From past winners of Survivor to a former Bachelor, the reality star power on Peacock's The Traitors is unparalleled, but one contestant has emerged as the undisputed showstopper of the second season: Phaedra Creonta Parks, Esq.—former Real Housewives of Atlanta housewife, lawyer, mortician, author, furrier, businesswoman, activist, and now, possibly the most iconic "traitor" to play in the castle.
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00:00 I think being a housewife, being a mortician, a funeral director, I have lots of jobs.
00:04 But I think being a housewife makes me understand people's human nature
00:10 and the need to survive, shall we say.
00:14 And they will do anything, you know, and throw anybody out the bus at any cost.
00:18 So I think it is good training, because if you can survive housewives,
00:23 in particular housewives of Atlanta,
00:25 honey, you could go and do the Vietnam War and come out with a win.
00:28 Mm-hmm.
00:30 I think being a lawyer probably was the best preparation,
00:44 because I could do any roundtable.
00:47 Because we are trained to listen, succinctly rebuttal people's accusations or allegations.
00:55 And the training calls for you being, you know, a performer,
01:00 but also to be calm, cool, and collect no matter how much you want to jump up and kill people.
01:06 You know, so instead of killing them with your hands, you kill them with your words.
01:10 He was horrible.
01:17 No strategy at all.
01:19 The strategy can't be to not play the game.
01:23 You have to get in the game.
01:24 You're Big Brother winner not once, but twice.
01:28 Almost twice.
01:29 Well, either way, you have knowledge of this game.
01:33 So if there was really a mastermind, it sure wouldn't be a dolled-up housewife, baby.
01:39 That would not be it.
01:41 So I just really wondered how he won Big Brother.
01:44 I was very confused after playing with him.
01:47 Because he only wanted to kill all the handsome men.
01:50 And I really like handsome men, so I was so confused by that.
01:54 I think the most underrated player would probably be Sandra.
01:59 I mean, she's very under the radar, quiet, sweet.
02:05 And I think she's a real killer.
02:07 You know, I mean, she's obviously queen of Survivor.
02:11 And she is quick on her feet.
02:14 But she knows how to do those challenges.
02:16 And she knows her way around those games.
02:20 Best dress?
02:22 I personally love Janelle's style.
02:26 Because she's very much like she's going to a tea party every day.
02:29 And she's so pretty.
02:31 So I loved her little Zimmerman dresses.
02:33 They're just so feminine and dainty and adorable.
02:37 But Trashelle, you know, she liked to wear the little fingerless gloves every day
02:40 and the little knee highs and a lot of tartan stuff.
02:42 So she had cute clothes as well.
02:44 So I would have to give best dress to Janelle, outside of myself.
02:49 When it comes to the guys, Alan, of course, hands down over everyone.
02:54 But second up would probably be Johnny Bananas.
02:58 He was-- you know, he got killed pretty fast.
03:01 But the clothing was impeccable.
03:04 I mean, he's very stylish.
03:07 But he does give Repo Man vibes.
03:08 So he's, you know--
03:12 Well, Bergie is in his, you know, youthful stage of dressing.
03:16 So it didn't give much fashion.
03:17 It just gave collegiate wear.
03:20 You know.
03:22 I mean, you know, but we can't hold that against me.
03:24 He's 20 years old.
03:25 So it wasn't giving fashion.
03:27 But I mean, it was giving college frat boy.
03:31 From cutthroat reality stars to celebrities turned master strategists.
03:36 But hands down, it's the best television experience I've ever had in my life.
03:42 And I don't know if it's because it challenged me in a new way.
03:46 You know, I was able to meet new people because I love to meet people.
03:50 I love to meet strange people.
03:51 And there's so few strange people on the show.
03:53 So I really like strange folks.
03:57 And so you have people that were very interesting that I would have never
04:01 had the opportunity to meet.
04:02 So I said, whether I win or not, I've met these people, new relationships.
04:09 And it's just something out of my comfort zone.
04:11 And I can mark it off my bucket list.
04:13 Hey, I did this.
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