Hi, Remember Me? I'm Richard Hatch, the First Winner from Survivor.

There’s a new video up online today with TV’s most famous fat naked gay man.  The one, the only, Richard Hatch.  Kind of an idol for me.  Well, my must-see favorite TV program is Survivor.  So, naturally, I’m a fan of Hatch. Most people, however, see him as one sketchy bastard.

But today Hatch is clothed and hanging out poolside with NBC’s Matt Lauer and Hatch proposes that he was sent to prison not because of the tax evasion, but because of discrimination against him for being gay.  (Also, take note of the close up of his fancy ankle bracelet).

But wait,  who discriminated against him?  Well the jury and the judge of course when he was at trial!  *shakes my head in confusion*

Watch Hatch and Lauer chat poolside and you be the judge:

Even Hatch admits that he was cocky and arrogant since winning the million dollar prize money.  But now, he says, he’s not as cocky and arrogant as he once was.  He thinks going to prison has changed him– but, despite being changed for the better– he doesn’t think he deserved to go to the maximum and high level security prisons that he went to for four years.  While he was definitely convicted guilty in some shady tax evading, Hatch says it was definitely not his fault. sadface

And moreover, Hatch has lost all his money because of all this shadiness.  The 1 million dollars that existed back in 2000 when he won the first Survivor is neither the same worth now in 2009 and neither around period.

Regardless, Hatch won that million by being a sneaky, manipulating, arrogant player in one of TV’s most fascinating games– as Matt Lauer suggests, maybe Hatch is only simply trying to pull another one over our heads.

Smell sketchy or no?  Either way, I’m still a big fan of Hatch.  JEJEJE.

What do you think?  You can also read more of Rich’s sad story HERE on People.com