The winner of “Squid Game: The Challenge” is inching nearer to lastly seeing her $4.56M payday, however by the phrases of her contract … TMZ has realized she’s nonetheless gotta play the ready recreation.
Sources inform TMZ … present champ Mai Whelan — who just lately mentioned her winnings from the Netflix sequence have but to hit her checking account — signed a contract alongside all different contestants that said the jackpot could be disbursed 30 days after the finale aired.
The finale aired December 6, so 30 days later could be Friday, January 5, 2024 — so Mai will not get these thousands and thousands till subsequent yr.
Basically, Mai knew all alongside she’d have to attend some time for the massive bucks to roll in … ‘trigger the contract she signed knowledgeable her concerning the fee plan.
When she revealed final week she nonetheless hadn’t seen a dime … everybody took it as her complaining — however with the total context of her contract, it is extra seemingly she was reminding producers the clock’s ticking!
We’re additionally instructed it is unclear if she’ll obtain the cash as a lump sum or in increments.
Despite not receiving the dough, Mai — who escaped Vietnam as a younger woman through the communist regime — has already splurged on some luxe objects equivalent to Jimmy Choo footwear and a Ralph Lauren gown.
Although, when the test does come by means of, Mai says she’ll be spending it extra responsibly … on a retirement dwelling, and donating to charity.