Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday’s finale ofThe Challenge: Spies, Lies, and Allies.
The champs are here!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congratulations on winning this season!
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CT TAMBURELLO:What’s up, champ?
KAYCEE CLARK:[Laughs] What up, five-time champ!
Kaycee, this is your very firstChallengewin after three seasons and three finals.
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This is a huge win for both of you.
TAMBURELLO:To me, I think that Kaycee winning is the story.
And she had to do it all over again, and she did it, and overcame.
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CLARK:Gosh, thanks CT.
I mean, I could say the same about you, okay?
For some reason, it was just like if I could win here, I can win back home.
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So yeah, I won, but I won myself back.
There’s nothing else for me to prove, not to myself, not to anybody.
Did you come into this season expecting this to happen or were you surprised by how it turned out?
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CLARK:I wouldn’t say surprised.
Still to this day, I’m still trying to gain that muscle back in my leg.
TAMBURELLO:I remember she had that toe!
And everybody was sure that it was her knee.
We saw her with a limp.
No, she had a broken toe!
[Tamburello exits the Zoom.]
How did you break your toe and how did that affect you in the final?
CLARK:We had a day out on a boat on a Saturday.
I mean, we may have had a little drinks in our system.
It was a battle but I made it through.
You had a much more emotional experience in the final than CT did with having to eliminate Nany.
What was that like for you?
CLARK:Oh, girl, I’ve never had to experience anything like that before my life.
I will run through your ass and nothing’s going to stop me.
But this one, it’s my girl Nany!
Someone I care about and I love.
it’s possible for you to’t write that.
I was blown away.
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Our dreams were crushed.
It was the hardest thing that I’ve had to do.
I couldn’t control my emotions.
It was really hard.
What was it like when you and Nany reunited after the final?
Was there any fallout?
CLARK:After I won, I got back to the hotel where she was at.
She thought it was Tori and then I pulled out the black diamond and showed her.
She was just so excited for me, she believed in me from the jump.
I want her to win this."
I just want her to continue."
But she wanted me to continue and that’s that.
But she’s going to get her win one of these days!
What’s the status of your relationship with Nany now?
CLARK:We are married with three kids.
[Laughs] Nah, I’m just kidding.
We are happy, we are good.
Being in a relationship in the game is crazyyou have no phone for a few months, no distractions.
But now you go in the real world, there’s so many distractions.
But so far it’s been amazing, we’re really good at just not caring what people think.
We now live together and we’re just living our best lives.
What was your thought process behind picking CT over Kyle [Christie] and Devin [Walker]?
That time came for me to be able to pick and why wouldn’t I pick the legend himself?
CT, he’s a very well-rounded player and he’s just really good at this game.
Let me finish this race with CT. CLARK:[Laughs] We talked about it briefly.
Because the beginning part of the race, Tori had a better time.
So we weren’t sure what was going to come into play the rest of this final.
[Laughs] So he was like, “Yeah, we’re not going to be partners.”
How did this final compare to the two other finals you’ve ran in the past?
CLARK:This one, it was hard.
It was really hard.
The snow, the elevation was just a whole s—show.
CLARK:If we would have won, it would have been Tori and Emy going against each other.
[Pauses] Hm.
I would have loved to see her win.
It would have been interesting.
But you know what, everything happens for a reason.
What happened during that checkpoint?
CLARK:Oh, man.
CT is just the puzzle king.
It was so frustrating because we’re literally going back and forth.
But we couldn’t figure it out.
Nelson [Thomas] thought that a triangle is the same thing as a square.
How long were you at that puzzle before Purple came in and solved it immediately?
CLARK:[Pauses] I don’t know.
We probably were there for a good fiveyou know, I don’t even know.
[Laughs] When you’re in the final you don’t really think about time.
So I don’t know, they just got it done obviously a lot faster than we did.
What was that like for you?
“I just want to sit down here and rest for a little bit.”
But I knew I couldn’t.
It brought me back to the last season, this is the exact same way I hurt myself.
CT was in front, and I was behind, me and Kyle were neck-and-neck.
[Laughs] “Let me just knock Kaycee over and keep running.”
And Tori was right behind too.
CT already made it down to the bottom and I made it before Kyle.
Did you input your code correctly on the first try?
CLARK:We did, and we didn’t.
It was a lot and you’re getting frantic.
“I better get this right or else I could lose a frickin' million dollars.”
I’m about to pass out right now.
I won’t be able to enjoy this money, this is it."
[Laughs] But it was a great feeling, still so surreal.
They didn’t show me and CT going back and forth.
I’m really good at reading people just like you are."
It was really cool we were able to come to the decision to share it.
I think at the end of the day, we both knew that we wanted to share it.
We were just trying to figure out how much.
He’s won before, this is his fifth time, I wonBig Brother,now winning this …
It wouldn’t feel right if I did not share it.
We made to the final with a good group of people.
We all worked together the entire season.
It’s not a good feeling.
And they didn’t think that we were going to share it, so they were really grateful.
[Laughs] But it’s just in my character.
I love to give, I love to make people feel happy, I love to make an impact.
It was the perfect ending.
Do you have any regrets on how you got to the end and got your first win?
CLARK:Absolutely not!
I’m very good at controlling my emotions so I’m always analyzing, my mind is always on.
Everything I do on the show, there’s a purpose behind it.
Is there a chance you’ll return for a future season?
How cool would that be for us to both beChallengechamps?
Who knows what the future holds.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
