“The Challenge: Cutthroat” star Alexis Lete revealed her showmance with Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio was more of a “slow burn” than what was shown on TV.
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“The showmance happening in the second episode… I was like, ‘I don’t think that happened until episode four or five,'” Lete exclusively told Page Six ahead of the Season 42 finale next week.
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“So this is interesting to see it so early on, especially after I said this is bulls–t,” she continued.
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“Everyone’s like, ‘Wait, how did this happen?’
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It didn’t happen like that, y’all.
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Howver, Lete said she’s not upset by the slight editing manipulation because she knows the producers “want people to get interested and invested” early in the season.
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Lete, 29, explained that her relationship with Devenanzio, 44, actually started in a “funny and interesting” way when she borrowed his clothes to dress up as “Oliver Clothesoff” for Tori Deal’s birthday.
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“I used his clothes, a few days later, I left a note and I was like, ‘Thank you for letting me use your douchey clothes.’
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And then he wrote a little love letter back and
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he was like, ‘Wait, does this mean you like me?’
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And I just put ‘maybe,'” Lete recalled.
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“And that’s how I ended up in the bathtub because he was like, ‘Oh my gosh, put a bikini on come meet me here,'” she continued.
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“But that’s ultimately where it was starting to get a little spicier, I would say.”
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Lete admitted that while she doesn’t know Devenanzio that well, outside of watching him on TV, she likened their bond to “a middle school crush relationship.”
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In fact, Lete confirmed that the pair “tried” to date after the show, even after Devenanzio told her during filming that “he wasn’t in a space to have a relationship or have a girlfriend.”
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“So, I knew going out of the house that it wasn’t gonna lead to anything,” the “Deal or No Deal Island” alum explained.
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“And I think he tried to explore if it would, but ultimately, if someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.
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So we’re just friends now.”
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Lete told us that while she enjoyed her fling with Devenanzio, he wasn’t her top choice for a showmance.
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Even on his podcast, he’s like, ‘You went for CT before me.
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You thought Josh was cute before you wanted me.
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So I was like option five,'” she shared.
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“I just didn’t picture myself being interested in him,” Lete went on.
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“I had heard a lot of stuff going into it.
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And I also noticed that he’s a pot stirrer, and I was like, ‘I don’t know if I want to be in all this drama.'”
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But Lete said that she and Devenanzio “didn’t have drama” with each other the whole game, so their relationship ended up being a “nice escape from the game.”
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“The Challenge: Cutthroat” finale airs next Wednesday on Paramount+.
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