Every week onThe Challenge: USA,Survivoralum/former NFL playerDanny McCraymentions his wife during his confessional interviews.
But throughout the past 10 episodes of the CBS spin-off ofThe Challenge, Kiki has only been talkedabout.
“The story of me is being represented accurately.
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Everything is true,” she promises.
“I am a ride or die for my husband, and I am a diehardChallengesuperfan.
I’ve been getting nothing but positive responses and outpouring so it’s been great.”
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KIKI MCCRAY:At first I was like, “Is this all you’re going to say?”
Because that’s pretty much the bulk of his TV time.
He really is setting the bar high for husbands everywhere.
[Laughs] Oh yeah, he’s setting the barhigh.
And now I have a lot of work to do.
I have to shop less and do things to live up to this title he’s given me.
But it’s been really fun.
Have you noticed a difference in how much you get recognized by fans afterThe Challenge: USA?
First, can I say, he is spot on.
I’m like, “You are so right!”
I was yelling, I’m like, “Exactly.
If you don’t remember anything, you better remember that.”
So it’s definitely all been true.
Wow, it sounds like you’re the best person to call while playing a game like this.
Me and the baby are fine.
You don’t need to know anything else.
If we’re not fine, you will know."
He can put all his focus into the game.
That’s kind of been our lifestyle forever.
And then forSurvivorit was like, “Here’s this number.
If you use it, he’s done,” so that was a no-go for me.
By the time we got toThe Challenge,I was like, “What?
You get to call home every week?
What a great thing.
But we’re not going to talk about anything in real life.
They were like, “He finally mentioned you!”
Anything that was too personal or private or off-limits?
It was all fair game.
There were no rules or anything like that.
I got thick skin in that department.
I just wanted him to be happy and have fun.
When Danny was onSurvivor, you didn’t get to do the family visit.
Does this newChallengenotoriety feel like a good substitute for that?
It’s two totally different things.
I don’t want to go to Fiji.”
I hope he changes his mind!
It’d be great to see him back onSurvivor.
[Laughs] No!
No, he’s not allowed.
We’ve seen a season in the past where loved ones compete together …
[Laughs] Oh gosh.
Danny is by far the athlete in the family, and I am like a quitter.
If it’s getting too hard, I’m like, “Hey, where’s my wine?”
I just want to watch.
I don’t know.
You never know if things work themselves out, so I’m not going to say no.
What have you thought about the way that Danny’s competed so far this season?
I think he’s done great.
Danny is a logic-driven solution-focused person naturally, so I knew thatThe Challengewould be great for him.
The most important thing for me is that, “You’ve already doneSurvivor.
And that’s what he did.
But I was kind of annoyed that it took him so long to qualify for TJ’s final.
I was like, “What are we doing?
Why aren’t you down there?
We need to win or you oughta get down there [in an elimination].
We’re not even going to make TJ’s final!”
I don’t want to hear it.”
What do you think about his chances to win in the final?
I mean, you could be swimming across a river with helicopters.
The things that we see weekly doesn’t give us insight on what the final actually is.
He’s already been there this long at this point so I’m just anxious to watch.
It could be anybody’s final at this point.
The two-hourChallenge: USAfinale airs Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
