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Sydnee Peck showed up on the Bankers Island hoping to win millions of dollars.
But Sydnee did not know two important things at that time.
And two, he’s married.
Sydnee Peck on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Credit:Monty Brinton/NBC
Kim, who pledged to not eliminate her if she and La Shell Wooten beat the Banker.
and La Shelldidbeat the Banker and thendidchoose to send Sydnee home.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So you were obviously pretty fond of David at the outset.
Sydnee Peck on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
SYDNEE PECK: That’s a great question.
I think in the very beginning, that very first day, absolutely.
And that’s my downfall, I guess.
Alexis Lete, Sydnee Peck and Parvati Shallow on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
I didn’t know anything about him.
I had no idea that he was married.
That’s my personality.
Sydnee Peck, Charles ‘Rock’ Carlson on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
That’s just how I’m going to react if I like somebody or think someone’s cute.
I didn’t want to talk about him in confessionals anymore.
I openly said, Hey, I respect your marriage.
Maria-Grace Cook, Alexis Lete, Seychelle Cordero, Storm Wilson, Charles Carlson, Sydnee Peck on ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
Can I be honest with you?
There wasnt actually a point that I even realized that.
I think I only realized that watching last week’s episode.
Sydnee Peck, La Shell Wooten, Courtney “C.K” Kim, and Charles “Rock” Carlson on season 2 of ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
It was really upsetting for me to watch because David was the first person I met on the island.
We became friends pretty quickly and we pretty much immediately agreed that we were going to be allies.
And he said, I want to work in challenges with you.
Host Joe Manganiello and the season 2 cast of ‘Deal or No Deal Island’.Monty Brinton/NBC
But we built a really good friendship.
I didn’t want anybody else to know.
I get it’s a show, but I thought we were at least friends.
So that was pretty difficult for me to watch.
What was your experience overall watching the first episode back?
I didn’t even want to watch the episode.
I didn’t even watch it on TV.
I was so anxious, I just pretended it wasn’t even happening.
I didn’t tell my friends.
I didn’t post about it because I was just so nervous.
So I watched it on FaceTime with my mom.
Would you want to connect with him to talk that out at all?
He followed me on Instagram the other day, so I don’t know, maybe we’ll chat.
I have no bad feelings towards him.
I get how the show goes.
I think I may have underestimated it.
I now know the Golden God, apparently he’s really good at this.
So I definitely underestimated people and that’s just not the kind of game I think I was playing.
So yeah, I wish David nothing but the best.
Did that strike you as odd?
I want to be your partner.
And I said, Okay, you better not abandon me.
And you don’t see me saying I was joking.
I’m not like some psycho, but whatever.
I genuinely thought it was something that just kind of happened.
I didn’t even think that it was malicious or pre-planned.
I really thought that that’s just what happened and Dickson kind of jumped at him.
Why did you not want to face the Banker after having the lowest value case?
I can’t think.
As you’re able to see, I said 33 percent my sentences don’t come out properly.
I knew that I was not in the right headspace to play the Banker.
I just knew that I wasn’t going to actually be able to perform.
seemed to make a deal where you would not send each other home.
Why do you think she did not honor that deal?
Yeah, we made an agreement.
We could actually work together.
We talked about sending guys home on the island and working together and kind of having a girl crew.
And so we made that agreement that we were going to send home Rock and we shook hands.
Am I surprised that she did it?
No, I never trusted her.
She didn’t warm up to me from the very beginning.
And maybe that’s my mistake.
Maybe that’s why I went home so early, because I wouldn’t have done that.
Joe Manganiello told meC.K.
What did you make of that coin flip situation?
I feel like they already knew they were going to send me home.
just didn’t want to look like the bad guy.
And that’s just kind of what I assumed, but who knows?
Want to hear something interesting about C.K.?
I always want to hear something interesting.
I’ll take care of you.
I have no idea what that was about.
I have no idea.
She’s never spoken to me since.
But I was like, was that a guilt thing?
What are you talking about?
I thought it was weird.
Haven’t heard from her since.
I don’t know if it was a guilt thing.
I have no idea what was going on with that, but I think about it all the time.
It lives rent free in my head.
Was that a game move, strictly personal, or a bit of both?
Yeah, that was not a game move at all.
Being sick is a big part of my life and it’s a big hindrance in my life.
I just knew that I wouldn’t make it to the end.
That’s not an accurate representation of me.
So that’s genuinely all it was.
That was from my heart.
I genuinely felt all of that.
But I’m working on it and I genuinely meant everything that I said from my heart.
And we saw in your final words you talking about needing to be more self-aware.
What happened after the cameras turned off and how have the past few months been?
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
