Taking the Game Too Far: Ghandia Johnson of ‘Survivor: Thailand’

This is what Ghandia did to deserve her rightful spot at the front of the class in the Reality TV Hall of Shame: Ghandia took a situation that women have been trying to make the Clays of the world understand, a situation that is unpleasant, uncomfortable, frightening, and hard to live with. Ghandia took that incident – one she claims she has lived through before, one that she brought on herself by touching Ted inappropriately, one that any woman who has gone through it (including me) wants to cleanse herself of – and she not only did not cleanse herself of it, but wallowed in it. She bathed in its stench and "embellished" it (her own words on the Early Show) and looked at it as part of the game of Survivor and ran with it, thinking it could help her win some cash.

Shame on you, Ghandia. I cannot speak for every woman who has been in a similar situation, but I have spoken to many and you make us ill. You are part of the problem. Your actions are the reason victims are not believed and you better hope this NEVER happens to you again because it will be like the boy who cried “wolf” – the next time you say, “Rape!,” people will not believe you.

Ted should not have grinded you, but you should not have put your hand on his thigh. There, you are even. You "assaulted" him by giving physical indications that you were looking for some. All the rest of it comes down to you, the lies, the deceit, the manipulations. Ted apologized. Ted never denied that something happened. The worst thing Ted did was to try to say he thought you were his wife because it was the easiest way to deal with it and get things back to normal.

And let me tell you something that is nearly universal in victims of sexual abuse: They do not parade around nude in front of the people who hurt them. Yes, they can have a hyperpsuedosexual attitude as time passes, they can tell themselves they are going to screw "them" before they get screwed by "them." But they don't get naked like you did – although you claimed in your chat that it was due to “diaper rash.”

You are the one who needs to apologize, now. What you did is no different from someone who has a black mole on their arm telling people they have cancer and then soliciting donations for treatment. You tried to be a con artist and if you think ANYONE wants to hire you as a mainstream plus size model, or for anything else in the public arena, you are even more delusional that I thought.

You had your chance to win on Survivor by riding Ted's coattails and sticking to your alliance with him, but you tried to destroy the whole tribe – not to mention Ted’s reputation in the real world – instead. You played a lousy game, but even worse, you are a lousy human being. The Enquirer had an article that was almost 100% spoiler-right. In that article, they said your husband was thisclose to filing for divorce. Ghandia, if you were my spouse, I would have already filed. Instead, I have inducted you into the Reality TV Hall of Shame.

Peggy Keller is Mother and Behavior Therapist to her two autistic sons and teenage daughter. Click here to e-mail her.

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