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against Laterrian Wallace and walked away with some serious war wounds as a result.
“I got home and I was laid up in bed for about two weeks.”
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But Amerson isn’t feeling all that disappointed about being the first one sent home.
He laughs as he explains that he’s actually used to it at this point.
“It kind of makes sense, you know?
But all those days away from my dog, I was almost ready to go home anyways.”
ACE AMERSON:Did I get as beat up as I thought I got beat up?
Going against Laterrian in a Pole Wrestle did not look fun!
He is so big.
[Laughs] He’s just so big!
He’s got muscles on top of muscles.
Brutal, that’s exactly it.
As soon as I knew it was Pole Wrestle I knew that was going to be tough.
I had been doing puzzles all day for practice.
I didn’t have much of a strategy.
His breathing was really bad.
What were your goals or expectations coming into this season?
I was getting my mind ready doing puzzles and long division.
I had no idea it was going to be like this.
I almost drowned the first day and then I got beat to death at night.
[Laughs] It was a lot different than I had thought it was going to be.
[Laughs] That first challenge we did was so hard!
I can’t believe that no one drowned.
The water was so cold and they made you use these shoes and the shoes just filled up.
The whole time was an absolute nightmare.
But I’ll never forget it, that’s for sure.
The water looks so beautiful, but it’s just so much colder than you could possibly ever imagine.
Swimming was difficult, seeing underwater was tough.
And swimming with those shoes on, I think that was the craziest thing.
We should have had flippers.
At one time I really thought, “Oh my God, I’m going to drown.”
I’ve never had that feeling before.
I was like, “Nah, I’m good.
Let’s send Syrus.
[Laughs] Syrus thinks he’s great at everything, let him do it.”
This is one of the tougher ones I’ve ever done, without question.
On the firstInfernowe had to wear chicken suits and put worms in a fake chicken’s mouth.
I was expecting something like that.
[Laughs] I’m not sure 50-year-olds should be doing stuff like this anymore.
Well, except for Mark Long.
He didn’t age, I swear.
What did you think of how Laterrian wanted to go against you in the elimination?
Laterrian is the only one I really didn’t know very well.
I honestly think it was Syrus.
And I love Syrus, he’s one of my favorites.
But he’s the first one to sell me out every time.
You were pretty upset about how everyone gave Laterrian his wish instead of voting individually.
It hurt my feelings a little bit, being the first one.
I really thought everybody was thinking you should put in the best people every opportunity you have.
It should have went that the strongest player should have been nominated every time.
But that didn’t work out at all.
She had to be clearly lying because I’ve never said anything negative about Jisela, ever.
I don’t remember every saying anything.
I didn’t even know she was even on aChallengeI’d ever been on before [Ed.
Note: Ace and Jisela were on the Veterans team together inGauntlet 2].
But I mean, she wasn’t going to give me that thing anyways.
Yeah, she referenced when you called her “dead weight.”
I never said that.
That’s the one thing I always am is nice.
I would never say anything like that about anybody.
That makes me mad.
Do you have any regrets on how you played this season?
It’s just luck sometimes.
Maybe I could have probably tried to talk Jisela out of the Life Saver.
The idea of having to throw someone else in made me more sick than me going in.
That would mean I would have to sell someone else out.
That’s always hard for me to do.
But it would have been nice to send Syrus in now that I actually think about it.
You know, I probably have to.
I’ll probably keep going back ‘til I’m 70.
I really want to win one!
CT is just an absolute beast.
I lived with him in Paris and I remember the first time we went out and played basketball.
The first thing he did is he grabs a basketball and just does this crazy gorilla dunk.
It was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen!
He’s just a freak of nature.
And I’m so proud of him and how good he’s done.
I wish I could have had that same similar success.
But least I can cheer for one of my own.
I think they must have had the wrong number for 15 years because they just didn’t call me.
I would do anything they asked me to do.
What was your biggest takeaway from returning forAll Stars?
I definitely don’t want it to be 15 years before I see these people again.
I learned that time can slip by really fast if you’re not careful.
