Dan Link is Unafraid to Get Naked in the Wild

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Naked and Afraid.Currently, viewers can catch the adventurous queer biologist taming the wild terrain on season two of the franchise’s extreme competition series Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing.

Link is among the show’s 14 elite survivalists who battle for 45 days in Africa’s vast, punishing Munzwa Valley for a cash prize and the title of ultimate champion.Challenging himself for a fifth time on Naked and Afraid, Link carries the aura of experience and success — he finished second in the inaugural season of Last One Standing.

Always methodical and super-competent, the famously fit former fan of the series can make even grueling survival tasks look easy.But, as he shares with Metro Weekly on a video call from the wilds of Fire Island, sticking it out on Last One Standing takes intense training and preparation.

It’s not easy to survive in those conditions. And it’s certainly not easy for Link’s husband of nearly eight years, David, who anxiously waits back home for weeks at a time with no contact from his man.“Before I did my first challenge, [David] went full Jewish mother mode,” Link recalls. “He was like, ‘You haven’t thought this through.