Warning: This article contains spoilers from the season premiere ofThe Challenge: Total Madness.
Jay Starretthas survived another day onThe Challenge.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your reaction when you realized you were getting thrown into the first elimination?
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I know I’m the onlySurvivorin the house.
I cannot lose.
I cannot be the first crossover fromSurvivorto lose and go home.
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And on top of that, I can’t lose first on my favorite show."
So the pressure was so on, and my adrenaline was pumping from the night before.
Oh my God, I’m so addicted.
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Honestly, just give me back that drug and send me back.
“I’m going to war right now, this is sick!
I’m so ready.
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Do we get swords and sh?
What do we get to fing fight?!”
Asaf, I’m sorry, dude, you’re going home.
I’m about to crush this sh because I know exactly what to do in this situation."
He’s going to lose to himself."
This first elimination was a blessing fromThe Challengegods above.
Don’t worry, bud.
TheSurvivoris going to last at least two eliminations."
So we’ll see what happens next.
What was it like during the elimination?
Did you ever doubt your strategy?
Even Bear was yelling at me like, “Jay, just fing do something!
Do something, youre so boring!”
And I was like, “No.”
Because Im not an idiot!
Its not just meatheads anymore.
My fing heart stopped.
It was like two peas in a pod of stupidity.
So the moment that Asaf walked away, I was like, “Damn bro.”
So nothing but love for Asaf.
You just got the disadvantage because I know exactly what I’m doing.
Like, “Wait a minute.
Holy sh, I just made it to the final?
I’m good to go!
I don’t need to do anything else!
Does this mean I’m immune to any more eliminations?”
I got my ticket.
How did winning that first elimination change how people treated you moving forward in the season?
Winning that first elimination, coming back into the house, everyone congratulated me.
So they were like, “Well, Jay’s going to win this one.”
But we just went straight back into it.
I’m the new guy, I’m the rookie, and no one knows me.
It opened up the game for me.
Did winning that first elimination and getting the first red skull brand affect how you made alliances?
Based on the trailers, it seems like this season is going to have a lot of showmances.
What can you tease about any flings you had this season?
You guys didn’t see enough relationship time onEx on the Beach?
[Laughs] It’s gonna be a fing shshow.
[Laughs]Ex on the Beachdon’t stop, the relation-shshow continues.
It’s basically like season 2, watch Jay fing lose it.
What is going to surprise fans the most about this season?
The biggest surprise of the season would have to be the bunker.
I felt like Oscar the Grouch, I was living in a fing trash can.
There’s just 27 other psychopaths sitting, sleeping, and eating across from you.
I’m a nature boy, so being in a bunker was miserable.
They’re like, “Oh,Survivor’s coming?
Let’s just really f with everyone, and theSurvivortoo.
Let’s go ham!”
If we would have had an ocean, my God I would have been in heaven.
The Challenge: Total Madnessairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
