Dee Nguyen Bio, Age, Height, The Challenge, Net worth, BLM, Comment, Fired

Dee Nguyen

Dee Nguyen Biography

Dee Nguyen is an Australian reality star who made her reality TV debut on Geordie Shore season 17. She is a competitor of MTV’s The Challenge season 35 and the reigning champion of the show, having won season 34 with her teammates Jordan Wiseley, CT Tamburello and Rogan O’Connor.

Dee Nguyen Age

She was born on February 28, 1993 in Sydney, Australia.

Dee Nguyen Nationality

She holds dual nationality; Australian and Vietnamese.

Dee Nguyen Height

She stands a height of 5 feet 3 inches tall.

Dee Nguyen Ethnicity

She belongs to Asian heritage.

Dee Nguyen Family

Dee has not revealed much about her family but she said on a podcast that her mother grew up in Vietnam with six sisters and three brothers and were really poor which prompted her mother to sell cigarettes on the streets to earn enough money to leave Vietnam. She arrived in Hong Kong but was arrested as she had no papers. Dee’s father, who had escaped the same way two years prior, decided to marry her mother to get her out of jail.

Dee lived in Hong Kong until she was four years old when he mother decided to leave as her father was a “POS.” They immigrated to Australia where they lived in tiny apartments with other families and were really poor. Her mother then met a man who eventually became Dee’s stepfather, at which point they became a bit more settled.

Dee Nguyen Boyfriend

Nguyen has not made it public if she is dating someone.

Dee Nguyen MTV The Challenge

Nguyen joined MTV’s The Challenge during season 32 for War of the Worlds, where she was teamed up with Bergmann. She returned for the following season, War of the Worlds 2, which she won alongside her teammates Jordan Wiseley, CT Tamburello and Rogan O’Connor.

She was appearing on the 35th season, Total Madness, which was filmed in the fall of 2019. She already has a red skull, meaning she’s qualified to compete in the final. MTV however announced that they had cut tires with her on June 8, 2020 after her comments about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Dee Nguyen Net worth

Dee has an estimated net worth of $4 million.

Dee Nguyen BLM – Dee Nguyen Tweet

On June 6, 2020 Dee tweeted, “IDK why some of u think I’m anti BLM. I’ve been saying that since the day I lost my virginity.”

One user responded to the tweet, “READ THE F**KING ROOM. All you posted was a black square and went about your day and posting your lame a** thirst traps. Wake up!!! People are dying. smh.” To which she responded, “people die every f**king day. U don’t know me or what I do. I suggest u wake the f**k up and get off social media.”

Bayleigh Dayton, Dee’s co-start on the current season of The Challenge screenshot the tweets and posted them on June 7, with the caption, “THIS IS NOT HOW YOU SUPPORT BLM. I’m disgusted and disappointed. THIS IS NOT A TREND. THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH FOR US. Posting for clout about the death of black people? Shame on you.”

In response to Dayton, she commented, “I haven’t said shit about/to you out of respect for YOUR friends who are also MY friends. I’m staying off Twitter and spending my day INVESTING in YOUR home town. Don’t f**king talk to me about BLM. If you want a conversation you have my number.”

Dee later posted an apology; “I am sorry for the insensitive tweet I posted earlier. I was being defensive and not speaking from my heart. But there’s no excuse. I also want to extend an apology to Bayleigh and Swaggy- who are my cast mates and deserve my respect and compassion.”

Dee Nguyen Fired

On June 8, 2020 MTV’s The Challenge announced that they have cut ties with Nguyen as a result of her comments about the Black Lives Matter movement as they “condemn systemic racism and stand with those raising their voices against injustice.”

They added in a different tweet that they stand against racism and urged others to join in taking action to end racism.

 

 

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