“It’s the most painful injury I’ve ever endured in my life.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Wednesday’s episode ofThe Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies.
Aneesa Ferreirais no stranger to getting injured onThe Challenge.
Aneesa Ferreira on ‘The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies’.MTV
“It definitely was devastating,” Ferreira tells EW.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How are you feeling now about the way you had to leave the game this season?
[Laughs] Watching any injury over again isn’t fun for anybody.
I just did three shows back-to-back, and it was a lot for me.
I just wish I would have left with both shoulders.
You said you thought the injury was worse than it was, so what actually happened during that challenge?
I dislocated my left shoulder.
My MRI is totally fine.
Any way you cut it, it’s the most painful injury I’ve ever endured in my life.
I wish it upon no one.
And watching it brings back that initial hurt.
What was your reaction when you hit the ground?
Did you know something was wrong right away?
It was just hanging.
Physically I knew this isn’t good, I don’t think there’s any way around this.
But I thought maybe they could just pop it back in and I could continue.
But the doctor was like, “22 days in a sling.”
I’m like, “Wait a minute, what?”
I was in a great position in this game.
I wanted to be there with her if she does make it.
That was the picture in my head, just being with my friends in the final.
I had an awesome partner who was really supportive.
It was a lot, but I’m recovered now.
I’m still in physical therapy.
I’m blessed that it wasn’t worse than what it was.
Were you taken to the hospital right away?
I mean, the pain was so bad I couldn’t even cry.
My blood pressure was up, I was hyperventilating.
I mean, you’re with your security guard.
Plus you were still covered in mud from the challenge.
Oh yeah, and in shorts, no shoes.
I had mud everywhere.
Tori had to bathe me when I got home because I couldn’t move my arm.
Her and Bettina helped, and everybody helped me pack.
But it was a really nice moment to have that much love leaving.
Seeing Tori ugly-cry, I mean, we both were.
I couldn’t hold any of it back, that was true raw emotion.
The last time I broke my ankle blocking CT.
I mean, that was my fault.
Who blocks CT?!
But athletes get injured, and you come back stronger.
My ankles are stronger than they’ve ever been.
Everything happens for a reason.
I’m just not sure what this reason was necessarily.
I think we would have done great.
I almost had a feeling that I’d never have to go into elimination this season.
I had a great alliance, and it was just so fun.
I was with people that I really enjoyed being around.
So I think I would have gotten far, but we’ll never know.
And I’m okay with not knowing.
I’ve made my peace with it.
Did you want to stay with Logan as a partner the whole season?
I was going to stay with him for as long as I could.
I think he’s an incredible athlete, he’s brilliant.
I’ve never seen a man win so many games of chess.
They taught him how to play American football and he caught on in five seconds and was great.
He’s a soccer player, so he has the endurance.
And then I got hurt and I had to leave him!
After doing three seasons back-to-back, are you interested in coming back after this one?
A little injury won’t stop me.
I’ve had plates in the ankle, plates taken out of the ankle, back on it.
I have the drive, probably more now than ever to come back and do what I do.
