Beneath Deck alum Kate Chastain is breaking down the variations between her time on Home of Villains and The Traitors.
“It’s so surprising to me that I cherished Home of Villains a lot greater than The Traitors, as a result of it was a lot extra enjoyable,” Chastain, 43, completely advised Us Weekly. “However I believe if folks within the Bravo world [and] need to do Traitors and Home of Villains, Traitors is the one to do first.”
Chastain defined that The Traitors — which she appeared on in seasons 1 and a couple of — is “so strict” and “so concerning the sport,” making contestants study “the best way to be a gamer.” (Survivor’s Cirie Fields gained season 1, whereas Chris “CT” Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella took residence the highest prize in season 2.)
The Home of Villains, in the meantime, is “a bit extra enjoyable and free” in Chastain’s perspective. “Nevertheless it’s nonetheless a sport, so you bought to learn to play a sport first and Traitors is like boot camp for that,” Chastain stated, explaining that she felt she had a one-up going into the home. “You begin studying issues known as social technique and all these gaming phrases that the extra skilled avid gamers educate you.”
The Home of Villains season 3 forged was introduced in 2025, with actuality TV stars like Vanderpump Guidelines’ Tom Sandoval and Promoting Sundown’s Christine Quinn battling it out for an opportunity to win $200,000 and the title of “America’s Final Supervillain.”
Regardless of Sandoval, 43, additionally having a previous on The Traitors (he competed on season 3), Chastain didn’t view him as fierce competitors. (Dylan Efron, Gabby Windey, Dolores Catania and Ivar Mountbatten in the end cut up the ultimate quantity of $204,300 on The Traitors season 3.)
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“Did I believe Tom Sandoval was the most important competitors? No, no, I didn’t. I used to be not that nervous about it,” Chastain advised Us, earlier than explaining her reasoning. “Simply because he participated in Traitors. I wouldn’t say he essentially gamed that properly. I believe he was simply there. He’s simply there however he acquired higher, I believe, as a result of he actually tried a sport in Home of Villains.”
She continued, “I believe he performed higher than I anticipated, however he’s nonetheless Tom Sandoval.”
Chastain, in the meantime, has a choose in thoughts for who she would recruit from Beneath Deck for an additional season of The Home of Villains: Rhylee Gerber.
“I believe Rhylee, who was a feminine deckhand on a pair seasons — she’s acquired an enormous persona,” Chastain stated. “She would do rather well.”
Home of Villains is streaming now on Peacock with new episodes launched each Thursday.
