Sydnee Falkner Talks Million Dollar Secret & Playing to Win

After Reality with Courtney Robertson

Courtney Robertson

The Bachelor, Reality Tv, Interviews, Tv & Film, The Bachelorette, Villains

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Behind the Game: On this episode of After Reality, I sit down with Million Dollar Secret star Sydnee Falkner to dive into her experience on Netflix’s newest reality competition. As someone who’s been in the reality TV world myself, I couldn’t help but admire Sydnee's gameplay and draw parallels to my own time in the spotlight. We chat about everything—from the intense and isolating filming process to the shock of the show’s massive success. Sydnee opens up about the challenges of returning to real life, including navigating online criticism, and we explore what it really means to be labeled a “villain” in the game. She also shares the personal motivations behind competing for that million-dollar prize and how her journey was deeply connected to her family. This is a must-listen for reality TV fans who love behind-the-scenes drama and strategy talk.

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0:00.0	Ola, welcome back to After Reality. I'm your host, Courtney Robertson. Thanks for stopping by.
0:05.9	I hope you're having a great week, better than mine. I couldn't catch a break if it hit me in the face.
0:11.8	So this episode is truthfully one of my favorites that I've done. There's so much heart in it.
0:18.0	And it was hard for me to pull off just because I've been sick.
0:21.6	The kids were sick, but everybody I don't even want to jinx myself is feeling better.
0:26.4	There's something in here for everybody.
0:27.8	I am talking today to Sidney Faulkner.
0:31.5	She is the star of Netflix's new hit show, A Million Dollar Secret.
0:37.0	She is a force to be reckoned with in health,
0:39.7	wellness, and female empowerment. We talk about bullying and stalkers and which she's had.
0:45.6	I can totally relate. I've had a couple myself and I will share more on that another time.
0:51.9	If you saw the messages, I have the receipts. I've filed multiple
0:55.6	police reports. It's very scary. And Sydney grew up in rural Alaska and she faced bullying and she spent
1:04.0	so many years making herself smaller to fit in. But now she's refusing to shrink. So we dive into that as well.
1:12.5	And if you're not watching Million Dollar Secret Run, don't walk to check it out. It's a reality
1:18.6	competition series on Netflix hosted by the British comedian Peter Seraphino, which you might
1:24.1	remember him from couples retreat. He's been in a lot of things he's a huge star
1:29.6	but so is sidney that's my girl and we are going to dive into everything about living in the
1:36.1	chateau in Canada and all the burning questions if you're watching the show or any reality
1:42.3	TV show what would you do with a million dollars?
1:45.5	Was she thinking about it while the show was filming?
1:48.9	What that meant to her?
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