Shannon Elizabeth is ready to deal herself in for a poker night with Kylie Jenner.
“I did just see a video where Kylie talked about playing poker,” the American Pie actress, 52, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, May 4, while discussing her breakout success on OnlyFans and more. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool that she plays. I wonder if she’s any good.’”
Shannon, who reportedly has $247,851 in career poker earnings, wasn’t bluffing when it came to wanting a seat at the table with Jenner, 28, after the reality star raved about her fun-filled poker nights with boyfriend Timothée Chalamet in a March cover story with Vanity Fair.
“That’s amazing,” Shannon told Us about the beauty mogul playing cards, “because [Jenner] was talking about how she hates when people come to a game and they don’t take it seriously.”
Shannon said she agrees with the sentiment, adding, “And I was like, ‘I feel the same way. I hate playing when, like, it’s beginners and they’re not playing [seriously], and they’re drinking and they’re not like focusing.’ I feel exactly the same. So I would love to sit and play with her.”
Jenner has certainly played her cards right when it comes to Shannon, who reflected on how she got into the world of poker herself.
“When poker hit, like, Hollywood, that’s when I learned, like, I didn’t know how to play before then, and [now] I can hold my own in a home game,” she told Us about her own skills. “But I’m not, like this great player that people try to make me out to be, just because I’ve had a couple of successful things. I’m not really a good player, and the play has changed a lot. Like even the pros have have to change their their stance, their strategy.”
Shannon explained how the card game has evolved, including the lengths some players will go in order to win, noting some even utilize AI.
“I’ve really stopped trying to play in any of the big tournaments, because it’s always the same. I get, like, halfway through, and then I just can’t get far enough. So until I figure that out, I just play for fun,” Shannon added, teasing details to Us about an upcoming poker event hosted by the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation on Sunday, June 28. “It’s during the World Series of Poker just before the main event in Las Vegas. That pro community and all the players that have been friends and supported me and a lot of the South African pros traveled to Las Vegas, so they all came out for me last year, and I know a bunch of them will be there this year.”
Although she isn’t always raking in the dough playing poker, Shannon — who rose to fame as foreign exchange student Nadia in the 1999 blockbuster film American Pie — has since earned some serious cash by joining the adult subscription platform OnlyFans in April.
Shannon grossed a whopping seven figures in her first week on the platform, having gushed to Us, “My fans have come out for me like nothing I could have ever expected.”
