The Traitors’Chanel Ayan Didn’t KnowSurvivorWas a Show, Thought Castmates Battled Illnesses and Drought

Mar. 15, 2025

Chanel Ayan in Season 3 of “The Traitors”.Photo:Euan Cherry/Peacock

THE TRAITORS – “Let Battle Commence” Episode 301 – Pictured: Chanel Ayan -

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TheReal Housewives of Dubaistar recently confessed on the Tuesday, Jan. 21 episode of theGabbing With Gibthat she only knew her fellow Bravo stars on the current season of the Peacock competition series.

“I only knew people from the Bravo world. I didn’t know the other people because they were all like, ‘I am a Survivor [alum],'” Ayan, 46,toldpodcast host Gibson Johns. “I personally thought they survived things like me.”

The Kenya-born model believed herTraitorscostars who appeared onSurvivor,Tony Vlachos,Jeremy Collins,Rob “Boston Rob” MarianoandCarolyn Wigerlived through life-or-death situations.

Tony Vlachos, Jeremy Collins, Rob Mariano and Carolyn Wiger.Mark Sullivan/FilmMagic; David Livingston/Getty; Neilson Barnard/Getty; Robert Voets/getty

STUDIO CITY, CA - MAY 21: Survivor winner Tony Vlachos poses following CBS’s “Survivor 28” season finale at CBS Studios - Radford on May 21, 2014 in Studio City, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 16: Contestant/Sole Survivor Jeremy Collins attends CBS’s “Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chance” photo op at CBS Televison City on December 16, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 15: “Survivor: Redemption Island” winner Rob Mariano attends the “Survivor: Redemption Island” Finale and Reunion Show at the Ed Sullivan Theater on May 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) MANA ISLAND - JUNE 19: “Under the Wing of a Dragon” Castaways must negotiate to earn a big pot of rice for the entire tribe. Then, the castaways will need to put their best foot forward to earn immunity at the next tribal council, on SURVIVOR, Wednesday, April 26, (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Pictured (L-R): Carolyn Wiger. (Photo by Robert Voets/CBS via Getty Images)

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Ayan also commented that she didn’t understand the game, even after she was “murdered” and eliminated from the show in episode 3.

She also remarked how the other contestants, some of whom came fromBig BrotherandSurvivor, “are all about the game.”

Ayan described herself and her fellow housewives, as “all about enjoying life.”

“Like for me, I wasn’t thinking about money. I was just there. I wanted to be cute, be funny and try the game,” she explained.

While the reality star wasn’t on the show for long, she continued to deliver commentary on the game.

“So these bitches are just killingHousewives. I just figured that out. Everybody is jealous of a Housewife,” she said of her unexpected exit onPeacock’s online after-show.

Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Chanel Ayan, Bob Harper, Dolores Catania, Wells Adams, Danielle Reyes, Gabby Windey, Jeremy Collins, Dorinda Medley, Tom Sandoval, Chrishell Stause, Tony Vlachos, Bob The Drag Queen, Robyn Dixon, Chanel Ayan, Ciara Miller, Dylan Efron, Carolyn Wiger, Nikki Garcia, Sam Asghari on Traitors.

“I am a beauty bitch, I am not a thinking bitch,” she declared. “I think I was killed because I am fabulous.”

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source: people.com

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