December 24, 2021 • 35 mins
Tori and Aneesa are joined by Challenge All Star Casey Cooper to get into this week's episode. From her pregnancy and wedding to the King's Palace and working with Cohutta, they get into it all.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up, guys. I'm Tori and I'm Anissa, and this
is MTV's official challenge podcast, All Stars to edition. Today
we are joined by five time challenger. The last time
you saw her was on The Ruins and she had
a very big episode this week. We are so excited
to have Casey Cooper on. Yes. Between her pregnancy and
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the wedding, I'm just so honored that she has found
the time to come out on this podcast and talk
to us about what went down. So I hope you
folks enjoy the interview with Casey Cooper. Kay, okay, folks,
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this is our favorite part of the podcast where we
get to interview a fierce competitor. This girl was never
afraid of heights, would jump off every cliff. She had
never ever backed down from a challenge. Please welcome five
time Challenger Casey Cooper. Like that, thank you? Well, it's
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more indicative I think of your experience this time around. Yeah,
that it was when you originally did it. Definitely you've
been a savage of this season, facing like all the fears,
thank you, all the fears, all the fears. Yeah, and
like what an incredible I mean, not an incredible way
to end it because like you know, nobody ever wants
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to have to leave when they don't expect to. But
this is pretty much a cool unexpected because you go
home to both of you go home and not you
and God, I mean you and your baby, and then
you go home to your fiance who is now your husband.
Yah um so awesome. No, it is. I think the
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thing that, like, you know, I was like coming back
onto this season, I really wanted to like show some
kind of growth, you know, like be like really try,
you know, and like and and just see how far
I could get doing that and like not be this
person who I always felt like kind of like dragged
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my original partner down. And I think, like even still
watching it, like it's kind of a bummer because I'm like,
at the end of the day, I feel like that's
still like kind of what ended up happening, like despite
my best efforts. So like, yes, it's like it just
it felt really bitter sweet because like I think for
like a few weeks there after that like it just
kind of I don't know, like I broke my heart
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a little bit because of all the people like Kada
just like did not deserve to go home because of this.
He's very nice. But you didn't know, you know what
I mean. It would have been different if you already
knew when you went there and sabotaged partner anyway, but
life happens. But I think, yeah, when you come back
and you're doing really well and then you gotta go,
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it is it is a little disheartening. It doesn't It
does suck. But you did really great for the time
that you were there. Thank you. I'm happy you jumped
into the sonote or whatever it was. It sounds so
much cooler you jumped off a rock, and I'm proud
of you. It was really cool inside of those chests,
like you know, we didn't know what was in there,
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and then you'd open them and there was like all
this treasure. I thought that was like the coolest part
of it. There's treasure in there, fun but all you
could bring up with a bag of puzzle pieces, which
is like the worst possible treasure ever. Well, how how
did you feel, because I know we almost got there
on All Stars one together. How did you feel coming
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back after all this time? Um? I felt more prepared
and more confident this round, because, like you said, were
like we I was slated to be on All Stars one,
and I think at that point it was like, oh
cool Carnival Games, and I wasn't I was mentally prepared,
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But then when I got to watch everything, I was like, oh,
I definitely was not prepared, like I was like even
on the plane, you know, like I was, I was
a ship bag. So you know, I totally forgot about that.
What happened. You bring a bunch of thirty and forty
year olds and you say, hey, we're gonna go do
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a challenge and guys can have a little bit of
booze on the plane. You know, we took a little
bit a long way. It happens. I mean, Katie got
moved to first class because they wanted they needed to
make her lie down shut Oh oh my god. There
was red wine all over Chrichelle's jumpsuit. Casey was drunk
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in the corner. I'm pretty sure I threw up in
my own hat, like you didn't do that. But yeah,
So but that like kind of motive made me, I
think to like seeing what you guys did on challenges
and one, like I knew I was really upset because
they didn't make it on So I knew like it
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mattered kind of a lot more to me than I
thought that it originally had. Um And so you know,
after it aired like I had befriended Kendall and it
was like I had talked to Kendall probably at least
once a week, and was like, just as far as
like somebody who, like I felt like, would keep me accountable,
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you know, I would like like I was doing bar workouts,
I was going rock climbing, you know, like I just
I needed to talk to somebody and tell them, like,
you know, I'm making progress, and it's progress for me.
It's not you know, like I'm not Brad, I'm not Jody,
you know, but it's your Casey Cooper. Yeah. Yeah, I
mean it's like, you know, like I wanted to come
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back and and use my own strong suits and kind
of be better at the things that I wasn't. So
I don't know, I was watching like a lot of
Big Brother and stuff like that to trying to get
strategies and just you hear that, Tory, you guys need
to sit there and watch Big Brother together. It's a
strategy for next time, all right, if there is a
next time, If there is a next time, right, well,
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you know what I'm thinking, Like, you know, you say
you come back and you want to face all these
challenges and do better, but like you're going through a
personal challenge, like without even you knowing it, you're pregnant
on this season and you're going through all of these
obstacles and you are facing your fears. Why also making
a baby like that is something that nobody else can
say while being on this show. So number one, congrats
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on the baby, And like, what was that like finding
out you were pregnant and then knowing that you had
just done that entire experience being pregnant. I think literally
my first thought, and I've thought about this so many times,
is that I'm so glad that I didn't complete that
challenge on the trampoline because seeing Melenda go through that
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um and even like the way Jasmine was hitting, like
I wasn't hitting like that. I was just like after
so many turns, I think I wasn't getting those puzzle
pieces down, and I was starting to panic realizing I
wasn't able to do it. The more that I was
like trying to knock them down, the harder I was hitting,
and it was just like all this water was going
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in my nose and like in my lungs. Had I
hit like on my belly or something like Melinda did.
Like I've thought about that so many times, like what
what could have happened? And it's like I don't know,
Like it was hard to watch that episode because I
just kept thinking about that, like knowing in hindsight, you know.
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And then at the same time too, I was like
like what a what a nice like gut instinct just
to say like I'm out, you know, is over here,
like there's your plane? Like screw you're plane, dude, Like
we're Yeah, they're very happy with how that turned out. Yeah,
I mean sometimes you just got to go with your gut.
I've said no to one challenge ever, and it's just
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there are certain things it's just like is it worth it? Yeah? Yeah,
you know, and I think that you know your body
better than anybody else. But I want to know how
the hell you kept that a secret? Yeah, I mean
I didn't, Oh would you tell? So Jody was the
first person that actually knew, and that's why she was
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trying to fight Brad a little bit. In the nominations, Um,
Jody and Jasmine, they were both in my room, and
so they had known that I was kind of waiting
on taking a pregnancy test. I told john Ay that
night at dinner, and Johnny, actually I think it was Johnny.
It could have been Janelle, but I'm fairly certain it
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was Johnny that then told the entire rest of the
alliance and they had all known, and so for me,
I was like, I was like, let's sit, please stick
with the plan, because I guess in my mind, like
I just thought like the best thing for Khatta, Like
I knew I wouldn't be able to continue, but I
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thought what would happen is that we would make it
to the next challenge. T J would say, CASEY can't continue,
worst case scenario Cohutta is now definitely in an elimination.
But it's better for Kahota to grab Jasmine that it
would have been to grab Ianna because Jasmine fit in
with our alliance much better. M That was my reasoning
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for it, and I talked to Khata about it. We
kind of agreed, like and I guess like, never in
my mind did I think after seeing what happened with
Kendall and Latian, Never in my mind did I think
that he would go with me, wouldn't be able to compete. Yeah,
And I think again, like that's just like why I
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kind of like broke me a little bit more because
I was like I tried, like I thought that I
had it figured out and I like beat the system
and this was the best way to go about it,
and it just backfired. You did find the first loophole, yeah,
which was pretty interesting because I was like, damn, now
they're always going to put people in with the life old.
Then I'll have to use life shield. Then you can't
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who you really want, right right, But something's telling me
that the season may have a little bit more in
store for us, where like, yeah, life shields are out breath, Like,
there's gonna have to be something because you figured that
out right away. Yeah. Well, and now it's interesting with
the partners too, because now it's not necessarily about burning
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the life shield, it's about burning whoever's vote. So, whoever
has the life shield, do you want them to have
a vote or do not because we're just dwindling down
so much. You have a life shield, you can't vote, yeah, correct, Well,
if you use your life shield, you can't vote. So
like if I saved somebody I can't my votes done now,
and so that's like the importance right of now in
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the team situation of burning those life shields. It's like, no,
I don't want you to vote, like just you should
not exist right now. But it's so crazy, Like it's
so crazy how complicated, like every season of the Challenge
can be. Like the structure of this one and how
these life shields are coming into play and how they're
being used is interesting and like it needs to said,
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Like it makes me feel like they're not going to
be brought back because it's like you guys figured them out,
even though it's really exciting to watch how you can
still manipulate it. It's like interesting. You know the game
is going to change next time for sure, But before
we even get into like moving on in the game,
I just want to know, like, obviously you feel bad
that you and Kada had to leave together, but what
was it like to work with him in those challenges?
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Was he a great partner? Kadda is the best partner?
I feel like I don't know, maybe maybe it's just
all the boys on the All Star seasons or maybe
like I just had like a like had my challenge
start at a shitty time, but like I like, even
when Tech wanted to be my partner on the first challenge,
I was like Tech and Kahada both like I told
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him what I wanted to do, what I felt comfortable with,
and they were like, yeah, let's roll with that. You know,
with Tech, it was like I was the only girl
that went ahead of my part and he and I
actually got across that beam the fastest. Had I been
able to dung you know, the skull in and not
been a jackass about it, you know, I feel like
we we we would have stood a really great shot
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of actually winning that challenge. But Tech was super supportive
of that. And then even in the sonote I told
go had to, I was like, I want to jump
with my life jacket. I'm I don't feel comfortable. I'm
not the strongest swimmer. I'd like to use it to
lay on it, and like I'll grab that rope with
my teeth. I want both of my hands to be
able to backstroke and that way I can get the
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most power out of it. Um And he was like
I don't understand that, but sure, like feel most comfortable.
And then afterwards he told me he was like he
was like that was a really great strategy that you had,
because I asked to like when we were leaving, I
was like, Okay, I know, like I'm not even on
the show anymore. Just tell me, like, was was I
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the worst one? I just want to know even all
my history, was like I just want to know, like
have I been like making progress the season whatever? We
that snow tape when we came in fourth place, we
actually beat Johnny and m j by by like two
or three seconds. Like it wasn't it's still it's still
but it still felt like I had somebody who supported
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me and who was like understanding it. Just it felt
a lot different from having like you know, like we
sit there and like time and somebody that that respected
me and took me seriously like do you know what
I mean? So the world of a difference and the
fact that like people wanted to be my partner too
was like a huge boost in confidence for me. It
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was like, oh my god, me right, okay, because he
snatched you like from Tyler, Yeah, well okay, what's the scoop?
So a few days before this, a few days before this,
we had we had had somebody come to the house
and they were we have these like oxygen tanks, and
they were teaching us how to use the oxygen tanks. Oh,
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you guys are supposed to breathe in them on the
way down. Well, we had the option, so like I've
used one, and I think Kendle at some point used
hers to um. But everybody was like trying on things
and like this is like where my asshole comes out,
because like at some point I was like, it's really
early in the morning. I was the last one up
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and I hadn't had coffee yet, and they're like, oh,
come downstairs, we have to train on this, and I,
like everybody else is getting in the pool, and I
just it was early, and I was like, you know,
you guys, like I've scuba out before, Like I don't
need this, like you know, you guys enjoy UM. I
have scuba dived once. But the Hotah and Tyler both
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saw this and thought that, like I don't need to
do this, like I feel great about it, and I
really wanted the coffee, and afterwards they were both like, oh, yeah,
we want to be your partner, and so like then
it came up to me like all I saw out
of that challenge was the two different spots where you
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could jump off the rock, and I was like, oh ship,
what they saw was the oxygen tanks, right okay? And
I was think of all the things that you guys like,
are are wanting to be my partner on? You know?
And then of course I'm glad that it was Kohatta.
That was like, oh hell now, because I think Khatta
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like I couldn't let Kohatta down, and I don't think
I would have let Tyler down either, But Kahatta was
like the way he did it was just like, don't
even don't you dare you're my partner? And I was like,
oh my god, okay, I have to I don't have
an option now. Right. They're the handheld ones, aren't they. Yeah,
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it's it's and then flush out. Yeah we had them before.
They're very interesting. I like them words that Kyle said,
it's a little old man is breathing down your throat?
Well yeah, the one we went together, okay? Yeah and
Double Agents. Um, what I was going to ask you
is do you feel like you have something to prove,
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like coming on this show versus where you were when
we did shows together. Um, I think I have something
to prove to myself. M like yeah, because I think
like it was so long ago and I was so
young when I did them, Like there's just like a
lot of stuff about myself that like I didn't know,
Like I didn't know what's motivating to me. I didn't
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know that how I would react in a lot of
these situations because I like it's not normal to do
like ent of the stuff that we do. But it's like,
you know, I didn't know. I didn't I didn't even know,
like like like I said, like when West is sitting
there like chewing me out, like how that affects me
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mentally in my performance or that Like I probably like
just I think as you grow older, maybe too, you know,
you gain a lot more like self confidence and you realize,
like wow, even when I apply myself and really put
my all into it, I can go so much further.
I can do so much more. I can be so
much better. Where's my mentality back then? Too? Was like
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you know, there's a lot of free booze here, Like
let's have it a time. It's half not giving a
ship and half being confident. It's like, oh, you guys
are gonna do you or guys are going to judge
me if I don't do that. Shut up, can't be serious.
I told you I went, I went, I get it.
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I told you in scuba diving once and you guys
thought I was the swimmer of the fucking year. Like
these are the people you have to convince that you're
right at stuff. It's just right, just such a silly experience. Yeah,
I mean, I think it's cool that you get this
opportunity to go back and, like you say, gain more
confidence and look at it differently, and you really do
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showcase yourself in a different light coming back, and like,
what a cool thing to do right before you become
a mom. And I think it's really interesting because you know,
obviously your time gets cut short here, but you know,
would you come back for another season after the baby
was born and maybe there was a little bit of time.
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Never say never? Yeah, I don't know. I think, like,
if I was going to end it, I think that
this would be a decent one to end it on. Um,
But I don't know. Not never say never, but can
you also never say can meet either, because that's it's
just it's gross. I forgot how you guys came up
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with the alliance. I need to know about the name again.
Refresh our viewers on can Meat, Cancun, the Cancun season,
and fresh Meat. So myself, Ryan, Derek Chavez, is John Nay,
and Jasmine all came into the house with an alliance
and I forget who it was that came up with this,
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but it just sounded so funny to mash cancoon and
fresh meat into canned meat and not be our alliance name.
And then we like the whole time we're texting beforehand,
we keep sending each other like spam memes and stuff.
So that's what I think of with canned meat, and
I always want to call it canned meat, but it's
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it's just can meet like just meat in a can.
Oh my god, that's so funny. It's it's gross and funny.
And I really like this season of like just coming
up with like clever names. And I will say All
Stars gives the best, the best interviews, the best commentary.
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It's been so fun to watch it. Yeah, I mean
especially because like it's like adults going back in the game,
like you said, with this, like I don't give a
ship attitude, which is refreshing because like in the other
house in the other game, there's a lot more sneaky
politicking going on, whereas if this one you have like
King's Palace, who's like, you know, we're in King's Palace
singing a song about it. Loved the song, by the way,
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I can't wait to download it. But like, Casey, what
was it like being in the house, like seeing this
clear divide and seeing a team like proclaiming their alliance
and rolling your eyes at it. It was like, I
don't know, you know, me like I love everybody. It's
hard for me to like really like hate on people.
So it was like when you get a divide in
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the house like that, like you know, I I know,
I'm I'm more with you know, and I have to
vote with the downstairs alliance, but like I'm super close
with me a Mayah, like I loved Ted Lterian, like
you know, those are my people too. It's just like
I think it kind of got to the point where
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like nobody downstairs. I don't think we really have like
and like a name for ourselves. And at some point
you just heard the King's Palace so many times, just
like even watching this episode, I was like, y'all, y'all
better ka stop at the King's Palace. Yeah, um, I
do love the song too though, but yeah, I like
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it was fine until it was just every other word
was King's house. And I think I got to a
point to where, like after the eliminations, when one of
them would win, and it just got to be like
so extra and laid on so thick, and I I
know how it feels to like win an elimination. Um,
it's been a while, but like it feels great and
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so you want to like yes, But at the same time,
it was like for the rest of us were like, like,
are y'all serious with this ship? And you could have
just been the downstairs queens the dungeon Queen, Oh, Queen's
dungeon could could also sounds like a weird, weird bar
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creean dungeon. I like, get listen. I'm here for any names, Casey,
because they're all going to be better than can meet.
I will tell you that I have a question about
this daily challenge. I loved it, Okay, I absolutely loved
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it too. It was called Steer Clear, and you guys
were strapped up on that thing and you're removing each other,
like I don't even know what. Like it was like
a crane game almost, Like how much fun was that
game to play? I was? It was. It was really
fun once you got up there and got going, and
I kind of I mean, I don't know, I think
I get nervous and everything, but like once you started going,
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it was like it was like a real life video game. Yeah,
that's what it looks like. And like waiting for all
the cars, it was like we were I think at
the end of the day we were all like, can
we do it again? Like just for Yeah, that's how
it feels. It looked really fun. I would love to
do that. But as far as challenges go, what kind
of are your favorite? It? I mean, I know it's heights,
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you know, heights are definitely your favorite. Anything scary, Um,
this is probably my favorite one by far, out of
all of them that I've done. I will say though,
the one where we got buried alive on Gauntlet three
was great only because, like, of all the things I'm
not afraid of, Like, like I just told all I
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had to do was lay in a coffin for like
two hours, and I was like, you guys can dig
me out last. That's terrifying. Yeah. Actually, I just lay there.
The whole challenge was like, this is the challenge for me.
I hate everything you just said. I got it, I
got nervous. Lay here. Y'all ripped me out of this
box whenever you're ready to win, Like that's all I mean,
honestly love it. Love the calmness about it. I think
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I would be screaming in there, like was there a
safe thing? No? They had to like answer trivia or
something like that too to get you out. But what
if you freaked out? Was there a safe word? No?
I think it was just like you're screwed once you're
in there. Oh yeah, that's ridiculously Just sleep there, Yeah,
just sleep there. Don't go back to your bunk bed tonight.
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You're good, you got a spot. No. I have always
wanted to do like an eating challenge though, because I'm
really good with gross ship. Oh my god, Like I
feel like I could excel there, but I've just I've
never gotten anything. If somebody was like, here's here are
some balls from some random animal, yeah, be like, let's go.
I wish everyone at home could or in their cars
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right now, could see the difference of faces between Casey,
and I respect it. I respect it. I already decided
at wrong time in her life to become vegan. Oh god,
I know. Hopefully I don't ever have to eat a
ball sack. Oh girl, you will, Casey, Wait before we
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before we get off this topic of of the challenge,
I got to know how hard was it to get
strapped up to that thing? Because all I could think
watching it was like, how long did it take for
you guys to get strapped up to that? The setup
look really long? Yeah, like that looks so copied and
also so scary, and Diana was screaming like a maniac.
I was dying. You know, it really didn't take that long.
It was like, honestly, we were laying on like a
boogie board almost and so and I think that there
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was I mean, there was probably like a like some
kind of safety belt in there, like it was safe.
I'm not saying it wasn't. It just like it wasn't
a lot of like you know, and really, if you
were the one grabbing flags, all you were doing was
laying on your stomach and grabbing flag. I mean, like
I felt kind of bad for the boys and I
on it and tech we were all kieboard kind of
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like wondering how that would work because text upper arms
string didn't, but he's also long. He would have just
flicked the flag face. So we thought that Iana would
have been the one kind of go back and forth,
and they worked it out differently, and then just hearing
her scream like the whole time, you know, because we
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can see them, and once they drive down and it
was like everybody else is very like you know, focus
getting these flags, and Ion it comes through and it just,
oh my god. I thought it was amazing because she's
pretty fearless. And then there's this one thing where she
has a total freak out, so her in tech are
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going into elimination against Melinda and near Mayah looking at that,
who do you have your money on? Honestly, I have
it on Ianna, Like it's tagging me a mile aren't
even a factor. I have all of my money on Iona.
I just think Iana is like such a trifecta, like
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of like elimination beast. I think she's so underestimated because
she has a heart of gold. She also is like
completely fearless to go into that and like, yeah, you know,
it's like the donations are where you are mentally. I
feel like going into it, you can already be defeated
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going into this if you're in a bad mindset, and
she never is. She's always very excited to go in there.
She's incredibly smart and intelligence. Um. And not only that,
like she's like I mean, she's an athlete, like she
used to be like a track and field star. Um.
You know, I mean like you saw her pulling all
those sleds and stuff. It's just like out of control. Yeah.
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She gives me the great like the greatest vives. Like
I really enjoy watching her. Would you say that that's
somebody that you're rooting for now that you're no longer
in the game. Yeah, I mean that's just feel like
I like root for Iana in general too, because like
I don't know, like I I was really excited to
see her. Um when we got there, I was like,
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I think, I'm like fan girling a little bit, not
to be weird, but like you know, like she's left
her uniform last night, you guys, you know, Yeah, I
was very intended to sit next to her on the
bus and talk to her, and like I think now
more than ever two like she would the way that
she talks about her kids, um and just like how
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she is as a mom, Like I don't know, and
like now knowing that I'm going to be a mom,
I'm just like, I don't know. I just look up
to her in a lot of ways. I guess that's
what I'm trying to say. Yeah, I genuinely think the
world of her. I love what about can Meat? Also
rooting for can Meat. Yes, Yeah, I got like super
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close to Jasmine while we were there, and I like
Jasmine's also like probably one of my favorite people. Like
I came in really close to Kendall, and I think,
like by the end of it, I was like, is
Jasmine my new best friend? Like, what the hell just happened?
She's a lot of fun. Yeah she is. She is
a hoot and a half, and I just we just
got along famously. So yeah, I love that you had
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a great season. Thank you. Don't don't put yourself up
about it. I know it's kind of shitty when you've
got to go out early, yeah, you know, but there
are so many awesome things look forward to, and I
feel like we saw new Casey Cooper this season, so
I'm really excited about that. I always read for you.
I love you. I think you're hilarious. So I mean
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it's always a good time. Oh I love that. Guys.
What a special way to end the podcast. Well, we
do have one extra special question that we ask everybody,
Casey and Anissa always does the honors because she's Queen
of the Challenge. So Anissa take it away. It's only
because I'm older and she lets her elders do all
the hard work here final questions. You like to ask
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the question? No, you get to ask it on the
other one. It's totally fine. Um, you're competing on All Stars,
which is about the greatest of all time. I would
like to hear your greatest of all time in terms
of the greatest competitor in your opinion, the greatest season,
and the greatest challenge. Oh don't worry, this only stay
(30:00):
is between us three. Yeah. Um, oh, that's like a
really tough question. I think, greatest competitor of all time,
I'm gonna give it to Evelyn. Yeah, what a beast.
It was really good, every single thing. Yeah, I mean
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she really really she's better than the boys at it. Um.
I think Evelyn for sure. Um, greatest challenge like individual one. Oh,
individual one. I really liked this one on All Stars,
Like this was just so much fun, like like hands down,
just because I know how fun it was to compete
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in this one with this monster truck grabbing all these flags.
Like ten out of ten recommended across the board all
future challenges. Um in your favorite season, either you were
on it, you watched it, probably probably All Stars again,
but I was Gauntlet three, but um, I definitely think
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I would. I would say All Stars season two. I
love that for sure. Different vibe. It's just a really
it's a different vibe. Different vibe. I came up. This
was the first one I came off of two where
I was like proud of myself, Like I like, I
couldn't wait to come home and watch it with my family.
I was like, you guys, you know, like we're gonna
(31:28):
have a party, like we're really going to sit down
and talk about this, right instead of like throwing away
your DVDs when they got there. No, I'm sorry it
didn't come in the mail this week. I'm pretty busy.
I think the TV broke Like, oh, like Godward, oh
my god, welly, thank you so much for being here.
(31:48):
I know that you are Busy. I am really really
proud of you. Um, it was so fun to watch
you and I wish you all of the luck in
the world. You the baby, so excited you, Casey. Where
can we follow you and how can we support you?
Um at case Underscore coop that's c A S E.
(32:10):
Underscore c O O p um that is my handle
on both Instagram and the Twitter. Um. You know you
can support me by you know, buying me gifts from
my baby registrate. That's what I was about to say.
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Anybody wants to know where they can send their swaddles.
Somebody needs one of those very fancy million dollars strollers.
Yeah right, I'm like, don't worrying, I'll put the good
stuff on the registrate. I love it. Well. Thank you
so much, Casey. It's been an absolute pleasure to meet you,
and I hope that you have an incredible time becoming
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a new mommy and I'm sure that you're going to
be incredible. It's been awesome to watch you come back
to the show. Seriously, thank you. Thanks for having me.
It was great to me. YouTube by you guys. YouTube
My baby bye, Casey is so sweet. I'm so lucky
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that I mean, we're so lucky that she was able
to come on the podcast, especially while she's making a
little baby in her belly. That was really nice. I know,
I know. I mean, there's nothing better than can Meet
on a Friday evening, you know. God, shout out to
can Meet out there, kick some ass on All Stars
and to the King's Palace. I'm loving this season. I'm
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actually loving the fact that there was this twist, and
obviously I'm sad that Casey had to go home, but
I'm rooting for King's Palace because i just love the
energy that they bring, Like they're very entertaining to watch,
and so to have like Tech not go against Neha Maya,
like that was cool. You know. I'm sad about I'm
sad about Casey um, but in like on the silver
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lining of it is like we get to see them
entry back in to the game, which is really exciting,
right any am. I made that up for a reason
that it's bigger than all of us, and I think
that the reasoning behind it is what makes it really special.
I agree. Shout out to all of you in the
King's Palace. Yeah, we're fans. We're fans of the King
pallace over here. Um, Anissa, where can we follow you?
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And send you something for my Queen's dungeon? Yes, Queen's Dungeon. Um,
it's Anissa MTV A N E E S A m
t V on Instagram. You guys know I don't fool
with that Twitter too much. Tori, where can we follow you?
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Find you? Support you? You guys can follow me at
Tori Underscore deal Um send me any messages that you have.
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Challenge podcast, Happy Holidays,
What's up, guys. I'm Tori and I'm Anissa, and this
is MTV's official challenge podcast, All Stars to edition. Today
we are joined by five time challenger. The last time
you saw her was on The Ruins and she had
a very big episode this week. We are so excited
to have Casey Cooper on. Yes. Between her pregnancy and
(00:20):
the wedding, I'm just so honored that she has found
the time to come out on this podcast and talk
to us about what went down. So I hope you
folks enjoy the interview with Casey Cooper. Kay, okay, folks,
(00:41):
this is our favorite part of the podcast where we
get to interview a fierce competitor. This girl was never
afraid of heights, would jump off every cliff. She had
never ever backed down from a challenge. Please welcome five
time Challenger Casey Cooper. Like that, thank you? Well, it's
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more indicative I think of your experience this time around. Yeah,
that it was when you originally did it. Definitely you've
been a savage of this season, facing like all the fears,
thank you, all the fears, all the fears. Yeah, and
like what an incredible I mean, not an incredible way
to end it because like you know, nobody ever wants
(01:24):
to have to leave when they don't expect to. But
this is pretty much a cool unexpected because you go
home to both of you go home and not you
and God, I mean you and your baby, and then
you go home to your fiance who is now your husband.
Yah um so awesome. No, it is. I think the
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thing that, like, you know, I was like coming back
onto this season, I really wanted to like show some
kind of growth, you know, like be like really try,
you know, and like and and just see how far
I could get doing that and like not be this
person who I always felt like kind of like dragged
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my original partner down. And I think, like even still
watching it, like it's kind of a bummer because I'm like,
at the end of the day, I feel like that's
still like kind of what ended up happening, like despite
my best efforts. So like, yes, it's like it just
it felt really bitter sweet because like I think for
like a few weeks there after that like it just
kind of I don't know, like I broke my heart
(02:28):
a little bit because of all the people like Kada
just like did not deserve to go home because of this.
He's very nice. But you didn't know, you know what
I mean. It would have been different if you already
knew when you went there and sabotaged partner anyway, but
life happens. But I think, yeah, when you come back
and you're doing really well and then you gotta go,
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it is it is a little disheartening. It doesn't It
does suck. But you did really great for the time
that you were there. Thank you. I'm happy you jumped
into the sonote or whatever it was. It sounds so
much cooler you jumped off a rock, and I'm proud
of you. It was really cool inside of those chests,
like you know, we didn't know what was in there,
(03:11):
and then you'd open them and there was like all
this treasure. I thought that was like the coolest part
of it. There's treasure in there, fun but all you
could bring up with a bag of puzzle pieces, which
is like the worst possible treasure ever. Well, how how
did you feel, because I know we almost got there
on All Stars one together. How did you feel coming
(03:34):
back after all this time? Um? I felt more prepared
and more confident this round, because, like you said, were
like we I was slated to be on All Stars one,
and I think at that point it was like, oh
cool Carnival Games, and I wasn't I was mentally prepared,
(03:55):
But then when I got to watch everything, I was like, oh,
I definitely was not prepared, like I was like even
on the plane, you know, like I was, I was
a ship bag. So you know, I totally forgot about that.
What happened. You bring a bunch of thirty and forty
year olds and you say, hey, we're gonna go do
(04:16):
a challenge and guys can have a little bit of
booze on the plane. You know, we took a little
bit a long way. It happens. I mean, Katie got
moved to first class because they wanted they needed to
make her lie down shut Oh oh my god. There
was red wine all over Chrichelle's jumpsuit. Casey was drunk
(04:37):
in the corner. I'm pretty sure I threw up in
my own hat, like you didn't do that. But yeah,
So but that like kind of motive made me, I
think to like seeing what you guys did on challenges
and one, like I knew I was really upset because
they didn't make it on So I knew like it
(04:58):
mattered kind of a lot more to me than I
thought that it originally had. Um And so you know,
after it aired like I had befriended Kendall and it
was like I had talked to Kendall probably at least
once a week, and was like, just as far as
like somebody who, like I felt like, would keep me accountable,
(05:19):
you know, I would like like I was doing bar workouts,
I was going rock climbing, you know, like I just
I needed to talk to somebody and tell them, like,
you know, I'm making progress, and it's progress for me.
It's not you know, like I'm not Brad, I'm not Jody,
you know, but it's your Casey Cooper. Yeah. Yeah, I
mean it's like, you know, like I wanted to come
(05:40):
back and and use my own strong suits and kind
of be better at the things that I wasn't. So
I don't know, I was watching like a lot of
Big Brother and stuff like that to trying to get
strategies and just you hear that, Tory, you guys need
to sit there and watch Big Brother together. It's a
strategy for next time, all right, if there is a
next time, If there is a next time, right, well,
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you know what I'm thinking, Like, you know, you say
you come back and you want to face all these
challenges and do better, but like you're going through a
personal challenge, like without even you knowing it, you're pregnant
on this season and you're going through all of these
obstacles and you are facing your fears. Why also making
a baby like that is something that nobody else can
say while being on this show. So number one, congrats
(06:23):
on the baby, And like, what was that like finding
out you were pregnant and then knowing that you had
just done that entire experience being pregnant. I think literally
my first thought, and I've thought about this so many times,
is that I'm so glad that I didn't complete that
challenge on the trampoline because seeing Melenda go through that
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um and even like the way Jasmine was hitting, like
I wasn't hitting like that. I was just like after
so many turns, I think I wasn't getting those puzzle
pieces down, and I was starting to panic realizing I
wasn't able to do it. The more that I was
like trying to knock them down, the harder I was hitting,
and it was just like all this water was going
(07:07):
in my nose and like in my lungs. Had I
hit like on my belly or something like Melinda did.
Like I've thought about that so many times, like what
what could have happened? And it's like I don't know,
Like it was hard to watch that episode because I
just kept thinking about that, like knowing in hindsight, you know.
(07:28):
And then at the same time too, I was like
like what a what a nice like gut instinct just
to say like I'm out, you know, is over here,
like there's your plane? Like screw you're plane, dude, Like
we're Yeah, they're very happy with how that turned out. Yeah,
I mean sometimes you just got to go with your gut.
I've said no to one challenge ever, and it's just
(07:51):
there are certain things it's just like is it worth it? Yeah? Yeah,
you know, and I think that you know your body
better than anybody else. But I want to know how
the hell you kept that a secret? Yeah, I mean
I didn't, Oh would you tell? So Jody was the
first person that actually knew, and that's why she was
(08:14):
trying to fight Brad a little bit. In the nominations, Um,
Jody and Jasmine, they were both in my room, and
so they had known that I was kind of waiting
on taking a pregnancy test. I told john Ay that
night at dinner, and Johnny, actually I think it was Johnny.
It could have been Janelle, but I'm fairly certain it
(08:35):
was Johnny that then told the entire rest of the
alliance and they had all known, and so for me,
I was like, I was like, let's sit, please stick
with the plan, because I guess in my mind, like
I just thought like the best thing for Khatta, Like
I knew I wouldn't be able to continue, but I
(08:55):
thought what would happen is that we would make it
to the next challenge. T J would say, CASEY can't continue,
worst case scenario Cohutta is now definitely in an elimination.
But it's better for Kahota to grab Jasmine that it
would have been to grab Ianna because Jasmine fit in
with our alliance much better. M That was my reasoning
(09:19):
for it, and I talked to Khata about it. We
kind of agreed, like and I guess like, never in
my mind did I think after seeing what happened with
Kendall and Latian, Never in my mind did I think
that he would go with me, wouldn't be able to compete. Yeah,
And I think again, like that's just like why I
(09:40):
kind of like broke me a little bit more because
I was like I tried, like I thought that I
had it figured out and I like beat the system
and this was the best way to go about it,
and it just backfired. You did find the first loophole, yeah,
which was pretty interesting because I was like, damn, now
they're always going to put people in with the life old.
Then I'll have to use life shield. Then you can't
(10:01):
who you really want, right right, But something's telling me
that the season may have a little bit more in
store for us, where like, yeah, life shields are out breath, Like,
there's gonna have to be something because you figured that
out right away. Yeah. Well, and now it's interesting with
the partners too, because now it's not necessarily about burning
(10:23):
the life shield, it's about burning whoever's vote. So, whoever
has the life shield, do you want them to have
a vote or do not because we're just dwindling down
so much. You have a life shield, you can't vote, yeah, correct, Well,
if you use your life shield, you can't vote. So
like if I saved somebody I can't my votes done now,
and so that's like the importance right of now in
(10:44):
the team situation of burning those life shields. It's like, no,
I don't want you to vote, like just you should
not exist right now. But it's so crazy, Like it's
so crazy how complicated, like every season of the Challenge
can be. Like the structure of this one and how
these life shields are coming into play and how they're
being used is interesting and like it needs to said,
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Like it makes me feel like they're not going to
be brought back because it's like you guys figured them out,
even though it's really exciting to watch how you can
still manipulate it. It's like interesting. You know the game
is going to change next time for sure, But before
we even get into like moving on in the game,
I just want to know, like, obviously you feel bad
that you and Kada had to leave together, but what
was it like to work with him in those challenges?
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Was he a great partner? Kadda is the best partner?
I feel like I don't know, maybe maybe it's just
all the boys on the All Star seasons or maybe
like I just had like a like had my challenge
start at a shitty time, but like I like, even
when Tech wanted to be my partner on the first challenge,
I was like Tech and Kahada both like I told
(11:51):
him what I wanted to do, what I felt comfortable with,
and they were like, yeah, let's roll with that. You know,
with Tech, it was like I was the only girl
that went ahead of my part and he and I
actually got across that beam the fastest. Had I been
able to dung you know, the skull in and not
been a jackass about it, you know, I feel like
we we we would have stood a really great shot
(12:14):
of actually winning that challenge. But Tech was super supportive
of that. And then even in the sonote I told
go had to, I was like, I want to jump
with my life jacket. I'm I don't feel comfortable. I'm
not the strongest swimmer. I'd like to use it to
lay on it, and like I'll grab that rope with
my teeth. I want both of my hands to be
able to backstroke and that way I can get the
(12:35):
most power out of it. Um And he was like
I don't understand that, but sure, like feel most comfortable.
And then afterwards he told me he was like he
was like that was a really great strategy that you had,
because I asked to like when we were leaving, I
was like, Okay, I know, like I'm not even on
the show anymore. Just tell me, like, was was I
(12:59):
the worst one? I just want to know even all
my history, was like I just want to know, like
have I been like making progress the season whatever? We
that snow tape when we came in fourth place, we
actually beat Johnny and m j by by like two
or three seconds. Like it wasn't it's still it's still
but it still felt like I had somebody who supported
(13:20):
me and who was like understanding it. Just it felt
a lot different from having like you know, like we
sit there and like time and somebody that that respected
me and took me seriously like do you know what
I mean? So the world of a difference and the
fact that like people wanted to be my partner too
was like a huge boost in confidence for me. It
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was like, oh my god, me right, okay, because he
snatched you like from Tyler, Yeah, well okay, what's the scoop?
So a few days before this, a few days before this,
we had we had had somebody come to the house
and they were we have these like oxygen tanks, and
they were teaching us how to use the oxygen tanks. Oh,
(14:04):
you guys are supposed to breathe in them on the
way down. Well, we had the option, so like I've
used one, and I think Kendle at some point used
hers to um. But everybody was like trying on things
and like this is like where my asshole comes out,
because like at some point I was like, it's really
early in the morning. I was the last one up
(14:25):
and I hadn't had coffee yet, and they're like, oh,
come downstairs, we have to train on this, and I,
like everybody else is getting in the pool, and I
just it was early, and I was like, you know,
you guys, like I've scuba out before, Like I don't
need this, like you know, you guys enjoy UM. I
have scuba dived once. But the Hotah and Tyler both
(14:51):
saw this and thought that, like I don't need to
do this, like I feel great about it, and I
really wanted the coffee, and afterwards they were both like, oh, yeah,
we want to be your partner, and so like then
it came up to me like all I saw out
of that challenge was the two different spots where you
(15:11):
could jump off the rock, and I was like, oh ship,
what they saw was the oxygen tanks, right okay? And
I was think of all the things that you guys like,
are are wanting to be my partner on? You know?
And then of course I'm glad that it was Kohatta.
That was like, oh hell now, because I think Khatta
(15:32):
like I couldn't let Kohatta down, and I don't think
I would have let Tyler down either, But Kahatta was
like the way he did it was just like, don't
even don't you dare you're my partner? And I was like,
oh my god, okay, I have to I don't have
an option now. Right. They're the handheld ones, aren't they. Yeah,
(15:53):
it's it's and then flush out. Yeah we had them before.
They're very interesting. I like them words that Kyle said,
it's a little old man is breathing down your throat?
Well yeah, the one we went together, okay? Yeah and
Double Agents. Um, what I was going to ask you
is do you feel like you have something to prove,
(16:13):
like coming on this show versus where you were when
we did shows together. Um, I think I have something
to prove to myself. M like yeah, because I think
like it was so long ago and I was so
young when I did them, Like there's just like a
lot of stuff about myself that like I didn't know,
Like I didn't know what's motivating to me. I didn't
(16:35):
know that how I would react in a lot of
these situations because I like it's not normal to do
like ent of the stuff that we do. But it's like,
you know, I didn't know. I didn't I didn't even know,
like like like I said, like when West is sitting
there like chewing me out, like how that affects me
(16:58):
mentally in my performance or that Like I probably like
just I think as you grow older, maybe too, you know,
you gain a lot more like self confidence and you realize,
like wow, even when I apply myself and really put
my all into it, I can go so much further.
I can do so much more. I can be so
much better. Where's my mentality back then? Too? Was like
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you know, there's a lot of free booze here, Like
let's have it a time. It's half not giving a
ship and half being confident. It's like, oh, you guys
are gonna do you or guys are going to judge
me if I don't do that. Shut up, can't be serious.
I told you I went, I went, I get it.
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I told you in scuba diving once and you guys
thought I was the swimmer of the fucking year. Like
these are the people you have to convince that you're
right at stuff. It's just right, just such a silly experience. Yeah,
I mean, I think it's cool that you get this
opportunity to go back and, like you say, gain more
confidence and look at it differently, and you really do
(18:02):
showcase yourself in a different light coming back, and like,
what a cool thing to do right before you become
a mom. And I think it's really interesting because you know,
obviously your time gets cut short here, but you know,
would you come back for another season after the baby
was born and maybe there was a little bit of time.
(18:23):
Never say never? Yeah, I don't know. I think, like,
if I was going to end it, I think that
this would be a decent one to end it on. Um,
But I don't know. Not never say never, but can
you also never say can meet either, because that's it's
just it's gross. I forgot how you guys came up
(18:45):
with the alliance. I need to know about the name again.
Refresh our viewers on can Meat, Cancun, the Cancun season,
and fresh Meat. So myself, Ryan, Derek Chavez, is John Nay,
and Jasmine all came into the house with an alliance
and I forget who it was that came up with this,
(19:08):
but it just sounded so funny to mash cancoon and
fresh meat into canned meat and not be our alliance name.
And then we like the whole time we're texting beforehand,
we keep sending each other like spam memes and stuff.
So that's what I think of with canned meat, and
I always want to call it canned meat, but it's
(19:28):
it's just can meet like just meat in a can.
Oh my god, that's so funny. It's it's gross and funny.
And I really like this season of like just coming
up with like clever names. And I will say All
Stars gives the best, the best interviews, the best commentary.
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It's been so fun to watch it. Yeah, I mean
especially because like it's like adults going back in the game,
like you said, with this, like I don't give a
ship attitude, which is refreshing because like in the other
house in the other game, there's a lot more sneaky
politicking going on, whereas if this one you have like
King's Palace, who's like, you know, we're in King's Palace
singing a song about it. Loved the song, by the way,
(20:09):
I can't wait to download it. But like, Casey, what
was it like being in the house, like seeing this
clear divide and seeing a team like proclaiming their alliance
and rolling your eyes at it. It was like, I
don't know, you know, me like I love everybody. It's
hard for me to like really like hate on people.
So it was like when you get a divide in
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the house like that, like you know, I I know,
I'm I'm more with you know, and I have to
vote with the downstairs alliance, but like I'm super close
with me a Mayah, like I loved Ted Lterian, like
you know, those are my people too. It's just like
I think it kind of got to the point where
(20:51):
like nobody downstairs. I don't think we really have like
and like a name for ourselves. And at some point
you just heard the King's Palace so many times, just
like even watching this episode, I was like, y'all, y'all
better ka stop at the King's Palace. Yeah, um, I
do love the song too though, but yeah, I like
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it was fine until it was just every other word
was King's house. And I think I got to a
point to where, like after the eliminations, when one of
them would win, and it just got to be like
so extra and laid on so thick, and I I
know how it feels to like win an elimination. Um,
it's been a while, but like it feels great and
(21:36):
so you want to like yes, But at the same time,
it was like for the rest of us were like, like,
are y'all serious with this ship? And you could have
just been the downstairs queens the dungeon Queen, Oh, Queen's
dungeon could could also sounds like a weird, weird bar
(21:57):
creean dungeon. I like, get listen. I'm here for any names, Casey,
because they're all going to be better than can meet.
I will tell you that I have a question about
this daily challenge. I loved it, Okay, I absolutely loved
(22:19):
it too. It was called Steer Clear, and you guys
were strapped up on that thing and you're removing each other,
like I don't even know what. Like it was like
a crane game almost, Like how much fun was that
game to play? I was? It was. It was really
fun once you got up there and got going, and
I kind of I mean, I don't know, I think
I get nervous and everything, but like once you started going,
(22:40):
it was like it was like a real life video game. Yeah,
that's what it looks like. And like waiting for all
the cars, it was like we were I think at
the end of the day we were all like, can
we do it again? Like just for Yeah, that's how
it feels. It looked really fun. I would love to
do that. But as far as challenges go, what kind
of are your favorite? It? I mean, I know it's heights,
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you know, heights are definitely your favorite. Anything scary, Um,
this is probably my favorite one by far, out of
all of them that I've done. I will say though,
the one where we got buried alive on Gauntlet three
was great only because, like, of all the things I'm
not afraid of, Like, like I just told all I
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had to do was lay in a coffin for like
two hours, and I was like, you guys can dig
me out last. That's terrifying. Yeah. Actually, I just lay there.
The whole challenge was like, this is the challenge for me.
I hate everything you just said. I got it, I
got nervous. Lay here. Y'all ripped me out of this
box whenever you're ready to win, Like that's all I mean,
honestly love it. Love the calmness about it. I think
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I would be screaming in there, like was there a
safe thing? No? They had to like answer trivia or
something like that too to get you out. But what
if you freaked out? Was there a safe word? No?
I think it was just like you're screwed once you're
in there. Oh yeah, that's ridiculously Just sleep there, Yeah,
just sleep there. Don't go back to your bunk bed tonight.
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You're good, you got a spot. No. I have always
wanted to do like an eating challenge though, because I'm
really good with gross ship. Oh my god, Like I
feel like I could excel there, but I've just I've
never gotten anything. If somebody was like, here's here are
some balls from some random animal, yeah, be like, let's go.
I wish everyone at home could or in their cars
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right now, could see the difference of faces between Casey,
and I respect it. I respect it. I already decided
at wrong time in her life to become vegan. Oh god,
I know. Hopefully I don't ever have to eat a
ball sack. Oh girl, you will, Casey, Wait before we
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before we get off this topic of of the challenge,
I got to know how hard was it to get
strapped up to that thing? Because all I could think
watching it was like, how long did it take for
you guys to get strapped up to that? The setup
look really long? Yeah, like that looks so copied and
also so scary, and Diana was screaming like a maniac.
I was dying. You know, it really didn't take that long.
It was like, honestly, we were laying on like a
boogie board almost and so and I think that there
(25:13):
was I mean, there was probably like a like some
kind of safety belt in there, like it was safe.
I'm not saying it wasn't. It just like it wasn't
a lot of like you know, and really, if you
were the one grabbing flags, all you were doing was
laying on your stomach and grabbing flag. I mean, like
I felt kind of bad for the boys and I
on it and tech we were all kieboard kind of
(25:38):
like wondering how that would work because text upper arms
string didn't, but he's also long. He would have just
flicked the flag face. So we thought that Iana would
have been the one kind of go back and forth,
and they worked it out differently, and then just hearing
her scream like the whole time, you know, because we
(25:59):
can see them, and once they drive down and it
was like everybody else is very like you know, focus
getting these flags, and Ion it comes through and it just,
oh my god. I thought it was amazing because she's
pretty fearless. And then there's this one thing where she
has a total freak out, so her in tech are
(26:21):
going into elimination against Melinda and near Mayah looking at that,
who do you have your money on? Honestly, I have
it on Ianna, Like it's tagging me a mile aren't
even a factor. I have all of my money on Iona.
I just think Iana is like such a trifecta, like
(26:43):
of like elimination beast. I think she's so underestimated because
she has a heart of gold. She also is like
completely fearless to go into that and like, yeah, you know,
it's like the donations are where you are mentally. I
feel like going into it, you can already be defeated
(27:06):
going into this if you're in a bad mindset, and
she never is. She's always very excited to go in there.
She's incredibly smart and intelligence. Um. And not only that,
like she's like I mean, she's an athlete, like she
used to be like a track and field star. Um.
You know, I mean like you saw her pulling all
those sleds and stuff. It's just like out of control. Yeah.
(27:29):
She gives me the great like the greatest vives. Like
I really enjoy watching her. Would you say that that's
somebody that you're rooting for now that you're no longer
in the game. Yeah, I mean that's just feel like
I like root for Iana in general too, because like
I don't know, like I I was really excited to
see her. Um when we got there, I was like,
(27:49):
I think, I'm like fan girling a little bit, not
to be weird, but like you know, like she's left
her uniform last night, you guys, you know, Yeah, I
was very intended to sit next to her on the
bus and talk to her, and like I think now
more than ever two like she would the way that
she talks about her kids, um and just like how
(28:12):
she is as a mom, Like I don't know, and
like now knowing that I'm going to be a mom,
I'm just like, I don't know. I just look up
to her in a lot of ways. I guess that's
what I'm trying to say. Yeah, I genuinely think the
world of her. I love what about can Meat? Also
rooting for can Meat. Yes, Yeah, I got like super
(28:33):
close to Jasmine while we were there, and I like
Jasmine's also like probably one of my favorite people. Like
I came in really close to Kendall, and I think,
like by the end of it, I was like, is
Jasmine my new best friend? Like, what the hell just happened?
She's a lot of fun. Yeah she is. She is
a hoot and a half, and I just we just
got along famously. So yeah, I love that you had
(28:57):
a great season. Thank you. Don't don't put yourself up
about it. I know it's kind of shitty when you've
got to go out early, yeah, you know, but there
are so many awesome things look forward to, and I
feel like we saw new Casey Cooper this season, so
I'm really excited about that. I always read for you.
I love you. I think you're hilarious. So I mean
(29:18):
it's always a good time. Oh I love that. Guys.
What a special way to end the podcast. Well, we
do have one extra special question that we ask everybody,
Casey and Anissa always does the honors because she's Queen
of the Challenge. So Anissa take it away. It's only
because I'm older and she lets her elders do all
the hard work here final questions. You like to ask
(29:39):
the question? No, you get to ask it on the
other one. It's totally fine. Um, you're competing on All Stars,
which is about the greatest of all time. I would
like to hear your greatest of all time in terms
of the greatest competitor in your opinion, the greatest season,
and the greatest challenge. Oh don't worry, this only stay
(30:00):
is between us three. Yeah. Um, oh, that's like a
really tough question. I think, greatest competitor of all time,
I'm gonna give it to Evelyn. Yeah, what a beast.
It was really good, every single thing. Yeah, I mean
(30:20):
she really really she's better than the boys at it. Um.
I think Evelyn for sure. Um, greatest challenge like individual one. Oh,
individual one. I really liked this one on All Stars,
Like this was just so much fun, like like hands down,
just because I know how fun it was to compete
(30:42):
in this one with this monster truck grabbing all these flags.
Like ten out of ten recommended across the board all
future challenges. Um in your favorite season, either you were
on it, you watched it, probably probably All Stars again,
but I was Gauntlet three, but um, I definitely think
(31:05):
I would. I would say All Stars season two. I
love that for sure. Different vibe. It's just a really
it's a different vibe. Different vibe. I came up. This
was the first one I came off of two where
I was like proud of myself, Like I like, I
couldn't wait to come home and watch it with my family.
I was like, you guys, you know, like we're gonna
(31:28):
have a party, like we're really going to sit down
and talk about this, right instead of like throwing away
your DVDs when they got there. No, I'm sorry it
didn't come in the mail this week. I'm pretty busy.
I think the TV broke Like, oh, like Godward, oh
my god, welly, thank you so much for being here.
(31:48):
I know that you are Busy. I am really really
proud of you. Um, it was so fun to watch
you and I wish you all of the luck in
the world. You the baby, so excited you, Casey. Where
can we follow you and how can we support you?
Um at case Underscore coop that's c A S E.
(32:10):
Underscore c O O p um that is my handle
on both Instagram and the Twitter. Um. You know you
can support me by you know, buying me gifts from
my baby registrate. That's what I was about to say.
(32:30):
Anybody wants to know where they can send their swaddles.
Somebody needs one of those very fancy million dollars strollers.
Yeah right, I'm like, don't worrying, I'll put the good
stuff on the registrate. I love it. Well. Thank you
so much, Casey. It's been an absolute pleasure to meet you,
and I hope that you have an incredible time becoming
(32:53):
a new mommy and I'm sure that you're going to
be incredible. It's been awesome to watch you come back
to the show. Seriously, thank you. Thanks for having me.
It was great to me. YouTube by you guys. YouTube
My baby bye, Casey is so sweet. I'm so lucky
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that I mean, we're so lucky that she was able
to come on the podcast, especially while she's making a
little baby in her belly. That was really nice. I know,
I know. I mean, there's nothing better than can Meet
on a Friday evening, you know. God, shout out to
can Meet out there, kick some ass on All Stars
and to the King's Palace. I'm loving this season. I'm
(33:37):
actually loving the fact that there was this twist, and
obviously I'm sad that Casey had to go home, but
I'm rooting for King's Palace because i just love the
energy that they bring, Like they're very entertaining to watch,
and so to have like Tech not go against Neha Maya,
like that was cool. You know. I'm sad about I'm
sad about Casey um, but in like on the silver
(33:57):
lining of it is like we get to see them
entry back in to the game, which is really exciting,
right any am. I made that up for a reason
that it's bigger than all of us, and I think
that the reasoning behind it is what makes it really special.
I agree. Shout out to all of you in the
King's Palace. Yeah, we're fans. We're fans of the King
pallace over here. Um, Anissa, where can we follow you?
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And send you something for my Queen's dungeon? Yes, Queen's Dungeon. Um,
it's Anissa MTV A N E E S A m
t V on Instagram. You guys know I don't fool
with that Twitter too much. Tori, where can we follow you?
(34:41):
Find you? Support you? You guys can follow me at
Tori Underscore deal Um send me any messages that you have.
Obviously we've wrapped up the other podcast, Spies, Lies and Allies.
But what you can do if you liked this episode,
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Tori Deal
Aneesa Ferreira
Devyn Simone
Da'Vonne Rogers
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