Jenn Lee learned the hard way what happens to rookies onThe Challenge.
“As Forrest Gump would say, sh happens,” Jenn tells EW with a laugh.
They literally put the smallest girl in the house against the biggest girl in the house.
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It was a no-brainer that I was going to lose."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you start to realize that youd be going in for the first female elimination?
JENN LEE:I knew pretty early on that I was getting nominated.
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I would hear things through the house.
I knew way early on, from basically like day one, that I was going into this elimination.
But at that point there was nothing to lose.
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Whatever, just go along with it.
I already knew I was going home.
Once you were nominated, did you have any preferences on who you went against?
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Do you think you still would have been nominated if you hadnt been flirting with Rogan?
If Rogan wasnt interested in me at the time, it would have helped.
But I still would have been a target.
I didnt have alliances with anyone.
I was the only person fromAmazing Race.
Every other rookie came with a background in MTV or from the same show as other rookies.
I came in completely on my own.
Throwing me in made sense to everybody.
I didnt have ties to anyone.
With or without Rogan, I would have been a target anyways.
Was your connection with Rogan just on the show, or have you stayed in contact?
I have seen him outside the show when he was in L.A.
But were just friends.
I get off the bus and adrenaline is going.
In a physical match, shes like 10 times my size.
Her arm is as big as my whole body.
Walking into Purgatory, I saw this weird matchstick-looking setup.
It looked like a pendulum.
It was definitely not a puzzle.
I was worried when I saw the elimination.
At that point I knew it was game over.
What did you think of how Dee didnt nominate herself to go against you?
That was really funny.
It kind of shows that shes all talk.
Shes going around trying to attack me and talking sh about me.
Thats really funny considering she was talking all this game and all this smack about me.
What regrets do you have now about your time on this season?
Looking back, I should have played a better social game.
I should have gone in and hung out with only the girls.
I should have tried harder.
It was just really disheartening hearing them talk about throwing me in.
Emotions got the best of me.
I was over it.
You said “next time” are you interested in coming back toThe Challengeafter this season?
Yeah, if given the chance I would 100 percent come back.
I would do things so much differently.
I really need to work on my social game, so I would strive to do better at that.
And now that Ive doneThe Challengeonce, I understand how the game really works, living in the house.
I had never done a show like that.
OnAmazing Race, you dont live together.
Most likely you wont even see the other contestants because youre somewhere else on the road.
This is the first time I had to live with the people Im competing against.
It was a learning lesson.
What will you do to prepare for another season now that youve experienced this one?
I would definitely work on my physical game.
I noticed that all the training I did for the show wasnt the right throw in of training.
The Challenge: Total Madnessairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
