“Oh my God, we blew it.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Thursday’s episode ofThe Challenge: All Stars 2.
Brad FiorenzaandJodi Weathertonknow how bad their disqualification lookedon this week’s episodeofThe Challenge: All Stars 2.
Jodi Weatheron and Brad Fiorenza on ‘The Challenge: All Stars 2’.Jesus Paz/Paramount+
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You were clear favorites to win all season long, so this episode was shocking.
How are you feeling about how you were sent home?
BRAD FIORENZA:I would rather discuss any other episode.
‘The Challenge: All Stars 2’.Jesus Paz/Paramount+
It’s not as thoughtless as it looks.
I just watched it and I was like, “Oh my God, that was terrible.”
JODI WEATHERTON:I didn’t actually even watch the episode.
‘The Challenge: All Stars 2’.Jesus Paz/Paramount+
I couldn’t bring myself to watch it.
FIORENZA:Don’t do it!
It was so bad to watch.
And I’m sorry.
I put us in that elimination.
WEATHERTON:Brad, I didn’t know about the knots either.
That made us look like such idiots.
So you didn’t know you had to untie the knots before you got up there?
FIORENZA:Most people did not hear that rule.
And, Jodi, you’re confirming you did not hear it because you were with the group.
And that’s fine.
If I had known about this in the beginning, we would have crushed it!
FIORENZA:You did so good.
Those knots were tight.
You did a great job for not knowing that that’s what you’re supposed to do.
I couldn’t see anything you were doing on the other side of that truck.
Because I was barely getting them open.
[Laughs] Thinking that you were trying to do the same thing.
I thought we were all doing that.
WEATHERTON:I saw him screw it together too.
Watching everyone else go, you couldn’t see what they were doing.
But I never asked enough questions about it.
What if we had asked them, “Are the boxes hard to open?”
I just remember being so serious and so dialed in, knowing we were right before the final.
Ireallythought those were handles.
[Laughs] But I learned a lot from those mistakes.
If I was to ever play again, I’ve learned so much.
FIORENZA:That’s one of the biggest factors aboutThe Challenge.
Is this trivia, is this going to be a headbanger, is it heights?
There’s almost no way we could have practiced this.
It makes the game very abstract and creative, but it also has its flaws, like those knots.
Had we gone back, they probably would have made sure everyone knew.
WEATHERTON:It was not a hard challenge.
Had we known about the knots?
I’m not a super-cocky person generally, but we would have absolutely annihilated that challenge, Brad.
I just didn’t like that we were made to look really stupid.
FIORENZA:I think I kind of signed us up for that, so I want to apologize again.
I wouldn’t want to watch it again.
That’s going to go down as one of my most regrettableChallengemoments, for sure.
WEATHERTON:We both had those, those last two challenges.
I put so much immense pressure on myself to win.
So if we don’t win, who is going to win?
FIORENZA:Oh my God, you’re right.
WEATHERTON:And they would have thrown in Darrell and Janelle, no doubt.
So I would not have faulted Janelle and Darrell for not helping us at all on that.
And they were pissed because one of Darrell’s locks was jammed.
They were mad about that, so I’m not surprised they didn’t tell us about the knots.
FIORENZA:Oh my gosh, I want to go back and redo this so bad.
WEATHERTON:I literally wake up at night thinking about this.
FIORENZA:It’s replaying in my head over and over again.
But I should have been down on my knees like Janelle, that was such a great tactic.
FIORENZA:You don’t have to apologize for that.
We did a good job.
They did a good job.
It was very close.
We did show up to that elimination.
Brad, you’ve been in that situation multiple times now.
Where was your head at going into this one?
WEATHERTON:Darrell and Janelle, we had a deeper alliance with them called the core four.
It was the four of us in it to win it.
I’m all hyped up.
At that point, I just tried to breathe and take it a step at a time.
I just tried to go into a zone, that elimination zone.
WEATHERTON:I allowed the other competitors to break into my zone a little bit.
All I could hear them chanting was, “Come on, Janelle, you got this!”
And you were so pissed.
FIORENZA:No, I was not mad at you.
I was trying to tell you to relax.
There’s no way someone could eyeball this.
ButThe Challengegods got us.
Holy s—.
That is not something you stated in the beginning that you’d be disqualified for.
Did you just make that up on the fly?"
They took us away.
They literally just made that up.
And M.J. got pulled off the truck and was hanging.
FIORENZA:One hundred percent.
Oh my God, Jodi, you’re so right.
They normally tell you exactly what you’re going to get DQed for.
They didn’t tell us not to do that.
I immediately felt horrible for you.
I felt horrible even for production.
I’m like, “I would never break their equipment on purpose!”
You were only separated by 2 pounds at the end of the elimination.
Are you glad it was such a close finish, or did that make the loss harder?
FIORENZA:No, I would much rather have a close loss.
I’m ultimately happy with it.
You and I were both shocked.
FIORENZA:They looked horrible.
Then we were like, it’s okay.
FIORENZA:We didn’t have to put ourselves through that.
WEATHERTON:I wanted to run it so bad.
Even if I got broken in half, I just wanted to be there.
FIORENZA:Let me ask you a question, Jodi.
Would you be down to team up as team Brodi again in the future?
WEATHERTON:I would love it.
But I don’t know if my family would love it.
I’ve been asked, would you be on the regular show?
It’s too long.
Three months is just insane.
I couldn’t do it, personally.
But I would love to team up again.
Just timing-wise, I don’t know when that would work out.
We’re moving this summer to another country.
But you know I would partner up with you anytime if it happens.
FIORENZA:I hope we get the chance.
I would love a redo.
Brad, are you interested in coming back for another season ofAll Starsor the flagship show after this season?
I love this show.
It’s been a large part of my life.
It gives me something to get excited about and something to train for.
I would do as many as I possibly could on either one of them.
Brad, how is your friendship with Nehemiah after everything that happened this season?
FIORENZA:We had a couple of good laughs about it afterwards.
Ne and I are still good.
But it was hard.
I’m definitely looking to see to it I avoid those situations, for sure.
Jodi, the saga of the stolen Greek salad was wild.
Everyone was like, “Why was Jodi so serious?”
She lied straight to my face.
I asked, “Have you seen my salad?”
and she acted like she’d never even heard of it before.
Then she’s like, “And I knew it was yours.”
Then why the heck didn’t you say, “I ate your salad?”
And they didn’t even show it, we got into it the next day too.
She’s bringing Janelle into the whole situation.
Let’s you and I talk about it."
She didn’t let me talk.
FIORENZA:She literally didn’t get to say anything.
She waited for like 20 or 30 minutes and then realized she’s not going to get a chance.
Then you walked away, right?
WEATHERTON:As soon as I started talking, she walked away.
I got so worked up because she’s so frustrating.
So it’s safe to say you and Ayanna are not going to be friends after this season?
WEATHERTON:Probably not.
FIORENZA:You two onRivalswould be a force to be reckoned with.
WEATHERTON:Oh for sure, we would crush!
Now I need to see anAll Stars: Rivalsseason.
FIORENZA:That would be incredible.
WEATHERTON:I could be with Tina or Ayanna.
