Another week, another previous champion eliminated early onThe Challenge.
I’m not going to say that Wes won it for her.
I’m definitely not going to say that; she put in the work.
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She was down there fighting.
Would she have still won if Wes didn’t help her?
But would it have been closer?
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Heading into this season, you didnt have any of your past alliances to lean on.
Did that affect your game?
ASHLEY MITCHELL:To be honest, I was scared.
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I was worried about it.
And hell, half of the people this season I had helped eliminate the season before.
So I knew I had my work cut out for me.
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I call it paying for my sins.
When did you start to realize that youd be going into this week’s elimination?
Honey, I realized that very early.
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I saw the alliances: You have theBig Brotheralliance, you have the Jenna, Nany, Kailah alliance.
So I knew my time wasn’t going to last very long before I headed to elimination.
When Bear set off the fire extinguisher in the bunker, why did you spit in his face?
I didn’t know what the hell was going on.
I mean, think we’re locked in a bunker, I thought a damn bomb went off!
I don’t know what gave him the idea to do that.
It’s so dumb, I don’t know why I did that.
Honestly I wanted to hit him, but I’m definitely not going to hit somebody.
Especially when I really felt like I was being suffocated.
I didn’t even think about it.
But I just wasn’t thinking then and, honey, afterwards I wasn’t thinking either.
I was angry for the rest of that night.
I was just angry at everything.
Once again, I wasn’t thinking.
My anger was so high and I was just so overwhelmed.
I didn’t give a damn about an alliance, I didn’t give a damn about the show.
I was just disrespected, I was scared, I was pissed off.
Have you and Mattie spoken since that fight?
We text message now and then.
The reason we made that alliance is that we both were having a hard time in that bunker.
We kind of were each other’s shoulder to cry on, or to bitch to.
She kind of understood that I overreacted, and I apologized.
I told her I went way too far.
It made it so easy for everyone to say my name.
I’m always going to fight.
I love to compete onThe Challenge.
It was actually pretty fun doing that, but I knew I didn’t really have a chance.
[Laughs] A girl can dream!
Once you were nominated, did you have any preferences on who you went against?
I was ready to take on whoever.
That’s one reason I never like to [go into elimination], it could be anything.
It could be a game of luck, which it kind of was!
So I never, ever want to go down there.
I know this time we had to, but I still didn’t want to.
That’s just a fact.
So if I would have gotten the skull early, I would have been just as screwed.
It was sh for me this season.
I was just getting overwhelmed with not being able to find my piece.
As people know, I freak out pretty easily.
What is happening?!"
But I definitely stay focused because I know anything can change.
But I didn’t get it this time.
I had to be.
I didn’t have that.
I don’t ever have a cheering section like a lot of people do.
I’ve never been in an elimination where people are cheering for me.
I’m the only person I have down there.
So I have to stay focused.
Do you have any regrets about your time on this season?
[Laughs] Get this temper under control.
Are you interested in coming back toThe Challengeafter this season?
You’d have to be crazy to insult someone for doingChallenges over and over.
What are you doing to prepare for another season?
[Laughs] But yeah, I’m training.
What didnt we see from your time on this season that you think is important for fans to know?
Even me and Jenna and Kailah got along, and I love Nany.
It just means it’s game.
The Challengeairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
