'Squid Game' contestants slam 'inhumane' conditions inside reality show

The reality show version of the streamers hit drama Squid Game is proving to be an ordeal for the contestantsSome 228 contestants who were immediately eliminated from Squid Game The Challenge on January 23 in a game of Red Light Green Light provided a memorable story for tabloids reports VarietyThe story made it to the front page for British tabloid The Sun whose January 25 splash read Squid Game Horror in UKThe story described how contestants on the reality show produced by Studio Lambert the same company behind the massive hit The Traitors and The Garden had been left freezing in a cavernous aeroplane hanger in Bedford playing a seemingly interminable game where they had to hold statuelike poses for almost 30 minutesAs per Variety onset medics had been called repeatedly to a scene that one contestant described as a warzone played out in frigid temperatures Netflix was quick to reject tabloid reports of a contestant being stretchered out publicly playing down the incidentIn a January 25 statement the streamer said it cared deeply about the health and safety of the cast and crew Yes it was very cold on set Netflix admitted but participants were prepared for thatAlso ReadAditya Chopra gives first video interview in 28 years for Netflix docuseries The RomanticsIn a new statement the streamer and producers Studio Lambert and The Garden stood firm that all precautions had been taken They said in a statement accessed by Variety We care deeply about the health of our cast and crew and the quality of this show Any suggestion that the competition is rigged or claims of serious harm to players are simply untrue Weve taken all the appropriate safety precautions including after care for contestants and an independent adjudicator is overseeing each game to ensure its fair to everyoneYet contestants who spoke to Variety on the condition of anonymity say they never signed up for the physical ordeal they went throughVariety further states that contestants who werent paid to participate in the series said they were told the actual game would take roughly two hours to play and shoot but instead that turned into an almost sevenhour ordeal for some contendersAll of this was carried out in an unforgiving UK cold snap that saw temperatures drop to zero degrees Celsius in Bedford on the day of filming A number of contestants collapsed on set likely due to a combination of cold and fatigue from the eight hours of prep time before the game even startedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever