Big Brother alums Tyler Crispen and Alyssa Snider made out in the course of the Thursday, August 31, episode of The Challenge: USA — and that they had some fascinating wingmen.
While the solid was taking a break from the sport and unwinding at a bar, Challenge veterans Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio and Wes Bergmann determined to play matchmaker. “There’s not a lot of entertainment in the Challenge house. The one thing that’s lacking is a little romance,” Johnny, 41, defined throughout a confessional. “Tyler and Alyssa, this is the longest courting phase I have ever seen.”
Johnny and Wes, 38, then referred to as Alyssa, 25, over to their desk and instructed her that if she needed to maintain Tyler, 28, protected from elimination, she was going to should kiss him.
“We have control of the way the house votes are gonna go. Let’s just get down to it,” Johnny instructed her. “You wanna keep this guy around for a little bit? [There’s] one way to save him — and that is by just dirty macking.”
Alyssa received a kick out of the scenario. “Our drunk uncles, Bananas and Wes, come up with this plan,” she mentioned throughout a confessional earlier than making it clear that she was sport for the kiss. “Tyler’s such a sweetie, so [I’m] gonna let them think they’re really playing their cards on this one. This one just worked out for me.”
Wes and Bananas then let Tyler in on the plan, who requested, “How does [Alyssa] feel about this?” After the veteran gamers assured him that Alyssa was down, Tyler made his manner over to take a seat subsequent to Alyssa.
“How do we save me?” he coyly requested her. “We have to save you, we have to,” Alyssa joked earlier than leaning in for a kiss. Wes and Bananas hugged and celebrated as different solid members regarded on, smiling and laughing. “I feel saved,” Tyler mentioned, smiling. The pair then continued making out as Johnny shouted, “Encore! Encore!”
Back on the Challenge home, Tyler and Alyssa continued their makeout session in mattress. In a confessional, Alyssa famous that the duo have been “on the same page” in regards to the sport taking priority over any romantic emotions. “But you can’t deny the connection that Tyler and I have,” she admitted. “He is so cute. I think being in this environment is like a pressure cooker of emotions, so I guess we’ll see what happens.”
While it’s unknown whether or not Tyler and Alyssa have continued to pursue their romantic connection exterior of the sport, Alyssa did go away a flirty remark on a photograph of Tyler that he shared by way of Instagram on Thursday. “Lookin good ngl [not gonna lie],” she wrote.
The duo usually are not strangers to showmances. While competing on Big Brother 20 in 2018, Tyler sparked a romantic reference to Angela Rummans, who competed on season 1 of The Challenge: USA in 2022. Tyler and Angela, 31, went on thus far exterior of the home and introduced their engagement in January 2021. However, they by no means made it down the aisle. In December 2022, Us Weekly confirmed that the fact stars had cut up and referred to as off their engagement.
Tyler addressed the breakup throughout Thursday’s episode of The Challenge: USA. “We were engaged, we were together for four years and then drifted apart,” he mentioned throughout a confessional. “But it’s all good, it’s all good. It happens, that’s life.”
While speaking to Alyssa about how he’s doing post-split, Tyler instructed her, “I feel like I’m back to myself but, like, [an] elevated version.” He additionally requested Alyssa how she feels about her cut up from Kyle Capener, whom she had a showmance with throughout Big Brother 24 in 2022. (Alyssa and Kyle, 30 — who sparked controversy on the present by seemingly suggesting that the white contestants ought to stick collectively — continued courting after leaving the Big Brother home however cut up in January.)
“[I was] thankful to have that [connection] in that environment. He’s a great person … but he’s not my person,” Alyssa instructed Tyler of Kyle. Tyler replied, “It’s kind of the same thing [for me].”
The Challenge: USA airs on CBS Thursdays and Sundays at 10 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET, respectively.
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