LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- House of Villains Season 3, premiering Thursday on Peacock, unites reality stars from Selling Sunset, Survivor, Below Deck and more shows. Though they are competing for a $200,000 prize, cast members appreciated showing their softer sides.
In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Survivor Season 27 winner Tyson Apostol said the House of Villains competition is less serious. Villains' competitions include cake eating and equipment smashing contests, as host Joel McHale mocks the contestants.
"It's a little more light-hearted," Apostol, 46, said, adding that with Survivor eliminations, "everyone is so secretive and there's no rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes just because the group decided while you were going to the bathroom that it was going to be you. So this was not as stressful as that."
Many of the contestants were fans of each other. Selling Sunset star Christine Quinn had seen Jackie Christie on Basketball Wives and Drita D'Avanzo on Mob Wives, but got to know them in person in the Villains house.
"I think we all got to show our vulnerable sides, who we really are," Quinn, 37, said. "I told Drita, 'I'm so scared of Jackie,' but then I got to know her and I was like, 'Oh my God, she's a sweetheart. She's so loyal. She's wonderful.'"
