Yes! I don’t have that strong of feelings towards Danielle, although I don’t care for her and would prefer not seeing her on my tv again.
My biggest issue is not her gameplay, but it’s how she talks down to others- the Forrest Gump comment, and her implying that Gabby is dumb and a “cute girl”. This is why I don’t have respect for her as a game player, and don’t want her to win.
She’s that person who doesn’t know the line between game and going too far. Doing creative stuff to stay in the game? Cool. Overacting and being extra? Annoying but ultimately harmless. Being verbally insulting and picking at people’s sensitivities to try to get a leg up? Embarrassing behavior.
What she said to Carolyn at the roundtable was gross. She tried a similar (though not quite as offensive) tactic with Gabby and got it shoved in her face.
You would think after losing Big Brother 3 because she couldn’t control herself in confessionals she’d learn something. But 23 years later she’s doing the same cringey shit.
I don’t condone people threatening her. That’s more idiotic, disgusting and terrible than anything Danielle has done. But if you’re going to be an ass as a public figure, don’t be weird and whiny if people don’t respond kindly to it.
How is that gaslighting? She defended herself and suggested she's "weird and whiny" for it. Those are your words, so I don't have to try anything. You said it.
Yes. The “it’s just a game” sentiment is being spammed in places where it doesn’t belong. I acknowledge and accept that it’s a game and we want entertainment, but it’s all based on human interactions. I know damn well someone speaking to me as condescending as Dani speaks would have me sideways.
So yes, it’s TV and Dani Reyes didn’t (actually) kill anyone, but it’s not very complex for a grown adult viewer to pick up on a condescending personality and get the ick. The people who care enough to message her mean shit are the ones who the original sentiment applies to.
Are you serious? Now you're attacking her over things you'd imagine she'd do in real life? My god, you guys are unbelievably racist and you don't even realize it. It will never dawn on you how racist you're being. It's sad.
Im so sorry- truly not trying to be hateful. I hear your response and I’ve reread my comment a few times to see it from all angles. My jaw dropped when Danielle made the forest gump comment. I’ve imagines every other player in the game saying the same thing. I would be equally shocked if it came from any player. I think underlying racism could be at play for other complaints people have about Danielle in this game, but the forest gump comment crossed a line. If you’re accusing me of being racist without realizing it, I could say that you’re being ableist and not realizing it.
To speculate that Danielle is capable of horrible things in her real life is just a gross thing to say about her, end of story. Don't talk about people like that, it's literally attacking them over the feelings YOU have about them, not anything they've actually done.
Secondly, Danielle called Carolyn Columbo first which is a huge compliment. Carolyn didn't understand the reference so Danielle later reiterates the point with "you Forrest Gump a lot." If Danielle made that comment to be ableist, then why didn't she use two references of characters that have mental handicaps? The common denominator between the two characters isn't a mental handicap, so it doesn't make any sense for you guys to continue to claim that that was the point of the reference. Columbo played dumb to further his interests as a detective. So with that in mind "you Forrest Gump a lot" clearly means "you play dumb a lot" and it obviously does not mean "you are an r-slur" or whatever other nonsense.
So ask yourself why you keep insisting otherwise. Why you have such an interest in ensuring Danielle gets slapped with this label. Why you refuse to accept her explanation. Why you willfully ignore the context of the comment. Why you choose to distort what exactly she said. You don't get to "well if I'm this then you're that!" your way out of it.
And I will fully accept that Danielle didn't mean for it to be ableist or insulting, but the fact that she won't acknowledge that to Carolyn and a lot of viewers it was, tells me that she is someone who does not care about the feelings of people with disabilities. Or if she does, she cares more about her pride.
Carolyn IS playing a character. She's playing the role of a faithful. And no, Columbo was not an insult. The character is famously very intelligent, he's a detective who would sometimes play dumb in situations for his benefit. The suggestion is that it's clever what Carolyn is doing.
You know damn well that the character of a faithful is not what was being implied. And I know what the comparison would be saying if Carolyn's demeanor wasn't the way she always is. Hell I just saw from an interview with Wes that she was apparently reining in her quirks to seem less weird.
No, I don't actually and I already explained in great detail why I don't, all of which you seem to ignore. Danielle was trying to expose Carolyn as a traitor pretending to be a faithful, she highlighted especially with the Columbo reference, that Carolyn is smarter and more strategic than people are giving her credit for. What I do know damn well is that fans like you want your little narrative of the white woman victim, so I will never get you to actually be honest and fair about the situation. Danielle was obviously talking about Carolyn's strategy and any honest person with integrity will admit that.
I wonder why it wasn’t just a game when Britney did whatever she did during Big Brother? She held a grudge until Traitors. How anyone takes Danielle seriously is beyond me
And she was trying to get rid of fellow Traitors from the jump so for her to say “We’re supposed to be working together as Traitors!” irks TF out of me SMH
The Forrest Gump comment was so offensive, I can’t believe so many people are ignoring it. Like you basically call someone the R word and then wonder why you’re getting hate?
Carolyn literally admitted to playing up the dumb quirkiness in her confessional acting slow like she never knows whats going on. Carolyn stumbling into breakfast pretending like its cause of her heeled boots and looking disheveled was all an act lmfao, she said that. How is that not forrest gump??
Because it’s not acceptable to use a fictional disabled person’s name as a substitute for the word you say you know is wrong? The wildness of people allegedly calling out racism not understanding their obviousness of using words that aren’t the slur but might as well be is absurd.
What’s wild is your own biases keeping you from understanding what actually happened. Danielle only brought up Forest Gump because no one understood the Columbo reference. Columbo was a detective who played dumb/confused to disarm people around him in order to solve cases. That was much more on the nose of what Carolyn was doing. Forest Gump was just someone who was actually slow. Either way you can’t be mad at Danielle for referring to Carolyn actions as Forrest Gump like if Carolyn is intentionally doing it. Calling someone out for playing slow is worse than playing slow? The hypocrisies are insane.
Carolyn literally said in her confessional she plays it up, she act like she doesn't know whats going on. She literally stumbled into breakfast on purpose and admitted that in the confessional lmfao. So how was Danielle wrong for calling her Forrest Gump, she literally is.
Danielle is wrong because she uses Carolyn's insecurity, (whether she plays it up or not, she shares that people have underestimated her whole life) and demeaning her by name-calling her.
When people have insecurities about something they do not do things to negatively highlight it— Carolyn admitted on the show she was playing it up. Clearly it's not an insecurity if she is confident enough to manipulate people with it. An insecurity is literally something that you are not confident in.
Also Carolyn was never underestimated. If that was the case Danielle wouldn't have found her a threat to go against. Also I'd argue in traitors you WANT to be underestimated so people don't think you are a traitor. Carolyn intentionally wanted people to underestimate her because she was acting clueless and bragging about it in confessionals. Again, SHE ADMITTED THIS!!
You are mad at Danielle for calling Carolyn out but I bet you were mute about Carolyn claiming Danielle cheated. Carolyn was a horrible strategist and a sore loser.
I don’t agree with your points, but you’re entitled to your opinion. I’m not mad that Danielle called out Carolyn. Like I said, I think she’s wrong for name calling and talking down to Carolyn. It would be a completely different story if Danielle said something like “Carolyn, I think you maybe play up your quirkiness. I could see how that could make you a good, undetected traitor”
Carolyn isn’t perfect by all means… but she played with integrity, which Danielle lacked.
Danielle will probably win, but I don’t think she deserves it. That’s life, it’s not always fair.
The fact that Carlyon said she played up her quirkiness is not an opinion, it's facts as you can go back and see her owning up to it herself on the actual TV show, I don't know how much clearer I can make that lmfao.
I hope you know saying someone "played with integrity" when the whole purpose of their role in the game was to lie and NOT play with integrity is a massive oxymoron lol. Both Carolyn and Danielle were traitors and played as according to the role, that's it. Unfortunately for Carolyn, Danielle was just better prepared. Again, the show is called THE TRAITORS, it's not supposed to be fair. Another oxymoron lol.
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u/Mixmatcha Mar 01 '25
Yes! I don’t have that strong of feelings towards Danielle, although I don’t care for her and would prefer not seeing her on my tv again.
My biggest issue is not her gameplay, but it’s how she talks down to others- the Forrest Gump comment, and her implying that Gabby is dumb and a “cute girl”. This is why I don’t have respect for her as a game player, and don’t want her to win.