Charlie Herschel, an openly gay contestant on Survivor Gabon, and singer Clay Aiken are said to be friends. The pair reportedly met on the social networking site, Connexion.org. Herschel claims that he and Aiken chatted online almost every day while he was in law school.Advocate: Survivor Spills a Reality Secret (September 24, 2008)

"There was a point when I was in law school that I was on IM almost every day, so we used to IM almost every day (in reference to Clay Aiken)."Advocate: Survivor Spills a Reality Secret (September 24, 2008)