In The Challenge USA 2’s second double elimination, alliances started fracturing, and one player made a decision that will affect all future seasons of The Challenge. Probably.
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I think removing the producer of the show was a big mistake for this podcast. I know Jeff is the showrunner but he doesn't see every single thing, even as an exec. producer. I think Brittany added some…
Yes, I'm very hopeful, too. Perhaps they could keep taking the CBS version in new directions—and hopefully bringing in new cast, too. (And thanks—fixed!)
The subreddit you linked to a comment from rather infamously has moderators that allow hate speech on their forum, and have defended the transphobic actions of Nick Wilson and Jeff Varner.
This was a really fantastic interview and makes me hope that CBS/Viacom keeps the "USA" aka CBS version of this show in Kevin's hands for the foreseeable future. Also shoutout to Joey Ortega for the hopper idea, it…
@antonio, Agree, but I think he gets them waxed. He is a bit odd looking, even though he has nice features. Someone really needs to tell Fessy to do something with his pubic hair hairdo...
YAY for CT!! I'm so glad he's coming back to the Challenge, and I'll be happy to watch him on this too. And then there's Johnny Bananas with his giant Fred Flintstone head.
I'm guessing JC's producers will just use the same cue cards from previous years and change the names. She can barely host a reality show from outside the event. She can't banter or ask a question that hasn't…
@Bad Mitten, I like plucked eyebrows on Marlene Dietrich and Joan Crawford and Linda Darnell but I'm not a fan of Sebastian's plucked eyebrows. You know, some men can go overboard with the manscaping. :)
Three teams where one lives in California and the other in New York. I expect to hear about that often in the confessionals.
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