“It’s like two sisters fighting at a table at dinner.”
Janelle Pierzinais not one to keep her thoughts to herself.
And she is not one to sit back passively either.
Janelle Pierzina on season 2 of ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/PEACOCK via Getty Images
That made Janelle the fourth straight Faithful to be mistakenly voted out by the group.
Why could Janelle not sway enough people against Dan?
Is she upset Dan made Parvati a Traitor instead of her?
Janelle Pierzina on season 2 of ‘The Traitors’.PEACOCK
What was up with her and Sandra cursing each other out?
You told the group that in no uncertain terms, so why didn’t they believe you?
JANELLE PIERZINA:I think that the previous episode, there was a lot going on.
John Bercow, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Janelle Pierzina, Tamra Judge, Phaedra Parks, and Trishelle Cannatella on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/PEACOCK
I had actually a lot of blame forEkin-Su’s poisoning.
People were like, “It’s got to be Janelle, because she wanted Ekin-Su dead.”
They all wanted to go after Dan.
Janelle Pierzina on season 2 of ‘The Traitors’.PEACOCK
I don’t think I ever would’ve gotten MJ to believe me that Dan was a Traitor.
There’s literally no way.
And he was even working with Kevin, but he couldn’t convince Kevin.
No one was convincing Kevin or MJ of anything.
I do have a friendship with Dan.
I do actually like Dan.
So it was pretty awful, honestly.
Kind of likeCirie, how could the producers not make him a Traitor?"
Yeah, I knew before the episodes led on.
So I didn’t say anything.
It’s not Dan."
Dan’s a freaking Traitor."
And I was like, “I know.
If I even make it to breakfast tomorrow, I’m willing to do that.”
I thought me or Peter or Trishelle were for sure going to die.
And we were always thinking there were four Traitors.
So just numbers-wise, I was like, “We’re in a bit of a pickle.
If we miss two more, we’re really F’d.”
Why do you think Dan didn’t pick you to be a Traitor and went with Parvati instead?
I really don’t know.
I think Dan sensed that I would have his back to a certain extent.
So maybe he thought I would, and I did.
I smoothed things over with the Faithfuls that were onto him.
I think that he just wanted to work with Parvati, for whatever reason.
I really don’t know.
Well, CT and Sandra’s votes were locked to get me out of the house.
They were working with Dan, so it didn’t matter.
I believed that she could be.
He was like, “No, she’s a Faithful.”
So there was a lot of disagreements in our alliance, but the votes were locked for me.
I needed actually three votes, not two.
And the Bravo people do vote as a voting bloc, as well as the gamer alliance.
So I was going home.
I walked into that banishment table knowing I was going home.
What was going on with you and Sandra?
I mean, you’re telling each other to f— off at the roundtable.
Were you all having beef at the castle, or did that just kind of explode at the roundtable?
Its like two sisters fighting at a table at dinner.
“You’re prettier.I’m prettier.I’m smarter.”
So it was just a lot of back-and-forth.
We always have that kind of banter, and it is literally two sisters fighting.
I actually love Sandra, and I know that she likes me too.
So we were just being bitches to each other.
We like each other.
There’s really not more to it than that.
Did you ever suspect Parvati or Phaedra as Traitors?
I always suspected Parvati, of course.
My whole thing was, I’m looking for four Traitors.
I knew Parvati was a Traitor.
I knew Dan was a Traitor, but I was also working with them.
So I was like, I need to find more Traitors.
I got to get them out of here.
So I was always asking Dan, “Who do you think the other Traitors are?”
I wanted him to blow the other Traitors' games up, but he never did to me.
He was not taking it.
So I never suspected Phaedra.
She and I were really close.
I never suspected her.
I always was just trying to find someone in Bravo that could be it.
That’s why I was like, maybe Larsa.
It was so difficult.
I was always looking for four.
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You mentioned Larsa.
What do you make of that assessment?
I mean, I do not have psychic abilities.
I would never know.
Do I think she makes great TV?
You guys are like, “All right, I need to win.
Here’s how I need to win.”
And on Bravo shows, they are thinking more about storylines and airtime.
I was always looking at who’s working with who and where do I fit in?
Or they would just really hone in on something to just make good TV.
I think that’s great.
What was going through your mind whenKate showed upat that roundtable?
I was not happy to see Kate.
She walked into me trying to save my life.
So I was like, this is so bad.
I wish she could have came after my banishment.
But that was just the wrong timing for me personally.
You went for the shields early and often.
Were you concerned that would pit people against you?
Every time I went for a shield, I truly thought I needed it.
So I was like, I’m going to get murdered.
I need a shield.
And so I was like, “Are you serious?
I’m literally about to be murdered.
I need a shield.”
I would’ve been losing it.
I was laughing my butt off.
He was so funny.
He never comes out of character.
