Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Challenge: USAepisode 13, “The Treason For the Season.”
The fourth time wasn’t the charm forCassidy ClarkonThe Challenge: USA.
“I still had a pretty good rookie season considering what happened.
Cassidy Clark on ‘The Challenge: USA’.Jonne Roriz/Paramount
I could have gotten knocked out second.”
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When you get trapped in that cycle too, it’s hard to get out of.
Cory Wharton, Tori Deal, Chanelle Howell, Cassidy Clark, Michaela Bradshaw, Chris Underwood, Desi Williams, Faysal Shafaat, Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, and Josh Martinez.
Tori was one of our targets for a lot of the game, asSurvivorwomen.
Good move on their part, because it worked.
Gosh, I don’t know what I could have done differently.
I’m trying to think back to a pivotal moment that shifted everything.
We’re also making TV, so I’m going to give them a show.
I think that rubbed some people the wrong way, especially if people have more quieter game styles.
But at the same time, I don’t regret doing that.
I literally don’t regret anything that I did in the game.
I’m proud that I was given the chance to show what I’m capable of to people.
Is there anyone you’d want to get revenge on in future seasons?
[Laughs] Oh my gosh, you’re trying to get me in trouble.
That’s kind of weird.
What was it like competing against Chanelle in that Hall Brawl with a puzzle?
It felt very anticlimactic to me, if I’m being honest.
I would have preferred a regular Hall Brawl, as long as I wasn’t going against Tori.
It was just such a weird choice for a puzzle because it became a guessing game.
And so she was really the only person who hadn’t been down in elimination.
Obviously that didn’t work.
I knew Chanelle was a strong player.
I knew that there was a good chance she could beat me.
I hadn’t even lost my breath.
In my other eliminations I had to work so hard.
And it probably wasn’t the most satisfying win for her either.
But good for her for for making it to the final.
Maybe it was a little bit of karma that she took me out.
What didn’t we see on TV that happened this season?
[Laughs] There’s some things that I’m glad weren’t shown.
He was calling me a clout chaser and all this stuff, and they didn’t show it.
I would’ve just probably gotten more grief from Wes' fans if they had shown that.
At least they did show that moment of you and Michele making out during a party.
[Laughs] Oh, yeah.
That’s the shining moment of my whole career in reality TV.
That was the best romance of the season.
That would’ve been too wild.
My grandma’s watching this!
That was a wild night, there was something in the air.
We were letting off a lot of steam.
Me in particular, I had a lot of built-up tension.
Did anything ever happen between you and Josh?
Earlier it seemed like you were starting a showmance…
Just flirting, friendship.
TheSurvivorgirls early on were trying to get Josh out, and I was trying to protect him.
I don’t trust him at this point.
I don’t trust anyone, so I’m not going to hold my breath.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
The Challenge: USAseason 2 finale airs Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
