A Virginia Beach woman was stripped of her possessions and driven to a farmhouse in upstate New York, where she was kept in isolation for 90 days -- as part of a reality TV show.
Allegra Milisitz, 27, was one of four contestants on "Greg Gutfeld's What Did I Miss?" The new three-part game show debuted this month on Fox Nation, an on-demand streaming service offered by Fox News.
Contestants lived together without access to any outside information from Jan. 20 to April 13. Then they were tasked with figuring out what happened during their seclusion.
Quizzed on stage about world events by Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld, the contestants were forced to guess the validity of some of the most seemingly far-fetched 2025 news headlines for a $50,000 prize.
A live audience and Gutfeld, the host of political talk show "Gutfeld!" and co-host of "The Five," got plenty of laughs from some of the answers.
"One of the craziest questions was," Milisitz recalled, "'Did Trump put tariffs on every single country?'"
"We were like, 'No, no way.' And then it was true," she said, noting that he even put tariffs on an island territory inhabited only by penguins. "So that one was crazy."
Milisitz and her husband, John, are the publishers behind Best Version Media, which produces five neighborhood magazines in Hampton Roads.
Saying goodbye to her job, husband and three stepchildren knowing she wouldn't see or hear from them for nearly three months was tough but worth it, Milisitz said, to be on reality TV.
She was taken to the farmhouse in an RV; there, no phones, TVs, computers or any other devices with internet access were allowed.
Producers went through every inch of her suitcase. She was patted down, required to prove no gadgets were hidden in her shoes and told to hand over her books. Fox staff flipped through every page to ensure nothing was hidden.
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"I felt like I was back in, like, the 18th century," she said.
She shared a bathroom with another woman and had her own bedroom, where she ended up reading more than 30 books. To pass the time, she wrote about 20 letters a week home to her family without reply.
"At least prisoners get letters back," she said. "We couldn't have anything like that: No communication with anybody but inside the house."
She and the others quickly found comfort in routine:
Monday was grocery day with fresh food delivered by producers.Tuesday: a takeout orderWednesday: a game nightThursday: a friendly cooking competition in the eveningFriday: a delivery of new crafts, DVDs and puzzles
After 90 days, Milisitz and her housemates were driven to a Fox News studio in New York City. They wore blindfolds during the several-hour drive to blot out any chance that someone might glimpse a billboard or digital screen that could hint at recent events or news.
They were escorted across midtown streets, into the Fox News building and into the studio. Finally the blinders were removed.
"You go from living with three other people," she said, "and then, like, you're thrown into: Lights, camera, action!"
It took her five minutes to calm herself down and catch her breath and bearings. Then came a big surprise: Her family was there to watch her compete. Milisitz started crying.
"I was totally psyched out," she said.
Her husband was glad too.
"I missed her," he said. "But I always try to support her."
Colin Warren-Hicks, 919-818-8139, colin.warrenhicks@virginiamedia.com
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