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A Cincinnati man who walked more than 2,200 miles to Los Angeles to deliver his audition tape for the next season of CBS reality show "Survivor" was told by producers Tuesday that he was "too nice."

"I'm the guy that walked across America and had my dreams killed," said Greg Insco, 26, of Colerain Township. "The producer said I would get eaten alive, I said 'By who? Ronald McDonald?' If being too nice doesn't get you on a TV show, that's crooked isn't it? Should I just be a jerk?"

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While heartbroken over what producers told him, Insco kept his spirit, saying he might do the walk again for a later season - in half the time.

"I'm working on a Plan B," he said. "I'm not just going to lay down and give up. I gave up anal sex for this."

Insco said he wants to invite producers to Cincinnati, take them to Skyline Chili and have them walk through the streets, where residents will return a greeting or wave.

"I've walked through miles here where even the homeless won't say hi back to me," he said. "I just saw 30 Bentleys drive by but people here have forgotten what reality is. People die and are poor and don't get everything they want."

The life he is returning to, Insco said, is more reality than the producers will ever understand.

When the real estate agent returns to Cincinnati, he will be greeted by about $70,000 in credit card debt, foreclosed property and a repossessed car.

"It's bad enough that they just shot down my dreams," he said. "I tried to give everything in my life humanly possible to make this a reality."

Insco said he planned to stay the night in Beverly Hills and wasn't sure how he would get back to Cincinnati. Numerous followers have offered to purchase him a plane ticket but he would rather see the money go to the Megan Gore Scholarship Fund.

Gore is Insco's friend who died in 2006 of a sudden brain aneurysm at the age of 19. His trip has, in large part, been in her honor.

"I'll just keep smiling. I honored my friend Megan and no one could ever take this experience from me," he said. "I failed miserably but I gave it my all. People fail all the time but it's OK as long as you try to your hardest and I truly did."