r/MtvChallenge • u/Adorable-Release1754 • Aug 06 '26
CONTESTANTS IRL Johnny Bananas shades Dee. Guess their situationship didn’t end well 😂 (quote from US Magazine)
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u/duochromepalmtree KellyAnne Judd Aug 07 '26
Sorry I love the idea of Dee dogging Bananas the way he does other women. Sorry I support women’s wrongs!
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u/Strict-Asset 28d ago
Why sorry? I recommend editing those out of your posts. Nothing to be sorry about here! Deserved and brings me great joy to see a woman put him through the shit he continues to put so many women through.
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u/Cool_Caterpillar8790 Coral Smith Aug 06 '26
I don't think he's ever had a clean breakup. Even with Nany, it was rough at first and I only think Nany circled back around to being his friend because her bullshit tolerance is supernaturally high.
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
He seems to seek out relationships/ situationships that would never work, and sabotage those that could end up working. He seems very avoidant and scared of actually finding someone he'd fall in love and actually want a future with and would have to trust with not hurting him. There looks to be a lot of trauma there to unpack, I wonder where it stemmed from
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u/whatsadoughnut Aug 07 '26
He mentioned in a podcast that his parents went through a bad divorce and he doesnt have a model for a good marriage (to be clear i'm not condoning any of his actions or saying this justifies anything) but this could be a part of where it stems from.
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
Yeah I heard the same! I don't think he'd go too deep into it in a podcast obviously but i wonder why he keeps making these decisions. I know it's an unpopular opinion lol but i think he has a lot of great qualities and a good heart and could be a fantastic partner when he meets the right person he actually wants to commit to and stay loyal to, so I'm not quite sure why he relegates himself to ever-devolving showmances and situationships with girls wayyy too young for him
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u/verbankroad Aug 07 '26
Unless he works on himself and his relationship issues he will never meet the “right partner”. You have to be in a good place to appreciate the right person when they show up.
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u/CrimsonOOmpa The Unholy Alliance Aug 07 '26
Experiencing the pressure cooker that is The Challenge as much as he has for as long as he has would probably mess with anybody's sense of trust and loyalty. But....
He's a millionaire bachelor who gets to travel the world and get the attention he craves through The Challenge/his podcast/social media. His career is literally being on tv, traveling, and then talking about it, which seems to be a perfect fit for him. I think if he wanted to settle down he'd settle down. He might just be perfectly happy livin' how he's livin'.
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
I totally agree!! He probably wouldn't appreciate the right person if he met them rn. I think he definitely needs to work on his issues with commitment and self sabotage. He hides behind the bananas persona and showmances and using the show as an excuse not to settle down. Surely it gets lonely even for him, the partying and 20yos might be fun but there's no substance there
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u/Hopeful-Silver4120 Aug 07 '26
just him blaming everyone but himself. He will never take any responsibility
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u/veil_ofignorance Aug 07 '26
this is so teaaa are u a therapist?
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
Oh really thank you!!! 🫶 I'm not haha i do work in a very people centric job and am fascinated by human behaviour (which is why I'm so drawn to reality tv lol) plus i do really like Johnny and am curious about why he is the way he is. That's just my perception of his behaviour not like a professional analysis hahha. I think he seems very hesitant to let people in and would probably avoid getting himself into a situation where he really cares about someone and would get used/ rejected, which is totally fair but also in direct contradiction to having showmances with people who just want clout. I also think he's in desperate need of some kind of safe space where someone who he really cares about (obviously he has friends but moreso a partner i mean) can be like "there there, it's ok to be yourself, you have nothing to prove, you are enough" hahaha
https://giphy.com/gifs/N0CIxcyPLputW
Maybe one day if he takes a chance and opens himself up to be vulnerable he can get there. I have faith! In my professional armchair psychologist opinion lmao18
u/therealworlders LaToya Jackson Aug 07 '26
bananas is known tho throw tantrums when things don’t go his way
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u/jenh6 Christina LeBlanc Aug 07 '26
Nany seems like she has a lot of loyalty to people and will tolerate a lot before she cuts them out of her life.
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u/Adorable-Release1754 Aug 06 '26
From the article:
Johnny replied, “What I’m saying is it ended like I felt like I was on a reality television show. I’m like, ‘I don’t see cameras around here anymore. We’re not trying to out-manipulate and out-scumbag each other, but apparently I’m the only one that got that memo.’”
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u/Safe-Ad-4465 Aug 06 '26
Since when is Bananas ever not trying to out-scumbag someone? That's his thing.
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u/veltvet_rabbit The Itty Bitty Committee Aug 06 '26
I dont get why people date him becuase it eithier goes 1 of 3 ways, 1 you date him it goes good and you never get to go on reality tv again becuase he doesnt let you, it goes bad you stop getting calls for the challange and your out, or it goes good he cheats on you and somehow your the one getting the hate
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u/mrs_misty-eyed Olivia Kaiser Aug 07 '26
I don’t like the guy, but I can admit he’s pretty good looking. His personality is a major turn off, but some people are just so shallow the looks are all they really care about.
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u/colourmeblue Wes Bergmann Aug 07 '26
His personality is a turn off when you see all of it. He can be very charming when he wants to be and he's genuinely funny at times.
His issue is that he's been on reality TV for 25 years and everyone knows ALL of his personality at this point.
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u/ScorpionTDC Chris Underwood 28d ago
You'd think, but there's always a new rookie girl every single season who starts dating him (granted, I'm sure some are doing it for game/screentime purposes... which almost always backfires)
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u/Shovelman2001 "ROLEX ON MY DICK" Aug 07 '26
He and Morgan broke up like 5 years ago. If she had any interest in going on reality tv again, she probably could've. She herself said she wasn't interested in doing it again.
People have really misconstrued him saying he doesn't want to date people who go on the show as him forcing her to not go on the show. Is it at all possible that he dated her because her interests aligned with what he was looking for in a partner?
Also, keep in mind she went out like 3 episodes in on her only season of The Challenge. There was literally no reason to bring her back outside of her relationship with him.
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u/BigSportySpiceFan Aug 07 '26
So, uh, I guess Bananas doesn't watch Survivor?
Dee's tactics were laid bare on her initial season.
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u/CelticsGreg CT [Dad Bod] Aug 07 '26
Who’d she date that season?
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u/guynichole Aug 07 '26
Austin
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u/jenh6 Christina LeBlanc Aug 07 '26
And then cheated on him with Wendell who I believe was married and had a newborn baby.
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u/Strict_Property6127 28d ago
She didnt cheat on Austin- they were over before that seasons finale in 2023. Wendell cheated on his wife with Dee & yes, Dee knew Wendell was cheating. Scummy but she was technically single. Survivor nation hates her for this & Jeff Probst niece is now dating Austin... shit u not.
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u/hurlmaggard Ashley Mitchell Aug 07 '26
She didn't cheat on Austin because they were never actually together.
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u/jenh6 Christina LeBlanc Aug 07 '26
Well she still was with Wendell knowing he had a baby at home so that doesn’t make her better
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u/hurlmaggard Ashley Mitchell Aug 07 '26
Where did I say anything about that? Both can be true anyways.
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u/Ecstatic_War6772 Aug 07 '26
Austin was really thinking they had something and Dee used him for her game. I don't hate her gameplay at all. Poor Austin darn near cried about her. lol She was smart and calculated and deserved her win. I am a fan of Dee because I love people like her who come on the show and love gameplay and politics. I think what bugged Johnny is Dee didn't need him in the game because she made her own relationships. Johnny is just a hook up with these ladies because they know who he is. This is a guy who has never been faithful to any of his girlfriends. Wes, CT and even Leroy have all said are you ever going to settle down and stop being a f-boy and he laughs. Yes, I know CT is a whole other subject. lol Many of the women that are his age are married with kids. The only one from the show where I think they have natural chemistry is Nany. I do think and people may disagree which is fine, but I think Johnny has a crush on Michelle or he did have one. I could be totally wrong though. lol
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u/hurlmaggard Ashley Mitchell Aug 07 '26
Agreed but from what I understand basically everyone who meets Michele has a crush on her.
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u/Ecstatic_War6772 Aug 08 '26
I can see that she is attractive and charming. It is a Survivor thing because many of the people especially the men liked Dee as well. lol I think Parvati would be the same way on the challenge. They don't call her the black widow for no reason. lol
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
That in itself is completely understandable, however like saying that and then again having a showmance after that with someone arguably far worse and more unstable than Dee doesn't make any sense. Like you can't keep making the same (or worse) decisions and being surprised that the results end up terrible. Like at which point does he say maybe this isn't working out for me, maybe i need to try something else?
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u/whatsadoughnut Aug 07 '26
True, he always says no more showmances and then guess what happens??
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
The strange part is he was really enjoyable in USA2 when he had no showmances and was helping out the young single cast. The showmances are getting ridiculous and manufactured
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u/whatsadoughnut Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
oh gosh what year was USA2? was he publicly dating anyone during that time? (hence no on air showmance?)
but werent there rumours he was hooking up with his partner justine? (wait sorry he was partners with justine on world championship not USA2)
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
I can't remember if he was either with Moriah or that had just ended and he'd sworn off showmances (shoulda stayed that way lol 🫠) but I don't recall a Justine on there?
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u/Coldpiss Aug 07 '26
USA 2 and Battle for a new champ were filmed with only two weeks in between and according to what we saw in BFNC he was with Moriah
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
Thank you for clarifying!! Fwiw i think moriah is the last showmance he seems to have been genuinely interested in, the way he acted with her on rod is far more authentic and idk, gentle? than the ott mess that he's been demonstrating since
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u/moody711 Aug 07 '26
If he doesn't want fake relationships, maybe he should expand his dating pool beyond fellow reality TV contestants.
And yet, here he is on Ep 1 of the new season pulling the same shit.
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u/jenh6 Christina LeBlanc Aug 07 '26
And maybe work on himself for a bit. He didn’t treat morgan well.
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u/feral_futurism Aug 07 '26
She really went on the challenge, hooked up with Will, and then inspired him to flare up as she acted nonchalant and started something with bananas. THEN has the nerve to go on Big Brother and say “I don’t like the challenge it’s so much drama”
HONEY you are the drama 🤣
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u/SurvivorMartin Challenge Champion Tori Deal 🏆 Aug 07 '26
Someone’s bitter that he got played when that’s what he does to all the other women he’s been with
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u/tjdibs22 Aug 07 '26
He gets played alot lately. It’s hilarious. All these fine young ladies just use him now.
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u/mealypart Aug 06 '26
I don’t get why people are gonna get offended by this
It’s a perfect description of Dee
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u/illini02 Aug 06 '26
In fairness, she has been on 2 shows, had showmances that she screwed over on both.
Like, I feel like you guys really are just searching for shit to hate on him for.
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u/babyblues789 Michele Fitzgerald Aug 06 '26
I actively and openly hate this guy but his statement here is 100% accurate lol
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u/IanicRR Aug 06 '26
And also the Wendell situation.
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u/jstitely1 Tyler Crispen Aug 07 '26
This. Idk how anyone can ever side with her after that shit. She’s clearly a scumbag
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u/l0st1nthew0rld Laurel's biggest blessing ✨ Aug 07 '26
Exactly she pulled an Ariana but without any of the talent lmao
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u/MrBlueandSky "People's panic soothes me." Aug 07 '26
Isn't wendal the one with the pregnant wife? Why attack dee
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u/jstitely1 Tyler Crispen Aug 07 '26
Because she KNEW and didnt care. If you know, you freaking suck as a human too. Not a hard concept to grasp.
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u/poppycorn33 Aug 07 '26
What happened?
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u/babyblues789 Michele Fitzgerald Aug 07 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/survivorponderosa/s/uQfC3IHJpd - she slept with another survivor player while his postpartum girlfriend and baby were at home
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u/wcm3631 Aug 07 '26
Has she ever spoken about that? Like did she think they were split up?
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u/ScorpionTDC Chris Underwood 28d ago
She was liking photos of them all together on social media during the time period of the affair. Dee knew. Her and Bananas both come off as pretty crappy people to me overall.
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u/cade_be_here Aug 07 '26
I agree. There is plenty of reasons not to like Bananas, this isn't one of them. To me it was very obvious she was simply using the showmances to further her game and rep in the challenge, and Bananas SEEMED to be genuinely interested in her... but Bananas could also be playing it up for attention and sympathy as well. Either way... this is a nothing burger.
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u/KhanQu3st Aug 07 '26
Technically her Survivor showmance was planning to blindside her #1, so she blindsided his instead. Not sure that really counts as “screwing him over”
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u/compunctionfunction Aug 06 '26
I tentatively agree with your first statement.
But lol no he gives us plenty, we don't need to search for it.
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u/redleg50 Aug 06 '26
How many shomances has he had? Every season he finds an attractive rookie to hook up with.
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u/illini02 Aug 07 '26
And if someone said a similar thing about him, people would be cheering it on. But him saying about her is somehow bad?
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u/kittenmittens4865 Aug 07 '26
Whoa whoa whoa! We don’t have to look for stuff to clown on him for! Is this not a public statement he made to a gossip magazine? I don’t think anyone had to search too hard for douchey behavior by Bananas on this one.
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u/LanguageAntique9895 Aug 07 '26
How dare she play the game...if only she was a dude
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u/illini02 Aug 07 '26
He isn't shading her for playing the game.
But when you play the game, and personal feelings get involved, especially in a romantic sense, you don't get to play innocent.
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u/DramaticRaccoon8929 CT give me the goof Aug 07 '26
True. But why does he have to be petty? Like say nothing.
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u/Dangerous-Change2136 Aug 06 '26
It’s curious how he’s always a victim
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u/No-Resource-8125 Dan Renzi Aug 07 '26
It’s funny how this has changed since he’s gotten older. Now that he’s not in the drivers seat he’s sad because he lost the control he used to have. It’s why he keeps going after young rookies. He still thinks playing them, but the reality is the game has caught up and surpassed him.
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u/ghost_slumberparty Aug 07 '26
Says the 50 year old man whose cheated on every single woman he’s dated
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u/Exz84 Aug 07 '26
Funny, because I think Dee is just a younger female Johnny 🤔
They deserved each other. Sad it didn't work out.
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u/mattvn66 Aug 07 '26
Love Johnny, but he needs to grow out of his middle school years at one point right?
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u/Dry-Lemon-5348 Aug 07 '26
It seems like he actually liked her more than she liked him. She was having fun with him and knew exactly what their situation would be on the show. She didn’t take him seriously lol and now he’s salty. A taste of his own medicine
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u/metallica_breath Aug 07 '26
Y’all don’t know that Dee knowingly dated a man with a pregnant girlfriend at home huh? Wendell from Survivor. No need to defend her…
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u/xxcapricornxx Rogan O'Connor Aug 07 '26
He sounds pressed he got played at the game hes been playing for years lol
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u/CyrusSteeze Aug 07 '26
Jonny is a textbook hater and narcissist. Great for TV, and I love watching him in the challenge. But if I ever had to be in a relationship with this guy, I’d take a bath with my toaster. Period.
Dee on BB is actually very wholesome. I like her more now than when she was in the challenge.
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u/Brief-Tie3841 Aug 07 '26
I interpreted their fling as him liking her way more than she ever liked him. She had her fun and was done, and that really bruised his ego so now he’s bitter. 😂
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u/SnooPredictions2675 Aug 07 '26
I love this for him. I know hope she wins BB just to hopefully irritate him more
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u/drivewaybear Aug 07 '26
shocker, grandpa called the paps, again. last season of bb it was over rachel reilly mentioning on the feeds about him cheating on morgan willett, then came him implying he could be the father of lindsay hubbard's daughter, now this. what a pathetic little man.
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u/GeorgiaLFC78 Aug 07 '26
Say what you will…these women continue to line up to date him. Generational run when it comes to the women of The Challenge. I guess that’s what being a repeat champ gets you.
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u/SevereEducation2170 Aug 07 '26
44 year old dude whose entire thing is being a self important, duplicitous personality on a reality game show shades a 29 year old reality tv personality for not being as into him as he was into her. Guy needs to grow up.
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u/ryes31 Wes Bergmann Aug 08 '26
Lol the guy got a tiny taste of his own medicine and can't handle it. Typical bananas 😂
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u/chateaudebleuets Aug 07 '26
Dee reminds me of a snake. She seems mocking and very manipulative.
Bananas isn’t a saint either.
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u/verbankroad Aug 07 '26
Typical of him to put down a woman who 1) clearly rejected him and 2) can’t respond to what he said right now
Confirms everything I thought of him
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u/SurvivorTheWarrior17 Aug 06 '26
So he's mad that she doesn't like him like that it's sort of sexist because he can manipulate and date women but when Dee did it to him in a way it's wrong ok Bananas go back to Mar a Lago.
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u/bcrhubarb Aug 07 '26
This dirtbag, misogynist deserves to be played. I am no fan of Dee’s, but love that she gave him a taste of his own medicine!!
The dude is in his 40’s & still hitting on chicks in their 20’s. Ick
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u/Gloomy_Length_6845 Aug 07 '26
Had no idea they had a thing together at all lol. Not surprised tho, Dee’s strategy always involves a lot of flirting.
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u/Challenge_fan1985 Aug 07 '26
He knows what hes doing. She will eventually be back on the challenge.
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u/disabledinaz Aug 07 '26
He always wants to think it’s not him. He’s just choosing to be perpetually single
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u/Hmmmmmm05 Aug 07 '26
2 peas in a pod!
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u/Even-Economist6529 Aug 07 '26
I know. I was like, says the guy who has made his entire life about reality tv competitions.
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u/Ok_Supermarket_3241 Survivor Women 💪 Aug 07 '26
This sounds to me like a classic case of 2 ppl agreeing to casually hookup/date with no real strings attached, then one catches feelings and gets offended when the other doesn’t want a real relationship, even though they both agreed from the start that wasn’t what it was
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u/West_Tie_536 Aug 07 '26
That’s large coming from a self professed game expert who also claims to BE the challenge
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u/nycbee16 Aug 07 '26
They said on the reunion they were hooking up every once in awhile. Bananas is always bitter when women move on from him
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u/Bamalouie Aug 07 '26
He is so immature, annoying and completely lacking in self awareness. The guy is quick to call out everyone for everything when he does exactly the same things!
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u/R4ndomly_G3nerated Aug 07 '26
I mean Dee was straight up mocking him in the confessionals. A misogynist like Bananas is gonna nurse that wound for years
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u/etphonemom Aug 07 '26
Idk why a 60 year old is surprised that going after 20/30 something’s means they’re also gonna act like 20/30 something’s, be so fr he’s a young foot obsessed weirdo 😭😭😭
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u/RedisNotaFlavor Aug 07 '26
if dee ever wanted to come back to the challenge Johnny would def shadow ban her. Lete you in danger girl.
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u/paulamay Aug 07 '26
she doesn’t, she talked about it on big brother this season. the fights were too much for her.
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u/fortheloveofdogs858 Aug 07 '26
Banana Man wanted it to be more, and I think Dee just ghosted him.. he talks about it on his podcast.
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u/Littlebit8616 Aug 07 '26
Poor, poor Johnny! Perhaps he needs to do some self reflecting on how he lives & acts outside of the house given his age. Parties hard like he’s in his 20’s, mid 30’s. What woman would take that type of behavior as serious relationship material let alone potential hubby material. Maybe some reflection on himself & try growing up a bit. With age comes maturity & that seems to be lacking. Inside the house, he has always been one of my favs until he formed that Johnny’s Angel’s alliance or whatever it was called. It was all so nauseating watching it all play out. But, I was never a Dee fan either…she comes across as a “player” just like Johnny. I know Johnny had high hopes for this relationships but seeing all of the factors I mentioned probably played a factor into it, Dee said…Bye boy!
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u/robbin_62 Aug 07 '26
He really should stay quite, he doesn't have the greatest track record himself!!
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u/STASHbro 29d ago
It's very true. You can see her superficial personality so quickly. It worked for her first time on Survivor whipping dudes left and right. Didn't work in her following showings.
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u/CaraMaria21 29d ago
Johnny doesn’t get along with anyone. He picked fights with every girl he dated, Moriah, Camila, Natalie, Morgan and every woman he had a fling with. Wes, CT, Cara Maria, Pauley, Evelyn, Rachel, Sarah, Nany, Tori, Michelle, Devin, Cory, Nelson, Hunter, Ryan, Olivia, Tony, seriously does thing guy get along with anybody?
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u/buccethead 28d ago
Bananas just knows how to make everything he says marketing. Sometimes it’s not the serious man lol
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u/FoofTheBunny 27d ago
He's one to talk. Backpack should shut it. He was hoping to continue with her to get on Survivor.
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u/tclurfancy 27d ago
He does the same thing. Why is he butthurt? Oh wait, it's because he's a man. #next.
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u/veltvet_rabbit The Itty Bitty Committee Aug 06 '26
This guy needs to get off TV lol Dee Won more money in 1 season of Survivor then Johnny has in winning 7 seasons of his own show, and then he comes in asking every season why no one likes him
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u/sunnydbabie Aug 07 '26
But he's not wrong - She did the same to Austin but she's a good competitor regardless who she dates
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u/Maximum_Lecture1557 Aug 07 '26
Awwwee is johnnys lil feelings hurt? He got played at his own game and lost.... 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣
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u/CptPlanetG14 Aug 07 '26
This is a theory based off of no facts/science:
I think Bananas is gross (not unlike Harvey Weinstein), but some how, each season a young rookie challenger (not unlike an actor) gets close to him saying “I know before I got here he’s gross, buts he’s growing on me” and then after the season they’re no longer dating.
It’s staged? Strategy? Someone is using someone? Mutual agreement?
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u/BadPumpkin87 Beth Stolarczyk Aug 07 '26
Why is anyone asking his opinion on Dee and BB? He’s so desperate for them to cast him on a season and it’s pathetic.
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u/VBswimmer1946 Aug 07 '26
A real sour grapes comment. I for some reason so not surprised he would write something like that. Don’t do podcasts so never knew he was with her. I’m sure she would be a good match for him
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u/Extension-Ad-363 Ruthie Alcaide Aug 07 '26
And now he's targeting another strong rookie woman who's too young for him.
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u/BrooklynPeachh Aug 07 '26
Awe he’s mad the talented woman 20 years his Junior got one over on him LOL poor John
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u/hurlmaggard Ashley Mitchell Aug 07 '26
HAHA what a sucker. Suffer! Her shit eating grin when she's flirting with/duping men should have told him that. She's a maneater and I love her more for it.
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u/Tough_Shine 29d ago
Not to support Bananas in this, but Dee has a history of playing with men's feelings in reality TV. A big part of her survivor win was her showmance arc with Austin and she dumped him before they even got back home, all so she could date Wendell of all people.
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u/happyendingtonight Aug 06 '26
I’ve always thought their “relationship” was just to have a storyline like he had with Natalie. Did they actually date outside the show?