“She called me a f—er.
I called her a bitch.”
Unfortunately, her knowledge of the game did not help her escape her first encounter with the Banker.
Claudia Jordan on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’ season 1.Monty Brinton/NBC
Instead, Claudia told Stephanie to take hers.
She should have listened.
Why did Claudia put herself in the line of fire?
Claudia Jordan ‘Deal or No Deal Island’ Season 1.Monty Brinton/NBC
Why were she and contestant Kim Mattina going at each other so hard?
And whom would she have eliminated had she bested the Banker?
We asked the former Real Housewife of Atlanta all that and more.
Claudia Jordan ‘Deal or No Deal Island’ Season 1.Monty Brinton/NBC
CLAUDIA JORDAN:She kept calling us f—ers and motherf—kers.
And I’m like: Okay, that’s not the worst thing.
Because like I said in the show, Okay, she called me a f—er.
I called her a bitch.
It wasn’t that big of a deal.
But honestly, I’m a tough cookie.
I’m not going to be devastated that this old lady called me the F word.
There’s other words that would’ve gotten her more smoked she could have called me.
Where did this beef between the two of you start?
I didn’t like how she went out to Jamil.
Jamil was so nice and he was so good for the morale of the cast.
I shared her tent with her, so I would see some of her little sneaky ways.
You ever see that movieSaw?The little puppet that rides around on a tricycle?
That’s how she was at night.
And I was like, Girl, you don’t got to win the game by being like that.
That’s very creepy and an invasion of privacy.
She would do that.
And when I first started out, I’m like: I can’t get down with this.
And just seeing how rude she was, sometimes I didn’t like it.
I’m like: Why are you so arrogant?
I’m not arrogant.
I felt like I clocked it from the beginning that she was very manipulative.
Rob, knock it off.
I was not one of your soldiers.
I was an ally.
Don’t disrespect your ally.
I had your back.
I actually saved you.
And if it wasn’t for what I did, you would’ve been gone.
Well, youcouldhave been gone.
I’m going to give you a pass on that, Rob.
I’m like: No, I feel good about how I carry myself.
I like the guy.
Even if he said his little soldier and general comment, I still like him.
I feel like he’s good at what he does.
I’m too much of a team player, actually.
I felt like Stephanie was exposing.
The more she kept talking, I was just trying to get her to shut up.
And I felt like she was putting people in harm’s way by doing that.
The more she talked, the more she put a battery in Kim’s back to be vindictive.
I was being protective of Alyssa and some of the others.
And plus, I gave my word.
Unlike Stephanie, because Stephanie was part of the plan.
She and Alyssa came to me in the tent and told me what their plan was.
The plan wasn’t just Alyssa, Stephanie was 100 percent on board.
You really just did this.
You sat there, looked us all in the eye and said, Let’s do it.
Then when it’s your turn to stick with a plan, you totally throw everybody under the bus.
I told her, You’re going to have a target on your back after this.
It’s not going to be good for you."
So whydidshe do it?
I don’t know, temporarily insane?
She’s a player, she’s an athletic girl.
I recognize bad acting when I see it because I’ve done it.
I’ve been in some very low budget movies.
I understand bad acting.
I’ve been there, done that, girlfriend.
What are you doing?
So I guess I was trying to protect the plan and other people.
But there’s something about taking control of your own destiny.
Like: Okay, I’ll put myself in.
I even went to Rob and said, Put me in the game, not Aron.
It wasn’t that he was going to protect Aaron.
No, I told him, “I’m going to play and don’t worry about it.”
And he was like, Do what you got to do to keep yourself in.
I go, No, I’m going to build a pot and then I’m out of here.
He was like, No, no, no, no, no.
Don’t even worry about the deal.
He was saying not to prioritize the money in the pot to save myself.
I’m kind of sticking y’all right now and I can leave and be totally fine with this.
I’m like: Damn, we backstabbing on challenge three already?
I just felt like it was a little too early in the game to be kind of that grimy.
Lets talk about facing off against the Banker.
What was your reaction when you saw that half a million number come up?
There’s a constant battle with humans, right?
Your gut versus your brain, logic versus feeling.
It’s very emotional and the stakes are high.
If you looked at my face the whole game.
I looked kind of like I was almost a little defeated.
And that was not really about the game.
It was really about my disappointment in humans.
I thought some of our conversations meant something.
That they would have integrity.
Call me old school, but I’ll always care about that.
And I think I get rewarded in my real life because of that.
So had you beaten the Banker, whom would you have eliminated?
People would’ve thought it was Kim, but we can get Kim next week or the week after.
I feel like Kim’s always going to be struggling.
So I figured I would’ve surprised everyone.
I was going to blow up the spot on her and then we’ll worry about Kim another time.
Finally, what did it feel like to be opening a briefcase again?
I felt really good and nostalgic, and I really have fine memories ofDeal or No Deal.
I was like: Oh, your girl still got it!
Both of the Banker models were really great.
So thank you, NBC.
I really appreciate this more than y’all ever know.
