Anna Peele

The producers were like so sure that like Ace was like they thought that Ace and Zach were going to be like to like the two big stars of the men.

And like they were like, we're really surprised that people wound up really not liking Ace.

I'm going to go to bat for Ace.

So like I think that is who Ace authentically is.

And I think if you look at the way he moved, it's like I don't think he like and Jeremiah were the closest.

He was the closest with Nick and Taylor.

And like if you were in the villa and you were thinking like, OK, who do I want to stay after this vote?

You would pick the people you were closest to and you would try and make that happen.

You wouldn't be like, well...

Like, Jeremiah deserves it the most.

Or like, oh, well, will people think I'm being manipulative?

You know, that's where it starts to get like, if you're like double thinking yourself and being like, oh, well, will this come across this way?

I don't think Ace was like really thinking about how it would come across.

I think he was like, this is what I want to happen.

And then like when he was encouraging Taylor to stay with Elandria, it's like, well, Taylor's not going to stay in the villa if he doesn't have a partner.

So it's like stick around.

Maybe someone you like better will come through.

It's a small world.

It's, like, in season five of UK, like, Curtis had DM'd Maura before the show.

He was on Dancing with the Stars Ireland.