Alexis Lete is clearing the air about her showmance with Johnny“Bananas”Devenanzio, and the timeline is not what the edit showed. In a new interview with Page Six, the Challenge: Cutthroat star said their connection was a“slow burn”that producers moved earlier in the season for dramatic effect.“It didn’t happen like that, y’all,”she said, adding that she isn’t upset about how it aired.
Where did it actually start? Lete borrowed Bananas’clothes for Tori Deal’s birthday costume and left a joking thank-you note. He answered with a love letter asking if she liked him, and the flirtation grew from there. According to Lete, Bananas told her during filming that he wasn’t in a place for a relationship. They tried dating after the season wrapped but ultimately settled into friendship, and he joked that he was her“option five”behind CT and Josh.
Lete’s parting wisdom might be the most quotable thing to come out of this:“If someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.”The Cutthroat finale airs next Wednesday on Paramount+. Do you think showmance edits should stick closer to the real timeline?
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