Josh was not looking forward to this interview that was going to happen today, and let it be known to his crew, "Why the FUCK did SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM cast this delusional, mentally fried fuckface on the show! Some of yall were in the board room going over the casting, and thought HE would be a good person on NOT ONLY this show, but THE SPINOFF TOO? I know some people in the cast thinks he's a crackhead, but I think that drugs are an ALIBI for the delusion that is all over this man. The bitch just has a -0 brain, and I know that makes no sense, BUT THAT'S THE MOTHER FUCKING POINT. How in the HELL am I supposed to do an interview with this trashbin bitch? I need a HUGE RAISE to do this shit."
"And I see the desperate, has-been host is bitter as hell that he has to resort to interviewing teen reality stars who are STILL more relevant and known than as he is, just so he could attempt to, and ultimately fail to revive his career," Leonard hissed with a wit in him. He walked to his seat, and let out his curly hair out, while he was just wearing a green robe.
He could not hold back his anger and disgust, which came out through a groan, "I'm not going to waste much time talking to you, so we're going to get right to it. I will present people you competed with alphabetically, and you'll explain your interactions with them from the show to the present day. Amy is first."
He got the photo, and just started laughing, "This witch was a trainwreck, and a miserable sack of doodoo. I didn't deal with her while I was in the game, but I pretty much got the jist of the situation with she and her sister. When were both eliminated, Beardo and I were not in a good place, but Amy went out of her way to stir the pot even more, which Beardo and I noticed. It caused the both of us to bond, and after seeing her putting some spell on Rodney, I called her out about both things. I also wanted to teach her how to do good spells, but she didn't want to take part in it, and WASTED ALL OF MY ARTIFACTS AND PARAPHERNALIA. We had a fallout over that, AND I CURSED THE BITCHY WITH THE FUCK OUT. THAT SHIT WAS EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW! And once her sister joined us, I noticed her tactics, so I started to call Amy her sister's name to piss her off, which Samantha knew about, and thoroughly enjoyed. I do have a great knack for trolling, you know. She was one of the biggest haters once I got on the spinoff series, and then she tried to claim that I only got it because everyone else rejected. She and her famewhorish boyfriend Topher would have taken the opportunity if they were really offered it."
"Anyways, Beardo is next, and he's ALMOST as annoying as you two."
Leonard just ignored his remark, "We did not get along while on the show, but it was Beardo who was more bothered by my FABULOSITY than I caring a DAMN about him. Apparently a producer told him that we were competing for a spot to get on the show, but I was never told that, and I was confident I was getting on anyways, so I didn't care. When we were doing the challenge, it was clear that we were struggling, and that someone needed to step up to the place. Leonard is the type of person who takes charge and action when something needs to get done. I like to problem solve, and find solutions, so I am a very active person. Beardo is someone who likes to procrastinate, sit down and wait for people to come up with answers, while comping up with things to do to stall time. We went back and forth that entire challenge, and damn near all of it wasn't shown. After the challenge, Beardo knew he was in trouble, and according to him, heard Dave say something offensive, so he started telling people about it, hoping to save his butt. I went to Dave and asked him if he said anything racist, which he denied. It all got back to everyone on Maskwak, and Beardo was mad that I threw him under the bus, so that's how the first vote ended up between him and I."
Josh didn't even look at Leonard, "Not like I give a crap, but how were things after both of you being the very first ones eliminated?"
"We fought NONSTOP about everything; the food, which rooms we liked, what happened in the game, who could go where, so on and so forth. Amy came on, and started being messy as she fanned the flames between the two of us, and apparently told the producers to continue doing this. He called me a sellout, and then I called him a disgrace, as he looks like an impoverished black man, so on and so forth. Midway throughout the season, we realized that we were pinned against one another for other's amusement, and we became friends, as we never really discussed our personal lives with one another, and how many people saw us as jokes. We made a pact to not let anyone get between us, and we DID confront Dave together when he joined us at the resort, and it was a nice moment of unity. He was one of the few who genuinely supported me when I got the call for "The Ridonculous Race", and planned a party for me. We aren't best friends, but we are friendly enough today. He even helped Sugar and I patch things up."
Josh reached out for the next picture, and had a chuckle come from his mouth as he handed it to Leonard, "THIS is the interaction that I'm interested in, since we DID see some of it on the show, and it was intense. After interviewing Dave a few days ago, he ROASTED THE HELL OUT OF YOU, so I want you to keep the same energy. What the hell was everything about?"
Leonard groaned, rolled his eyes, and flailed his arms around dramatically, "He's nothing but a DRAGON SHIT I TELL YA! Dave's always been jealous of me, and he DEFINITELY was when we were doing the show. Dave said everything he could at me, how I was a crackhead baby, which I didn't realize was racist until I spoke to it about it with Beardo right before Dave got eliminated, how I was delusional for believing in magic and thinking that wizardry exists, when there is a thing as spirituality, he attacked religion in general, and claimed that I was ugly as hell. He was ANOTHER one who refused to take action in the challenge, and was mad that I have natural leadership skills. Even after it was already decided that Beardo was going home, Dave INSISTED on insulting me, and I lost it. I called him a whitewashed idiot, how he is an embarrassment, and how he lacks testosterone. I ended up beating his ass, and he was mad that I STILL stayed over that. The crux of our conflict is that Dave's jealous that despite my weirdness, I STILL have more of a pull, and better social skills than him."
"So what about when Dave arrived to the resort? And after the season? You and Beardo were close at that point, and had the same thoughts about him."
"We both confronted him about the problematic stuff he said to and about the both of us, and it did get heated, but he and Beardo were able to make peace, but I didn't buy any of the bullshit he said. Dave continued talking shit about me, so I would troll him here and there; little comments here and there about him and Sky, Beardo and I being BFFs, being close to Ella and Sugar, so on and so forth. He THEN turned me asking for a turban to be a racist statement, though it does help me when I perform spells, and he did tell others that he had turbans, but his sellout ass NEVER wears it, and I said that he wasn't true to his Indian roots. Him and I got into a HUGE screaming match, and I felt like he was diverting from the shit he said beforehand. My last dealings with him was when he was slandering me to EVERY MEDIA OUTLET POSSIBLE, because he was mad I was a part of the spinoff, so when I was doing my exit interviews, I slandered his borderline abusive relationship with Ella and Sky."
Josh went on to grab another picture, "Ella is the next person on the list. Were you two friends, or were you two more than friends?"
He immediately shook his head in denial, "There was never anything romantic between Ella and I. That was something David pushed around post-season to stir up more drama. We did get along, because we are both very spiritual beings, and it caused us to bond with one another very early on. We both talked about our love for literature, television, and film, so we really had a strong connection with one another. Things went awry because of Sugar, and I truly regret it, since I thought Ella was going after me, so I did vote her off when I was eliminated. When she arrived to the resort, we did make up, though I didn't realize that Sugar thought that we had an infatuation for one another, which is why she started manipulating things with us. We both did our own aura-reading, and we did grow our own regents that we used for ointments and stuff. Ella understands that if people are mad at me, I like trolling them, and making them even more mad at me, since I found that crap to be amusing."
"So what about after the season? She started dating your mortal enemy Dave, and you started seeing Sugar, whom Ella soon realized after watching the show that she didn't like her? I could only imagine that it caused a lot of tension."
"It was awkward, uncomfortable, and I do think that entire relationship was a complete sham, especially from his side. Dave paid NO attention to Ella, even when I was in the game, and not only from what we saw on TV, but from the others who were around at the time, he didn't pay her any attention either. ALL OF A SUDDEN, when EVERYONE in the cast started hating him due to his antics in the finale, Dave is BEGGING for Ella's attention, when he CONTINUED to pay her dust when we were all eliminated at the resort. She and I had several tense conversations about him using her essentially, and she called me negative from Sugar's influence. We did not speak for a few years due to that, even after she and Dave broke up. Ella did not want to acknowledge what he did to our friendship, and I guess I didn't want to acknowledge how Sugar affected our friendship as well. She has tried to get Dave and I to make up for years, but it hasn't worked. We are still friends," he elaborated in a relatively calm manner for him.
"What about Jasmine? I doubt the two of you have had much dealings with one another over the years," he somewhat asked, while handing over a picture.
He looked at the picture, and started shaking his head, "No we did not speak much through the show, and we didn't have a need to. We weren't on the same team, and barely spent any time with one another throughout the entire season, and even during the time when it was airing. It was not until when the spinoff happened, where we started to have general conversations, as she threw a cast trip to Australia in support for my venture, and she didn't seem like a hater. A part of me did feel like she was attempting to get close to me, in order to piss off, and get more information about Dave. I mean, I enjoyed getting involved in the messiness at times, but our interactions did not seem genuine. I liked the panel that she and Leshawna created, where several people who are a racial or ethnic minority were able to get together, and discuss their experiences on the show, and how production tried to push racial stereotypes on us. In general, we're fine, but not friends."
He looked at the next picture, and started gagging himself, "So here is the ONE person that is more revolting than you in my opinion; MAX. You both were, and probably still are delusional as hell to this date. How do you think about the one person who was a worse casting choice than yourself."
"That purple-haired bobble head is someone I tried REALLY HARD to be friends with over the years. He's someone I didn't get a chance to speak to while we were filming the season, but I knew that something was off with that dragon bait, which I was VERY curious about. After Scarlett scared the shit out of him, and showed him what a REALLY EVIL person is like, I tried to bond with him, and figure out why he was the way he was. For some reason, he vented to me about a bunch of trauma he went through, and his parents are a bunch of criminals, who hazed him, and told him that it's how he needed to be. He had a FULL ON MELTDOWN for those last 3 weeks in the season, and he was really vulnerable. I told him some personal stuff about myself as well, and I thought we were going to be friends, since we both knew that many people thought we shouldn't have been on the cast."
"What happened between the two of you?" Josh asked with genuine interest and intrigue.
Leonard just rolled his eyes, "THE FUCKING BITCH STARTED TRASHING ME WHEN THE SHOW AIRED. FIRSTLY, he would NEVER say any of the FOUL stuff he said about me on social media to my face, since he didn't when he had the opportunity to when we were both eliminated. Max saw that people for some reason liked his faux-villain stuff, so he played that up completely. He started harassing and slandering the cast for social media fame, so by the time of the finale, EVERYONE was done with him, and what made it even worse was that he lost ALMOST ALL OF HIS FOLLOWERS WHEN THE SHOW ENDED. What REALLY pissed me off was NOT ONLY him bashing me for getting the spinoff, since HE thought HE deserved to be on, but he tried to get me kicked off, and BLACKBALLED FROM THE NETWORK. Things got REALLY BAD between us for the next few years, especially when I threw vinegar in his face."
All he did was groan at the next person whose face was on the picture, "Oh my goodness, I completely forgot about him. You, Max, and Rodney are tied for being some of the worst. I imagine you spent more time with Rodney, since you both were eliminated very early on."
"We didn't speak while I was on the island, but he was the first one out of the early boots, when there were four of us, that I felt like I could immediately talk to. Of course he and Amy hung out, but it seemed like Rodney realized the errors of his flaws when Samey joined us. He and I just connected, and like me, Rodney is someone who likes to work hard, and to get shit done. It's a shame that he was the tallest and strongest person in TD history, but didn't use it. He was entertained by my spells, potions, and spirituality stuff, which he was interested in learning, so the two of us bonded over that, and he's a REALLY GOOD COOK. Like seriously, he is up there with DJ, so he replicated somewhat of what I made, and included it in some of the food we had there, which EVERYONE enjoyed," he recapped with such joy in his voice. "Out of all the guys, he was one the one I spoke to the most, but there was, and somewhat still is a rough patch."
"What was the rough patch? And you're making it seem like you two still kind of fell out."
All he did was sigh, as the memories started coming back to him, "I had to go to therapy, since I was really losing it from being humiliated on two shows, and for a bunch of issues I was going through, and Rodney told me all about his insecurities, as well as stuff he needed to work out with his family. I not only suggested that he speak to a therapist, but I personally booked several sessions with my own money. They're a spiritual therapist, that some may call a witch or scammer or whatever but they're certified in their profession. Rodney enjoyed it, so I booked more, until he... BLEW THEM OFF BECAUSE HE STARTED HANGING OUT WITH SCARLETT, who isn't religious, isn't spiritual, and believes only about what she can see. If he didn't want to go, he could have told me, since I PAID FOR IT, but he NOT ONLY DIDN'T GIVE ME THAT GRACE, but HE BASHED EVERYTHING I DID FOR HIM, AND THE SPIRITUALITY I HELPED HIM ATTAIN. We had a HUGE argument about that a few years ago, and he has YET to apologize to me. All of the progress he made, pertaining his women and mama issues, he THREW AWAY once that criminal came back in his life."
"Anyways, Samey is the next person that I have for you. What were your dealings with her like over the years? Since you dislike her sister, I am assuming that you liked her."
All he did was shrug, "I don't deal with either one of them. Just from my magical powers and aura reading, I don't get a good vibe from her, despite Amy having a much worse aura. There was a sense of darkness within her, what came out during the show. Talking to her when we were at the resort was frustrating, because she KEPT ON TALKING ABOUT HER SISTER. She wanted to use this as a chance to be defined on her own, but she REFUSED TO DO THAT WHEN SHE WAS ELIMINATED. It was VERY annoying, and she has several different personalities. I was wondering if they casted another person that had MPD, but for our generation. I asked her about that after the season, and it caused for a HUGE blowup. We don't deal with one another, and she's mad because I could see through her, and the fact that she and Jasmine had an affair behind Shawn's back."
Josh gasped in shock, "Bitch, so it was CONFIRMED? I thought it was all speculation and shit. They hid all of that from social media."
"I am good at reading auras, so I knew there was something romantic and lustful between the two of them, and I saw Shawn get nervous every time they were around one another. It was gossip around the cast, but all of us were served with cease-and-desist letters by their lawyers, so we could not bring it up publicly. Also, Shawn was telling some people about it, so he told Dave, who told Ella, and who confirmed what I already knew."
"Anyways, you talked about Scarlett briefly when we talked about Rodney, so I'm assuming that the two of you did not get along during the time of the show," he asked, but more-so assumed, as Scarlett's picture was put on the table.
Leonard took the picture, and just grimaced at her picture, "Just from looking at her in this picture, and when I first saw her on the show, it was clear that something was off, and that she was too rehearsed. I didn't immediately think that she was evil, but she was too scripted in everything she said, and tried to lower her voice every time she spoke. My senses and spirits kept on flinging up and giving me warning signs whenever we were together. Scarlett started attacking me when I was talking about my magic and spirituality, and I saw a threatening, demeaning, evil, dark side of her. I just remember calling me a primate for believing the crap I believed in, threatened to poison me, and got REALLY AGGRESSIVE with me. I was not shocked afterwards when she showed her psycho ass to everyone, and I would taunt her through the door when she was quarantined from everyone at the resort. I sent her some awful notes through her door, and hearing her lose her mind on the other side was GREAT."
"Come on, get to the good parts. So she messed with the supposed friendship between you and Rodney years afterwards. If you really taunted her at her lowest like you're claiming, you couldn't have expected for Scarlett to not get her revenge back."
"Listen, she started coming for me even at the post-season. For some reason, they let Scarlett out of her prison rehab place for a bit to steal some technology, and I learned that she was talking to Sugar, where she tried SEVERAL times to turn Sugar against me, and to encourage Dave to harass me over and over again. There was an appeal of some sorts to let her out early, and I was one of the campaigners to refute it, but it was denied. Scarlett found this out, and PERSONALLY STARTED SENDING PEOPLE ON ME, and attacked my businesses. That was ALL on top of the crap she did to Rodney to manipulate him. She's trash."
Josh enjoyed that tea, "Wow that is sure something. Anyways, Shawn was on your team, and he was the only other man on Team Maskwak outside of you, Dave, and Beardo. What was the dynamics between the two of you?"
The young man had a deadpanned look once he was presented with the picture, "Shawn was TRULY NUTS. I know a lot of people think he's one of the normal people on the cast, which I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH, but WHO THE FUCK BELIEVES IN ZOMBIES, AND THE APOCALYPSE? He was very closed off, and ALL of us found it odd that he slept outside, and there was NO GOOD EXCUSE as to it. Despite all of that, he was trying to calm the situation down between Dave and I, even years after the show, when even they were not getting along. For some reason, he asked me about what to do with Jasmine and Samey, since he DID believe in my spirituality and spells, and I told him that their vibes are giving off that it happened, and he needed to confront it head on, instead of letting it linger into bitterness. He and I went to a lot of the same therapists for YEARS, and this was after Jasmine abandoned him in a psych ward, and he was talking about making up with Dave. I told him to not do it, since Dave WOULD find a way to turn on him, and sell him short, but not only did he not listen, but he cut me off completely."
"So we went into one finalist, and now it is time to talk about the other finalist in Sky. I don't see the two of you having many dealings with one another, if I had to guess..." he predicted, as he handed the picture over.
"I remember Sky and I having a GREAT conversation about her Indigenous heritage, and some of the practices that her tribe specifically has, which I found to be very enlightening. Sky took an interest in the magic and spirituality that I believe in, and she didn't judge me whatsoever, which I DID appreciate. We weren't close like that or anything, and I was not shocked that she voted me out, since she was still under Dave's ass, and Maskwak became me or him. Of course he turned on her, and showed his ugly side, though it was obvious that she had a boyfriend. Sky SHOCKINGLY confided in me, and I let her do that, without any judgement. It was disgusting to see how the cast and the viewing public treated her, and she REALLY BROKE DOWN. She and I did some therapy sessions, I even took her on a few of those spiritual trips with a therapist and a healer for a few years, and we really had a nice repour with one another. Despite all of that, she went back to sleep with Dave, and was trying to cause a lot of disruption in my and Sugar's friendship, so we had to part ways. And I was right, since Sky was turned on by Dave YET AGAIN. he wanted that opportunity for her to lower her walls, so he could sleep with her, and tell everyone about it."
Disgust swarmed all over Josh, as he saw the next picture, and put it on the table, "From the show, the only person that we saw had a like for you was Sugar, and that continued all season, LONG AFTER you were gone. Even in her boot in the second last episode, she mentioned you. Despite all of that, we never saw you two interact."
All he could do was smile about it, "Sugar was, and still is VERY hilarious to me. She has such a big personality, and no matter what you say about her, Sugar draws people's attention to her. Out of EVERYONE, Sugar RODE HARD FOR ME, and I respect that, since many people let me be the punching bag of the show, and REALLY threw me under the bus. It got back to me as people entered the lot that Sugar had a HUGE crush on me. To be honest, I just saw the two of us as really good friends, and we did have some great conversations during the two weeks I was in the game, and during the one week that she was at the reserve. What no one realizes is that Sugar had a REALLY TOUGH childhood and upbringing, and despite her persona, she WASN'T proud of how she acted, but she feels like she is backed into the wall so much, and goes for people who comes for her."
"So you were not attracted to her, and you didn't reciprocate her feelings. But in MY opinion, it seemed like you stuck to her, and EVENTUALLY went out with her for clout. You claimed that Dave went out with Ella for that same reason, so what makes you any different?" he questioned, thinking that the entire setup and situation was weird.
Leonard immediately shook his head, "No no no no no. Sugar and I were ALWAYS FRIENDS, which was NOT the case for Dave and Ella. That is something I, and EVERYONE knows for a FACT. I was attracted to Sugar's personality IMMEDIATELY, and we had a MUTUAL RESPECT for one another. So when the show happened, and we got to know one another in REAL LIFE, we hooked up and agreed to go out together. Sugar and I did end up breaking up for a bit, due to the mess with production being conned into not casting Sugar to be my partner in the race. I don't know all of the details, but SEVERAL people of the cast told production not to cast her, and she thought I was a part of it. We fell out for a bit, and we kept it private, but she STILL defended me against most of the cast, so we did get back together. I met her family, she met my family, we both started doing therapy together, and we both started doing some magic together."
He wanted to get to the point, "So are you two together still? I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I want to know WHY!"
"No we are not still together, and it's not for the reasons why you think. Things started to be like a competition, and I don't think relationships should be based on competition. Sugar got very resentful that she was not well-liked, which affected the opportunities she got after the show, and people thought that I ignored some of her antics against others, but I didn't. It all became too much for me to deal with, and we both agreed to mutually break up. We are still friends today, and we speak and hang out a lot, but a relationship was not in the cards for us."
"And the last person from your cast is Topher, who barely spoke to anyone on the cast, from what we were shown."
He had a frozen look on his face, "Because he didn't speak to anyone, especially me. There's always that one man in each generation who has a close relationship with production, that pissers people off. From what I was told on the spinoff, it was Alejandro from the first cast, and from the second generation, that was apparently Scott. Topher would sneak into the production tent so often, and refused to get to know anyone from the cast. There were rumors that he was hooking up with people from production, so he could get more cameratime, but it backfired BADLY on him. When he arrived to the lot, he wanted everyone to feel bad for him, but I just refused to. For some reason, DESPITE his embarrassing relationship with production, he thought that HE was going to be put on the spinoff, but threw a HUGE TANTRUM when I got cast. He became fake friends with Dave, and they lead a smear campaign against me from when the show was airing, and when I was doing the spinoff. We went at it PRETTY BADLY, and I called him out for using both of the twins, and how the rumors about him will never go away."
Josh was more than glad that he was done with the pictures, "So did you get close to anyone from the other generations? You had the best chance to at the spinoff."
"I was only with the other three for one destination, and they were all booted later on in the season, so we did not get close. And I don't deal with anyone really from the other generations. I did not feel supported by the others from those casts, since they all made fun of our casts, and used me as a catalyst of that. Even when I was on the spinoff with Geoff, Owen, and Noah, they clearly did not like me, and felt like they were better than me."
"Just so I can get this interview over with, tell me what you learned from the show, and what have you done since?"
Leonard thought about it for a while, "I didn't learn anything. I knew everything now that I knew before the show, but it was a great opportunity, and I was able to introduce LARPing to a lot of people, and host some spiritual therapy classes, which is one of my businesses. The other one is that I'm a part of a HUGE LARPER organization, that hosts events all around North America."
Josh remained seated, and ushered him out with his hand, "Alright, you can get the hell out now."
