definitely handle that," you know.

Lindsey: I think being on "naked and afraid,"

I am stronger than I thought I was.

I'm a better person than I thought I was.

Whoo!

Fernando: I came back from this challenge

just a different person,

and I think a better person.

I feel like I'm a better father now,

a better husband, a better friend.

Hello. Hey, how's it going?

Random, naked person.

Yeah, I know, right?

Shannon. I'm cassidy.

Nice to meet you. Just call me cass.

Getting naked was very, uh -- very, very awkward to me.

But getting through the full 21 days

has definitely improved me,

and that's kind of neat.

It's kind of something special

that I'll always have for the rest of my life.