Kayla Johanson announced that the recently aired season finale of Gold Rush: White Water marked her last appearance on the show. In her social media post announcing her departure, she revealed the two big reasons she has chosen to step away and then responded to several commenters’ questions.
Here is why Kayla is leaving the show and what she had to say about the move.
Kayla Johanson quits Gold Rush: White Water
Kayla Johanson is quitting Gold Rush: White Water. This last Friday night was the season finale of the show and Kayla has said that it is the last time she will appear on the series. The show was filmed a long time ago, so she has been holding this in for a while and it seems like she was ready to get some things off her chest. When the fans responded in the comments, Kayla was open and honest about her feelings about the show.
Gold Rush: White Water had a tough season. It started airing alongside Gold Rush and was getting good ratings. However, Discovery Channel then put it on hiatus in the middle of the season and didn’t bring it back until after Gold Rush‘s season ended. This angered producer Tim Dalby, and it meant that the show had a long wait before fans could see the rest play out.
What a lot of fans didn’t expect was that, when White Water returned, there would be a lot of drama between the miners, and this included Kayla Johanson. In her announcement that she was quitting, Kayla said that the drama played a large role in her leaving the reality TV show. “I can’t keep following someone else around with way less than satisfactory results each year, while dealing with unnecessary amounts of drama,” she wrote.
Kayla goes into detail on her issues in fan Q&A session
The good news is that Kayla Johanson said that she will remain in the public eye. She plans to start a YouTube channel showing her own personal mining experiences. This also includes the making of the jewelry Kayla creates and sells from what she finds.
However, the real juice came when commenters started asking questions. Kayla answered them and was very honest and forthright with the fans. When one said that they are happy she is doing what she enjoys, Kayla said this decision makes her happier. Kayla said she tired of the “constant lack of gold, disaster after disaster, and certain people.”
One fan said that the show seemed more about the adventure and they assumed there was more gold found than what the show revealed. Kayla then dropped the bomb that comment was not true. “Sadly, there is not more gold found than is revealed on the show. Quite the opposite.”
That led to someone saying that the “drama was ridiculous.” Kayla agreed and said it was “beyond ridiculous. I’m glad to not be dealing with temper tantrums anymore.” When someone said, “I think I can guess who the certain people were,” Kayla responded, “Possibly” with a laughing crying emoji.
This was likely seen in the season where Kayla and Scott Allen blew up at each other. Kayla told him he makes everything worse because his attitude made the entire situation worse. Scott responded that Kayla makes the entire season worse by being on the show. Kayla then responded that she should have let Dustin fire him last season. With that clip, it was clear that Kayla had a lot of problems with certain people on the show and it might have been time for a split.
Will you miss Kayla Johanson on Gold Rush: White Water? Do you blame her for leaving it all behind? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
