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and will read anyone who comes to her to absolute filth.
(Nobody likes you, Parvati.)
I think I won.
It was such a great experience.
Being there was winning, you know?
What was so great about the experience?It was so opposite from what Im used to doing.
It was just out of my comfort zone.
But I said yes.
Hands down the best experience Ive ever had in television production.
I think thats a great training ground for anyone who would do it.
Being on theHousewivesis definitely a lot of mental games, so its a great preparation for something like this.
How did this opportunity present itself?
When they called me for this season, it was actually three days before we had to leave.
It was Sharon, one of the executives over at Peacock, who called me.
We would really love for you to join this cast.
And when she said castle, thinkDynasty, spiral staircase, I was in.
I didnt think of the woods, bugs, maggots, biting beetles, midges.
She never mentioned those things.
Did you go back and watch the first season?My good girlfriend Brandi Glanville was on it.
She had told me how much she had enjoyed it, but I didnt really watch it.
And when I saidTraitors, she said, That is my most favorite show.
You have to do it.
She was so giddy about me doing it.
Do you think the Housewives and the other Bravo people were underestimated by the gamers?Most definitely.
I mean, gamers do this for a living.
When you think of the Bravo family, we are pretty much glamazons.
We are more on the lifestyle, glamorous, gossipy side of things.
Im sure they thought we wouldnt be that challenging.
When Kate came, she was all about, Lets bring it for Bravo.
But I mean, I loved most of the players.
Really, I liked everyone except for Dan.
What didnt you like about Dan?Im very loyal.
Thats an innately distrustful and bad person.
I was never under any suspicion.
Do you think thats an accurate portrayal?Somewhat.
Obviously Dan, when we first started, was a master gamer.
If Im not an expert, I dont have a problem with allowing the expert to be an expert.
He knew these people and I didnt know him at all.
So the internet wants you and CT to be boyfriend and girlfriend.Oh, God.
Hes a really good guy, and hes attractive and all those good things.
There was never anything romantic between us at all.
It was just a sweet, pure friendship.
I am definitely Bachelor Nation all day every day, and I loveDancing With the Stars.
To see both of them, I was in heaven.
I didnt know those other people, but baby, I knew Pilot Pete.
Pilot Pete ended up being your archnemesis!Pete is a dictator, baby.
He was more of a dick than a traitor, but hes a good guy.
He played the game like his life depended on it.
Was the food really good?Well, it wasnt.
Breakfast, hands down, was the most palatable meal you could have.
I will eat breakfast every day, so thats the meal I really relied upon.
It wasnt the tastiest food.
Were you getting your hair and makeup done every morning?I do it myself.
I did some of the other girls as well.
Bravo ladies, we love glamour.
We love to look pretty.
You are never going to see me undone.
Phaedra, are you coming back toReal Housewives of Atlantaor not?I never say never about anything.
Obviously Im friends with a lot of the ladies.
A 15-year run is a long run.
I dont thinkFriendsran that long.
You start talkingSurvivorin jungles.
Im used to living in a castle.
If its not a castle, its a pretty nice mansion.
I dont know if Im cut out for the woods.
Im a glamper, honey.
I dont do rugged things.
