Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday’s episode ofThe Challenge: Spies, Lies, and Allies.
Josh Martinezis walking away fromThe Challenge: Spies, Lies, and Allieswith no hard feelings.
So we’re the only ones that know the reality of that situation.
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It’s unfortunate what happened."
So for that person to leave that way, it is unfortunate.
I send light and love to the situation.
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I wish her all the best.
I just wish the best to her."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: That elimination looked tough, and it was such a close race.
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I just really want that final bad.
It didn’t go my way.
Honestly, it was depressing when I left.
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But I put my heart into this season and I have to be proud of that.
How long were you and Kyle battling it out?
It was exhausting though, from the jumping, climbing the ladder, going up and down.
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We did not stop moving.
Listen, I can run, I can do five miles in 40 minutes to an hour.
[Laughs] I have really good endurance.
So I just gained more respect for Kyle the more that I see him compete.
I feel like so many people underestimate him.
I mean, the better man won that night.
I gave it everything that I could.
It felt like forever.
It was one of the hardest eliminations just from an endurance standpoint.
At what point did you realize that Kyle was going to win and your season was over?
When it came down to the last tile.
When I missed that bell, we were neck-and-neck.
Kyle is just a different animal.
I think that Kyle is so underrated but every single time he’s in the sand he proves himself.
Did you know he was going to call you out instead of Emanuel?
I was genuinely hoping that he was going to call Emanuel because Kyle did tell me the night before.
I didn’t want to cross him.
If I have to go down, if it’s my time, I’m ready to fight.
And I was so confident in myself and my abilities.
How are you feeling about being the first Emerald casualty?
It was really hard.
I’m going to make it to the final."
I was already training for running the final.
That’s where I lost sight.
I got way too comfortable in the position that I was in that I dropped the ball in politicking.
I do regret that.
When I got eliminated it was devastating.
I couldn’t even pick up the phone call my family.
That’s what I’ve been doing now since I’ve been home.
Do you blame anyone for how things ended for you?
I don’t blame anybody but myself.
I can point the finger at Tori because she cut a deal with CT.
It was all on me.
I can’t blame anyone.
It just got way too heavy.
Politicking against some of these people, it took a toll on me.
Now that everything has aired, have you and Tori talked about that and cleared the air?
F— yeah, I love Tori.
I love Tori to death, quote that!
We had a few conversations and it was really hard.
Even leading up to the challenge with Tori, it was awkward and uncomfortable.
Amanda knew exactly what she was doing.
It’s not the fact that she wasn’t on our team, obviously we respected that.
And that’s when I saw red and blacked out.
Like, bet, it’s game time.
I get where you’re coming from, but we felt played.
I get it, she had to do what she had to do.
She was in survival mode, she was trying to protect her guys.
I mean, it did cost me my game.
[Laughs] That situation sucked.
What did you learn from everything that happened this season?
We probably would have both been in the final.
That is definitely my biggest regret.
What’s your biggest issue you oughta work on to become a betterChallengecompetitor?
[Laughs] My temper.
It’s my biggest flaw and my biggest downfall.
I can’t disconnect my emotions, I can’t disconnect my heart.
I give all of me.
But I need to put myself in check and I need to work on that.
Now what’s the deal with those Fessy socks …
Oh my god, the Fessy socks!
[Laughs] I still have them, I don’t even think they’re washed.
Fessy is something else, man.
A fan sent him like a whole bunch of socks and a blanket and all this s—.
Before he left, he actually left a whole bunch of clothes behind.
He gave me the socks.
The socks was like, I don’t know, paying respect to him?
[Laughs] I don’t know what was going on.
But I still got the socks!
Oh my god, so much.
