The Challenge: USA’s Michele Fitzgerald has no plans to make amends with costar Amanda Garcia after their heated alternate earlier this season.
“I don’t foresee us ever talking outside of the game. Listen, inside the game, I respect the fact that she’s a mom and I always ask how [her son] Avonni’s doing, whatever, I keep it simple,” Michele, 33, completely advised Us Weekly on Tuesday, October 3. “But yeah, we’re apple and oranges. We’re never going to be friends.”
Prior to her elimination in the course of the Thursday, October 5, episode of The Challenge: USA, Michele had a combat with Amanda, 29, throughout episode 2, which aired in August. “F—k you, Amanda cause I know you navigated this vote,” Michele advised Amanda after receiving three votes for elimination. “Prove it, bitch,” Amanda shot again.
Michele finally survived the elimination after beating Ameerah Jones within the Arena, however her beef with Amanda continued again in the home. During the combat, Amanda introduced up the pair’s shared historical past with fellow competitor Faysal “Fessy” Shafaat. (Amanda and Fessy, 31, had a fling in 2021, the identical 12 months that Fessy and Michele sparked romance rumors after hitting it off on The Challenge: Lies, Spies and Allies.)
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“You were big dog out there [in the Arena], be big dog in here,” Amanda stated. “I’m sorry Fessy didn’t want you and he dropped you when he saw me. I’m sorry you hate me for that.”
“You’re so petty, Amanda,” Michele replied. “You’re so hung up on Fessy.”
Michele advised Us that she believes Amanda enjoys the drama. “I think that Amanda does things for shock value. I think that she likes having beef with people,” she stated. “I think that she wants to stir the pot. I think that that’s how she, I don’t know, secures her callback [for future seasons], I guess.”
In addition to her unhealthy blood with Amanda, the Survivor alum additionally butted heads with Michaela Bradshaw throughout her last episode of the season.
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“That fight was actually, like, 45 minutes [long],” Michele advised Us of the heated dialog, during which Michaela, 32, accused Michele of “unraveling” and criticized her gameplay. (The drama started after Michele went towards Michaela and their allies Desi Williams and Chanelle Howell by voting to maintain Tori Deal secure from elimination.)
Michele continued: “I think that I play a very social game and I play very emotional and Michaela takes all of her emotions out of everything that she does and she plays so logical. … So, it’s hard for her to understand the type of game that I play. It’s hard for me to understand the type of game that she plays. And because we tried to work together for as long as we did, obviously you just start grating, grating, grating on each other until it obviously explodes.”
As for the place she stands with Michaela now, Michele advised Us that she sees it as a part of the sport.
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“I’m on my fifth season [of reality competition shows]. … If I took everything personally, I would have no friends and I would be sitting in a dark room in a corner somewhere,” she stated. “I think Michaela is a very different person than I am and I don’t think that [she’s] necessarily a bad person.”
Despite her elimination from The Challenge: USA after shedding to Cassidy Clark within the Arena, Michele has a shot at redemption on The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion, which premieres on MTV October 25.
“There’s fights, there’s hookups, there’s drama,” she teased in regards to the upcoming season.
The Challenge: USA airs on CBS Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET.
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