My sister in law and nephew (9) met him at a mall dvd signing, said he was super nice and friendly.
Hard to defend reality TV and only watched a couple episodes but you can tell how whomever produces it wants to portray this false sense of danger and definitely the situations/dialogue are very cooked. Shame they didn't take it in a more educational direction but at least they made concerted effort to be eco friendly and promote relocation. Didn't do the herp keeping cause many favors tho.