Ariana Madix admits she’s scared to fold a fitted sheet—so of course, we had to put her to the test. The ‘Love Island USA’ host races against the clock to fold clothes as quickly (and neatly) as possible, or she'll have to aswer some brutally honest questions. From clearing up the wildest lie told about her on ‘Vanderpump Rules,’ to ranking ‘The Valley’ couples she’d most to least want to double date with, Ariana folds under pressure—literally. Whether she’s losing a nail stuffing a duvet, getting help from her boyfriend with the spa towel technique, or struggling through silky PJ sets, one thing’s for sure: she’s not dressed for folding.
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00:03Hi, I'm Ariana Maddox and this is Fold Factor
00:06with Good Housekeeping.
00:07In each round, I will be up against the clock
00:10folding household items as fast as I can.
00:12This is not the outfit for folding things.
00:15If I don't finish in time,
00:16I have to answer some brutally honest questions.
00:19Who's the messiest cast member you've ever had to live with?
00:23I've never folded a fitted sheet properly,
00:29so if there's one of those, I'm very scared.
00:33In this first round, I have a bunch of crop tops
00:36and I have to fold them just like this one.
00:39Is there an examination?
00:40How did you do this?
00:43Oh my God, I am so effed.
00:46It's no idea what's going on here.
00:50Okay, so it's a tank top.
00:52I would never, I have no idea what's going on here.
00:56Is it like that?
00:57And then maybe it's like this first
01:01and then somehow it's like rolled.
01:04You have 30 seconds left.
01:05Oh my God.
01:07This is not good for me.
01:08Wait, wait, wait, is this it?
01:10Did I do it?
01:11Did I do it one?
01:14It's really loose.
01:18Do another one.
01:19Okay, maybe we'll, maybe it's something about this like fabric that's messing me up.
01:24Oh no, it's got the loops too.
01:28This is, I think what's going, I think that's what you're doing here.
01:36For a total of zero, I have to answer the question now.
01:41What is the wildest lie a Vanderpump cast member has told about you?
01:47Early on, there was something said about me that I had like hooked up in a port-a-potty
01:56at Coachella with someone.
02:00Not only is that like a very crowded place to be quote unquote hooking up with somebody,
02:05but it smells God awful.
02:08So the fact that that lie was told about me is insulting on like many levels.
02:14Who told the lie?
02:15Jax Taylor told the lie, which feels, you know, we all have one of those probably.
02:21I have a robe here and I will have to match this fold.
02:27You guys, I swear I'm not stupid.
02:35This is like, it's tied around.
02:38This is, okay.
02:41I think I can do it.
02:47I feel more determined about this one because I feel like I can kind of understand what's
02:51happening.
02:52And if anything's in your way, feel free to push it off the table.
02:55Okay.
02:58The arms are in.
03:00No, they're behind.
03:01They're behind.
03:04I've never had to fold.
03:05I hang my robes.
03:07Okay.
03:07So that's why this feels crazy.
03:10Okay.
03:1020 seconds.
03:11No.
03:12No.
03:13Where's the string?
03:17Where's the rope?
03:18Where's the rope?
03:19Five seconds.
03:25Mm-hmm.
03:26Mm-hmm.
03:30The idea's there.
03:32The concept of the fold is, is there.
03:35I mean, look, you can see it's like pretty much the same.
03:39Okay.
03:42Who's the messiest cast member you've ever had to live with?
03:45Honestly, I just think in general, like the guys.
03:49I'm someone that when I go on a trip, like I can be messy with clothes.
03:53My suitcase might look a mess, but I feel like in general, the guys are just kind of
03:58like, you know, they'll make a mess and they're, they're not cleaning.
04:03Okay.
04:04I have silky PJ sets and I have to fold them just like this one.
04:08I thought this was just a shirt.
04:10It looks like deceptively easy, right?
04:13Yeah.
04:13Okay.
04:14I have this.
04:17Oh my God.
04:19Okay.
04:20I would wear these.
04:21I like PJ sets.
04:23I'm a big sets person.
04:24I think I'm a good.
04:27I like sets.
04:29And I like nice PJs.
04:32And remember, the fold has to be exactly the same.
04:38Yeah.
04:38Okay.
04:39Just a reminder.
04:41You scared me.
04:42Scared me.
04:4320 seconds long.
04:46Oh my God.
04:49Wait.
04:51That?
04:54I mean.
04:56Oh my gosh.
04:57I feel good about it.
05:05Like this one, especially, but this one doesn't have sleeves either.
05:09I got one.
05:11Silky PJ sets.
05:13I have a spa towel here and I'm going to need to match this fold.
05:16What is this?
05:18What is this though?
05:19This is crazy, you guys.
05:22I can't even put it back.
05:23I don't even know how to put it back how it was.
05:25I feel like it was like this first.
05:30How many towels do you usually use when you shower?
05:34I use one towel when I shower unless I wash my hair, then I have two towels.
05:40Because when I come out, you know, I have like, put my hair in a towel, then I have a me towel.
05:46But then how did it?
05:51Can I phone a friend?
05:53I missed the first.
05:54Oh, oh, oh.
05:56Jeez.
05:57This is the first step.
05:58You gotta do it like that.
06:00Once you have that, you fold it down here.
06:02Oh.
06:03If you have it here, you flip it over.
06:05Why do you know how to do this?
06:06Well, I want to know how to make towels look nice and make it look like a spa.
06:11I literally looked it up.
06:16All right.
06:19Bye.
06:21So even though all these towels are beautifully folded, I feel like I'm still gonna have to answer the question.
06:27Name one Love Island couple you shipped and one you were skeptical of.
06:32One Love Island couple I shipped, literally from night one, was Serena and Cordell.
06:39They had the matching outfits.
06:40I could see them vibing.
06:42I loved their dynamic.
06:43I thought that they were so great for each other.
06:45So I literally, I shipped them from night one.
06:48I was skeptical of like the Rob, Daniella situation because her and Erin had hit it off.
06:58You know, this isn't on Daniella.
07:00She's beautiful and amazing and of course guys are gonna want to talk to her.
07:04But, you know, Erin didn't handle that well.
07:06But then immediately when Rob and Daniella were thing, I was skeptical of that because I was like, why?
07:11What?
07:12What's happening here?
07:13It was short-lived, but yeah.
07:15Here I have the dreaded fitted sheet.
07:18Let's examine.
07:21Seems simple enough.
07:23Okay.
07:24Okay.
07:25Okay.
07:25That looks like it did, right?
07:28Let's try it.
07:29This is not the outfit for folding things.
07:32This is not really my style of sheet, but I'm very much an elder millennial and shabby chic was kind of, it was a thing for a while with us or in our era.
07:46I mean, this is kind of giving that and I don't know that I'd, wait.
07:52It doesn't look as clean, but I think I did it right.
08:04Okay.
08:05Rank these couples from who you'd most to least want to double date with and tell us why.
08:14Kristen, Jodi, and Luke Broderick.
08:16Danny and Nia.
08:16So I'll say most is Janet and Jason because I literally have gone on double dates with them.
08:26I literally went on an entire vacation to Scotland with Janet and Jason and I have a lovely time with them and my boyfriend Dan and Jason are friends.
08:37So I feel like that already is like a dynamic that we love and that we feel great about.
08:43Second would be Kristen and Luke.
08:46I feel like that would be second because I would also like to go on a double date.
08:49We just haven't done it yet.
08:50And then Danny and Nia.
08:52The only reason they're in third place is because I just don't know them as well, but it would still be fun.
08:56I'm sure.
08:58They did sheets, man.
08:59Final rapid fire round is a duvet and a duvet cover.
09:05I will have to insert the duvet into its cover while also answering a speed round of questions.
09:13Just, I will, my face will not be visible for most of this.
09:18Okay.
09:21Okay.
09:22Where's the open part?
09:24Oh, it's buttoned.
09:25Oh my God.
09:27What's the messiest room in your house?
09:29The messiest room in my house is my bedroom because, um, I'm going to lose a nail for sure.
09:39It's fine.
09:40Um, I'm going to, so I was just packing to come here.
09:48So there's like, what am I bringing?
09:50What am I not bringing?
09:52What's your one dirty little secret?
09:53Do you never make the bed?
09:54Is your bathroom a mess?
09:55I always make the bed.
09:57I would say is that I have a lot of boxes.
10:01The sanitation department only takes a certain amount of stuff every week.
10:06Here is the corner.
10:07And then it takes, um, a long time.
10:12Oh, I lost the nail.
10:13Pick one.
10:15Bravo or Broadway?
10:16Uh, Broadway.
10:19Jesus.
10:20There's like, fuzz off.
10:22I'm unwell.
10:25Only one.
10:26I only lost one.
10:29They got to figure out a better way for people to do this.
10:31Don't you think it's like 2025, you guys?
10:34This is good enough.
10:35This is nice.
10:36Thanks for watching, and don't forget to watch Love Island USA Season 7.
