Chanel Ayan Didn’t Know ‘Survivor’ Was a Present, Believed ‘The Traitors’ Castmates Survived Sicknesses

Chanel Ayan admits she wasn’t accustomed to her castmates on season 3 of The Traitors and the earlier actuality TV reveals they got here from.

The Actual Housewives of Dubai star not too long ago confessed on the Tuesday, Jan. 21 episode of the Gabbing With Gib that she solely knew her fellow Bravo stars on the present season of the Peacock competitors collection.

The “Bravolebrities” competing in Season 3 included Summer season Home star Ciara Miller, Vanderpump Guidelines star Tom Sandoval, and fellow Housewives Dorinda Medley, Robyn Dixon and Dolores Catania.

“I solely knew individuals from the Bravo world. I didn’t know the opposite individuals as a result of they had been all like, ‘I’m a Survivor [alum],’” Ayan, 46, informed podcast host Gibson Johns. “I personally thought they survived issues like me.”

The Kenya-born mannequin believed her Traitors costars who appeared on Survivor, Tony Vlachos, Jeremy Collins, Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano and Carolyn Wiger lived via life-or-death conditions.

“Feminine genital mutilation… I’ve survived malaria, typhoid, ebola and a drought. Like every little thing. So I used to be like, ‘What have you ever survived?’” Ayan defined to Johns. “Then Derrick [Levasseur] is like, ‘I misplaced 40 kilos.’” [Editors note: Lavasseur appeared on Big Brother, so Ayan may have mixed up names.]

Ayan additionally commented that she didn’t perceive the sport, even after she was “murdered” and eradicated from the present in episode 3.

“Even once I died, I nonetheless didn’t perceive them. I left and died and that’s once I realized there’s a TV present referred to as Survivor.” She clarified that they “don’t watch actuality reveals in Dubai.” 

She additionally remarked how the opposite contestants, a few of whom got here from Huge Brother and Survivor, “are all in regards to the sport.”

Ayan described herself and her fellow housewives, as “all about having fun with life.”

“Like for me, I wasn’t excited about cash. I used to be simply there. I needed to be cute, be humorous and check out the sport,” she defined.

Whereas the fact star wasn’t on the present for lengthy, she continued to ship commentary on the sport.

“So these bitches are simply killing Housewives. I simply figured that out. All people is jealous of a Housewife,” she stated of her sudden exit on Peacock’s on-line after-show.

“My son stated, ‘Mother, you’re the worst liar ever. If you’re not going to be the primary particular person killed then I’d be happy with you.’ Guess what? Mommy was the third particular person murdered,” she stated throughout the after-show. (Editors notice: She was the second particular person murdered, behind Medley.)

The TV persona didn’t “have a technique.” 

“I’m a magnificence bitch, I’m not a considering bitch,” she declared. “I believe I used to be killed as a result of I’m fabulous.”

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