The Challenge: Battle of the Eras aired episode 17 last week on December 18, 2024. The segment was the last before the finale and saw Cara Maria’s journey come to an end after a water-based elimination task against Tori Deal.
After the cast member was fired, she spoke to Entertainment Weekly about her time on the show and talked about a lot of things that didn’t make it into the final result. She discussed the drama between Johnny Bananas, Olivia Kaiser and Theo Campbell and noted that she was surprised no one had talked about “bed-gate”.
The cast member revealed that Olivia and Theo, whose relationship blossomed in Season 40, made their beds together on the Era 1 side after most of the team was eliminated. He said they wanted privacy, but other people had started sleeping in their “place”. She revealed that Johnny Bananas didn’t want them on “that side of the house” and hatched a plan.
She said it was the weirdest thing and Olivia and Theo were “so angry” because Johnny was acting like they couldn’t be on “that side of the house”.
“There was all this drama and we called it bed-gate,” he said.
“Building a Human Ladder”— The Challenge: Battle of the Eras Star Cara Maria remembers listening to Johnny Bananas’ “sermons.”
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Dear Maria reflected on her The Challenge season 40 journey. She was involved in some of the stuff that wasn’t televised, including her, Tori, and Olivia eavesdropping on Johnny Bananas’ “sermons.”
“We’d hear him talking out loud and we’d go, ‘He’s talking about us.’ We would literally build a human ladder to go up to the balcony where Johnny was talking and we’d listen,” he said. he said.
The Challenge Season 40 cast member recalled Michelle Fitzgerald she became “so angry” that she stormed into the room and told Banana that they could hear everything. At the time, Cara told Michele that she “blew up” their position because they could have heard a lot more.
Cara Maria called on the set season 40 “had fun” and said the cast did their best “living in Satan’s hole”. He said it was hot in the house, but they did what they could and remembered not to go out until after dark to beat the heat.
Cara Maria was further asked about her “hot take”. The Challenge season 40 and wondered why they brought 40 people to compete on the show when they were going to be “ditched” in the very first episode. The cast member wondered if there would be a reunion just for those people or at least one after the show.
“If we weren’t going to have a redemption home, then I feel like she was a miss,” she added.
The Challenge The Season 40 star said post-elimination goals could have been kept secret. Cara thought it would be “a lot crazier” if contestants wrote down their goals before elimination and no one knew who they were. He said it would have been an “instant turnaround” and would have caused more paranoia in the house.
The cast member further advocated giving Banana a karma point during her elimination from The challenge: Battle of the Ages. He said no one else got a low number and he gave everyone a “five”. He said he didn’t want to “mess with” anyone else’s game, including Jordan’s, despite their turbulent past.
Fans can tune in to watch the season finale The Challenge season 40 on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at MTV.
Edited by Sukriti Makhija
