Aviv Melmed returned for simply her second season of The Challenge on MTV’s Battle of the Eras.
She shortly grew to become a part of a strong alliance, possible attributable to her affiliation with Johnny Bananas and a stacked Era 2 group.
However, her connection to Bananas additionally meant she bought caught up in varied feuds, rivalries, spats, and betrayals.
One of these concerned castmate Laurel Stucky, initially a part of their alliance, known as Bananas’ Angels.
Viewers noticed Laurel betray Bananas and the alliance upon her exit from Season 40 as a confessional interview featured her giving out her Karma Points to castmates.
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Surprisingly, she gave Bananas only one level, and her No. 1 within the recreation, Jordan Wiselely, bought extra factors to extend his probabilities of profitable the ultimate.
Aviv reveals she talked to Laurel in regards to the Bananas state of affairs
While on the Zach Nichols Podcast, Aviv spoke about what occurred involving Laurel with Bananas. Aviv indicated she and Laurel conversed on the Season 40 reunion in Amsterdam.
“This is like a tough one, and I actually did talk to her about it,” she advised Zach and his co-host Pierre Caball, including that it “really hurt” Bananas.
“Listen, Laurel sees it. She gets it. I know people say she doesn’t have feelings. She’s not great socially at expressing them,” Aviv defined.
She mentioned Bananas has typically defended Laurel, even placing “his name and his brand out there for her.”
She defined that if Laurel had simply mentioned, “Jordan’s my number one,” then it might have been totally different. However, she described it as a “low blow” to award Bananas one level within the recreation after their alliance.
“I think after speaking with her that she does feel bad, but it is what it is sometimes. Sometimes you do s*** on this shows, and then you gotta just deal with it,” Aviv mentioned on the podcast.
It’s price noting {that a} picture of the Bananas Angels arrived from the Season 40 reunion, that includes Rachel Robinson, Jenny West, and Aviv, with no signal of Laurel.
Zach criticized Laurel for her Season 40 strikes
Zach and Laurel appeared to turn out to be good buddies from their seasons of The Challenge. Several years in the past, Laurel attended Zach and Jenna’s marriage ceremony. Months in the past, Laurel appeared on Zach’s podcast to debate All Stars 4, they usually have been on amicable phrases.
However, Season 40 has featured a variety of drama involving her castmates, together with Darrell Taylor, Cara Maria Sorbello, Michele Fitzgerald, and now Bananas.
She’s additionally been concerned in drama off the present with castmate Nurys Mateo, together with social media posts geared toward Nurys’s relationship with Horacio Gutierrez.
In earlier installments of Zach’s podcast, he known as out Laurel for her intense altercation with Cara Maria, with a few of Laurel’s remarks rumored to have crossed a line.
He additionally criticized Laurel for performing “like a punk” when she mentioned she would not compete within the mini-final each day problem. When she did that, she was already near final place and unable to finish a reminiscence puzzle to advance to the end line.
According to Zach, Laurel determined to exit that approach as a result of she “couldn’t cut it” and wasn’t ready bodily to compete with the opposite girls there. He advised she ought to have gracefully or humbly accepted defeat and admitted she wasn’t prepared for the season.
Zach additionally talked about that he tried to contact Laurel to look on his podcast once more and provides her aspect of the Cara Maria altercation. Zach indicated issues fell aside when negotiating potential fee for her look, and the messages stopped.
The Challenge: Battle of the Eras airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on MTV.