Don’t worry, the 14th season of “Survivor” is being filmed as planned, and everyone is okay.

In an e-mail to Entertainment Weekly, host Jeff Probst said despite the recent military coup in Fiji, it has so far not affected the filming of the reality show’s 14th season. However, he said, staff and crew are keeping an eye on news reports in case anything should change.

“To be shooting Survivor while the host country is in the midst of a coup is a bit surreal for all of us here in Fiji. We have set up our satellite TV in the catering area [for producers and crew members only] and during dinner the entire crew watches the local news to get updates on what is happening,” he wrote in the e-mail.

Despite the military coup, which the U.S. State Department has condemned, and will not be sending aid to, Probst said the contestants and crew are safe.

“Fortunately, we are on another island that is a 30-minute flight away from the capital city of Suva where the coup is centered. Everyone here is safe and the disruptions thus far have been minimal. We had a few production staff stationed in Suva that we brought back to base camp, and during the past week any crew members that were scheduled to fly to location were unable to due to flight cancellations. Otherwise, we have continued filming without interruption.”






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