Speaker 1: Hello friends, It's me Devin Simone.
Speaker 2: And I'm here too. I am Daven Rogers and this is.
Speaker 3: MTV's official challenge podcast.
Speaker 4: We as bess, ma'am.
Speaker 1: I was trying something new, you know, you want to
Speaker 1: spice it up sometimes in the podcast room. Yes, we
Speaker 1: are back. This was a spicy episode and emotional. It
Speaker 1: was all the it was. It had all the feelings
Speaker 1: of a young love. You know, like you're emotional. It's
Speaker 1: at a little spicy at times. Little heartbreak, little heartbreak, warm,
Speaker 1: It was all good. First we had the challenge called
Speaker 1: another Trucker Wow, and I still don't understand how some
Speaker 1: people rocked the heck out of that. And then it
Speaker 1: looked impossible for others. And mind you, because we have
Speaker 1: everyone we have left is an exceptional competitor, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? Like so, like I know, if Toy
Speaker 1: couldn't do it, I couldn't do it.
Speaker 2: I was watching it.
Speaker 3: I was so proud to see at least everyone was
Speaker 3: trying right and trying to figure out some type of strategy.
Speaker 3: The only person. And then I want your opinion on this.
Speaker 3: What do you think Aviv could have done differently? Like
Speaker 3: do you do because sometimes you look at a challenge
Speaker 3: and you're like, where is this gonna work out?
Speaker 2: So what do you think she could have done differently?
Speaker 1: I mean because at first I was looking, I was like, wait,
Speaker 1: what about the ropes? Like forgetting that there was no
Speaker 1: harness that they're on, because I was like, is her
Speaker 1: rope longer? It needs to be like, it's got to
Speaker 1: be fair. I guess, probably hold on to less of
Speaker 1: her rope so she has a greater extinctionion outward and
Speaker 1: more height in her jump, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But that means from a letting go standpoint, you got
Speaker 1: to live on the edge a little more, right, because
Speaker 1: like she had to like that, that would have been
Speaker 1: my thought.
Speaker 2: She had to really trust the lower But I mean it.
Speaker 1: Was hard for Kara, it was hard for Toy, Like
Speaker 1: even I forgot.
Speaker 2: Who it was.
Speaker 3: But one of them said, it was easier to get
Speaker 3: the ones inside of the ones. Yeah, both of the
Speaker 3: ones outside, right, So you have to maybe make a
Speaker 3: couple of sacrifices, but then also knowing when to run
Speaker 3: and when to release that thing and time it perfectly,
Speaker 3: so that might that might result in you sacrificing the
Speaker 3: outside part in order to get that momentum to run
Speaker 3: to the inside part.
Speaker 2: I don't it chill?
Speaker 1: You sound like you practices in your sleep.
Speaker 2: Chah, I don't I sleep good not thinking about the challenge.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm probably gonna sleep thinking about this challenge because
Speaker 1: can we talk about the sudden? I mean, right, you guys,
Speaker 1: it was good.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna tell you, Derek, I'm sorry. I am so
Speaker 3: sorry because my money was on Jordan.
Speaker 5: I just knew.
Speaker 2: I just knew what Jordan was gonna pull.
Speaker 4: This because he did it effortlessly.
Speaker 3: And not to say that Derek didn't, because Derek also
Speaker 3: did it effortlessly. But it was just like when you
Speaker 3: go back in it, sometimes it's like is luck.
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's luck.
Speaker 3: You'll look at it and be like, oh, you did
Speaker 3: really good that first time. By look, Derek said absolutely not.
Speaker 3: I did this because I'm good.
Speaker 4: He theready did it again and I was just I
Speaker 4: was so proud.
Speaker 1: Oh damn so proud Derek. I mean killed to see Derek.
Speaker 1: I hope that this well it's twofold because on one hand,
Speaker 1: I want Derek to say under people's radars, because then
Speaker 1: I want him to knock it, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: like shock the world. I want him to knock it
Speaker 1: out of the park. I want I personally like being
Speaker 1: underestimated because then it's like, you know, showing what you
Speaker 1: can do. But on the other hand, I hope this
Speaker 1: woke people up that, like, Derek is the truth. Derek
Speaker 1: almost made it to the final on the first challenge
Speaker 1: that I had ever done, a Battle of the Seasons two,
Speaker 1: he and Johnny got eliminated just before the final, and
Speaker 1: they were a two person team, so they had been
Speaker 1: fighting an uphill battle for a minute, like, and they
Speaker 1: were killing it. Even in that elimination, they were killing it.
Speaker 1: And so yeah, like, Derek is the truth, and seeing
Speaker 1: him nail this was just I'm so happy for him.
Speaker 1: I'm so incredibly happy. And I'm happy for Rachel too.
Speaker 4: But I was she is a powerhouse.
Speaker 3: That woman is a power house and fearless like she.
Speaker 3: I can only imagine what a Viv thought walking up
Speaker 3: there next to her.
Speaker 1: And talk about a dynamic of differences too, because even
Speaker 1: when you know Viv is like, look, I'm a mom
Speaker 1: of two, I don't do this, but Rachel's also a
Speaker 1: mom of littles two, and so it just shows that
Speaker 1: the makeup is like kind of like the choose your
Speaker 1: fighter or choose your character player because there's different types
Speaker 1: of all you know people up there, and they both
Speaker 1: did a great job. No one chickened out. Viv unfortunately
Speaker 1: lost and so she's penalized in the next challenge. But man,
Speaker 1: was this an epic challenge to see. Not only that,
Speaker 1: but we came away with our first I believe all
Speaker 1: LGBTQ plus chamber right. We had full representation making the
Speaker 1: decisions and calling the shots because they were the winners.
Speaker 1: And we have had exceptional players from the community over
Speaker 1: the years who brought so much in terms of competitiveness, athleticism, personality, energy,
Speaker 1: beautiful stories. And to see it being honored like so
Speaker 1: you know, it just so happened that they both want,
Speaker 1: but to see it sort of honored as Rachel is
Speaker 1: telling the story, I thought was pretty cool.
Speaker 2: I agree, I agree.
Speaker 3: And then to get the look back and see the
Speaker 3: challengers that we've grown to love and embrace and just
Speaker 3: you know, I think I think it was really good
Speaker 3: to put that on display, and it gave them an
Speaker 3: opportunity to say we hear, and yes, stop underestimating us,
Speaker 3: we hear absolutely.
Speaker 1: And representation does matter now the representation shown by the
Speaker 1: editor who has a sense of humor when they were
Speaker 1: talking about this is earlier when they were talking about
Speaker 1: Derek like being a beast in the games because he is,
Speaker 1: and then they cut to Derek in a Boostdia and
Speaker 1: in his alter ego. So funny. It is, so I
Speaker 1: will never not love a good costume in the Challenge House. Also,
Speaker 1: can we talk about Carl aka Carra's alter ego, who
Speaker 1: apparently is dating Toy on the show and Michelle and
Speaker 1: then I don't know if you caught it, when they
Speaker 1: went to the club, there was a moment that someone
Speaker 1: was talking to Carl. I forgot who, but the editors
Speaker 1: literally put the caption at like you know who's speaking.
Speaker 1: They put it as Carl was the one speaking and
Speaker 1: not Cara. So funny, so funny.
Speaker 3: Yeah, how did you feel about Tory coming out and
Speaker 3: basically saying, although her and Cara have their differences, they're
Speaker 3: pretty much almost the same person, Like she was just
Speaker 3: saying how they favor each other and you know, things
Speaker 3: like that.
Speaker 2: I thought that was really good.
Speaker 3: Because this season, I can't say this season we see
Speaker 3: people fight, we see people arguing different things like that,
Speaker 3: but we're all so seeing people peel back layers and
Speaker 3: we're getting real stories this season.
Speaker 2: So I really appreciate that.
Speaker 1: You I agree, I love that, and I love to
Speaker 1: see that for them. I mean, people have pitted them
Speaker 1: against each other in a way comparing how competitive they are,
Speaker 1: how talented they are, you know, strong willed, And I agree,
Speaker 1: I think they're kind of like a Yin and a yang,
Speaker 1: And I love seeing who knows, maybe Carl and Tory's
Speaker 1: version of Devin will be friends, you know, when Tory
Speaker 1: dressed up as Devin, Like, maybe Carl and Devin will
Speaker 1: make a friendship. Something else that was meaningful I thought
Speaker 1: from this episode was when we saw Corey speaking to
Speaker 1: Nelly and just first of all shout out to Scubanelly
Speaker 1: t glad to see his outlook, and Corey talked about
Speaker 1: it being perspective, like you can have the things like
Speaker 1: the house stressing you out, but then when you look
Speaker 1: at your overall well being. Right, So, like, we still
Speaker 1: have Nelson with us, right, he still has like love,
Speaker 1: he still has his like Wherewithal you know, he's missing
Speaker 1: his leg, which is heartbreaking, but he's still That wasn't
Speaker 1: the thing that made Nelson Nelson, you know, like there
Speaker 1: was so much and so just that perspective. I thought
Speaker 1: that was really beautiful to see.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, like, like I said, Nelson smiling and being so
Speaker 3: happy and Chipper in spite of whatever is going on,
Speaker 3: and you know, his circumstances or whatever the case may be,
Speaker 3: is very much Nelson. Like, it's very very very much Nelson,
Speaker 3: and I can I can tell that his light is
Speaker 3: definitely missed.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the challenge, I'm hoping we'll see him back.
Speaker 1: I am. We we love him. He's brings so much
Speaker 1: to the show and his personality is commentary all the things.
Speaker 1: Scubanelli t if you're listening to this, we're sending you
Speaker 1: so much love. Someone else we're sending some love to
Speaker 1: would be Josh.
Speaker 2: Oh my bad.
Speaker 1: And this was heart wrenching to see. I didn't want
Speaker 1: any of them to go home. I just wanted to
Speaker 1: give Josh the biggest hug and so much love this episode.
Speaker 2: He was so emotional this episode. My goodness, he was
Speaker 2: so emotional this episode.
Speaker 3: And you know, when everything played out and we get
Speaker 3: into the elimination, which by the way, coming from behind, producers, we.
Speaker 2: Need to talk because why is that the title of
Speaker 2: the elimination?
Speaker 1: We need to take those Yeah, have a chat that
Speaker 1: y'all couldn't change it last minute, Like y'all just stick
Speaker 1: to that name.
Speaker 3: But watching Josh, let's rewind right, watching those of you
Speaker 3: who follow him on social media, watching how hard he
Speaker 3: trains and how hard he prepares and just things that
Speaker 3: he does in off season in preparation to come back
Speaker 3: and play, and then to watch him go out the
Speaker 3: way that he.
Speaker 2: Did it is just kind of like it was sad.
Speaker 1: It was.
Speaker 2: It was really sad to watch.
Speaker 3: But you know, I hope that when he watches it back,
Speaker 3: he uses it as a learning to just go a
Speaker 3: little harder and keep it. Yeah, what're you about to say, David?
Speaker 4: What you know?
Speaker 1: Okay? Look here she's looking at my Kiden Guys. Okay,
Speaker 1: I look, I was sad and with him all episode
Speaker 1: or like feeling for him, and I didn't want him
Speaker 1: to go home. Still don't look. I adore Josh. I
Speaker 1: know I like tease and play with him sometimes, but
Speaker 1: like I what Banana said about him being a good dude,
Speaker 1: Josh is a good dude like I do him, and
Speaker 1: that is why he's friends with so many people because
Speaker 1: he's a good dude. Like you can tell, he's just
Speaker 1: like a solid guy. I adore Josh. I was with
Speaker 1: Josh the whole time and feeling for him and wanting
Speaker 1: for him, but I also wanted Corey say. But then
Speaker 1: when Josh said in interview during the elimination and he goes,
Speaker 1: my strategy isn't going to be speed, It's going to
Speaker 1: be endurance. I took a deep breath and I looked
Speaker 1: to the side, and then I looked to the side
Speaker 1: and I said, but this game, Josh, is not about endurance.
Speaker 1: It's about speed, sir. So I don't know how that strategy.
Speaker 1: And then I thought, well, maybe I misshard. You know,
Speaker 1: it's time I could clean my ears again or something like,
Speaker 1: maybe I miss her. Let's watch it play out. And
Speaker 1: when I saw he did not pick up the speed,
Speaker 1: I was like, well, yeah, and I'm.
Speaker 3: Gonna take my time and all I have to do
Speaker 3: is endure Corey and I'll be.
Speaker 1: I mean literally, it would be like being in a
Speaker 1: final and me being like, you know what, it's not
Speaker 1: about how bad I run, It's about how much you
Speaker 1: can eat in the eating challenge. I'm cool, that's a
Speaker 1: part of it. But uh, you don't just get to
Speaker 1: opt out, so especially when speed is beating you so significantly.
Speaker 4: In this like, yeah, it was a football player, right.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and Corey did not come to PA. I mean
Speaker 1: Corey was like it.
Speaker 3: Was like a shark seeing blood, like oh my god,
Speaker 3: Oh like he gonna hurt my baby, Oh my god.
Speaker 1: Then can I just say too? Maybe I'm the only
Speaker 1: one thought is let us know, please come find me
Speaker 1: on So, guys, if you thought this, because really, I
Speaker 1: swear for a moment when TJ fired the gum, there
Speaker 1: was a moment it took Josh so long to like
Speaker 1: start running. I thought maybe he was playing like he
Speaker 1: had a strategy to like wait back and then do something. Okay, good.
Speaker 1: I wasn't only one because I really was like, oh,
Speaker 1: maybe he's gonna like let Corey come over first and
Speaker 1: then he I don't know, I thought it was a plan.
Speaker 3: I thought Josh was like, you know, got a little
Speaker 3: burst of faith in himself.
Speaker 4: It was like maybe I could just maybe I can
Speaker 4: take Corey down.
Speaker 3: Maybe I could just take him down and then I
Speaker 3: can ring this bell. I don't know, but I definitely
Speaker 3: seen the slow take off and I thought there was
Speaker 3: strategy to it too, But in any events, I am
Speaker 3: very proud Josh if you're listening of the way that
Speaker 3: you have played this game very selfishly, okay, because I
Speaker 3: have waited a long time for you to take these
Speaker 3: people up off your back.
Speaker 1: But Josh, if you're listening, also please know that after
Speaker 1: about two rounds of that, she was losing faith and
Speaker 1: I had to text in our group chat to keep
Speaker 1: the faith that you could possibly bring it out.
Speaker 3: Listen, I knew my baby was going down. I knew
Speaker 3: he was going down, and it's okay because we all
Speaker 3: fall get up.
Speaker 2: That's it.
Speaker 4: That's it.
Speaker 1: Kicks you a friend who's gonna keep it read with
Speaker 1: you every single time, every single time. Now let's get
Speaker 1: into our gold Star and timeouts of the week Mischief.
Speaker 3: You know what, if I'm being honest, I didn't have
Speaker 3: a timeout for this episode. I feel like everybody came
Speaker 3: in to play and they did what they were supposed
Speaker 3: to do in this episode. And if you put my
Speaker 3: baby in time out about this elimination, we are going
Speaker 3: to have a conversation off air.
Speaker 1: I know now that you mentioned it, I.
Speaker 4: Know what's coming.
Speaker 3: But if I had to give somebody a time out
Speaker 3: and it's not even like a huge timeout. Maybe I'll
Speaker 3: just sit her in the corner for like two seconds
Speaker 3: and be like, did you learn your lesson?
Speaker 4: It would be.
Speaker 3: Kara really for her for her attempt to try to
Speaker 3: get Rachel to put it in money.
Speaker 1: Because baby, she put in an effort.
Speaker 4: Against no shade.
Speaker 3: I love my baby, But if you're gonna send Johnny
Speaker 3: in against Josh, there is a possibility, although everybody messes up,
Speaker 3: but there is a possibility that Johnny.
Speaker 4: Could come back and then now there's an issue.
Speaker 3: But that could have worked in cars favor because she
Speaker 3: could have created, you know, a hole in their little situation,
Speaker 3: a crack in their little situation.
Speaker 2: But I just it was a long.
Speaker 1: It was a rich it was a real reach. Well
Speaker 1: that and just to convince Rachel out of nowhere to
Speaker 1: go like that. I was like, girl, that ain't happening.
Speaker 1: That felt very Outllah Nehemiah trying to do brokeer deals
Speaker 1: at the last minute shout out to Niava felt very
Speaker 1: very that my time out. I agree there weren't a
Speaker 1: lot of contenders this week for timeouts. I think everyone
Speaker 1: did an exceptional job and we may see that more
Speaker 1: and more as we move into the rest of this game,
Speaker 1: because also everybody's just exceptional. They are everybody's exceptional. So
Speaker 1: like you're gonna see great every greatness every time. I
Speaker 1: wasn't gonna put Josh in time out, but you reminded me,
Speaker 1: so I'm not gonnaut him in time out because I
Speaker 1: think he had such a moving story this episode, and
Speaker 1: I also think we saw growth, including in how he
Speaker 1: played to a degree that I want to give him
Speaker 1: a hug, but I am just gonna give him a
Speaker 1: stern look when it came to doing a strategy of
Speaker 1: endurance on a game that required speed and your opponent
Speaker 1: is bringing speed, Josh, I'm just giving you a scirn look.
Speaker 1: Hold on one second, here we go. Okay, I think
Speaker 1: you get it. Now, just next time, you just channel
Speaker 1: that all right. Now we're talking about gold Stars of
Speaker 1: the week. Who gets your gold star day?
Speaker 3: Okay, So we're gonna break it in half, right, I know,
Speaker 3: I know, y'all, we've been here, we are in here.
Speaker 2: Okay, we know this.
Speaker 1: And I forever think she's catting his Hunger Everdeen or
Speaker 1: this is Hunger Games or any of those things.
Speaker 3: Uh huh, so originally my entire gold star was going
Speaker 3: to go to Derek, like I was extremely proud of
Speaker 3: how he pulled out this win and just him in
Speaker 3: this episode across the board.
Speaker 2: I was very very proud of Derek.
Speaker 4: But then we saw this phone called with Neilson, and
Speaker 4: I have I have.
Speaker 3: I have to give half of this goal start to Nelson.
Speaker 3: I don't care that he's not on the cast, I
Speaker 3: don't care about none of that. I have to give
Speaker 3: half of this goal start to Nelson simply because his
Speaker 3: spirit is just so high, like and his laughter all
Speaker 3: of that is so contagious, and I just seeing him
Speaker 3: on the screen again was just refreshing. It's like, dang,
Speaker 3: this is where you're supposed to be, Like, we really
Speaker 3: miss him being on the show. So I'm gonna I'm
Speaker 3: gonna break it in half. Sorry, Derek, it's phone call
Speaker 3: never would happen. It would have been all you for
Speaker 3: the first time. I would have gave it all to
Speaker 3: one person. But this time, I'm gonna break it in half.
Speaker 2: And I'm gonna give it to Derek and Nelson. How
Speaker 2: about you.
Speaker 1: We do love you, Nelly t very very very much so,
Speaker 1: And it was so delightful getting to see him and
Speaker 1: just see that that brotherhood with Corey is beautiful too.
Speaker 1: It's so beautiful. I am going to give an honorable
Speaker 1: mention to Toy for doing corn Rows in the challenge.
Speaker 1: Who has she been out with? Yeah, it was a
Speaker 1: little high up, but in the end it looked fine.
Speaker 1: So I don't know because usually you go straight back,
Speaker 1: and she had him pulled up a little bit but
Speaker 1: then it got there. But hey, she's been hanging out
Speaker 1: with somebody, so good job, Tori. I'm gonna give you
Speaker 1: an honorable mention. But my gold star has to go
Speaker 1: to my main boo from the way Boo, way back.
Speaker 1: I love Derek. I love me some Derek. I always
Speaker 1: have loved Derek since the moment I met him, and
Speaker 1: he very much deserves this gold star and this win.
Speaker 1: And I hope he just keep I hope now that
Speaker 1: we're at this point in the season, I hope he
Speaker 1: keeps just turning them out like I hope he just
Speaker 1: knocks them down very well deserved. But it's a good season.
Speaker 1: It overall good. It's a good season. Good everybody here
Speaker 1: I think is valid of a win in some way
Speaker 1: at this point and they're all hungry. They're all hungry.
Speaker 1: There's no even the underdogs are really like not that
Speaker 1: under eat and there's no I mean yeah, there's no
Speaker 1: like scragglers. I'm excited to see what happens and how
Speaker 1: this game goes. I'm also excited to talk to our friends.
Speaker 1: Mister curl poppin' Cory Wharton is here. He is gonna
Speaker 1: drop some tea, We get some behind the scenes the challenge,
Speaker 1: even teen mom little peek into dad life. So you
Speaker 1: guys are definitely not gonna want to miss this. Make
Speaker 1: sure you grab your snacks, do some stretches, and don't
Speaker 1: go anywhere because we have a fabulous interview with Corey
Speaker 1: Wharton after this. Well well, well look who we have here.
Speaker 1: It is mister curl poppin' mister fighting on elimination and
Speaker 1: putting the SmackDown in mister actually funny commentary this season.
Speaker 1: Please give it up for the one and only Corey Wharton.
Speaker 1: What's up?
Speaker 6: Thank you guys, thank you for having me. I'm glad
Speaker 6: you said I'm actually funny this season. It's only taking
Speaker 6: you eleven to get those confessionals down, so I'm making
Speaker 6: which is good. But no I appreciate you guys for
Speaker 6: having me on the podcast today eleven times.
Speaker 1: The charm we're here, we are here, we are here,
Speaker 1: and happy to have you here. You have been. It's
Speaker 1: it's been maybe I don't know if I want to
Speaker 1: say one of my favorite seasons of you, because there's
Speaker 1: been a lot of really great seasons. But while we
Speaker 1: hadn't seen you a ton in the beginning of this season,
Speaker 1: what we're seeing now, i'd argue, is a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: Like I like this Corey that we're seeing come out.
Speaker 6: My head's on straight this season. I'm not distracted like
Speaker 6: I'm there.
Speaker 5: I'm focused. I'm having fun. And I think everybody, the
Speaker 5: older you get and the more seasons you do of
Speaker 5: the Challenge, you just appreciate it on a different level.
Speaker 6: And so my whole mindset towards the challenge has just
Speaker 6: changed so much that like, shoot, I was broke when
Speaker 6: I first started to do the challenge, So like me
Speaker 6: going I was counting how much money was I making?
Speaker 5: How much am I gonna come home with? And now
Speaker 5: it's more so I just want to win.
Speaker 6: The whole thing, and I'm so thankful for every day
Speaker 6: that I get to stay in that house.
Speaker 5: Even though we all know.
Speaker 6: How you get that, man, I still try to find
Speaker 6: a way to like keep my head on straight and
Speaker 6: know that, you know, there's a bigger picture in play.
Speaker 5: So yeah, I was.
Speaker 3: Gonna speak on the fact of you saying you being focused,
Speaker 3: like really focused this season because we've noticed that TYB
Speaker 3: has become TyC. You are you have become the lone ranger? Like,
Speaker 3: how does that feel like holding it down? There's no Hunter,
Speaker 3: Nelson's not there. Do you feel like you're carrying it
Speaker 3: for your boys? Like, like, how does that feel?
Speaker 1: Man?
Speaker 5: It feels lonely. I'm not gonna lie like it.
Speaker 6: Even during watching this episode, like I got emotional watching
Speaker 6: the Nelson scene because you know.
Speaker 5: He just he deserves to be there so bad.
Speaker 6: He wanted to be there so bad, and uh yeah,
Speaker 6: so but he's doing good now. Man, he's moving on
Speaker 6: that prosthetic better.
Speaker 1: It was the last time you saw him in person.
Speaker 6: I'm with his birthday, okay, down to Austin for his
Speaker 6: birthday and yeah, just you know, I tried to make
Speaker 6: sure his head is on straight. It's always easy to
Speaker 6: call somebody and then say yeah, I'm okay, but actually
Speaker 6: there in person, you can kind of dive deep and
Speaker 6: kind of help him out, and you know, it's not
Speaker 6: easy losing your legs, So yeah, he went through.
Speaker 5: It for sure.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's beautiful seeing you all's friendship and just the
Speaker 1: way you honored Scubinelli. It's just beautiful to watch. Like
Speaker 1: as much drama that comes out of these shows, the like,
Speaker 1: did you ever think when you started the challenge that
Speaker 1: you'd come away with a best friend like that, like
Speaker 1: a real brother.
Speaker 6: Not at all, you know, And me and his relationship
Speaker 6: and this is usually how it is with my like
Speaker 6: real world friends and whatnot.
Speaker 5: It's like we butt heads at first because we were.
Speaker 6: Both like I was kind of with Chyenne on the
Speaker 6: show and he comes on to Rivals three and he's like, well,
Speaker 6: I was with her on are you the one? And
Speaker 6: so we kind of butt heads a little bit at first,
Speaker 6: But then you know, with the Invasion season, him and
Speaker 6: Hunter we started t YB and we're all just young,
Speaker 6: I mean at the time, but at yeah, you know,
Speaker 6: but at.
Speaker 5: The time we were young, we were broke, and we
Speaker 5: were having fun, you know, And so that time period
Speaker 5: of my life was very exciting, very fun, and I'm
Speaker 5: just happy to where we are today.
Speaker 1: You know, now speaking of today and getting into this
Speaker 1: season and how you came in with your head on straight,
Speaker 1: I feel like we're seeing certain things to be expected
Speaker 1: of some people and certain things to be a little different.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts around Josh's gameplay this season?
Speaker 6: I mean Josh always, I mean he's friends with everybody.
Speaker 6: So the problem with that is that it's hard to
Speaker 6: know where you lie within that friendship, and it all
Speaker 6: is determined on how the gameplay is used, as in
Speaker 6: like who controls the votes, who won that day, Like
Speaker 6: it's Josh gonna be on my side because I'm not
Speaker 6: in control, or you know, it's a lot of guessing
Speaker 6: game with him. And I'll be honest with you too,
Speaker 6: Like I knew I had my work cut out for.
Speaker 5: Me this season. I don't really get to see a
Speaker 5: lot of challengers outside of the challenge.
Speaker 6: You know, if you follow these people on Instagram, you
Speaker 6: see they're with each other at least once a month,
Speaker 6: partying in Florida, doing this, doing that. Like I don't know,
Speaker 6: I don't know if it's like I distanced myself or
Speaker 6: I'm not likable, but like I don't know, I found
Speaker 6: my best friend and Nellie to me and that friendship
Speaker 6: is genuine, So I don't really go out searching or
Speaker 6: trying too hard. I'm just myself and.
Speaker 1: I would never say you're not likable. It could be
Speaker 1: too just like priorities, it could be the style I like,
Speaker 1: I don't think like Davon and I agree a lot
Speaker 1: of back pete more now, but still we both joke
Speaker 1: about how like we like to be in bed at
Speaker 1: a reasonable hour, genuinely, Joe, Yeah, and like like good night,
Speaker 1: We're not a monolith, Like even though we're all aallengers,
Speaker 1: there still are different personalities than that.
Speaker 5: You know, Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1: Speaking of different personalities, we see you and Carra starting
Speaker 1: unlikely alliance this season. How exactly did that come to be? Uh?
Speaker 5: That alliance was forced?
Speaker 6: Both tell you that we looked around the room and
Speaker 6: we're like, hmm, well you want to be number ones?
Speaker 5: Like that kind of how it happened.
Speaker 6: And me and Kara we've never played the game together
Speaker 6: and so for us to finally look at each other
Speaker 6: and be like, hey, let's be number ones, you know,
Speaker 6: we were kind of both like the outcasts at the point,
Speaker 6: so we just said, hey, let's make each other our
Speaker 6: number ones and have each other's back. And to see
Speaker 6: her kind of go for bat for me for Rachel,
Speaker 6: I knew it was. I mean, let's be real, right
Speaker 6: when Rachel won, I knew I was going in like
Speaker 6: I knew she's been working with Johnny this whole game.
Speaker 5: But just to see Carr go for bat for me
Speaker 5: was cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I will say.
Speaker 3: In the previous episode, when Michelle says your name, you
Speaker 3: and Cara make this eye contact and it's so iconic,
Speaker 3: like the way you guys look at each other, it
Speaker 3: was like, well, there it is like locked and loaded.
Speaker 2: It was perfect.
Speaker 5: It was so good, so good, it's crazy.
Speaker 6: I've got Carr's fans are crazy, by the way. Crazy
Speaker 6: isn't like they love her to death. She's done a
Speaker 6: great job at creating that. And I've gotten so many
Speaker 6: messages like I've been waiting for you.
Speaker 5: From car and the team up.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I'm like, man, I wish I had a little fan
Speaker 5: base to do that for me.
Speaker 3: There are people out there, though, Corey, don't don't ever
Speaker 3: get it twisted. There are people out there that want
Speaker 3: to see you get your first win. There are people
Speaker 3: out there that are like, like really believe in you
Speaker 3: and want to see it. I'm one of the people also,
Speaker 3: one of the people that we want to see you
Speaker 3: get that win.
Speaker 2: So there are people out there rooting for you just
Speaker 2: as hard.
Speaker 1: But what should the name be, Like is it Corey's Curlers?
Speaker 1: You know how there's like this case than I am
Speaker 1: Cory Curlers, or like the curl crew, curl Crew maybe
Speaker 1: curl Crew.
Speaker 5: That's not something Carr would get down.
Speaker 1: With, right, I feel like the curl Crew. No, these
Speaker 1: are your followers. I mean, car can be a member
Speaker 1: of the curl Crew, but like you have the curls
Speaker 1: pot like, these are your the people who want to
Speaker 1: see you win, who are like loyalists.
Speaker 5: Want tyb want to say tyb yeh.
Speaker 1: That's cute. You lost me on that one. It's all right.
Speaker 2: She's like, I'm trying to.
Speaker 4: Root for you by yourself.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no, I appreciate it. You guys have always been
Speaker 5: supportive and and yeah, no, I just wish. Yeah, it
Speaker 5: went well. I beat Josh and I did what I
Speaker 5: had to do.
Speaker 6: And I think it's hard because it wasn't hard for
Speaker 6: me to beat Josh. Me and him were button heads
Speaker 6: all season. I was like, bet, this is exactly what
Speaker 6: I wanted. He wanted, like, there's nothing more you can say,
Speaker 6: go handle business in the sand and made the better
Speaker 6: man win that day, right.
Speaker 1: How when he was trying to kiss your butt like
Speaker 1: it did seem though that you were saying an interview
Speaker 1: or talking heads. You know, you're like, yeah, we'll settle
Speaker 1: it in the sand. But he was saying, especially when
Speaker 1: we saw you guys in the club, where he's like,
Speaker 1: hey man, you know we're family. Yeah?
Speaker 5: Like what bro don't like.
Speaker 6: That's the one thing that's hard with me and Josh
Speaker 6: is like, just keep it real with me, Just keep
Speaker 6: it a buck, Like you can't say we're family and
Speaker 6: then like you're not working with me at all and
Speaker 6: you're going and making like it's just I don't know.
Speaker 6: It's hard to distinguish because in real life Josh is
Speaker 6: like a great person, he's a great dude, very easy
Speaker 6: to get along with, party with.
Speaker 5: Have a good time.
Speaker 6: But in the game you're just always like is he
Speaker 6: truly gonna have my back or not?
Speaker 5: You know, so it's it gets messy.
Speaker 3: I loved when you said if we're family, then you
Speaker 3: have to start treating me like family.
Speaker 2: So that was that was really good. What do you
Speaker 2: and Josh stand today today?
Speaker 6: You know, I think we're Instagram friends. I think that's
Speaker 6: you know, there's no bad blood. I'm not holding any
Speaker 6: grudge towards him. I told Josh I was proud of
Speaker 6: him this season because he finally was starting to play
Speaker 6: his game. And I think now with me doing eleven seasons,
Speaker 6: I really try to keep it as season forty, season
Speaker 6: forty and put a bow on it.
Speaker 5: And hopefully I win. Right. I don't want to carry
Speaker 5: that into my daily life. I try not.
Speaker 1: There's that maturity speaking, there's that growth.
Speaker 5: No, that's called three kids. And now.
Speaker 1: It's a perspective, like you were saying with Nelly, you
Speaker 1: know that it is. It's it's really about perspective, and
Speaker 1: you start to put things like what actually matter, Like
Speaker 1: the game of course matters when you're in it, but
Speaker 1: what really matters in the grand scheme of things? Another perspective?
Speaker 1: Was this a different perspective of you for you? Because
Speaker 1: you may it may have been something that you already knew,
Speaker 1: but just how fierce our man Derek can be as
Speaker 1: a competitor. Was that something? But did this did on
Speaker 1: your radar for the first time or did you always
Speaker 1: know that. Okay, Derek is you know, people are sleeping
Speaker 1: on Derek and his ability.
Speaker 6: Listen, Saturdays are days off, right, So we had a
Speaker 6: barbecue one Saturday and we played this game with like
Speaker 6: a football and you had to like hit this target
Speaker 6: or do something like that. Right, long story short, Derek
Speaker 6: won the game and he was doing some crazy moves.
Speaker 6: But I was like, Okay, dude is legit, like he
Speaker 6: played high school basketball. Like I think a lot of
Speaker 6: people sleep on Derek because he is gay or because
Speaker 6: he is like a happy person. But he's doing Sudoku puzzles.
Speaker 6: He's doing his little puzzle books. Like, I never slept
Speaker 6: on Derek. I think he's a strong competitor and I
Speaker 6: kind of think, like me, he's always gonna have that
Speaker 6: underdog card on him, just because he's not considered a
Speaker 6: top tier, which would be like the Mount Rushmoores of
Speaker 6: the Challenge, right. So yeah, I definitely I never slept
Speaker 6: on Derek, but I think a lot of people do.
Speaker 6: And I'm happy that he got to show his skills off.
Speaker 1: You know, Derek is phenomenal and just and not just
Speaker 1: in twerking upside down on a handstand.
Speaker 2: Child just are.
Speaker 1: Rocking a wig uh, And I love when the editors
Speaker 1: cut to as they're talking about how fierce Derek is.
Speaker 1: They then cut to him in a.
Speaker 5: Wig in or whatever her name, yes her name.
Speaker 1: Was, Yeah, Derek is. I love him so much. He's
Speaker 1: everything right off the show though, literally say yeahs a door,
Speaker 1: adore Derek. Okay, so you're going in like talk about
Speaker 1: one hell of a swing this particular episode because you
Speaker 1: go in with a penalty, How did that affect your strategy?
Speaker 6: I just knew that, you know, my margin for air
Speaker 6: was less. You know, I'm already down one target. I
Speaker 6: know one of these guys is probably gonna get all
Speaker 6: the targets or maybe miss one. So I knew I
Speaker 6: had no room to miss any of the targets. And
Speaker 6: then I missed the first one. So I'm already in
Speaker 6: my head like all right, I'm down to let's just
Speaker 6: do the best we can.
Speaker 5: Let's compete, and let's not get last place.
Speaker 6: You know, last place you go right in, So I
Speaker 6: at least want to give myself a fighting chance. You
Speaker 6: never know, in the Challenge House, one day, maybe Banana
Speaker 6: says something reckless to Rachel and now their enemies.
Speaker 5: I've seen it happen before, you know, so you just
Speaker 5: give yourself a little bit of life and do the
Speaker 5: best that you can.
Speaker 1: What was the strategy because we saw I don't know
Speaker 1: that this season and day you can let me know too,
Speaker 1: I don't know that this particular season, we've seen such
Speaker 1: a pendulum swing of people who did awful. Maybe when
Speaker 1: you guys did that rock climbing challenge, maybe that, but
Speaker 1: where people did just awful or people did amazing.
Speaker 6: I mean, for me, it's just how comfortable are you
Speaker 6: in a harness? Are you fighting the harness? Are you
Speaker 6: kind of going with the harness. Luckily, for me, I've
Speaker 6: been in a harness before, and I've swung from.
Speaker 5: A rope, so I've had a little bit of experience.
Speaker 6: But I think you could just tell like the people
Speaker 6: that are comfortable in a harness and swinging side to side,
Speaker 6: and some of that just has to take a little
Speaker 6: bit of crazy because you're jumping off of a semi
Speaker 6: truck that's going however fast it's going, and you're flying
Speaker 6: your body into a target, so you.
Speaker 5: Gotta be a little messed up in the head. To
Speaker 5: do it.
Speaker 2: So what was it like? Because it was difficult, right,
Speaker 2: we saw people struggling, but.
Speaker 5: Then you see Jordan.
Speaker 3: Then you see Jordan and he just like in his
Speaker 3: natural habits. I don't know, Jordan's just Jordan, right, you.
Speaker 5: See he does that stuff for fun, right, Yeah, he
Speaker 5: runs twenty miles just to have a laugh. I'm like, bro,
Speaker 5: what were we doing here? We're gonna run, We're gonna bike,
Speaker 5: and then we're gonna swim. No we're not. We're not
Speaker 5: doing any of those. But no, I just think you know,
Speaker 5: Jordan's comfortable in a harness. He has good timing.
Speaker 6: He did it well and he got all of them right.
Speaker 6: Same with Derek Kylin. I mean, the guy's race was
Speaker 6: a lot tighter than the girls. I feel like some
Speaker 6: of the girls, it's either that you did really well
Speaker 6: or you had a hard time with it. It was
Speaker 6: it was a fun challenge. I mean, anytime you don't
Speaker 6: have to sweat, it's.
Speaker 5: A good day.
Speaker 3: X So scenarios. Right, let's say Jordan was the one
Speaker 3: who pulled out the wind. Did you feel that more
Speaker 3: confident and that you wouldn't go in or could you
Speaker 3: like talk to him more or how did you feel
Speaker 3: about that or either way.
Speaker 2: You knew you were going in.
Speaker 5: It all kind of depended on which woman won, right
Speaker 5: which girl one?
Speaker 6: But if Jordan would have won, I think I would
Speaker 6: have had more of a say. Maybe he could have
Speaker 6: convinced Rachel differently. I mean, Rachel was working so close
Speaker 6: with Bananas, it was very It wasn't even like a secret,
Speaker 6: you know. So like once I found out how well
Speaker 6: she did, I kind of knew.
Speaker 5: What time it was.
Speaker 6: But like you said, you always give yourself a fighting chance.
Speaker 6: So I just wanted to, you know, try all the
Speaker 6: avenues that I could. And you know, I've gone home
Speaker 6: on the challenge before by not opening my mouth and
Speaker 6: letting my pride get the best of me and not
Speaker 6: talking to people and just being like whatever, I already know.
Speaker 5: They're going to stay my name.
Speaker 6: So this time around, I was like, let me at
Speaker 6: least have convos with people, not kiss ass, but just
Speaker 6: have conbos.
Speaker 5: Yeah, just see where their head is, you know. So
Speaker 5: that's just something I've learned throughout all my seasons.
Speaker 1: And we like seeing that side of you, Like it's
Speaker 1: niceeing you have these convos and seeing just getting a
Speaker 1: glimpse inside the mind of Corey in the game, rather
Speaker 1: than you being like shut off, you know, or just
Speaker 1: doing commentary. So props to you both funny commentary and
Speaker 1: getting to see a little bit inside the mind of Corey.
Speaker 1: You also were brocking like some early two thousands glasses.
Speaker 1: I feel like you're bringing that back.
Speaker 6: It was very like five dollars middle of the mall
Speaker 6: glasses right there, Come on now.
Speaker 1: It was very Christina Aguilera dirty and Britney spears denim vibes.
Speaker 5: I wouldn't say Christina Aguilera, but sure that no, not.
Speaker 1: That they were feminine on you, but it just reminds
Speaker 1: me of that time when they were like, you know,
Speaker 1: the good time, the style of it all so good job.
Speaker 1: I have to ask you, mainly because I have this
Speaker 1: one friend who is so perturbed by this alliance that
Speaker 1: they would want me to ask you, what do you
Speaker 1: think of the Rachel and Banana's alliance or Banana's Angels?
Speaker 6: I mean, I mean, he surrounded himself with like four
Speaker 6: of the strongest women in the house.
Speaker 5: Smart move on his part.
Speaker 6: Was surprised that people agreed to the Banana's Angels thing.
Speaker 5: You know, his head was just blowing up with that,
Speaker 5: you know. I mean, I didn't really have anything to say.
Speaker 5: I'll say this, it did get old when it was
Speaker 5: like Bananas against Olivia and like them going back and
Speaker 5: forth even in the house like a what was it
Speaker 5: the forty yard dash challenge?
Speaker 6: Like they were arguing, and I was like, can you
Speaker 6: guys just shut up? Like this is getting old at
Speaker 6: this point. We know you guys don't like each other, Like,
Speaker 6: I don't know, it's it was all good though. I'm
Speaker 6: glad that we had the Chinese angels or whatever made
Speaker 6: for a good season.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it did make it entertaining. I mean the foot stuff.
Speaker 1: Let's soap, but.
Speaker 5: Reaching not the feet.
Speaker 2: Let's stay away from the feet.
Speaker 1: All right. We have to take a quick break, but
Speaker 1: you already know we'll be right back after this. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's get back into this show.
Speaker 3: What I do want to get into I want to
Speaker 3: take at a little sharp turn to the left. Okay,
Speaker 3: we've been laughing and giggling and all of the things,
Speaker 3: but I want to get into the emotions and the
Speaker 3: feelings of it all. Because you talk about fighting for
Speaker 3: your family, and I want you to tell us a
Speaker 3: little bit about that. I know how it goes because
Speaker 3: I'm a mom and I know how I speak when
Speaker 3: it come to my baby. So already you got three babies, Okay,
Speaker 3: so I can imagine.
Speaker 2: So yeah, tell us a little bit more about that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I mean, it just takes sacrifice to leave.
Speaker 6: You know, I had to miss birthdays. I had to
Speaker 6: miss Writer's birthday. We left on Writers' birthday. Then I
Speaker 6: missed Neila's birthday, and so you just you just always
Speaker 6: want to do what's best for your kids, and you
Speaker 6: question yourself sometimes when you're there, like is this really
Speaker 6: what's best for them? And then you get phone calls
Speaker 6: that aren't always good, like hey, you know, Mela's acting
Speaker 6: up or Writers acting up, and you just feel helpless
Speaker 6: and it's just it's not great. But in the grand
Speaker 6: scheme of things, like you know, what you're doing is
Speaker 6: best and so it's just a struggle. It's a constant
Speaker 6: battle on like I said, by you being on the challenge,
Speaker 6: is that's what's best for your family?
Speaker 5: Is that what's best for everybody? And at the same time,
Speaker 5: you got to make yourself happy too. You know, I'm
Speaker 5: a competitor. I've always played sports, so this feels the
Speaker 5: challenge feels such a crazy void in my life that
Speaker 5: like anytime they call, I'm always gonna say yes unless
Speaker 5: I have some date that I can't miss. But for
Speaker 5: the most part, like keep calling me, I'm gonna keep answering.
Speaker 6: You know, I'm so thankful for the challenge and what
Speaker 6: it's brought to my life and my family.
Speaker 5: And now like my kids are to the age where
Speaker 5: they want to watch the challenge, like writer, you can't wait,
Speaker 5: and like she goes, she'll do like.
Speaker 6: Rock climbing, and she's yelling to me, like Daddy, I'm
Speaker 6: on the challenge.
Speaker 5: They're like, she.
Speaker 6: Loves it, and like, so for me to pass that
Speaker 6: down to my kids, it's like a really cool experience.
Speaker 1: I just yeah, a random question. Uh, this actually goes
Speaker 1: for both of you, since you guys are the parents
Speaker 1: in the house.
Speaker 5: Yeah, do you think your.
Speaker 1: Kids would describe you, like when they're telling their friends
Speaker 1: what mommy your day? Would they say you're an athlete
Speaker 1: like daddy's a pro athlete or wait, you said that's
Speaker 1: so bad.
Speaker 2: No, CAUs would never competing.
Speaker 1: Wait, but if asked or do you think they say
Speaker 1: just reality start? Like what do you what is the
Speaker 1: thing the title, what does mommy do? What does daddy do?
Speaker 6: I mean for me, I've had a humble writer a
Speaker 6: little bit, you know. She all she's known is like television.
Speaker 6: We also should just mean mom it's no secret, and
Speaker 6: so I would just say. She just says my dad's
Speaker 6: on TV. Like she doesn't even say reality stars, she
Speaker 6: doesn't say an athlete. She just say, yep, we're on TV.
Speaker 6: And like a quick little some more tea like writers
Speaker 6: in class with dream Kardashian right and dreaming later we're
Speaker 6: getting an argument on who's more famous?
Speaker 5: These girls are in second grade? Wow, don't you ever
Speaker 5: argue with the Kardashian famous.
Speaker 6: I said, we're gonna step to the side on this
Speaker 6: argument next time, Dad, you know, yeah, you know, so yeah,
Speaker 6: just you know, you always want to make sure that
Speaker 6: you know, especially my little ones, that they're humble about
Speaker 6: it and that they know that, hey.
Speaker 5: We're on TV.
Speaker 6: And I mean they don't think anything of it. I
Speaker 6: don't think they view me as like being cooler, you know.
Speaker 5: I just think it's just it's what we do.
Speaker 1: You know, what about you day? You didn't answer?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, No for me, Katea just thinks I'm like
Speaker 3: the best mom in the world. She thinks I'm like
Speaker 3: the coolest mom, and so her friends, she's at the
Speaker 3: age now she's ten, her friends watch the shows and
Speaker 3: so when I pop up at the school, her friends
Speaker 3: are like.
Speaker 4: That's your mom.
Speaker 1: Do you know who your mom is?
Speaker 3: And so this year it's really starting to click for her.
Speaker 3: Like one of her friends, we went to the pumpkin
Speaker 3: patch and one of her friends was like, your mom
Speaker 3: is an icon, and she was like, my mama right
Speaker 3: she was, So it started to click for her. But
Speaker 3: I love the fact that she just looks at me like,
Speaker 3: my mom is just cool, Like that's as my mom,
Speaker 3: not TV related, Like I just have a really cool mom.
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's so cool. And can I just say
Speaker 1: that both of you really are just the way I
Speaker 1: know you guys speak about your kids, prioritize your kids.
Speaker 1: You guys are both exceptional parents, and it's so cool
Speaker 1: to see and just all around good people. Sometimes people
Speaker 1: like to say what you see on TV isn't the
Speaker 1: same as what you get in person, or you know whatever,
Speaker 1: or people act to fool like. You guys are solid parents,
Speaker 1: solid people and bring a lot to You're.
Speaker 5: Pretty solid too. You don't got those little ones. I
Speaker 5: appreciate you.
Speaker 1: Oh thanks, I'm happy being the rich Auntie. Well not
Speaker 1: so rich, but you know what I mean. I'm happy.
Speaker 1: I'm happy just doing the birthday.
Speaker 2: Is this week and all your richness. Remember that.
Speaker 1: Well, send me what she wants, send me the list
Speaker 1: of what she wants to see what we go work out? Okay,
Speaker 1: so this is your third elimination this season. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean you're you're setting them up and knocking them down.
Speaker 1: Do you feel more empowered now after doing this third one?
Speaker 1: Or are you feeling a little woe is me? Like
Speaker 1: I keep getting down here.
Speaker 5: No, I'm ready. I'm ready for it now. At this point,
Speaker 5: confidence is very high. I got lucky and I got
Speaker 5: three physical eliminations to start, and so that's all I've
Speaker 5: ever wanted, is like anytime you get thrown into elimination,
Speaker 5: you just want something that you feel like showcases your
Speaker 5: skills and your best skills.
Speaker 6: And so I feel like these eliminations I got to
Speaker 6: do that, and confidence at an all time hih. Nothing
Speaker 6: better than winning on a Friday night, coming back into
Speaker 6: that house knowing Saturday is a little day party.
Speaker 5: You get to relax Saturday Sunday you're doing interviews, talking
Speaker 5: to your family, and then Monday you're back at work.
Speaker 5: So those Friday night w's are very important.
Speaker 6: And I felt like I was on top of the world,
Speaker 6: but I also knew, I mean, we still got Jordan
Speaker 6: up there Bananas Island, Derek me. I mean, it's it's
Speaker 6: a long road to get to the end, and that's
Speaker 6: why I come.
Speaker 1: So if I.
Speaker 3: Remember correctly, y'all correct me if I'm wrong, you took
Speaker 3: out bread and Derek right, Yeah, that's insane like that,
Speaker 3: that's like and you so humble about it.
Speaker 4: Like, no, Like.
Speaker 5: I'm think humble about it because I've been on the
Speaker 5: other end where like I go into an elimination against
Speaker 5: somebody that I guess on paper I should beat and
Speaker 5: I lose.
Speaker 6: I've eliminations have humbled me multiple occasions. I just try
Speaker 6: to say in the moment, stay humble, because at any point,
Speaker 6: you know, you could get something where you're not so
Speaker 6: good at it and you're going home.
Speaker 5: And I think that's what we all love about.
Speaker 6: The challenge is that, like anybody can win on any
Speaker 6: given day depending on what it is. You know, unless
Speaker 6: your name is Jordan, right, wins at everything, but even him,
Speaker 6: like we've seen him in Tuga Wars against Vesi and
Speaker 6: he lost, and you know, there's certain things.
Speaker 5: That aren't his strengths. So I mean, you just gotta
Speaker 5: love the show. And this season is forty.
Speaker 6: We brought out the forty best competitors, we got all
Speaker 6: the eras and and I think we're delivering this season.
Speaker 5: So it's a good one.
Speaker 1: It definitely is a good one. Now, Tory made mention
Speaker 1: that Jordan, she called him the Michael Jordan of the Challenge.
Speaker 1: Do you agree with that statement?
Speaker 5: No, I don't. I would call him the Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 1: Okay, Michael of the.
Speaker 5: Challenge for me would have to be CT.
Speaker 6: I could see why because when I think of the Challenge,
Speaker 6: I think a CT right away, and I think that's
Speaker 6: when I used to watch.
Speaker 5: It as a kid.
Speaker 6: I go back into like what made me want to
Speaker 6: get on the show in the first place, and who
Speaker 6: kind of was the a's to me as the kid,
Speaker 6: And I always viewed CT as like this dude you
Speaker 6: don't want to mess with, and he is still like
Speaker 6: that to this day.
Speaker 5: But I would just say CT because.
Speaker 6: He came before Jordan and he laid the groundwork for Jordan.
Speaker 6: You no, and I mean Jordan that's on the Challenge,
Speaker 6: And so I would say Jordan is the Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 6: which means he's the best doing it right now. But
Speaker 6: I would still say that Michael Jordan would be.
Speaker 1: Ct and see as a Kansas City fan, I appreciate
Speaker 1: the Mahomes love. As a Kenston native also, I appreciate
Speaker 1: the Mames love. I actually think that I'd say Jordan
Speaker 1: is the Tom And here's why, because I think Michael Jordan,
Speaker 1: from what I know, which is not a ton but
Speaker 1: was always expected to be great from the jump, whereas
Speaker 1: Brady was actually not drafted, like in the first round.
Speaker 1: He was kind of overlooked and only came in when
Speaker 1: his QB got injured and then set the records that
Speaker 1: we know now. And if we think about Jordan in
Speaker 1: his early I was there in his early Challenge seasons.
Speaker 1: I was there when he got eliminated by Bananas after
Speaker 1: he flipped all the cards on his own, so he
Speaker 1: I feel like he was slept on a little bit
Speaker 1: in the earlies, and then now he is the icon
Speaker 1: that he is, which is kind of t Brady.
Speaker 3: I need y'all to speak in actor because I don't
Speaker 3: want to stand sports, so I don't know what y'all
Speaker 3: talking about right now.
Speaker 5: So the Tom Brady of the challenge has to be
Speaker 5: bananas because he has was Brady have seven championships?
Speaker 1: And yeah, but you don't think Jordan's gonna get I
Speaker 1: mean out of how many tries run?
Speaker 5: That's where? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 1: And did Anna's was he ever ever fully underdogged?
Speaker 5: Though?
Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
Speaker 6: Like, can we get day in here? Can we get hurt?
Speaker 6: Let's do this an actor terms?
Speaker 4: So yeah, but who do we the Denzel Washington?
Speaker 2: Is he the Leonardo DiCaprio?
Speaker 4: Like, who is he?
Speaker 5: Okay? So ct is Denzel? Okay?
Speaker 6: Og been around, never misses, always hits okay, And then
Speaker 6: I would say I would say Jordan is, Like.
Speaker 5: Right now, who's a good actor? Gets all the roles?
Speaker 1: How about this? I'd say Tom Brady okay, because we're
Speaker 1: gonna compare it to the athlete so she can pick
Speaker 1: which one she feels like Jordan fits best. So if
Speaker 1: we were to say Tom Brady and actor terms, I'd argue,
Speaker 1: what's the guy's name? This is so bad that I
Speaker 1: it's Chris not Evans. No, No, I love Chris No,
Speaker 1: the one that's married to the Schwarzenegger. What Pratt? Chris Pratt? Okay,
Speaker 1: christ this is why because Chris Pratt started on kind
Speaker 1: of like TV shows Underdog, right, he was on Parks
Speaker 1: and Reck. He was the funny one. He wasn't the
Speaker 1: like big muscly superhero. And then he like broke out
Speaker 1: and became this mega movie star where like that's what
Speaker 1: he's known for now, and like he just does all
Speaker 1: these big name franchise movies. That's kind of like a
Speaker 1: Tom Brady sort of where it's like you started kind
Speaker 1: of small and then out of nowhere, people are like, wait,
Speaker 1: he went big. Who would you compare? How would you
Speaker 1: describe Michael Jordan an actor's term, Corey?
Speaker 5: I mean the great ever? Do it right?
Speaker 6: So for me that would be Denzel and Denzel and
Speaker 6: I get to meet Denzel tonight because I have one
Speaker 6: Gladiator to premiere tickets against Darren and tonight. So like
Speaker 6: my plan tonight is to somehow shake Denzel's hand and
Speaker 6: just tell him you know that he is the Goat.
Speaker 5: So we'll see. I don't know, but.
Speaker 1: It's gonna happen. And then Corey, we need you to
Speaker 1: sneak a blurry photo from the red carpet. You're gonna
Speaker 1: text it to me and day in the group chat.
Speaker 1: We're gonna message you after this. You gotta sit like
Speaker 1: going in the group. Okay, tell my uncle.
Speaker 2: I said, Hi, he don't know me, but you're telling him.
Speaker 2: I said, Hi, all right, I.
Speaker 5: Love that.
Speaker 1: Okay, so Dave, then you have to settle this. So
Speaker 1: who do you think Jordan is more like Denzel or
Speaker 1: Chris Pratt in the Child?
Speaker 3: I would I would say Chris Pratt. I would definitely
Speaker 3: say Chris Pratt because like you, like you said Corey.
Speaker 3: For me, when I think of the challenge, my mind
Speaker 3: immediately goes to Cet like it immediately.
Speaker 5: Goes demon back in the day too. Like that love story.
Speaker 5: We're never gonna see that.
Speaker 1: That was just epic.
Speaker 6: There's just so many parts that I feel like just
Speaker 6: makes him the overall go.
Speaker 1: Wait, but you guys have I just got to throw
Speaker 1: it out here though, Like no mention of bananas in this,
Speaker 1: because Banana still holds the rent.
Speaker 5: Like he's in a conversation.
Speaker 6: If those three would be the conversation, I think everyone
Speaker 6: can agree on that. It's like Jordan's an up and coming,
Speaker 6: Johnny got all the rings the show for it, and
Speaker 6: Cet has that aura that you know, would you won't
Speaker 6: ever see again.
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, and the hair. Okay, let's get back
Speaker 1: to the this, you know, elimination. When you rocked up,
Speaker 1: did you automatically feel like, oh, bet done or were
Speaker 1: you still little? You did? Okay?
Speaker 5: No, I was confident. I didn't. I don't ever under
Speaker 5: under estate, under esther.
Speaker 6: Oh my god, I'm that word, underestimate my opponent, And
Speaker 6: so I knew Josh came in the best shape he's
Speaker 6: ever been in, so it was going to be hard,
Speaker 6: but this was playing towards my strength, so I felt confident.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it looked pretty easy.
Speaker 3: I felt so bad for my friend because we know,
Speaker 3: I love me some Josh, like that's my dog, and
Speaker 3: just watching him in that elimination like he was hungry
Speaker 3: for it, but my baby didn't stand a chance.
Speaker 5: Oh my baby, I mean he Yeah it was.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it was.
Speaker 5: It was part of justice for me, and I think
Speaker 5: it all came full circle when we were going at
Speaker 5: it in the beginning of the season and then for
Speaker 5: me and him to go against each other and yea
Speaker 5: happy the way it turned out.
Speaker 3: So let's get into your target selections. Get Jenny, Michelle,
Speaker 3: and Aviv. Let's let's let's walk through that.
Speaker 5: The first two were easy. Jenny's thrown me in twice,
Speaker 5: so I gotta go her. Also, who else? Oh, Michelle.
Speaker 6: Michelle's thrown me in twice as well, so you gotta
Speaker 6: go there. And then it really came down to Kara
Speaker 6: and Aviv. And at that point, you know, Car's my
Speaker 6: number one, she's been rocking with me.
Speaker 5: I want to show her my loyalty, and so it
Speaker 5: had to be a Viv And then Tory. Tory was
Speaker 5: around two, but I felt like this is the thing.
Speaker 5: Once Josh went home for Tory, I knew she had
Speaker 5: an opening open up.
Speaker 6: So I knew by me sending Josh Holme, I moved
Speaker 6: up on Rachel's list.
Speaker 5: I moved up on Tory's list.
Speaker 6: Like all those girls who basically had Josh higher than me,
Speaker 6: I can now slide up a spot.
Speaker 5: So it just helped me and position myself with Tory
Speaker 5: even higher. So I had to go of Eve.
Speaker 1: They say, dressed for the job you want, and that's
Speaker 1: exactly what you did. You got rid of Josh so
Speaker 1: you could get right up in there. Yeah, Spot and
Speaker 1: Rachel Spot. Now you're headed back into the house. Give
Speaker 1: us a little teas you've been so great with this
Speaker 1: tea and you being as famous as a Kardashian. But
Speaker 1: for the game, can give a little tea of what
Speaker 1: to come in the house, or at least what we
Speaker 1: should keep our eye.
Speaker 5: Out, what took hold on. I don't want to disappoint
Speaker 5: you guys, so give me a click set.
Speaker 1: Okay, god, I think.
Speaker 5: I mean, I think we saw in the trailer for
Speaker 5: next week. You know, somebody doesn't listen to the rules
Speaker 5: and they get qualified from the competition, so we get
Speaker 5: to see who that is.
Speaker 6: I mean, there's more in house drama between Bananas and
Speaker 6: his team and then the other girls. And yeah, the
Speaker 6: problem is I just kind of stay out of some
Speaker 6: of that.
Speaker 5: I don't really get to a ball.
Speaker 6: But yeah, it's good. I mean, the season is just
Speaker 6: slowing down. It's only gonna pick up. We're getting right
Speaker 6: by that final. So now like all the fans, you
Speaker 6: guys get to pick kind of who's your head horse
Speaker 6: heading into that final and see how everyone stacks up.
Speaker 5: And let's get to a TJ.
Speaker 1: You know, yes, TJ. I love that.
Speaker 5: Who would you.
Speaker 3: Say is your biggest competition with the remaining man left?
Speaker 2: Who is your biggest competition going back into the house.
Speaker 5: Biggest competition I would say in a final, it would
Speaker 5: be Jordan. His endurance endless, you know, isn't It's just
Speaker 5: crazy how his endurance is. I would say, yeah, And
Speaker 5: then I would say my dark horse would be Kyland
Speaker 5: or dare you know?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 5: Kyland comes prepared.
Speaker 6: This man came to the challenge with a notebook full
Speaker 6: of highlights of each season where each season was filmed.
Speaker 6: I was like, listen, this show was not meant to
Speaker 6: be taking this series, but his big brother mindset.
Speaker 5: Girl what like? Oh, but I mean it works for him,
Speaker 5: you know.
Speaker 3: So dang dang, Corey. I'm so excited you came to
Speaker 3: hang out with us.
Speaker 2: Yes, really, you have enjoyed this interview.
Speaker 3: You've made it fun, you gave us some tea, and
Speaker 3: we've got to show you a little bit more.
Speaker 2: So I definitely appreciate you coming to hang out with us.
Speaker 1: And you can always hang out with us before eight pm.
Speaker 1: No that like, don't feel like you don't have friends
Speaker 1: in the challenge or that you're unloved. You know, come,
Speaker 1: we'll get a nice afternoon tea, a nice happy hour
Speaker 1: two for one, and then you can go watch our
Speaker 1: shows or something, you know, chill that worth yes, But
Speaker 1: for those who, like Day said, for those who want
Speaker 1: to follow along with you, uh for a happy hour
Speaker 1: or after where can they find you on so sure?
Speaker 6: Yeah, so you guys can look up my snapchat because
Speaker 6: Instagram is hiding my profile from folks. So I'm going
Speaker 6: to direct everybody to my Snapchat Corey Underscore W twenty
Speaker 6: four to seven. I post on the air a lot,
Speaker 6: also Instagram, Twitter, And you guys can watch teen Mom
Speaker 6: next chapter. We're filming the season right now. It will
Speaker 6: be out probably in January.
Speaker 5: And and yeah, you can dive even deeper into my
Speaker 5: life and how crazy it.
Speaker 2: Is, he said.
Speaker 1: He booked it, booked busy, but curls still popping like
Speaker 1: just they look so soft yet so defined.
Speaker 5: So well, the key is to grab your cheapest hairjail
Speaker 5: at your local Target or Walmart. Don't spend more than
Speaker 5: five bucks on your hairjel folks there. But yeah, thank
Speaker 5: you guys for having me. It's always a pleasure. You
Speaker 5: guys are great and and thanks for this, you know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, anytime like happy to support you and root for you.
Speaker 1: Always awesome.
Speaker 6: Well, anytime you guys want to do this again, you
Speaker 6: got my number, Give me a call and I'll.
Speaker 5: Be tuning in to hear what you guys have to say.
Speaker 3: So excited we got an opportunity at the interview with Corey.
Speaker 3: I feel like the Challenge podcast is where we get
Speaker 3: all the exclusives, Like people love coming to talk to us, right,
Speaker 3: they do.
Speaker 1: I don't know why, but they do, and we love
Speaker 1: that they do.
Speaker 2: It's because we all cousins over here. This is family, okay.
Speaker 3: And if anybody wants to be a part of your
Speaker 3: family and attend the family reunion, where can they find you.
Speaker 2: On the socials of the media.
Speaker 1: Well, first you got to know how to cook. But
Speaker 1: because you know, you got to bring something good, right,
Speaker 1: you gotta know, I believe in seasoning and no raisins.
Speaker 1: You can find me on my website, Devin Simone, that's
Speaker 1: done with y Simone with an eye. You can find
Speaker 1: me on threads now mm hmm at Devin Simone, TikTok, Instagram.
Speaker 1: Yeah I'm there. It's always a good time. Snapchat as well.
Speaker 1: Day where can they find you? Come on Snapchat.
Speaker 3: You can find me on all the socials of the
Speaker 3: media's I need to get into Snapchat, Yes, socials of
Speaker 3: the medias. You can find me at Davion, Diane Underscore
Speaker 3: and I will be more active because I've been child
Speaker 3: has been tumbleweez and crickets lately.
Speaker 1: But it really has, it really has. But every time
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