Regardless of how he spends the dough, we just want to say congratulations, Richard. You may not be the poster boy we would have chosen to represent the gay community, but you kept us entertained during those long rerun months, and we thank you for it. (Please send cash.)

If you've been stuck on a desert island for the last few months, you might have missed all the hype about "Survivor," last summer's blockbuster "reality" show. Trailed by camera crews, 16 volunteers suffered storms, hunger, rodents, and each other in an attempt to be the last one left on a tropical island off the coast of Borneo.

The aforementioned Hatch is a gay corporate trainer. The gay part is nothing new -- from Lance Loud on 1973's "An American Family" to Danny on "The Real World: New Orleans," gay cast members have been relied on to provide camera-worthy conflict in almost every real-life drama on TV.

But Hatch is no gay angel. In fact, he became the contestant everybody loves to hate. Initially, Slate magazine dismissed him as "the stand-in for middle managers everywhere," while fellow contestant and former Navy SEAL Rudy Boesch called "that homosexual" one of the nicest guys he ever met. But Richard turned out to be the Machiavelli of this millennial "Gilligan's Island." He teamed up with three others to create a voting cabal, with himself at the center. To most viewers' horror, he also demonstrated a penchant for running around in his birthday suit.

Now that he's back to civilization, Richard is looking a lot better -- and even seeming like a pretty nice guy. Could this new face be part of the next plot? Or does money really buy happiness? Stay tuned.