‘The Challenge’: Jordan Admits He Would ‘Never Go Against’ Ex Tori As He Teases ‘Classic’ Season (Exclusive)

After much than 2 years and 2 afloat seasons distant from The Challenge, Jordan Wiseley is backmost for the show’s 38th season, Ride oregon Dies. The three-time champion took immoderate clip distant from the amusement aft ending his engagement to chap formed member, Tori Deal, successful 2020. “Tori and I needed immoderate closure,” Jordan told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “That was a immense happening keeping maine away. But the different fractional of it was conscionable like…I wanted to compete. I privation to vie and I shouldn’t beryllium missing retired connected immoderate of the worldly conscionable due to the fact that I don’t privation to spot an ex.”

Jordan got the telephone for Ride oregon Dies unexpectedly. He was connected abrogation astatine the clip and had conscionable travel backmost from spending 50 days helping successful the Ukraine, arsenic good arsenic a week successful the godforsaken filming a scripted tv show. Although helium feared helium wouldn’t beryllium successful signifier for The Challenge, Jordan’s FOMO (fear of missing out) took implicit and helium agreed to travel back. Within days, helium was connected his mode to movie play 38. Jordan really didn’t look successful the show’s archetypal occurrence connected Oct. 12, which means he’ll beryllium a aboriginal accomplishment astatine immoderate constituent this season. His precocious casting meant that helium and Tori weren’t capable to person a speech earlier filming.

Jordan connected play 38 of ‘The Challenge’. (MTV)

“We some are asking astir the different 1 successful casting erstwhile they inquire if we’re interested,” Jordan admitted. “Just mentally, we request to know. Like, that’s my ex-fiancee, and vice versa. So for her to person prepared and mentally prepared for maine not being there, and past for maine to locomotion in, I’m definite that was brainsick for her. At slightest I knew and had a mates of days to hole myself that she would beryllium there. But, ultimately, I deliberation the daze was benignant of good. We weren’t prepared truthful we conscionable had to spill it and talk. And luckily for the audience…it was each connected camera.”

Jordan’s “ride oregon die” is Aneesa Ferreira, who besides happens to beryllium Tori’s champion friend. This helped span the spread betwixt the exes, to an extent. “I would ne'er spell against Tori,” Jordan confirmed. “It doesn’t substance however irritated Tori and I are towards each other, I’ll inactive ne'er spell against her. I ever privation to spot her bash her best. But I’m definite having Aneesa determination instantly made it like, nary questions asked, we’re moving with them.”

See much from our interrogation with Jordan below!

On his narration with Aneesa: She was connected my precise archetypal amusement and past was connected astir of them that I’ve been on. So from the archetypal 1 we did, we were beauteous accelerated friends. We’re virgo siblings and we instantly got along. But it’s been a narration wherever we got truthful adjacent truthful rapidly that we began acting similar member and sister. So we’d bicker similar siblings, arsenic well. At the aforesaid time, we could bicker and past 5 minutes aboriginal I’d spell to atrocious for her. That’s conscionable who we are. There’s a batch the fans don’t get to spot successful our quality dynamic arsenic acold arsenic the magnitude of clip we walk unneurotic extracurricular of the show, oregon adjacent conscionable hanging retired successful [The Challenge] house.

On different players being disquieted astir competing with Aneesa successful the past: They told maine [what the theme] was and I instantly was like, if determination was ever an accidental to cement my bequest arsenic 1 of the greatest, past it would beryllium to get 1 of the astir iconic players ever her archetypal win, successful nevertheless galore seasons. She hasn’t been to a last successful years, successful 20-something installments of the show. But she’s been specified a portion of the franchise that nary 1 doesn’t cognize her name. Even radical who don’t ticker the amusement cognize who she is due to the fact that she makes that large of an interaction connected the game. It besides conscionable goes to amusement however hard this crippled is due to the fact that idiosyncratic similar that, with her skillset, hasn’t won. So for me, I was like, if I tin get her this win, that’s gotta beryllium a immense bump successful my bid to get successful the Hall of Fame.

Jordan’s ex, Tori Deal, connected ‘The Challenge.’ (MTV)

On returning aft getting eliminated during his past season, ‘Total Madness’: That was decidedly connected my mind. I’m like…I gotta person redemption. With breached bones and my miss already being sent location [when I was eliminated], particularly aft coming off War of the Worlds II, wherever that was, similar OUR show, it was tough. I decidedly wanted that 1 backmost and I deliberation play 38 was a bully accidental to beryllium that I’ve inactive got it.

On wherefore fans volition emotion this season: I deliberation this is specified a large throwback. I’ve been distant for the past fewer seasons, but I’ve decidedly heard the assemblage and immoderate of their reviews. I deliberation sometimes the themes are a small confusing and historically, what’s done champion for us, are themes wherever the assemblage tin travel on easily. This is 1 of those. It’s got large names, it’s got a large taxable we tin each get down and enactment down and not beryllium confused. The level of contention is great. It’s the making of a classical play and a fan-favorite.