‘Survivor’ Villain Jonny Fairplay Has No Regrets About Lying About His Grandma’s Death

When Jon Dalton, aka ultimate Survivor villain Jonny Fairplay, answers my Zoom call, he is at a Los Angeles Botox clinic. He laughs at the absurdity of doing a press interview from that waiting room, of all places. “I’m deathly petrified of needles,” he says. “So this smile will disappear in like three minutes.”

It also makes perfect sense for this to be where Fairplay is doing his interview. Botox may be as synonymous with the film and TV industry as the Hollywood sign itself—and Fairplay is, for better or worse, one of showbiz’s most influential, if infamous, players. In the two decades since arriving on the scene, in 2003’s Survivor: Pearl Island, he’s shown no interest in leaving the game. And as his new gig on E!’s House of Villains proves, reality TV fans have no desire to see him go, either.

The new competition series, which premieres Oct. 12, features an all-star roster of reality-TV legends from over the last 20 years—albeit ones who might not be remembered for their heroics or kindness. Among the cast: The Apprentice’s Omarosa Manigualt Newman, Vanderpump Rules’ Jax Taylor, Flavor of Love’s Tiffany “New York” Pollard, and The Challenge’s Johnny Bananas. Throughout the season, they live together in a “lair,” compete in challenges, and must, to borrow the Survivor catchphrase, “outwit, outplay, and outlast” each other.

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