The ousted player also reacts to being on the receiving end of big Dickson energy.
What does Storm make of Dickson’s betrayal?
Did his showmance get him kicked off the show?
Storm Wilson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Credit:Monty Brinton/NBC
And what’s the status of Storm and M.G.
We asked the project manager all that and more.
How stunned were you by that?
Storm Wilson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
Before that, I felt like I was sort of puppet-mastering pretty well.
I came up with this game plan to convince Dickson that CK wanted to get him out.
He said, “I think I’m going to get CK out.”
Parvati Shallow and Storm Wilson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
Told me to my face, “I don’t think you have anything to worry about.
Everybody loves you.”
And even the producers came up to me afterwards and were like, “What the hell was that?
David Genat, Phillip Soloman, and Storm Wilson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
The cameras weren’t even on you.
They were on CK!”
Nobody saw it coming, including me
Clearly, you were shocked.
Storm Wilson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
Were you pissed at him as well?
I mean, yeah, obviously there was a degree where I was pissed.
I did a lot for Dickson that I didn’t have to do.
Dickson Wong, Parvati Shallow, and Storm Wilson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
In the sand castle challenge, I didn’t have to let him be my partner.
I don’t think anybody would see it coming."
I was like, “Sure, whatever, let’s do it.”
It was a crazy game.
So yeah, I was pissed, but I wouldn’t change it, if that makes sense.
You were cheering so hard for him too!
So I have some theory on that, and so do some of the other castmates.
I don’t actually think he was planning on sending me home when he went into that Temple.
Storm, it’s time to go home."
And I was shocked.
Yeah, I definitely think that that played into it.
And so I definitely underestimated his ability to do something like that.
I just didn’t think, to be honest, he had the balls.
But he did and he stood right by it and said, “This is my game.
I came here to win.”
I definitely underestimated his abilities.
Okay, when did the sparks start flying between you and Maria-Grace?
The producers have been milking that in the trailer all season.
During the challenges, we were usually pretty close to each other.
And off camera, MG was like, “I really hang out with you.
We should hang out a little bit closer.”
I was like, “That’s a great idea.
We should totally do that.
We can kind of work with each other.”
We were tossing up a lot of ideas.
That was the first little morning date we had.
That massage was real.
Just drilled her right in the face.
So it was really perfect.
How concerned were you that folks were going to target you all for being in a showmance?
You hadWill, you hadParvati, theGolden God, and then you had CK and you had Lete.
So I was doing what I planned on doing the whole time, but Dickson just got me.
That was a 10-minute confessional that we did, and I was in shock.
I was glad that she was there, though.
And then I got to kiss her before I left the island.
But it surprised me.
Zero communication with everybody else.
We really don’t get to talk to anybody else to influence anything.
So it was cool that they let her sneak in there and do that.
It’s been about five or six months since filming, so what is your status with MG now?
We have hung out a couple times.
I don’t know if you follow us on our social medias Instagram, TikTok, stuff like that.
I’ve been to L.A. a couple of times.
She might be coming to Austin a couple of times.
She moved to L.A. too, so she lives there now.
She doesn’t live at home anymore, but I cannot confirm or deny.
I know you got really close to being onBig Brotherinstead ofDeal of No Deal Island.
How do you think that experience would have gone for you had you landed on that show instead?
I definitely think it would not have been quite the same experience.
When I look at all these reality TV shows,DONDIseems like pound for pound the best one.
You’re in a house with no connection to the outside world for 90 days.
It’s a real test of some of these things.
