Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday’s episode ofThe Challenge: USA.
TheLove Islandwomen weren’t showing any love to the team that got eliminated inepisode 2ofThe Challenge: USA.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So what happened?
‘The Challenge: USA’ eliminated players reveal shocking betrayal viewers didn’t see.Laura Barisonzi/Paramount
What led to your elimination?
TIFFANY MITCHELL:Personally, I think Tyson was intimidated.
I think that Tyson knew that Cashel was somebody he should watch out for.
Players prepare for their next event in ‘The Challenge: USA’.CBS
Everyone else wanted to work with Tyson and I just think that Tyson recognized that Cashel was strong.
CASHEL BARNETT:You hit it on the head there, Tiff.
MITCHELL:Yes and no.
More so no than yes, but it was kind of in the air.
I was not surprised because Cashel was on the outs and apparently I was too.
But honestly, I was just so excited to be paired up with Tiffany and be on her team.
It just felt good and comfortable.
I was like, nothing can stop us.
I wasn’t worried about it.
I mean, we did our best.
She’s got the social game, we’re both ridiculously attractive and I got the physical game.
People saw us work together and they saw that we were both threats.
MITCHELL:It was surprising to see the backstabbing oh, did I say that?
[Laughs] It’s surprising to see all the anti-love thatBig Brotherwas giving me.
Sadly I was hoping that myBBpeople would have my back.
Not all of them, but some of them.
Who are you most angry or upset or feeling betrayed by after the way your exit played out?
MITCHELL:I don’t specifically blame anyone.
That hurt my feelings, honestly.
BARNETT:I’m definitely hurt by the last line of the show that Kyra left our viewers with.
I felt that that was pretty uncalled for and out of the blue.
But I got nothing but love for Kyra and she knows that.
What was it like competing in that elimination?
I have to give a lot of credit to Cashel because he started hard and he ended hard.
He pedaled for the both of us.
He had to lap me three times and I just wish I could have given him more.
BARNETT:I know that both of us put as much effort into it as we could.
I don’t blame Tiffany at all.
The pedaling part for me it was easy.
Remembering the symbols, that’s hard when you’re in the thick of it.
At what point did you realize you were going to lose?
BARNETT:Damn, Sydney!
[Laughs] Ow!
MITCHELL:[Laughs] She is coming for our necks.
BARNETT:I never give up.
I never think that I’m going to lose.
I’m going to give it my all.
I was not concerning myself with what was going on on the other side.
MITCHELL:I was never going to give up.
I knew round one, this is tough.
I told myself, “Sis, just don’t die on this bike.
Not onThe Challenge, not on television.
Wait til you get home in your bed and then you’re free to die.”
Do you have any regrets from your time onThe Challenge: USA?
I still don’t know if it would have made a difference.
But because that’s in my mind, I don’t know because I didn’t.
It’s just not in my nature to bulls— people.
And I was like, “Yeah I would hate that, too.”
Could I have played it differently and and tried to grease some palms?
Yeah, but that’s just not who I am.
I’m okay with how it played out.
Do you think your time onBig BrotherandLove Islandprepared you forThe Challenge: USA?
I’m definitely glad that was not the first time I had been in an environment like that.
But nothing can prepare you for the challenges themselves.
How do you prepare to scale down a 22-story building?!
BARNETT:In general, sitting around on a beach and flirting does not help you inThe Challenge.
What is something we didn’t see air that you want fans to know happened?
And they don’t really show that as much in the show so I want people to know that.
MITCHELL:I had close relationships that weren’t shown.
I was supportive of Shan.
And I thought that Desi and I were working together, but it is apparent that we were not.
I also had an injury.
I sprained my ankle in that daily challenge.
I actually had to ice it the entire time.
Those things aren’t really shown but they happened.
The Challenge: USAairs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
