‘Squid Game The Challenge’ Exclusive: Ashley And Phalisia Open Up About Eliminating Some Of The Game’s Strongest Players

If
you
watched
Netflix’s
hit

competition
series

Squid
Game:
The
Challenge,
you
already
know
the

formidable
female
forces
that
emerged
in
the
form
of
Ashley
and
Phalisia.

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Courtesy
/
Netflix

By
the
time
episode
5
rolled
around,
Phalisia
emerged
as

a
strategic
force
who
split
up
the
Gganbu
Gang
by
sending
Rick
and
Stephen
home
in
a
shocking
elimination
that
also
sent
home
Player
130
just
moments
after
he
secured
an
advantage
in
the
same
challenge.

“They
definitely
didn’t
see
it
coming,”
Phalisia
told
BOSSIP
about
the
moment
that
shocked
nearly
every
player
in
the
competition.
“They
thought
they
were
safe.
I
came
to
play
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
that’s
just
that’s
just
what
it
is.”

“I
think
people
thought
I
was
I
mean,”
Phalisia
continued.
“I
am
this
sweet
person,
but
it’s
a
competition
right?
I’m
going
to
do
whatever
it
takes
so
that
way
I
can
make
it
closer
to
the
end
and
I
saw
these
group
this
male-dominant
group
that
formed
this
alliance
right
by
my
bed.
It
wasn’t
like
they
were
far
across
you
know
the
dorms
—
they’re
literally
right
next
to
us.
We
talked
about
this
all
the
time.
And
it
just
grows
and
grows
and
grows
and
we
would
have
to
step
over
them
to
to
go
to
the
bathroom.
It
was
ridiculous,
so
we
had
to
look
at
who
the
masterminds
were,
the
strongest
people
in
that
alliance
and
for
me
it
was
Stephen
and
Rick.
If
I
had
an
opportunity,
why
not
seize
the
opportunity?
And
I
took
it.”

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Courtesy
/
Netflix

During
the
competition,
we
also
saw
Phalisia
forge
a
friendship
with
Ashley,
who
ultimately
made
it
into
the
top
12
contestants
and
similarly
earned
the
respect
of
her
peers
with
her
smart
game
play.
During
episode
5,
titled
“Trick
or
Treat,”
Ashley
expressed
a
lot
of
anxiety
that
Phalisia
might
be
eliminated
after
volunteering.
Once
the
game
ended,
she
even
told
her
friend,
“I
know
that
was
hard,
but
I
would
rather
you
open
that
box
than
the
elimination
box.
I
was
like
‘Damn,
what
I’mma
do
if
my
b*tch
leave?’
I
was
cursing
you
the
hell
out.’

When
the
two
were
forced
to
face
off
against
one
another
in
the
Marbles
challenge,
their
close
bond
was
put
to
the
test.
Phalisia
is
married
with
a
child,
but
that
didn’t
keep
some
viewers
from
wondering
if
her
relationship
with
Ashley
was
strictly
platonic.

“I
don’t
know
what
these
folks
wonderin’,”
Ashley
told
BOSSIP
about
any
speculation
of
an
affair
between
her
and
Phalisia.
“This
lady
is
married,
okay?
It’s
a
married
woman.”

“This
is
honestly
a
sisterly
bond
and
I
think
that’s
what
people
don’t
understand,”
Phalisia
interjected.
“Or
they
they
think
that
somebody’s
intentions
has
to
be
sexual.
Just
because
I
am
a
lesbian
or
in
a
lesbian
relationship
people
think
that
has
some
type
of
motive
to
who
we
are.”

“People
just
can’t
have
girlfriends,
like
homies
suddenly?”
Ashley
continued.
“Because
she’s
a
lesbian?
So
she
likes
every
girl
she
interacts
with?
That’s
not
how
it
works.
She’s
a
married
woman,
she
respects
herself
and
that’s
just
what
that
is.”

Source:
Courtesy
/
Netflix

We
also
had
to
ask
Ashley
about
the
controversy
surrounding
her
decision
to
not
take
an
extra
jump
in
the
‘Breaking
Glass’
challenge.

“There’s
nothing
to
defend,”
Ashley
told
BOSSIP.
“I
moved
forward,
I
took
my
jump
and
I
stand
by
that.
I
took
MY
jump.
They
wanted
me
to
take
a
extra
jump
for
Trey.
I
didn’t.
I
wasn’t
required
to.
I
wasn’t
required
to
do
that
which
is
why
I
wasn’t
eliminated
from
the
game.
I
took
my
one
jump,
because
I’m
one
person
that’s
after
the
ONE
bag
when
I
was
doing
what
benefited
me.
People
was
like,
‘Oh
she
didn’t
want
to
agree
when
it
was
her
turn
and
then
she
agreed
when
you
know
people
could
over
jump
her.’
Well
duh!
I’m
trying
to
get
across
the
bridge.
Why
wouldn’t
I?
Why
would
I
say,
‘Oh
no
don’t
jump.’
Like
what?
Like
come
on,
make
it
make
sense.
It’s
not
rocket
science.
I
did
what
I
needed
to
do
to
get
across
the
bridge
and
I
made
it
to
the
top
five.”

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Courtesy
/
Netflix

The
move
put
a
target
on
Ashley’s
back
and
left
her
at
odds
with
one
of
the
game’s
finalists,
Mai,
but
Ashley
told
BOSSIP
that
ultimately
there
were
no
hard
feelings
for
Mai
or
the
other
finalists.

“I
love
them,”
Ashley
said.
“Shout
out
to
Sam,
shout
out
to
Phill!
I
think
it’s
cool,
especially
to
see
Sam
in
the
top
three,
being
that
you
know
during
the
‘Friend
or
Foe’
game
I
chose
him
to
come
along
to
the
next
challenge
so
it
feels
good
to
see
my
friends
make
it
to
the
end.
I’m
also
happy
for
Mai.
She’s
a
great
competitor,
everybody
knows
that.
She’s
one
of
the
strongest
competitors
in
the
game,
she’s
smart,
she’s
calculated
and
she’s
lovable.
Not
just
likable,
lovable
right?
Like
TJ
walked
her
through
two
challenges,
right
so
there
you
go!”

The
full
first
season
of

Squid
Game:
The
Challenge
is
currently
streaming
on
Netflix
and
the
streamer
recently
announced
they
are
currently

casting
for
Season
2.

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