Breakfast host Matty McLean has just taken out the win for Treasure Island: Fans v Faves, but the star admits there was one person who believed he “probably” wouldn’t win.
Speaking to the Herald’s Lifestyle and Entertainment editor Jenni Mortimer after winning $60,000 for his chosen charity Zeal Education Trust last night, the star shares how his then fiancé and now husband Ryan Teece wanted to give him realistic advice before he went off to film the recent season of TVNZ’s hit show.
“Before I left, my husband Ryan said ‘look, you’re probably not going to win’.” It’s a confession that feels more shocking than McLean’s double agent alliance deals in the show.
Thankfully, all is not what it seems and there was a valid reason. “He said ‘I’m not saying that because I doubt your ability or I don’t think you can do it or I underestimate you’, he was like, ‘you’re just going up against 15 other people who really want it and you’re going up against people who have played the game before, and you’re going up against super fans of the show’.”
![Matty McLean hugs Susan Devoy in the finale of Treasure Island.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SB3SEZ6ZJFGL5I5BVLNCPRXI5Q.jpg?auth=510ff9bfca0a45bfda8892def8854a4d1091e5eee74f57d099dd7e1e11100984&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)