Fred Lewis Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

Fred Lewis is getting candid about what fans can expect in the upcoming season of "Gold Rush" and what inspires him to include veterans as part of his crew.  This season in particular was a struggle for Lewis, as there were a lot of unforeseen problems that arose that were out of their hands. He told Fox News Digital that this year had "a lot of battles" and that "it wasn’t just one thing" but that everything was "being thrown at (them)." "We have a big supply chain issue, and we're talking everything from big parts for heavy equipment to a small valve from the hardware store.

This group of “Gold Rush” miners is like none of their predecessors on the top-rated Discovery series.“Gold Rush” returns Friday for Season 11 with a two-hour episode (8-10 p.m.) and a new mining boss: Fred Lewis, a former special forces medical sergeant and linguist who’s assembled a team of five veteran pals to dig for gold in a ghost town near Sumpter, Ore.“They’ve all overcome obstacles,” says Lewis, 42, who took a bullet to the helmet in Afghanistan.