Luke also reveals whom he would have sent home had he beaten the Banker.
Thats simply what happens in a game of chance and luck.
Suffice it say, Luke Olejniczak didnotdo everything right.
Luke Olejniczak on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Credit:Monty Brinton/NBC
Everybody makes stupid mistakes, Luke said at one point during the debacle.
Mine just happened to be on camera.
We spoke to the 29-year-old private chef about those mistakes and how everything went so wrong, so fast.
Luke Olejniczak on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
Did you ever make it home?
LUKE OLEJNICZAK:I finally made it back home, man.
I had to fight my way out of that country.
Luke Olejniczak on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
But I finally made it home.
It was a harrowing journey, but it’s a success story.
You made some curious decisions out on the island, so lets go through them.
David Genat on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
Swear to God, I never heardDavidsay to wait.
And the game plan was we would take the highest value case out of the low case groupings.
So it’s a bird in the hand.
‘Deal or No Deal Island’ host Joe Manganiello.Monty Brinton/NBC
They never showed that on camera, so it really made me look like a dope.
But at the end of the day, there was still errors and poor decisions on my end.
It’s my bed.
I got a lay in it now.
So let’s talk about what you just said in terms of the Steal.
Tell me about that and tell me about how you guys came to that decision.
I believe the understanding was one of them was a value of zero or something of that nature.
So that was the plan.
And once we commit to a plan, you see it through.
But it changed, I guess, unbeknownst to me.
And I paid dearly for it, but it is what it is.
Why did you want to take on the Banker?
So there’s two things that can happen here.
You go down swinging, you’re in control.
Or you’re able to sit in a crowd and watch someone else control your destiny.
I don’t want that.
I want to play the Banker.
I want to be at the controls, right?
At least make a heck of an experience out of it.
Leave nothing on the field.
How hard was David pushing to take on the Banker?
Oh, he wanted it.
He wanted it just as bad as I did.
That made David kind of back off to, Okay, well, this might be my safest bet.
And I know that no matter what, Sydnee was probably going to go with what David wanted.
So I had to appease David as well.
During the show, you saw that Seychelle was pretty sour with me.
She is a spitfire, but she had reason to be a spitfire.
That New Yorker in her came out.
There was that alliance with David.
And I was going to honor that.
But in the end, you know what?
It worked out the way it was supposed to.
I made the poor decision.
I was the one sent home.
They get to live on and fight again.
Okay, lets do some math.
It doesn’t make sense on paper.
Kind of a dumb decision.
But you know what?
I wanted to go out with glory, and I feel I did that.
I am definitely getting scrutinized for it, but I don’t care.
You only live once.
Who could say they made the worst deal inDONDIhistory?
That’s me, man!
Joe told me it was the worst game ofDeal or No Deal Islandever played.
At least you’re remembered for something, right?
You’re on that show to win money, but to me, money doesn’t absolutely equal tranquility.
That was an absolute guarantee.
I made a moment for my father and myself on national TV.
That’s worth something too.
What was your reaction when you saw that number?
I’m glad I left you a dollar.
Everyone wants to win.
But it is particularly hard being the first one out.
Tell me what that was like.
It’s what it is.
I was blessed with one heck of an experience.
And you embrace it.
You have to own it.
There’s no going back in time.
Lets say you had beaten the Banker.
Where do you see your game going from there?
Who are the people you wanted to play with had you survived?
That’s where I’ll lay my head at night.
It doesn’t make a difference to me.
But I truly feel during my limited time on the island that Rock was a man of his word.
He’s someone you could stand by, and I also truly do feel that about David.
