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Squid Recreation: The Problem participant 243, Stephen, has revealed that some contestants had been prematurely “booted from” the present after they broke the principles by “hooking up”.
Netflix’s new actuality sport present competitors, based mostly on the unique 2021 South Korean drama, sees 456 contestants compete in a sequence of video games and checks for the possibility to win $4.56m (£3.55m) – the biggest lump-sum jackpot within the historical past of actuality TV.
Earlier than the 16-day filming interval at Warf Studios London, nevertheless, Stephen defined in a current TikTok video that the contestants had been “individually quarantined” in a lodge.
“[We were] not allowed to work together or speak to one another,” he mentioned. “Some folks bought caught sneaking into one another’s rooms and hooking up in order that they bought booted from the present.”
Stephen admitted that he and his buddy Chase, participant 456, had been virtually kicked off the present, too, after they had been caught sneaking into one another’s rooms.
“However they had been like, ‘Oh, they got here right here collectively anyway in order that they’re advantageous’,” he mentioned.
The Unbiased has contacted Netflix for remark.
(L-R) Stephen and Rick on ‘Squid Recreation: The Problem’
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Warning, potential spoilers for ‘Squid Recreation: The Problem’ episode 5 to observe
Stephen turned a fan-favourite on account of his shut bond with older contestant Rick, participant 232. Collectively they had been eradicated in episode 5 by participant 229, Phalisia, who was given the chance to eradicate three contestants.
When requested on TikTok if he nonetheless stored in contact with Rick, Stephen shared that they “textual content virtually each single day”.
Final week, participant 301, Trey, claimed that a number of contestants used lubricated condoms to attempt to soothe their chapped lips.
In an interview with EW about his expertise on the present, he mentioned that whereas they had been all supplied with obligatory toiletries, one factor that was disregarded was chapstick.
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Trey mentioned that not having chapstick left many, together with him, determined sufficient to attempt different merchandise that had been supplied.
“There was lotion, there was conditioner, and people had been the primary two tries,” he recalled. “And after I attempted these and so they weren’t working, I used to be like, ‘Effectively, that’s all of our choices, as a result of clearly we’re not going to make use of the condoms.’ And inside a day, possibly a day and a half, all of the condoms had been gone. It was absurd. And it nonetheless didn’t work!”
Whereas he mentioned that he he didn’t try to make use of the condom’s lubrication, he remembered that others “stored making an attempt it and it didn’t work”. “And I used to be like, ‘Clearly!’,” he added. “So yeah, that’s 100 per cent true.”
Finally, producers supplied gamers with particular person tins of lip balm labelled with their numbers.
Squid Recreation: The Problem is streaming now on Netflix. The season finale might be launched on Wednesday (6 December).
