Parvati Shallow CallsDeal or No Deal IslandCostar Dr. Will 'Rude and Outrageous': 'I Wanted Him Out' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

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“Dr. Will was the most obnoxious human being in the planet,” theSurvivorwinner, 42, tells PEOPLE. “I was like, ‘Oh God, this guy.’ He’s just crude. He was so rude and outrageous and made everything more difficult. I wanted him out. He sucked.”

HostJoe Manganiellobrought theBig Brotherwinner, 52, out to the island after the group managed to only add $1 to the prize pot in the season 2 premiere.

“The Banker has been profoundly disappointed with the group’s performance so far, so she’s bringing in someone to stir up the competition,” Manganiello, 48, said in the Jan. 14 episode.

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“I’m like, ‘Did you do that on purpose?’ And I think the answer is yes,” Shallow says. “There were six people who had come up to me and told me that they knew me fromSurvivor,and I was like, “Okay, let’s just keep this between us and we can have something going.”  I had people siloed off. And then Will comes in and blows me up and now everybody knows that I’m theSurvivorwinner.”

Parvati Shallow on ‘Survivor: Winners at War’.CBS via Getty

CBS via Getty

“I had to really select the other person besides David who I was going to work with, my number two lockstep person,” Shallow says.

Parvati Shallow on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’ season 2.Monty Brinton/NBC via Gett

Monty Brinton/NBC via Gett

One thing Shallow can assure viewers won’t see: her signature headbands fromTraitors.

“I’m not going to bring headbands to the beach,” she says. “They belong in a castle.”

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Deal or No Deal Islandairs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

source: people.com