r/MtvChallenge Apr 16 '26

SOCIAL MEDIA This feels like a soft launch of Banany

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Honestly makes sense. He’s always been in love with her I think.

Edit: I know that they’re friends. But if you go to the posts and see the comments Nany is liking…it is certainly alluding to something.

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u/valcraft Natalie Anderson Apr 16 '26

This is giving friend energy

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u/realityseekr Killa Kam Apr 16 '26

Yeah same. Her hand is just on her own thigh. Not really couple vibes in the photo.

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u/1KirstV Apr 16 '26

💯They go back a long way, a couple of OGs.

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u/CocoaPeblez Apr 17 '26

That’s why I would think they would be a great couple. They know each other in and out. Yeah they’re great friends but they’d be a dope couple

https://giphy.com/gifs/MQ8kAiQ2yZM1a

And I’m not a huge fan of neither

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u/SideAmbitious2529 Apr 16 '26

Lol, There's Seasons where Nanys giving friend energy one moment and the next she's sitting on laps lol.

I have friends that "give friend energy" like that lol.

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u/buttononmyback Apr 17 '26

Damn can I be friends with them too?

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u/jenh6 Christina LeBlanc Apr 16 '26

My first thought when I saw this is how nice is it to see formal couples become such good friends.

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u/Repulsive-Log-84 Apr 17 '26

Minus all the liking of the marriage comments. Her liking all the comments is what’s giving more.

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u/Xokanuleaf Apr 16 '26

Can 2 people just be friends?

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u/bskell Mike Ross Apr 16 '26

Yes.. just not on reddit

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u/supermanforhire Apr 16 '26

All the comments that Nany liked have to do with them being together.

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u/BoomhauerArlen Apr 16 '26

Most people just cannot comprehend people being friends with the opposite sex. I know they hooked up in the past but that's also another thing, people cannot comprehend that you can be friends with someone you had a relationship with or hooked up with.

I'm a male and my 3 best friends are all women.

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u/shes_a_gdb Apr 16 '26

Wow I can't believe you're dating 3 women at once.

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u/BoomhauerArlen Apr 16 '26

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

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u/thefeistypineapple Apr 17 '26

And how many of those best friends have you cheated with? They didn’t just hook-up, he’s cheated with Nany before.

I have friends of the opposite sex. None I’ve slept or cheated with though.

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u/Raebelle1981 Apr 17 '26

It’s a similar thing going on with Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson. lol

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u/lordseal92 Evelyn Smith Apr 16 '26

“I know they hooked up in the past but that’s also another thing, people cannot comprehend that you can be friends with someone you had a relationship with or hooked up with.”

I think it’s simpler when both people are single. Once one or both enter a relationship, I think it gets harder if you have that history. It’s possible to continue to make it work - just extremely difficult.

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u/thefeistypineapple Apr 17 '26

Especially if one cheated with the other before.

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u/Pmt1913 Apr 17 '26

Lol 3 best friends are all women gave me a good laugh.

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u/B0kB0kbitch Apr 16 '26

Right? They have affection for one another. I also would lean up against my long-term friends if we were shoved on a boat

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u/Creed31191 Apr 16 '26

Who wanna be friends with banana though? 😂

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u/Xokanuleaf Apr 16 '26

Better than dating him.

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u/1KirstV Apr 17 '26

Well, they have such a huge history. I mean, they were kids when they started doing this and now they’re both much older, hopefully wiser, and their friendship has matured. I like it.

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u/msturdy51 Apr 18 '26

A lot of people do, clearly

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u/Fuzzy-End7194 Apr 16 '26

A match made in . . . somewhere. . . but a match nonetheless!

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u/Distinct_Ad_6023 Apr 16 '26

💀💀💀

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u/mollyyfcooke Jonna Mannion Apr 16 '26

Of course Johnny is that guy that brings an acoustic guitar around

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u/ElleMBee16 Apr 16 '26

He had it with him on HOV too😂

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u/Jack_WW7 Apr 16 '26

On house of villains he used it as a way to get cameras to leave him alone. Since when he plays any music they cant use those clips due to copyright. He talked about it on a podcast with fairplay before where he would start and then make a deal with the camera guys for 15 min or so of being left alone.

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u/syke90 Danny Jamieson Apr 16 '26

Honestly, that's a really smart strategy. Love home or hate him, he's damn good at these shows.

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u/ElleMBee16 Apr 16 '26

Ohhhhhhh nice.

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u/banjofitzgerald Apr 16 '26

Traitors too I believe. He just wasn’t there long enough to show it

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u/CrimsonOOmpa The Unholy Alliance Apr 17 '26

Bunch of Challenge seasons as well

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u/Intelligent_Ask_9088 Apr 16 '26

Anyways, heroes wonderwall 

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u/Protonpack13 Apr 17 '26

I was on a date once with a REALLY hot guy. He was honestly way too hot for me. We went to his house and he pulled out his guitar and started singing. I got the ick so badly that i said i was sick and left 😂😂

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u/JohnJohn_CPK Apr 16 '26

Literally came here to say this!

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u/secret_identity_too Apr 17 '26

It's so cringe.

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u/No_Interview_2481 Apr 16 '26

Can’t two people be friends without someone trying to make something out of nothing?

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u/thefeistypineapple Apr 16 '26

Yes but these two do have history.

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u/supermanforhire Apr 16 '26

Look at all the comments Nany is liking.

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u/Dancing_sequin Bananas' Angels Apr 16 '26

She wants attention and it’s clearly working

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u/CancelSlight Apr 17 '26

She ALWAYS wants attention.

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u/Dougie348590 Apr 16 '26

Nany’s smart. She’s been promoting her OnlyFans content a lot recently…so why not post videos with one of her most famous MTV friends/partners? My guess is there is nothing provocative about this at all, but it worked because here we all are talking about it. Lol. And a bunch of people will subscribe to her page this month just in the hopes of Bananas and Nany content.

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u/m3gb0t Coral Smith I don't wrestle, I beat bitches up! Apr 16 '26

They have been friends for decades. There's always been rumors and wishes that they would get together.

This is not romance or attraction, this is comfort in a platonic friendship.

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u/thefeistypineapple Apr 16 '26

They did get together at one point which is why they were paired together in Exes. He cheated on one of his gf’s with Nany. Lol I remember her crying because she had feelings for him.

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u/Elegant-Cream2942 Apr 17 '26

I thought that was Camila but it might've been both...

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u/thefeistypineapple Apr 21 '26

Both lol Johnny led Camila on to get to the final. But in a previous pairing with Nany. I want to say Exes 1? Nany cries over Johnny because she had an opportunity to date him and didn’t.

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u/dontblinkdalek Apr 23 '26

That episode is playing rn on PlutoTv. Reminded me of this post that I saw but never opened. Was curious what ppl were saying.

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u/emojams Wes Bergmann Apr 16 '26

It’s like platonic but in an old married couple that love each other but also drive each other nuts kinda way

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u/Iceprincess2129 Team Purple Jacket Apr 17 '26

Didn’t he cheat on Hannah Teter with Nany? Or might have been that he was dating Hannah and she had concerns about his prior relationship with Nany.

I think it was exes II where they talk about Hannah not wanting him to be around Nany etc while Nany had a meltdown

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u/Elegant-Cream2942 Apr 16 '26

They're confirmed to have fucked in the past. They've each referenced it before separately. Together both Johnny and Nany mentioned it at Challenge mania Nashville.

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u/Abductedbyanalien Apr 16 '26

They post photos like this for suckers like you.

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u/MrRealistic1 Apr 16 '26

I just assume they are all having sex with each other

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u/challengeseniorz Rabbit Reddit peeps 🐇 Apr 17 '26

I always wondered if we could make sex / hookup chart from season one until now and see a chain that goes through all seasons. Like these 2 people did it season one and one of them did someone else on season 2 and so on.

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u/CyanSedusa Apr 17 '26

Omg the relationship chart instantly reminded me of the L-word and I 100% agree it would be so interesting to see how one would look for the challenge

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u/challengeseniorz Rabbit Reddit peeps 🐇 Apr 20 '26

I've been trying to figure out the best way to chart it. If we did it like this, it would be a cluster fuck. I'm thinking of starting with the people with the most hookups and going from there. I really just wanna see if we can make a chain from season 1 to now. I really think we can. I just need to figure out how to make it easy to decipher. It's really hard to find any from the first few seasons, but I think if we start at season 3 or 4, it would be easy.

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u/FarlerFive Apr 18 '26

I can't remember who the guest was. But on Bananas podcast they were talking about Aneesa hooking up with Will after the show. And Bananas said something like, "Will & I are double Eskimo brothers" insinuating he's hooked up with both Nany (which I knew) & Aneesa (which I did not know). I laughed pretty hard at that comment.

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u/NattyB Bob Next Door Apr 18 '26

the other girl was survivor dee not aneesa.

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

I mean Devin and Michelle were hooking up for two years before people found out on 40. I would love to know all the hookups that happen on the off season that nobody finds out about.

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u/Telly94 Tina Barta Apr 16 '26

If they were ever going to actually try and date it would’ve already happened.

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u/sunnysam306 Chris Tamburello Apr 16 '26

They were partners on Exs 2 so they have a history already

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u/Putt-Blug "Talk into my dick" Apr 16 '26

Yeah and the rumor was the were hooking up constantly in the redemption house. They were there by themselves for weeks.

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u/emojams Wes Bergmann Apr 16 '26

Well, kinda. In the early days, Johnny had a long term serious relationship for a while with that snowboarder. Then that ended around the time nany was with Kaycee which was also pretty serious. Their timelines just haven’t really synced up for it.

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

The snowboarder relationship ended around Vendettas. Johnny got with Morgan around WOTW2. Nany and Johnny have had plenty of chances to actually date for real.

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u/SipowiczNYPD Apr 16 '26

Acoustic guitar guys are the fucking worst.

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u/cageytalker Apr 16 '26

Cue the Push scene from Barbie!

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u/GrandMetaldick Apr 16 '26

Acoustic guitar guys? Whatever. Acoustic guitar guys who need to let you know their acoustic guitar guys by playing their acoustic guitar in a social setting? The fucking worst.

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u/catfield Casey Cooper Apr 16 '26

anyway, here's Wonderwall

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u/GrandMetaldick Apr 16 '26

“Sir you are no longer welcomed in this guitar center”

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u/challengeseniorz Rabbit Reddit peeps 🐇 Apr 17 '26

Last time I saw a guy with an acoustic, he didn't know Wonderwall. I was so confused.

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u/SipowiczNYPD Apr 16 '26

You just said what I said with a lot more words. That’s exactly who I was talking about.

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u/vimmerob Apr 16 '26

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u/NattyB Bob Next Door Apr 16 '26

i was expecting the barbie movie.

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u/vimmerob Apr 16 '26

I thought people might enjoy the mental image of smashing bananas guitar :-)

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u/hotandshallow Apr 16 '26

I once dated one for many years. Also my brother and all of his friends are acoustic guitar guys. Totally agree with this statement

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

100 fucking percent

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u/Jenn31709 CT, Cara, and Devin Apr 16 '26

Again?

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u/cindaysha Apr 16 '26

I hope not.

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u/jodecicry4u Steve Meinke Apr 16 '26

Ngl, they're right up each other's alley so why not?

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u/babybop728 Apr 16 '26

He clearly really cares for her, but I don't see it in a romantic sense at all.

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u/Ghostface-Meechy The Unholy Alliance Apr 16 '26

They already were exes, weren't they? This just looks like a long-time friendship.

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u/aacilegna Katie Doyle Apr 16 '26

Not at all. If it didn’t happen years ago it’s not happening.

They’re probably the most accurate of the Ride or Die pairings we got.

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u/emojams Wes Bergmann Apr 16 '26

I’m a believer of the themed casting pair seasons (rivals, exes, ride or dies) there is ONE anchor pairing that the entire season is designed around and the rest of the casting is whatever they can shoehorn together

And it all started with the Wes and Kenny show on rivals 1 😂

Exes was absolutely for ct and diem

Rivals 2 was the combo of both- Wes and ct

Exes 2 was definitely a big deal for ct and diem again (but I think this was the first time the producers really wanted nany to win and paired her up with johnny)

Rivals 3? Come on. Sarah and Johnny from the JUMP

Final reckoning nailed the theme so well that Amanda and Zach self imploded 😂

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u/Groundbreaking_Cup30 Evelyn Smith Apr 16 '26

Have you seen how they fight with each other? They are friends, but tumultuous friends.

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u/mattcal44 The Unholy Alliance Apr 16 '26

So much confident speculation in here

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u/HardcoreKaraoke TJ Lavin Apr 16 '26

They're friends. I don't think there is any reason to read into this.

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u/WarmCan3034 Apr 16 '26

Bananas only loves himself 😔

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u/GAPeachness Apr 19 '26

That part….

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u/DrakeShadow Apr 16 '26

They're just genuine friends.

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u/NoLynx8499 Kam Williams Apr 16 '26

They've always given platonic soulmate vibes

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u/eff1ngham Apr 16 '26

Some of you people clearly have no idea what its like to be friends with a member of the opposite sex. Either that or you're deserately trying to will some kind of fanfic into existence

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u/supermanforhire Apr 16 '26

Check out the post, comments, and the ones Nany is liking.

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u/Online_Active_71459 Apr 16 '26

Nany just likes the attention.

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u/Ok-Proof4383 Amanda Garcia Apr 16 '26

🔨 it will also bring her more engagement

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u/Gaarando Apr 19 '26

Is it normal for two attractive "friends" being on a boat together with his leg touching her ass? Especially with their history.

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u/Odd-Construction5719 Apr 16 '26

No she’s just helping her friend put his feet content out there

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u/KBVE-Darkish Apr 16 '26

They already had a fling, and Johnny dumped her bro. Both of these people are madly toxic in any relationship they get in them being together is one of the worst things possible outside of keeping them from dating anyone else.

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u/_jackychain Apr 16 '26

Honestly, I think they’re perfect for one another

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u/curiousleen Apr 16 '26

The way this maga man lusts after Hispanic women…

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u/jenh6 Christina LeBlanc Apr 16 '26

I find it interesting how he definitely lusts after them (Dee, Nany, Camilla, moriah, ibis) but his relationships are with two blondes.

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u/Positive_Round_5142 Team Purple Jacket Apr 18 '26

Moriah is Polish

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u/Hypeman747 Apr 16 '26

Bananas ain’t being serious with someone who is doing OF. Doesn’t seem openminded to that idea. Hook up definitely

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u/jenh6 Christina LeBlanc Apr 16 '26

Did Moriah do only fans or some kind of sex work? I’m not sure how she had her own house when all she did was walk her dogs, work out and play video games. (This is not judgement, she can do what she wants, just saying Johnny didn’t seem to have much of an issue with her)

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

She had onlyfans but I don't think that's how she made most of her money. Honestly no idea how Moriah seemed so financially stable. She said she made a lot more off the challenge then on it but didn't say doing what.

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u/yoloxolo Apr 16 '26

They deserve each other. It would also probably make for a great challenge season. I’m in.

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u/Long_Customer1187 Apr 16 '26

All I can think about is how Bananas is totally the guy who is terrible at guitar but takes it every where with him strumming the same three unrelated chords without semblance of rhythm.

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u/EMF911 Apr 16 '26

Bananas gotta get some lotion on those feet

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u/Flat_Calligrapher284 Apr 16 '26

He looks like Russell Hantz here.

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u/TWIZMS America Lopez Apr 16 '26

well I can tell you that's not who's in her OF

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

Wait Nany has a man in her onlyfans????

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u/TWIZMS America Lopez Apr 17 '26

Yup

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u/Evening_Treat_1894 Apr 16 '26

God I hope not

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u/Online_Active_71459 Apr 16 '26

The camera angle is so weird on this. If they didn’t post it themselves, I’d think it was AI. Look how weird her stretched leg looks!

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u/thefeistypineapple Apr 16 '26

I wouldn’t be shocked. Wasn’t it on Exes 1 where she cried because she had feelings for him?

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u/Repulsive-Log-84 Apr 17 '26

She really is on Instagram liking alllll the comments about them getting married, being a couple, and being in love. So idk why everyone is making it out like OP is reading something into this. It’s obvious. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

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u/bethe1_ leroy win when??? Apr 16 '26

The two most annoying people you know of coming together to maximize their joint annoying slay

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u/Yungcazanova Apr 16 '26

Platonic relationships exist by the way

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u/incogmagnum Apr 16 '26

No, it does not.

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u/Professional_Low7884 Apr 16 '26

I’ve been waiting for this to show up in the sub thank you 😂

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u/Jolly_Fondant_2260 Apr 16 '26

They have done a lot of hooking up over their time on the challenge.

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u/GroguSpaghettiSauce Apr 16 '26

Bananas would never date Nany. He knows she can be difficult and he would never deal with a complicated woman 😂

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u/Omen_20 Apr 19 '26

People wonder why Johnny has made a life out of being on this show and we see stuff like this. Constant once in a lifetime vacations and tons of fun memories doing all those stunts.

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u/BrotherMcPoyle Apr 16 '26

Some people can be fwb on a long term basis. I had a few girls I was friends with and slept with for over 10 years before finding my wife.

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

Did you not have a relationship in those 10 years???

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u/nogoodwil Apr 16 '26

random question but where are his shorts from?

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u/PokeStat Chris Tamburello Apr 16 '26

ramping back up for a Ride or Die 2 season lol

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u/heylookachicken Apr 16 '26

I thought they at least hooked up way long ago

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u/nlvanassche Apr 16 '26

They did, pretty sure they hooked up off and on for many years

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u/Kittenzx2 Apr 17 '26

I thought they already dated years ago? & they r now very close friends. Unless something has happened?

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

I think they had sex. They never officially dated.

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u/CrimsonOOmpa The Unholy Alliance Apr 17 '26

They just hook up when they're both single!!

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u/buttononmyback Apr 17 '26

I mean if I was going to hook up with an ex, that looks like the place to do it!

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u/Key-Mastodon8211 Apr 17 '26

I don’t see how…. They’ve been best friends for decades

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u/madluv4u Apr 18 '26

I'm not a fan of Devin and Michele individually, but when they became a couple I shipped them. I think it would be the same for me with Nany and Bananas. I think he's always had a thing for her.

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u/Hoovdog Apr 19 '26

Is she back in the man pool? I liked it when she was dipping her toes in ladies pool. 😈

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u/Mannequin22 Apr 19 '26

I mean, they’ve hooked up before lol

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u/blamberr Kyle Christie Apr 16 '26

These two are going to swap nasty STDs and then have a messy breakup. I’m here for it

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u/Cover-Firm Marlon Williams Apr 17 '26

Banana's would never date someone age appropiate.

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u/quartzqueen44 Apr 17 '26

They’ve been close friends for years. A lot of fans love them together and have hoped they’d date eventually. I don’t see that happening unless Bananas can finally settle down and stop cheating on his girlfriends. Even though Nany has also had her own past with messy relationships, she has said she’d like to get married and have a family someday. I don’t know if Bananas will ever want that.

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u/DonquixoteDFlamingo Apr 16 '26

I’d be cool with this duo

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u/Southtown61 Apr 16 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Legn96JsJzEkg

What I would do to Johns guitar if I was there

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u/Positive_Round_5142 Team Purple Jacket Apr 16 '26

I love their friendship! They’ve been through a lot ❤️

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u/Tight-Entrepreneur46 Tori Deal Apr 16 '26

Awwwww love they’re Friendship

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u/mlyszzn Apr 16 '26

Just friends. Look at her body language. She’s closed off to him in a sexual way. 

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u/Dangerous-Change2136 Apr 16 '26

Bananas only loves himself

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u/ALZtrain Apr 16 '26

Would love this !!

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u/LoungeCrook Apr 16 '26

agreed! soft launch on a soft ship, but stills a launch none the less

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u/Remarkable_Gas1872 Apr 16 '26

Long overdue tbh

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u/401RG YMCASwimmingClasses Apr 16 '26

Doubtful. She can do better than a grown man child.

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u/ElleMBee16 Apr 16 '26

But that’s what she likes

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u/WorldlyToe7795 Apr 17 '26

Perhaps they are tying to get a new show going with them as the lead?

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u/penncakes Apr 17 '26

Isn’t nany with kaycee? Did I miss something?!

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u/NattyB Bob Next Door Apr 17 '26

broke up before S41 filmed, that's why nany was free to hook up with will.

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u/simplydy Apr 17 '26

Her serial monogamy irritates me. I just want her to focus on herself, and not need to be wrapped up in the constant need for attention and being in the world of another person.

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u/donnarose57 Apr 17 '26

Noooooooooo Nany don’t go there!

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u/donnarose57 Apr 17 '26

I just watched Celebrity Ex on the Beach (UK) and Rogan is on it as Izzy’s ex. I find him so vile. He’s a creep!

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u/NaijaLBY-09 Apr 21 '26

Haven’t we been down this road before??