Survivor villain Jonny Fairplay's grandmother, Ellen Jean Hauser, died on February 8. It's for real this time, unlike it was in 2003 when he said she died to win sympathy points on television.

Survivor' villain Jonny Fairplay announced that, over two decades after one of reality TV's most infamous moments, his ...

The reality TV villain said his grandmother, in her dying words, wished for him to compete in ‘Survivor’ 50, ‘The Traitors,’ ...

Jonny Fairplay revealed that his grandma died more than two decades after he claimed she passed on ‘Survivor: Pearl Islands’ ...

Jonny Fairplay, born Jon Dalton, is mourning the death of his grandmother two decades years after lying to Survivor: Pearl Islands competitors about her passing. “I’ll miss her every day ...

Which she did.” In 2003, on an episode of Survivor: Pearl Islands, Fairplay was reunited with a friend who (falsely, and as planned) informed him that his grandmother had died; the ruse ...

Ask any longtime Survivor fans for the most memorable moments in the show’s nearly fifty seasons, and chances are they won’t rip through many before they get to Jonny Fairplay’s infamous ...

Over 20 years ago, Jonny Fairplay cemented his status as one of the biggest Survivor villains with one move: The "dead grandma" lie. In it, he had his friend come out for the then-seasonal loved ...