“I didn’t come on this season expecting to win,” says [SPOILER].
“I came on this season expecting to learn.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Challenge: Double Agentsepisode 2, “Dive Another Day.”
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Rookie Joseph Allen will be the first to admit he wasn’t going to winThe Challenge: Double Agents.
And in this week’s episode, “Dive Another Day,” Joseph did just that.
Well, at least the first part.
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But instead, he was thrown into elimination against Kyle Christie in a brutal headbanger and lost.
“I didn’t come on this season expecting to win.
I came on this season expecting to learn,” Joseph tells EW.
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Joseph reveals that he didn’t know much aboutThe Challengebefore coming on this season.
“So if they call me back, I know what I have to do,” Joseph adds.
“That’s all this first one was for me, a learning experience.
But if you’re weak, pretend you’re strong.
I can make a lot of noise, and if it comes out successful, ratings go crazy.
But if I don’t come out successful, ratings still do pretty good.
It’s all good.
But also in my head, it would have bought me time to not have to politic.
So that’s why you wanted to go up against a multiple-time champ in Wes?
Did you really think you could defeat him?Right!
It’s the saying “Strike the shepherd and the sheep scatter.”
Wes is a decorated vet.
If I go down there and rock out with him and end up sending him home?
And then in terms of ratings, my numbers will go through the roof!
So that’s what I was going for, I was playing big.
It’s already week 2 and everybody’s still playing all scared?
Let’s make some action.
Once I saw it was probably going to be something real physical, all right.
Regardless of the outcome, whoever went home, it would have been pretty sick.
I’d already prepared in my head to put my feet on the black sand.
Whether I was the house vote or not, I’ve already made up my mind.
I’m ready to go head-to-head with somebody.
I had to go to war.
Does he seem a little bit stronger?
I was just trying to see where can I get an upper hand on the guy.
What was it like competing against Kyle?It was definitely brutal, for sure.
Did you see that?
Once I realized like, if my arm really does snap down here, this is real life.
Either I give it to them or not.
I don’t know [sigh], it just didn’t ah, how do I say it.
[Pauses] I’m like mad, mad grateful for being out there.
But it just didn’t go in my favor, you know what I mean?
I personally think some things were let slide on one end.
But you know, regardless, I just wasn’t strong enough to beat him.
People have to pay.
So youre interested in coming back toThe Challengefor another season?Oh, hell yeah.
I had a blast.
If they let me back on, I’m taking my training camp way more seriously.
I just didn’t know how to use it.
[Laughs] That’s one thing.
The Challenge: Double Agentsairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
