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For an Aussie dad who says he hasn’t had a steady pay-check in decades, life has certainly done a 180 for David Genat.
He’s now a multi-millionaire, after taking U.S. TV by storm.
The 45-year-old model made history last night, winning US $5.8million or AU $9.2 million, on Deal or No Deal Island (think the original show, with physical challenges), the biggest prize ever given away on a network game show.
“It feels pretty good, man, I got say, it feels pretty, pretty, pretty good,” he said.
We found him leaving his hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, where he’d been doing interview after interview, promoting his massive win, while dealing with the after-effects of a big night celebrating.
“I’ve got a lot of new friends now,” he joked.
His eye-watering jackpot means he’ll never have to work again.
“25 years in fashion entertainment, you’re bouncing from job to job to job. So I’ve never had a consistent paycheck ever.
“I can kind of do whatever I want now…that’s the beauty of it, it’s like financial freedom,” he said.
David earned that freedom relying on luck and the guidance of his late father as he rejected several multi-million dollar offers from the banker in the show.
With only two cases left, including the jackpot $12,232,001 (AU$19,438,244) case, he eventually took the deal.
Just as well, his own case only had $75 in it.
“I’ll get a new watch, I was going to get a motorcycle…with the current state of savings accounts, I think I put it in the bank, I can make 300,000 a year or half a million Aussie dollars a year,” he said.
David is originally from Perth, but now calls Texas home.
He’d be a familiar face to reality TV aficionados, known as the “Golden God” of Australian Survivor after appearing on two seasons, winning the All Stars series in 2020, where he took home $500,000.
But last night’s win has blown that out of the water, even if he stands to lose some in income tax.
“Let’s just hope that Mr President’s going to dissolve the IRS, because I heard he’s doing that, reality show villains are the President now,” David said.
Either way, he’s set for life.
“The money won’t change me,” he said tongue in cheek, as he wound up the window of his chauffeured-driven car, on his way to his next interview with “Access Hollywood”.
For an Aussie dad who says he hasn’t had a steady pay-check in decades, life has certainly done a 180 for David Genat.
He’s now a multi-millionaire, after taking U.S. TV by storm.
The 45-year-old model made history last night, winning US $5.8million or AU $9.2 million, on Deal or No Deal Island (think the original show, with physical challenges), the biggest prize ever given away on a network game show.
“It feels pretty good, man, I got say, it feels pretty, pretty, pretty good,” he said.
We found him leaving his hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, where he’d been doing interview after interview, promoting his massive win, while dealing with the after-effects of a big night celebrating.
“I’ve got a lot of new friends now,” he joked.
His eye-watering jackpot means he’ll never have to work again.
“25 years in fashion entertainment, you’re bouncing from job to job to job. So I’ve never had a consistent paycheck ever.
“I can kind of do whatever I want now…that’s the beauty of it, it’s like financial freedom,” he said.
David earned that freedom relying on luck and the guidance of his late father as he rejected several multi-million dollar offers from the banker in the show.
With only two cases left, including the jackpot $12,232,001 (AU$19,438,244) case, he eventually took the deal.
Just as well, his own case only had $75 in it.
“I’ll get a new watch, I was going to get a motorcycle…with the current state of savings accounts, I think I put it in the bank, I can make 300,000 a year or half a million Aussie dollars a year,” he said.
David is originally from Perth, but now calls Texas home.
He’d be a familiar face to reality TV aficionados, known as the “Golden God” of Australian Survivor after appearing on two seasons, winning the All Stars series in 2020, where he took home $500,000.
But last night’s win has blown that out of the water, even if he stands to lose some in income tax.
“Let’s just hope that Mr President’s going to dissolve the IRS, because I heard he’s doing that, reality show villains are the President now,” David said.
Either way, he’s set for life.
“The money won’t change me,” he said tongue in cheek, as he wound up the window of his chauffeured-driven car, on his way to his next interview with “Access Hollywood”.
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