
Squid Game: The Challenge winner reveals why she felt ‘guilty’ about winning
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Did she win?’” The victor also said that her reaction to winning, which was shown in the series, was actually a reshoot, adding: “Then, of course they, reshot the scene like,’ Oh, the credit card!’” Mai admitted to feeling “guilty” about taking home the jackpot over Phill, who described himself in the show as “living from paycheck to paycheck”. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free open image in gallery ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ finalists Phill and Mai Elaborating upon her reasoning, Mai said: “I’m 56 - everyone who’s in there was like my daughter and son, and for a mother to take something away from their kid, it’s like, ‘Oh no!’ Especially Phill – he was so sweet. open image in gallery ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ winner Mai Whelan Upon arriving in the UK to film the show, and being stood in a room with every contestant, Mai said she did not think she stood a chance of reigning supreme as the percentage was “very low” and felt like “winning the lottery”. She said: “I was like, ‘Take it just one day at a time,’ and my thought was to get to know people as they would hold the decisions to your destiny and your fate in the game.” Now Mai has been inducted into the annals of game show history, it seems likely that casting directors might want to tap her up for a forthcoming season of The Traitors US; the American version of the game show features past contestants from reality shows.
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