‘Deal or No Deal Island’ winner David Genat hasn’t gotten his $5.8 million

It was 1:36am native Panama time on Aug. 10 when David Genat received $5.8 million {dollars} on the season finale of Deal or No Deal Island — probably the most cash ever given away on community tv. And now, over seven months later, his victory has lastly aired. Which begs the query… does he lastly have the cash?

“No!” David tells Leisure Weekly. “But I’ve already started spending it! That’s what’s been going on. It’s not in the account just yet.”

You’d assume a man who simply received $5.8 million {dollars} can be aggressively asking when he can get his rattling cash, however it seems Genet has taken the other strategy. “I actually haven’t asked that question yet,” he says. “I remember just after everything happened, someone came and shoved a contract in my face and they were like, ‘So you need to sign this to facilitate getting the money.’ And I was like, ‘Okay, let me just have a little read here.’ And at the top it was like, ‘We such and such declare we will sign over the value of $5.8 million to the assigned.’ And I was signing my name on that line. It was heavy.”

So when will he get the cash? David has no concept! However he’s keen to have some enjoyable with it. “I think I’ll check it every day and I’ll post to Instagram every day showing people my account balance.”

EW was on set for David’s historic victory (try our report on all the pieces that did not make it to air) and spoke to the DONDI champion within the Temple shortly after his victory to get his rapid response to all the pieces that went down. However we additionally caught up with the soon-to-be multimillionaire on the day his finale aired to search out out what it was like watching it play again on TV, if he thought in any respect in regards to the $6 million he left on the desk, his relationship with Parvati on the present, and rather more.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was it like for you watching that complete last Temple play again on TV?

DAVID GENAT: I imply, it has been a very long time to attend and I have been fascinated with it, clearly, nonstop — but additionally having to try to play that all the pieces is regular. Nothing is regular! My complete life has felt fully totally different for the final six months. So I used to be questioning after I watched that again in individual — and I used to be watching it with a bunch of the forged and Joe and a bunch of my associates from LA final evening — and it simply hit virtually as exhausting as after I performed.

And I keep in mind after I was there being actually in that zone, however watching it final evening, I felt so faraway from my physique. I used to be like, “Dude, don’t! No, take that deal! Why?” was actually loopy. It’s simply exhausting to clarify, however it was superb to look at it once more. It was such an enormous dopamine hit. I imply, I am buzzing, man. I am nonetheless buzzing. I am so drained, however I simply cannot sleep.

Did you even go to mattress that evening whenever you performed? I imply we have been there nicely previous 3am, however I am unable to even think about with the ability to sleep for every week after that.

Yeah, I do not assume I slept correctly for 2 weeks. I floated out of there. I actually simply levitated. I used to be levitating around the globe. It was like strolling on a cloud.

We spoke about this down on set proper after you received, however your plan in case you had not accepted that final deal was to change circumstances to quantity 7, and you’d have received over $12 million. Even with all of your winnings, how usually have you considered that over the previous seven months?

Just a little bit, Dalton, however to be trustworthy, that is going to sound fully loopy, however I knew that the cash was in case 7. I simply had this sense, and whether or not it was my dad passing me that info or was my angels or spirits or what it was, I knew. And in my head as I used to be justifying what I used to be going to do there, I used to be pondering, “Man, that is so much money. But 5.8 is insane, insane, insane money.”

And that is what I needed. I needed to do one thing that had by no means been performed earlier than. I needed to perform one thing that had by no means been performed. And at 5.8, I try this. I go away a little bit little bit of room for another person to possibly do one thing greater within the sport. And likewise at 5.8, I am nonetheless motivated to do one thing. At 12.2. I am like, examine me out, I am performed. I am not good to society anymore. That is simply an excessive amount of cash for me. I am unable to deal with it. So I’ve thought of it clearly, however I simply really feel prefer it’s simply such an excellent sum of money. And if I am sensible, then I can flip 5.8 to 12.2.

It is humorous the way you talked about you have been watching your self pondering “Oh my God, take the deal!” As a result of that’s what we have been all pondering there watching it. All of the crew members have been like, “This guy’s a lunatic. What is he doing? He’s crazy.” Parvati was coming over and saying, “He’s out of his mind!” And now you bought to really feel a little bit of that watching your self.

So I had dinner with Boston Rob and Joe a pair nights in the past, and Rob’s an actual numbers man. He does have a little bit of a religious aspect. He does imagine in some issues and I do not assume he actually talks about that, however he is actually like, “Dude, the odds of this happening? You are so dumb. You were so dumb to not take these deals.” And I am like, “Was I though, Rob?”

Had it labored out the opposite manner, we might be sitting right here having a really totally different dialog. However I don’t know what it was in that second. I imply, you have been there, man. I simply felt like I could not lose. I simply felt like my father who handed a number of years in the past was there with me, guiding me, and it was only a very particular second.

Talking of not with the ability to lose, how nervous have been you about how others may react to that information that you simply received Australian Survivor?

I feel one of many issues that the ultimate problem did not present was that I actually poured my coronary heart out to those guys. I used each ounce of my social abilities and social sport to show them. And a few ’em already had some love for me. La Shell and I acquired alongside actually nice, however the speech I gave Phillip was actually heartfelt. And simply understanding Phillip’s character and with the ability to learn Phillip, I used to be capable of flip it round. All of them needed Lete to win, man. That was the one dialog they’d. As soon as my title was out, they’re in there being like, “Lete should win this. David’s already won Survivor, he’s rich, he’s already got money.” I learn it in your article. Most of ’em needed Lete to win. So I needed to actually, actually flip it up.

What was your response to Will throwing your final plank within the water and shouting out Huge Brother superiority?

I began laughing. You do not see that after he threw that in as a result of Will’s not good at throwing. I imply, come on, let’s be trustworthy. He actually tried too, and he simply could not throw it that far. I’ve mentioned it earlier than, however I feel that is a standard trait in Huge Brother gamers that they’re simply not that athletic. He gave it a great faculty strive. However I believed that was so humorous. And he’d been truly actually serving to me alongside the best way and we flew via the bridge and I used to be like, “This is cool. We mended our fences. This is good.” And he throws it. For me that is like a blip on the radar. I jumped in, grabbed it, and I began laughing. I used to be like, “You are insane.”  

I requested Parvati how a lot of how shut you all have been on display screen was actual and the way a lot was you all taking part in one another, so now I’ll ask you a similar factor. What say you?

Look, that is my sport. Each time I’ve performed any type of social competitors, I am like, “All right, I’m going to find a cute girl and really get into a relationship where there is a good bond there.” I play these video games the place it’s important to construct bonds actually fast, and whether or not that is a friendship connection, or some type of bond, or a little bit little bit of a flirty romantic connection, I like discovering these connections so that you have a purpose to maintain me. What different purpose do you retain a 6-foot-4, 225 pound athletic machine in a sport like this? You must discover bonds which are a little bit bit deeper than similar to, “Oh, you are a pleasant man. So that is what I do very well. I am good at socially connecting with individuals.

I did that in each my seasons on Survivor. I did it on Superstar Apprentice. I’ve performed it in all my aggressive actuality outings and I picked that up from Parvati after I watched Survivor. I actually am pondering I could possibly be male Parvati after I go to Survivor, and that is what I’ve performed. So then to see her on the market, I used to be like, “Oh, this is the Super Bowl. This is crazy.” And we initially simply begin clearly doing that. We begin type of that little flirt sport after which we simply had a very real connection. We grew to become finest associates within the house of a few days and acquired to only run via this sport collectively.

It was so, so enjoyable. We’re going to be associates for all times. She’s an unimaginable individual. And I do know they liked taking part in that stuff up on the digicam. I feel [showrunner Matt Kunitz] was actually determined for a showmance this season. They’re like, “Come on, Storm and MG!” After which we actually thwarted that so he was like, “Oh, what about Dave and Parv?” And so they’re like, “Well he is married and she’s gay. I don’t know how that plays.”

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