Josh was glad to move on, "So Sam is the next one on the list, and I distinctly remember you two going back and forth on the Toxic Rats, and I never got why you hated HIM more than everyone else, ESPECIALLY when he was the only one who gave your team the win, outside of the one you and Jo won at the very end. He was stronger than everyone else, but you underestimated him. Was it due to that Dakota mess mentioned earlier?"
All he could do was shake his head, "Why would Lightning be threatened by Sam? He was overweight, needy, insecure, and pressed about all of the guys being stronger and better looking than him. Why would Lightning feel sorry for a man who hooked up with a woman, with that woman seeing him as a last option. Sam was NOT secure in himself, and kept on whining about how he was weaker than the other guys, how much he wanted respect, and it was pathetic. Your ACTIONS should COMMAND respect, not whining like a bitch. He would make fun of me a lot, would claim that I was all muscle, and he got a KICK out of taunting me, while being jealous of me. Before the ice challenge, he said something about my ass taking up all of the space instead of my brain, which I thought was almost racist, and he said that I was just the typical guy who bragged about a BBC. I had to beat his ass up after that, and he was also close to B, who I couldn't stand. It got worse when Brick was put on our team, because he felt like it was another guy who was stronger than him, bonding with people who were also stronger than him, and it put him on the outs. He would then get cocky after the night challenge, stating that hew as the only one who could win a challenge in the team, and that our masculine activities were stupid, and not all that we thought it was. I wanted him out by the third episode, but he made it a lot longer than he was supposed to last. Sam wasn't confident in who he was, and was mad about it, so he took it out on the people who WERE confident in who they are."
He was confused, "So how did this end up leading to the both of you making up somewhat during Season 5, to the point where you are giving him advice on his relationship with Dakota?"
"I didn't like the comments that him and Dakota made in their interviews while Season 4 was airing, and I made some comments back. He would go around saying how he was glad Dakota couldn't be around the cast in the real world due to the condition she is in. When we both came back, and were eliminated early, we talked it out about what he said, and why he hated me so damn much. Lightning told him everything that you were just told, and that Lightning didn't any any more issues, since he just wanted to spend the rest of the time chilling and having fun. Sam agreed on wanting no beef, and we actually started hanging out quite a bit during Playa. He told me about his issues with Dakota, and how he felt like a failure. He wanted me to help him work out, and I told him that he needed to do this for HIM, and NOT her or anyone else. His weight went up and down throughout the next few years because of his motivations for working out, and I told him about what Anne Maria told me with the two women and Topher hooking up."
"That wasn't really your place to do so, you have to admit. So how did he react to the news, and how are things like in more recent times?"
Lightning explained himself, "He believed it because he knew it was true, and he was seeing how she set up and scripted shit on their trashy ass show. He knew who he got with, so they broke up. At the same time, all he did was sulk, and really refused to move on with his life. Lightning got nicer since the show, but he ain't too nice, and didn't have too much patience, so I lost it after a while. I wanted to have fun, and all he did was sulk, and then blame me for why he was single. Sam lost all of his motivation, started gaining weight again, and started being a simp. I tried to motivate him again, but we went back and forth, so we fell out once again, and we haven't spoken since he got back with Dakota."
Josh had a straight face once he reached for Scott's picture, "I was never able to grasp what you and Scott thought of one another through your two seasons. There are times where you are both visibly annoyed with one another, but there were times where you two looked like you were having fun with one another, and relied on the other at times. How did you see things?"
"What you see is what you get with Scott. He is low-down, dirty, trailer trash, smelly, foul-mouthed, broke loser who will do anything he can to get out the trailer park, and to make something of himself. Lightning's met many people like that before, but they smell better, and are already rich. Scott wanted to win, and Lightning liked that he wanted to win, so he could do anything he can to get the prize, since the Toxic Rats were around a bunch of losers. My main issue with him was his poor hygiene, gross farm stories that no one gave a FUCK about, and him CLEARLY trying to throw some challenges. At the same time, he made me laugh with his dirty humor, we had some fun trashtalk, pranks, and some games. We had an up and down relationship. We had a lot of fun together, especially when Brick joined the team. But then he started flirting with Zoey, and focusing on her and Mike, so whatever allyship we agreed on around the Dawn and Sam boots went out the window. He then started whining too much about Mike and Zoey once he booted Mike, and Zoey swerved him, so I tuned his dirty ass out."
"Okay, so apparently he was one of the few people you lived with in between seasons, so you two did not hate one another at that point. But he still voted you out the first chance he got during "All-Stars". What did you think about him from that point onwards?" Josh asked with curiosity in his voice.
Lightning blew his lips before responding, "That happened after I lived with Brick if I remember correctly. He actually asked for me to come over, since he needed some physio-whatever the word is help when I was still living with Dawn, but I said no, because it was clear those two would have fought over it. After Brick, I agreed to it, and his house was HORRIBLE! HE REALLY LIVES IN A GOTDAMN TRAILER! RATS AND SHIT AND EVERYTHING! I helped him out with his physio stuff, since his body was fucked up from that shark eating and giving him a MUCH NEEDED asswhopping. Anne Maria cleared her place, so I bailed on his shitty trailer quickly. Scott is a shady ass bitch, so Lightning knew that Scott would turn on him. We did have some fun at the First Class hotel, drank, and partied like we normally did. He told me that he was gon tap Courtney, and he sure did. Seeing him give Cameron the MOLLYWHOOPING OF THE CENTURY after getting eliminated was BEAUTIFUL! He dragged the twerp across the stairs and across the house, while giving upper and lowercuts. Lightning goes on guy trips once every year, and Scott is one of the few who attends all the time, so we are cool, and he DID not tell me about Scott dating Courtney for years. But he's still too shady, so Lightning doesn't deal with him too much. Scott's only good when he's fun."
He went for the second-to-last picture to give to Lightning, "Alright, so what do you think of first boot Staci? She was on your team."
"Lightning doesn't think about her? She talked a whole lot of nothing for the little she was there, and she was an easy vote out. Never saw her for the rest of the season, and the only time I really dealt with her was when she started posting family business about the cast, specifically Cameron and I, mentioning some lies about my father being with her at one point, how he is threatening a bunch of people, and dug into my parents' NASTY divorce, where he took custo... whatever it is from my mama. Staci tried to make it look like Lightning and his people were selling stories about Cameron to her, and I didn't appreciate that shit, since it WASN'T TRUE. I told her to worry about her weight issues, and not knowing her family history, than trying to mess with mine. That was all I EVER had to deal with the weirdo. I ignored her at every other event."
Zoey's picture was put on the table, and pushed in Lightning's direction, "So the last person from your cast we are talking about is Zoey. I have to admit that I was shocked when you decided to boot her at third instead of Cameron. What was it like dealing with her for two seasons?"
He growled in annoyance, and kissed his teeth in annoyance, "Fuck her, and I mean that shit from the bottom of my heart! The fake ass trick had the NERVE to judge me before even MEETING or SPEAKING to me, stating that I was a dumb jock who only got by because of my father, and how nothing hard happened in my life. We NEVER spoke, but my name was ALL OVER her mouth, and SEVERAL people told me about the shit she said about me, like everything my life being bought for, when my family had to fight EVEN HARDER as black people to make something of ourselves. And when we DID interact in the merge, she was just a liar and a hypocrite. Lightning called her out about flirting with Scott to make Mike jealous, and she claimed I was trying to slander her. She claimed that I was bullying Cameron for no reason, and tried to THREATEN the producers to kick me out like the BASIC BECKY SHE IS! During the last week, I outright asked her why she had beef with me before even MEETING me, and why she contradicted everything she said and did. The girl said she was an indie loser, but would wear the most generic and skimpy stuff so she could be the hottest one, which even SHE failed at. I had NO problem booting Zoey."
"She did rant about dumb entitled jocks like yourself in her audition video, and you... lived up to that," Josh sing-sung with a bit of shade in his voice. "I don't remember you two interacting after the finale though. What else happened between you two afterwards?"
"Zoey was OBSESSED with Lightning's affair... or casual hookups with Anne Maria. Like, she had SO MUCH TO SAY about it with EVERYONE in the cast, and even tried to mention some slick shit in the press. I DON'T GIVE A SHIT about y'all triangle. I only wanted a warm puss, and a curvy body to fondle here and there, and they drag me into their bullshit. I had to put SHE AND HER MAN on check, and then they claimed we were doing it for relevance. EVERYONE knew that Mike didn't want to do anything with Zoey, and even she was weirded out because she didn't want to kiss or have sex with his weird personalities either. They were the couple, but acted like they were friends, since there was NO CHEMISTRY. There were even social media accounts that clocked her and Mike searching for us. During "All-Stars", I just told her that she wasn't shit for running to production to save her ass, and to change the casting. She went through a personality change, and I'm glad I didn't have to deal with her much. For someone who was on the most episodes out of our cast, she ended up being a FLOP and IRRELEVANT. She ALSO tried to stop one of the other TD person from the new cast from seeing me, and I had to ask her why she was so obsessed? If she wanted my BBC, she could have just asked, though I would have rejected her either way. I don't blame her, Lightning's a hot piece of ass," he ranted without taking much of a breath.
Josh just shook his head, "Damn, you read her for filth. Anyways, we are gonna move onto the "All Stars" from the first cast that you competed with. The first person is Alejandro."
He looked at the picture with a quizzical look, "He was trying to be my friend, and I thought he was fly enough to chill with THE LIGHTNING. But for some reason, he thought he was better looking than Lightning, had the better ass than Lightning, and was stronger than Lightning. For someone who I thought was cool, he ended up being another jealous lame, which he showed once he arrived to Playa, and was kind of glaring. Lightning's seen him at modeling shoots since, and he wouldn't say anything, though he had a lot to say during the confessionals and in social media. What was interesting is that the one time he DID speak to me post-season was about how good Anne Maria was in bed. So he wanted my leftovers too, but it ALL STARTED TO MAKE SENSE. A year or so afterwards, him and Heather offered she and I to join them in the bedroom for a foursome, and they wanted to make it into an Onlyfans thing. The video didn't happen, but..."
"Alejandro didn't mention any of that. He said that the last time you two spoke was when you were voted out in the second episode," he noted with part intrigue and part doubt in his voice, before handing the next picture, "Anyways Courtney is next. How was she?"
Lightning had to think about it for a while, "I don't remember if I ever had a legit conversation with her. She seemed very angry and lonely from the little time I played with her, though she was gawking at Scott even from early on, which was gross to see. We weren't even on the same team, but she hid in her room for the last two weeks in Playa. Scott had Lightning send her messages through the door and shit, since he was too scared to deal with her. Lightning does remember sometimes meeting Scott to hang out, or to go on a trip, or to talk shit, and someone would drop him off. It was a tanned person, and their face was covered, but you saw a bust, and brown hair. Lightning was confused, but it wasn't until our other cast mates realized it was Courtney. It was fun teasing Scott about it."
Josh handed out another picture, "So Duncan WAS on your team, meaning you should have at least spoken to him here and there before your quick elimination. What are your thoughts on him?"
"He was very... weird, and not a badass at all, which was shocking. Seems like he tried to talk to me, to see if I was like JD, or DJ, whatever the hell his name is, but Lightning knows that DJ/JD followed Duncan around like a little bitch, and LIGHTNING AIN'T THAT! Duncan's another one that was intimidated my my strength, prowess, and beauty from the very beginning. The OG guys were weak as hell, and NOT confident. They were talking a lot of shit, so Lightning wanted us to have a posing nude contest to see who was stronger, and who had the bigger... stuff, but they both rejected. He got arrested, and never showed up to Playa, so Lightning never spoke to him after being eliminated."
"So Gwen is next on the list, and she was the one who revealed to me about your complicated living arrangements at the time, but also stated that you lived with Sam, B, and Dakota," Josh revealed, as he handed the picture of the goth, "Since she became close friends with Cameron, I am assuming you don't have high thoughts on her."
He rolled his eyes, "I NEVER lived with B, and I wasn't even good with Sam until AFTER we were booted in the season. Dakota had her own issues, so why would I live with her? Gwen was SURELY CURIOUS about the Lightning to get all of that, and to ask for it. She kept on whining about how she's a "good guy", when no one believed it, and that she came back to improve her reputation, when that shit was NEVER going to happen. She was another one who was trying to put her pale nose in Lightning's business, and asking a bunch of personal questions to someone she didn't even know. Lightning ignored her ass on purpose while in the game. Gwen tried to in her only week at Playa tried to lecture me about Cameron, when we had buried that shit a while ago, and she just did it because she wanted to come off as the good guy martin, martyr, or whatever. She latched onto Mike, Zoey, and Cameron because she's all about her reputation."
The Queen Bee's picture was put on the table, "Heather is next, and I actually DO remember you interacting with her a few times. On your original season, the two of you got into a fight, and then I remember her slamming a shovel in your face on "All-Stars" after you refused to give her a paddle. When I interviewed her, she said that you tried to flirt with and get with her, but she rejected you HARDCORE."
A dark laugh came from his mouth, "That witch is a liar, but Lightning will break that shit down when the time comes. When she made her appearance on our season, she was ranting about the five of us, and said that Lightning's only good for his dick and ass, while going IN on the other four. What annoyed me was that she was ranting OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN about how the producers didn't give her the money from last season, and we heard her rant about this for HOURS! By the time she attacked me with the suitcase, I was already over her bitching. On "All-Stars", Lightning had NO INTEREST in speaking to her, and I NEEDED both shovels. Lightning was the strongest person on the team, and they wanted me to use ALL of my strength, so I needed both shovels. The funny thing was that she was the one who tried to keep me around during that vote, and then APOLOGIZED to me when she got booted about sending me home second. Lightning flirts with people when he's bored, and she DEFINITELY flirted because she was mad that Al dumped her ass. She was so uncomfortable, but had Anne Maria recruit me to meet up with the three of them in a hotel a year or two after that... It was a fun time, I will admit."
Josh choked on air after the revelation, and took a while to recover his breathing, "WAIT... Did you just admit into having a foursome with Alejandro and Heather? I never thought they would be the ones to get into that, since they don't speak to anyone from the show."
"Yeah. They always had their fun with Anne Maria, and wanted to add someone else, so the three of them decided to ask me, and who could blame them? I'm the hottest and strongest guy on the entire show. And EVERYONE KNOWS that Alejandro gets with guys, especially with Lindsay's boyfriend. She told me about that when we were at Playa des Losers. Which Lightning thought was SO WEIRD, because Al and Heather were spreading lies about Lindsay and I hooking up at Playa, and ran back to tell Tyler this. Lightning didn't appreciate that shit, but the... fun happened after I confronted them about that bullshit."
He went back to drink his bottle, and actually choked on it, 'DAMN, I NEVER knew Lindsay thought they hooked up too. I should NOT have drank while you were spilling like that". He took his time to catch his breath, "Speaking of Lindsay..." Josh continued, while getting her picture, "The two of you were the first booted from "All-Stars", and there's been some... talk about the two of you getting close, which you just mentioned. Both of you are known as being the dumbest people on the entire franchise. What was it from your point of view?"
Lightning could not help but giggle, and blush, "Oh man, Lindsay is... something. When Lightning got booted, I was FUMING and FURIOUS, because it was SUCH a dumb move for them to make, so she stayed away. I was in a fitting speedo, and she was in a sexy two piece, which DID catch my attention, and I caught her attention. She's hot, and I'm hot... it is what it is. She asked Lightning about still being upset about being booted, since she was glad to have been voted out. We did some innocent flirting, but we became friendly because she's funny, and always down for an adventure, and to have fun, which is what I wanted to do, since I was going to spend most of my time at Playa, and didn't want to be miserable. Lindsay talked about her relationship issues, and I didn't want to get involved. Seeing her beat Jo at many athletic activities, and playing volleyball with her was fun."
Josh raised his eyes, "So whether you did something physical or not with her, it did sound like something happened between the two of you, and some lines were crossed. Did you ever have sex with her? Before you answered, Lindsay said that something DID happen."
"Not at that time..." he admitted, and Josh's eyes widened. "It wasn't like that. Lightning and Tyler met at the premiere party, and we became VERY good friends, even to this day. We just connected, and his crazy, free, daring personality was just a VIBE. You will NEVER be bored with Tyler, and he would come on those yearly trips Lightning had as well. Lindsay eventually got mad because we got closer together than I was with her. It was a few years after the show ended, that they recruited Lightning to spice things up in their bedroom, since they had some sort of cucking fantasy. I still don't know what that is, but we had A LOT of fun."
"Alright, so the final person you competed with on the show is Sierra, and she DID reveal some interesting stuff," Josh spoke slowly, trying to read Lightning's facial expressions, "Sierra also revealed that you were the one that told her information about Cameron's family after your first season, though you admitted that you didn't earlier in the interview."
He shook his hands and head, "You got it mixed up. STACI reported things about Cameron's family first, and SHE found that information on her own. What I said earlier, with that situation is true; Lightning DID NOT report that information to STACI. By the time Sierra posted more details, Cameron already attacked Lightning and his family in the press for WEEKS, so when Sierra asked Lightning about the details, Lightning SURE DID report it. Anyways, we didn't speak while on "All-Stars", and when she arrived to Playa, she was losing her mind about that geek Cody and whatever, which was just lame. Lightning had to cheer her up at several moments, and it just got tiring though. We did have some fun at a party, where we were all DRUNK AS HELL, and they had Lightning be the stripper that everyone fondled over, which was fun, since Lightning's the best. Sierra took A LOT of shots from my body, and she wanted a lapdance to cheer her up, so Lightning gave it to her. I don't remember if we hooked up or not. But once Cameron arrived, and was lying on her, Lightning felt like she was being lied on, so he defended her. Haven't really spoken to her since though."
Josh was over this, "Alright, now it's time to talk about whatever interactions you had with the other Gen 1 competitors that you did not compete with on Season 5, and the Generation 3 cast overall. Who do you mess with, and who do you not mess with?"
He thought about it for a while, and moved his hands and fingers like he was in deep thought, "The first cast... Lightning is cool with Trent, Justin, thinks Owen is a gross fat piece of shit; yuck. Harold is kind of cool, but kind of nerdy as well, and Cody wants to be me. 4 of those guys are pretty cool, and some of them I've partied with. Justin is the closest to me out of that group. I forgot about Noah, but he's gutter trash anyways. Never spoke to Ezekiel, already spoke about how close I am to Tyler, partied with Geoff a lot, and got into some... shit with him, DJ is cool, though we argued a bit because he was such a pussy. I think that's it for the first gen guys, so I am good with most of them. Beth is someone Lightning's gotten close to due to Justin and Lindsay, so she is cool, Leshawna is my girl, and we've had some fun too, Lightning has DEFINITELY smashed Katie and Sadie, and they're fun party girls, hehehehe. Bridgette is someone who knows how to entertain people, and Eva's an even more boring version of Jo. Some of them are good friends, and others are people you just have a good time with at parties and events."
"So what about the third generation cast? I heard that a lot of you met up around the time their season aired."
Lightning continued thinking with his fingers, before starting to speak, "I remember Leshawna tried to organize a black podcast with Leonard and B, but we got into it on that podcast, and she had to edit all of that shit out. Both of them are complete weirdos. Rodney is someone that Lightning had to beat up HARDCORE for a few reasons some years ago, but it was fun competing with him at sports and other events, because while he IS larger, Lightning is stronger and more tactical or whatever the word is. The thing with Topher is that we were sleeping with the same women, meaning it wasn't just Anne Maria, but the twins as well. Stuff got back to the other, and the women twisted shit about one to tell the other, so we DID end up getting to a fight, and I of course beat him up, but he wasn't as weak as Lightning thought. We realized that the girls were playing games, and we became good friends. He's someone I party with, do a bunch of stupid shit with, and he's a cocky asshat who's confident, which is cool, though Lightning is still better. Dave is someone who has too much mouth for his own good, and doesn't have the hands to back it up. He STAYS getting his ass beat by everyone, Shawn is a HUGE loser and a creep, and the mushroom Max isn't even worth talking about."
Josh didn't want to forget about something that was briefly touched upon, "So you just stated that you slept with the twins from Pahkitew. How in the hell did that happen, and what do you think of the other women from that cast?"
All he did was laugh and shake his head, "The twins... like to fight over people and things that one of them like. One of them liked Topher during the season, so the other one started liking him too, and the three of them had a back and forth situation for YEARS. If Lightning remembered correctly, Amy wanted a piece of the chocolate first, and Lightning knew she was dealing with Topher, who Lightning wanted revenge on, so we got it popping. Samey or Sammy wanted to prove that she could beat Amy as well, so she got with me as well, and both of them were VERY good at what it did. This continued for a few years, but it was a bit too much drama to deal with. Sky was also another person Lightning got with, since she was mad David was dating that Snow White girl at a TD event, and she wanted some thick fat dick, so she hollered at me. We hooked up like less than five times, but we HATED speaking one another. Sugar is a VERY big pile of trash, and she tried to hook up, but Lightning rejected her since HE DOES have standards, which might be shocking to some people. Of course she took that shit on the people he did hook up with, and the only black man she COULD get was Leonard. Never met the Scarlett weirdo, since she was in jail, on probation, or whatever, Ella is too weird for Lightning to deal with, and met Jasmine who was stronger than Jo, and beat Lightning at a few activities, but also had some run-ins with her during Leshawna's podcasts."
"Alright, here is the final question, or the final set of questions I have for you Lightning. How have you grown or learned since your time on the show, and what have you been up to since the 8 years you've last been on the show?" Josh asked, with little care in the tone of his voice.
He had a relatively blank expression on his face, "Learned?... Lightning was a badass mutha fucker who was the shit when he was 16 nine years ago, and is STILL a badass mutha fucker who was the shit at 25 years old. If anything, I guess I learned that I had to build an identity, lifestyle, career, and a path for myself without the attachment of my father, or my family, but that's really it to be honest. The finale of "ROTI" was humiliating, but Lightning didn't like how angry and venomous he got, so learning not to let people take you there, and to move on from people who are lesser than you, and have them pressed is another thing I think I learned. With what I have done outside of the show, Lightning did get into one of the top football schools in college, but... it involved doing a lot of homework, and grades, and the assignments and tests are worth SO MUCH MORE than they did in High school. Long story short, some... shit was handled in order for Lightning to sha-graduate, I barely say sha anymore. It took FOREVER to be drafted onto a team, which was probably due to my weaker grades, but I played in college football for 6 years, but that wasn't making money. While that was happening, Lightning decided to model for athletic wear, and for some... other types of modeling, and even was a Chippendale for a bit. Since becoming a brand ambassador for Dawn's natural supplements, Lightning did a lot more research on that, and also built a protein line, which is VERY successful. I KNOW I'm gonna make it big as a football star when I get my chance, but until that happens, Lightning has kept himself busy."
Josh forgot about that, "Wow... I totally forgot that you never said "sha" whatsoever until just now. Seems like you did grow out of certain things. Anyways, this interview was not totally awful, so... thanks I guess." He reached out to shake Lightning's hand, and escorted him out quickly.
