Boston Rob Wanted La Shell to Win DONDI Season 2: "I Was Rooting For You Big Time"
As the expert on island gameplay, Boston Rob thought La Shell was going to go all the way.
This story contains spoilers for Deal or No Deal Island Season 2, Episode 8, "Safety in Numbers."
As Season 2 of Deal or No Deal Island approaches a gripping conclusion, the February 25 episode saw players evaluating the strength of their alliances, leaving a Season 2 frontrunner with no enemies — but also no allies — at risk for elimination. Much to Boston Rob's disappointment, La Shell Wooten's time on Banker's Island has come to an end.
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As the Final Six head toward that coveted final game against the Banker, La Shell visited Boston Rob on the Deal or No Deal Island After Show to discuss her elimination. Read on to learn more.
Boston Rob had his money on La Shell Wooten for the Season 2 DONDI victory
"I gotta tell you, you were my winner pick," Boston Rob said as he kicked off the interview.
"Really?" La Shell asked, clearly incredulously.
"I was rooting for you," Rob confirmed. "I was rooting for you big time."
"Thank you," La Shell said.
"Yeah, I feel like you have so many qualities that I see in the winners," Rob explained. "You were in the middle; you were undercover, but you were telling the camera all your strategy and what your plan was."
Rob continued by saying La Shell managed all those successes but never seemed to work closely with anyone.
"I had no alliances," La Shell confirmed.
"In this game, they're not as important as people think," Rob volleyed. "Like, it's good to have friends that, like, if they're playing the Banker, they're not gonna take you out, right?" Rob was also keen to point out that while alliances are not imperative for success on Banker's Island, La Shell's lack of them would haunt her a tad.
Sure, La Shell had no enemies in the game, but she also lacked anyone with her best interests in mind. La Shell's fate was ultimately determined by the strength of a different alliance: The Family, made up of the covert "Golden God" of Survivor: Australia, David Genat, Survivor and Traitors star Parvati Shallow, and their Banker's Island "son," Dickson Wong.
Rob chastized La Shell for being so forthright with Parvati about her frontrunner status. As a fellow Survivor titan, Rob is well-versed in Parvati's unbridled willingness to eliminate players who've deemed her a threat. After admitting she'd never seen Survivor to understand Parvati's reality TV prowess, La Shell explained that she saw Parvati as an intellectual threat more than anything. Considering Parvati was responsible for dealing the final blow to La Shell's game, Rob's point may hold.
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During the deliberations over who'd play the Deal or No Deal game, La Shell had asked Parvati not to make her face the Banker. But knowing she was infamous for going back on her word, La Shell wasn't exactly shocked when Parvati prioritized keeping her island son Dickson safe over her. With no eager participants emerging, Parvati had to force someone to face the Banker and ultimately refused to stab her son in the back.
When it came time to navigate the Deal or No Deal game, La Shell made some rookie mistakes that had Rob dismayed over the fallout. Rob was genuinely rooting for La Shell, so after watching her make an ill-fated call so close to the end, he has his fingers crossed for La Shell's return to Bankers Island someday.
"I'd love to see you play again," Rob told her.
"I'd love to see me play again, too," La Shell quipped right back.
Watch Deal or No Deal Island After Show with Boston Rob on Peacock, NBC's YouTube, and NBC.com every Wednesday following new episodes of Deal or No Deal Island Season 2, which air Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC.
