Brad Virata has come out.

That is, he's sharing his thoughts on why Survivor editors opted to cut a scene in which he reveals his homosexuality to fellow castaways.

It's a subject the show has broached before, so why shy away from it now?

"I think they wanted to potentially appeal to a larger demographic.

"Mainly the female audience just in terms of thinking I was single or on the market," says Virata, the most recent contestant booted off Survivor: Cook Islands.

"I'm not mad, it is what it is. I guess they felt that some things are better left unsaid."

The 29-year-old L.A. fashion designer -- who came out to his family years before appearing on the hit reality series -- believes he received even less airtime due to his mild nature.

"I didn't want to cause a lot of controversy and I pretty much got along with everyone from what I could see and that's why you really didn't get a chance to see my character as much."

But that's not what bothers him the most.

A new plan was sparked on last week's show.

The members of the former Caucasian tribe are plotting to possibly rekindle their alliance.

It's a move which irritates Virata.

"I don't get it. You know what, it's 2006. We're just a melting pot of human beings and I don't understand why other people don't think along those same lines," says Virata, who is Filipino-Hawaiian and started off the show in the Asian tribe.

He adds he's not surprised in the least at tribemate Jonathan Penner's efforts to create an all-white final four.

"I mean to me it's just stupid because you would think that after the merge, they would want to be seen as human beings rather than being put in these little boxes.

"I think (Jonathan's) conniving. He's the good guy off the island, so it seems.

"But is he ... going to play a manipulative, backstabbing game? Probably. Is that OK? Yeah, it's OK, it's Survivor, but that's just something that's not going to get my good grades."

Getting good grades from Virata is important, as he's the first member of this season's jury which will decide who takes home Survivor's million dollar prize.

As a jury member, Virata says he would never vote for Nate Gonzalez to win if he made the final two.

"I think your true colours do shine when you're on that island.

"He was part of my original alliance and he went behind my back. He just went out of his way to make me believe that it was going to be Jonathan (to go) and it really wasn't."

Survivor: Cook Islands airs tonight at 9 p.m. on Global and CBS.