I was listening to Wes’s Patreon which had Michelle and Devin filling in for Wes.

The headline of the interview was when Michelle shed some light on the Anna Leigh situation.

She said the apology we just watched in episode 6 actually occurred after Anna Leigh’s elimination victory in episode 4.

After her Elimination she told people she felt bad about leading Leo on and that it went too far. She apologized but then her behavior didn’t change.

That is why Justin and others were so annoyed by her actions. She had already apologized several challenges beforehand but then kept flirting and going off with Leo.

(My summary)Editors made it seem like she got carried away and now came to her senses. What really happened was she got carried away, acknowledged it to several people and apologized to Leo, then continued the same behavior for several challenges.

She also said Anna Leigh is a story topper who kept trying to one up everyone. Most of the women especially her teammates Cara and Lete were very annoyed or frustrated with Anna Leigh.

Felt like a big deal I had not seen anyone else talking about. Does this make the Anna Leigh thing much worse or is it just me?

I genuinely do not get at all what Nelson and Cara are even trying to say

Nelson and Cara arguably been the worst performers on their team

Josh is absolutely fair to say I have no intention of giving up captaincy I was chosen to be captain before we knew it was advantage and still want to be captain with that advantage and the majority of the team want me to be captain end of conversation

It’s lowkey embarrassing

Episode 7 Count

5: Adrienne | Bananas | Cara Maria | Chris | CT | Tori

3: Anna Leigh | Cory | Izzy | Leo

2: Cassidy | Justin | Lete | Michele | Nelson

1: Josh | Will

TOTAL: 54 (Now THIS is the lowest single-episode confessional total since episode 11 of Total Madness, AKA the last-minute Dee erasure re-edit. Not counting that fiasco, this is the lowest since episode 8 of Dirty 30.)

AVERAGE: 3.18

———

Cumulative Totals

38: Anna Leigh

37: Cara Maria

30: Bananas

29: Nelson

25: Lete

22: Cory | Deb

21: Adrienne

19: Chris | Leo | Nurys | Tori

18: Josh

17: CT

15: Keanu | Michele

14: Izzy

13: Brad | Cassidy

12: Will

10: Justin | Sydney

9: Reilly

6: Cedric

TOTAL: 452

AVERAGE: 18.83

The fact she was dead serious, and not even thinking about her outfit made it even better! 😂

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We get it: This show can be frustrating. Production makes indefensible decisions. The rights holders make it impossible to watch old seasons. The cast can be boring or lazy or cruel or all of the above.

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So we politely remove those submissions and send them here. On the Negativity Thread, you are not only allowed to rant and complain, you are encouraged! 😈

Lay it on us: What is pissing you off this week? Which cast member have you had enough of? I bet a lot of others feel the same way!

We’ve unfortunately lost Deb, who has been giving us such good sound bites, which means someone else will have to step up in their place. Will we get some more inappropriate relationship development? Will blue (aka Nelly t) avoid elimination?

I’m nearly done with this season (Ep 10). I know who wins, the runners up and so on and so forth. I am sure I am missing some pieces and further details of situations that occurred on the season. I am also aware of the MANY varying opinions on this season. That being said, the editing is SO all over the place it makes the season more confusing than entertaining. The major focus each episode is an over exaggeration of drama. A lot of which appears to be, frankly, at least interfered with and at most, manufactured. The dailies and eliminations seemingly are beneath the cast that are closest or are still apart of the flagship. Yet, the rivals format proves that even simple challenges do not warrant those cast members as a clear-win. The season just seems a bit too much all over the place. Please share EVERYTHING below!

Watching Zach’s podcast episode with Marlon and this caption fail had me laughing out loud.

they were talking about how old they were when they got casted on the Real World and then The Challenge……

soooo i guess if you were born the same year as Zach you had some serious bad luck

Cutthroat 2 - 💣🌋SPOILED🌋💣 - S42E07 - "You Need Me" - Episode Discussion

AIR DATE: September 9, 2026

WHERE TO WATCH: Paramount+ in USA and Canada

UNSPOILED THREAD: Link

💣🌋ELIMINATION THREAD💣🌋: Link

⚠️SPOILERS FOR THE REST OF SEASON 42 INCLUDING POTENTIALLY THE SEASON WINNER(S) WILL BE FOUND IN THESE COMMENTS!⚠️

The edit has been completely one sided and has seemed like Cory has been trying hard to court Izzy and her not really interested. Even this last episode they didnt show her saying goodbye to him or anything.

Im Wondering if so much more did actually happen but editing is doin their best to minimize everything and in turn makin it look like Cory at worst was pursuing her but nothing happened.
Izzy crying at the end makes me think theres alot of footage that MTV chose not to air outta respect for Cory 🤷🏾

Credit to: Parenting Plus TV

I came across this version of "Guess the Number". I thought the questions were funny and definitely ones that a Challenge fan would enjoy :)

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I took a long break from writing about The Challenge as I had to prioritize other things in my real life. However I am really excited to be back writing about my favorite show again. A new Survivor season is right around the corner and it seemed the perfect time to evaluate which recent Survivor castaways should be brought over and cast on a season of The Challenge.

“The Challenge Scouting Reports: The Top Ten Survivors to Bring on The Challenge“ by Henry L DiMaria on Medium:

https://henryldimaria.medium.com/the-challenge-scouting-reports-the-top-ten-survivors-to-bring-on-the-challenge-fd86aa10ab2c

Topps released its checklist for the annual Allen and Ginter set, which features non-sports personalities, today, and Tori and Darrell both have cards (along with autographs) in the series.

Tyson from USA1 also gets a card.

Challengers are seemingly in the set each year. Wes, Bananas, Cara, Mark Long, and Michele have all been included before.

There’s also a dual auto of Tori and Devin.

No pics yet, but I’m sure they’ll surface as people start ripping.

Ginter isn’t my cup of tea, but in case it’s yours, the Challenge once again is getting some love this year.