Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Challenge: USA 2episode 10, “A Less Perfect Union.”
But theBig Brotheralum lost her matchup againstSurvivorrunner-up Cassidy Clarkand was sent packing.
“I’m single now,” she tells EW.
Alyssa Snider.Jonne Roriz/Paramount
“We’re still friends, but that’s about it.”
“We became really good friends and that obviously became a little bit more,” she says.
“I think the saying, ‘hurt people hurt people’ is very true.
Alyssa Snider and Cassidy Clark.Jonne Roriz/Paramount
We’re both still healing from past relationships.
Below, Snider breaks down her exit and more.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How are you feeling about your exit after watching it on TV?
ALYSSA SNIDER:It is such a weird feeling.
I won three daily challenges with my team, so I was finally winning things.
I didn’t win anything onBig Brother.
I wanted to keep going.
How did you feel when you were sent into elimination?
He was like, “Alyssa got out first on the daily challenge.”
Okay, it was scary.
Don’t abandon me!
But it was a surprise.
Also, Michaela was my roommate.
We slept next to each other all season long.
I felt like we had a pretty good relationship, so I was just more bummed out and frustrated.
Did you feel like Fessy betrayed you as a fellowBig Brotheralum?
I know he was more loyal toThe Challengevets, plus I was the onlyBig Brothergirl left.
But it is a little disappointing because I felt like we had a good friendship.
Did you want to go against Cassidy?
I was really just prepared to go against Cassidy.
She is not a layup as much as those girls want to say it.
She is a fighter.
What was it like competing in that elimination?
It was truly awful.
It was my worst fear.
Then when I got to Cassidy, it was like a straight-up street fight.
I have a scar that’s down my wrist from where she took a chunk out of my wrist.
I have her nail mark scarred all throughout my wrist here.
She almost fractured my pinky.
They had to tape it up.
I was truly in there punching, kicking, we were biting.
We had to get called out for biting and strangling!
In that moment, I was thinking, “Just fight, Alyssa.”
I am not a fighter.
They kept talking about my wingspan.
Do I really have that long of arms?
The second round was so taxing.
I was already so tired, but you just had to keep fighting.
It felt like it was a three-hour elimination.
At what point did you realize that you were going to lose?
I honestly don’t think until the last second.
I had those two patches on my back and either we tie or I could still win this.
Even afterwards I was like, “How many do I got?
Am I still in it?”
You were at risk for many eliminations this season but you managed to escape them all until this episode.
Do you think that helped you, or would you have rather gone into an earlier elimination?
Well, if I could have gone into Sebastian’s elimination, I would’ve taken that.
This man threw a ball into a big bucket.
Why couldn’t I have gotten that elimination?!
Why are you hanging my ass 30 ft. in the air?!
When it was a double elimination and I was the main nom, usually double eliminations are physical.
I don’t like being the center of attention, so that was definitely difficult.
What do you think led to your downfall this season?
Big Brotherwas just toast.
Why are we so messy?
Why does everyone targetBig Brother?
And freaking Dusty is like, “Screw Tiffany.
It’s allBig Brotherpeople,” when it was allSurvivor, which makes us look even more sketchy.
Just knowing that we’re from that show … you know what?
I’ll be like, “So, anybody single?”
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
The Challenge: USAseason 2 airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
