The light brun/dirty blond (it depends on the person, lighting, and mood) man swayed his hair as he exited his Lamborghini, and model walked through the parking lot. Once he entered the lot, he looked at himself in the mirror, gave himself a wink, blew a kiss in the mirror, primped himself, and gave his own ass a smack, "Damn, I'm hot as hell. I see why many want to fuck me."
Topher continued to walk through the hallway, and made his way to the interview room, "Good morning... I remember there was a time where I wanted to be side by side with all of you, but now I've managed to surpass you all."
Josh just rolled his eyes, "I don't know about that... Anyways, I don't know what's gonna happen here, since you didn't speak to anyone on the show, but I have to go through the same process with you that I did for everyone else. I'm going to alphabetically put down a picture, and you are going to describe your relationship with them on the show, and since the show. The first person is Amy."
He saw the picture, and just smirked, before he laughed, "Amy is very... interesting. Actually, she and her sister were both interesting, and they've never cast twins before, so I wanted to get to know them both. I think they both saw this as me trying to get with the both of them, but that HONESTLY was not my intention to cause any drama between them. The thing was that Amy was always the one who responded to me whenever I would try speaking to either of them, so I immediately got closer to her, since her sister was so closed off. We got along very well, and I considered her to be one of my closest friends by the time she left, though we did flirt a lot when we were bored. I didn't want it to be a storyline, so I didn't do it when I knew that something was going to make it on the show. A part of me was attracted to her, but I was too focused on trying to be a host of the show to entertain it, but it was clear a part of her motivations was to piss off her sister."
"Many people in the cast confirmed that the entire situation was edited out, but the one thing that was left in was that you called Samey fat, which you told Amy, and it lead to a bunch of drama once you arrived to Playa. Explain that situation," Josh redirected the conversation.
All she did was shake her head, "Amy twisted that conversation. She asked me how I could tell the difference between the two of them, and I told her that she had a mole, and was thinner/more fit than Samantha. I never called her fat. They had a few weeks to argue about everything, and that came up, though I didn't hear it when Samantha was eliminated. Literally THE FIRST thing that happened when I was at the elimination lot was being confronted about that. I wasn't in the mood to address it, but it was cleared up, and I got close to the both of them while we were there. Amy and I had an... arrangement that was fun, and we decided to continue it after the show, so we hung out a lot, and it's why you see all of those pictures of us on social media. We got close and went on a few double dates with Dave and Ella, but ALL of that ended when I entertained Anne Maria when the two casts met up with one another."
His eyes lit up, "YES I REMEMBER THAT. She said that she was also sleeping with Lightning, and I don't know if Justin was involved, but it caused A BUNCH of fights with everyone involved. She mentioned that afterwards, you CONVENIENTLY got closer with Samey."
"It was a mess, but we were single, and I thought she was being a hypocrite for the exact same reason you described. Amy was doing a lot of weird things, so we stopped speaking for a while. I did get closer to her sister, but that's separate. Amy of course came crawling back after a few years, and apologized for everything that happened. I apologized too, but she won't admit that she was the one begging me to forgive her. We're cool now."
Josh went on to grab another picture, "Beardo the first boot is next, and I am assuming you did not have much thoughts on him, though he had quite a few thoughts on you when I spoke to him. In many words, he called you an opportunist."
Topher kissed his teeth and rolled his eyes, "Of course Beardo would say that, when he's a bigger opportunist than I was. I didn't speak to him at all during the season for MANY reasons, until after I was booted for a few weeks. I will give him props, he is a generally nice person, and helped me get over humiliating myself about trying to be a host. Beardo was one of the few people outside of the twins that I spoke to, so we had some sort of a comradery, and he asked me to help him with his weight and appearance, which I did for a few months. Once I was proven to not be as popular as he was expecting for him to latch onto, and once his producing career took off, he found REASON AFTER REASON to distance himself from me. Beardo was also really possessive, and would get mad when I hung out with other friends. He's just a weirdo overall."
He moved on to present Topher with another picture, "We are going to move onto Dave, who was booted right after you, meaning you two spent the entire season together, but I don't recall you two ever interacting in the episodes."
"I didn't speak to him, and it's not because I didn't care about most of the cast, but Dave mainly only spoke to a few people, which consisted of Shawn, Ella, and Sky throughout the season. We just did not have a lot of time to interact, and it wasn't until after we were both eliminated when we had that chance to speak. I didn't know what to expect, since I've heard so many negative stories about him by that time, but while he was depressed over the Sky stuff, Dave was actually a cool person. We were both going through A LOT at the time, since we were humiliated VERY BADLY, and he was the ONLY ONE who asked me what the hell happened with the Chris situation. Long story short, Chris told me at casting that he was my father, KNOWING that I told all of the producers that I never met my father, and was raised by single mother. Chris did this because he wanted to manipulate me, and have a mole, just like what happened with DJ on "Action". He told me about how if I did everything he wanted WHICH HAPPENED DURING THE CASTING FINALS, that he could get me a good hosting or production job. I found out SOON AFTER FILMING that he was not my father, but I felt handicapped. Dave really helped me get over that situation, and to not be angry or sad about it, and he really is a thoughtful, fun, down-to-earth guy once you get to know him. He was one of the few people I spoke to for the last month in the season."
Josh wanted to continue this path, "So an unexpected friendship formed between the two of you, and I want to know if it continued after the show and experience? Many of these so-called friendships are just for show."
Topher's face turned into a bit of a frown before he fixed it, and put on a performative smile, "IT DID... for a while at least. He and I went on several double dates with Ella and Amy, I visited his house several times when he would lock himself in his house, and didn't want to go anywhere, and he came to visit my house. Dave had A LOT of manic and depressive moments that I talked him out of, and helped him get over, especially during those immediate months after filming. Our FAMILIES bonded with one another, that's how close we got over the years. They were SHOCKED that I gave Dave some of my BEST HAIR PRODUCTS FOR NOTHING IN RETURN when he came back home bald, and he didn't even ask me for those products. We bonded over not being liked within our casts, and especially by the audience, but as soon as someone who shall not be named came back into the picture, he just tossed me aside."
His eyebrows raised, "Are you referring to Shawn?" Seeing Topher's eyes intensify, and his face tilted down vertically, it gave Josh his confirmation, "VERY juicy, and just shows that you can get some gems from the last interviewee... Ella is next on the list, so what are your thoughts?"
Ella's picture was placed in front of Topher, and his demeanor went softer, "Ella is another person that I didn't speak to during the show, but we did have times when there was nothing going on, and the cast would sit around to just talk. She really does have a positive energy that's very enlightening, and draws people into you. It's what I call IT factor, and it's the thinking Ella has SO MUCH of, which Sugar has NONE OF, which is why she was so bothered and envious. It wasn't until I was eliminated from the show, and she was one of the few who actually reached out to me, since a lot of the cast was ignoring me for whatever reason... She is always good for a motivational speech, and she really takes the time to get to know everyone. We bonded over makeup, movies, television, pop culture, fashion, and so many other stuff. It wasn't a friendship that I expected to happen, but I'm glad it did, and we just grew closer after we all went home. Even after she and Dave broke up, she continued checking up on me, I went to some of her shows, and she helped me with my ventures. Definitely one of my closest friends from the cast, and there's been no drama between us."
"Now we're moving onto the ONE PERSON WE ACTUALLY SAW YOU INTERACT WITH ON THE SHOW, but even that interaction didn't have ANY sort of substance to it, and I'm referring to Jasmine. In a weird way, she blamed you for making the issues with the twins worse," Josh brought up, as he gave the young man her picture.
"She is so full of shit. Jasmine gets clingy and angry when ANYONE speaks to Samantha and becomes her friend. I was closer to Amy when we were all in the game, but I wanted to get to know Samantha as well. EVEN BACK THEN, Jasmine had an issue with ANYONE trying to befriend Samey, so that was annoying to deal with for the first month of the season. After Samantha was booted, Jasmine got annoyed with me because she thought I was sleeping with someone from production, since that was the rumor at the time, and I got REALLY UPSET about it. When we did that challenge together, it was nice to see her with less of a stick up her butt, and we did have some casual conversations during that time which wasn't shown. After that episode, there was the halfway party that took place, where she and I shared a drink, and we had a breaking-of-the-ice moment. Unfortunately, that DID NOT last whatsoever, and she went back to being the cunt she was in the beginning of the game. Even AFTER the season, she continued her possessive and controlling bullshit, and it was REALLY damaging her relationship with Shawn, but she blamed ME for causing more drama with the twins. I was not living with them, like she was. I was not telling Samantha negative things about Amy to cause more hostility. I called her out on ALL of it, and Jasmine lost her shit to the point where she PUNCHED me."
Josh let out a gasp, "Gotdamn." He grabbed another photo to present him, "Leonard is next on the list, but I doubt the two of you had much dealings with one another. What do you think of the delusional wizard overall?"
All he did was laugh, "Oh, the guy that everyone accused of being a crack baby? That nut? HOLY FUCK I never spoke to him in the game, and I'm so damn thankful for it. He was there for less than 2 weeks, and all he did was ramble on about things that made ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. Literally an infant has more intelligence than Leonard did on the show. Outside of him being a nut, I had nothing personal against Leonard UNTIL I got eliminated, and he went on a RAMPAGE about me becoming friends with Dave during the elimination resort. Like, he went on SEVERAL RANTS about how everyone should ignore Dave for his actions, and started HAZING ME for giving Dave the time of day. Under EVERY SINGLE POST we had on social media, he was in the comments making some RANCID ASS COMMENT, and then he PUBICLY STATED that I slept with Chris and the producers, which people took and ran with. I just made ONE COMMENT about him being put on the spinoff, and laughing that they CLEARLY cast him to be a fodder joke, and he lost his mind, since I hit a raw nerve. He went on about the PRODUCER RUMOR, HOW I WAS A FAILED TALK SHOW HOST, HOW MY REAL FATHER IS DON FROM THE SPINOFF, BLAH BLAH, BLAH, and really said that Dave and I got "Total Drama" cancelled or whatever. I don't even remember all of the libelous shit he said afterwards, but all I remember is putting a gag order on him."
"So Max is the next person on the list, and from what I remembered on the episodes, he HATED you, but we never saw the two of you interact. What was it like dealing with him?"
His eyes widened in horror, and REFUSED to take the picture, "DON'T GIVE ME THE PICTURE! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO HORRENDOUS AND UGLY. He makes QUASIMODO from "HUNCHBACK" look like a stud. I just could not PHYSICALLY LOOK AT HIM because WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? WHO WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? He thought I was not talking to him because I didn't want to get to know the guys, but NO. I COULD NOT PHYSICALLY LOOK AT HIM BECAUSE I GOT NAUSEOUS, AND THREW UP SEVERAL TIMES over it. Max would insult my sexuality several times over the season, and was mad that I was better looking than him, but I would ALWAYS ignore it. He was mad because I knew more about the workings of the show behind the scenes, and that the production people HATED Max, and his contrived bullshit act that he put on for the cameras. It got SO BAD TO THE POINT THAT HE MESSED WITH MY CLOTHES AND PRODUCTS, and I! WENT! OFF! Maximillian continued his BS throughout the post-season, and we engaged in a VERY NASTY feud online, and I revealed stuff that Sierra found out about him in his private life, and it shut him the hell up. He wanted to go low on EVERYONE in the cast, ESPECIALLY ME, so I went even lower."
Josh didn't know how to take that, so he just moved on, "ANYWAYS... the only other male on your team was Rodney, and he makes even you and Max look normal. From what we saw, he only spoke... or attempted to speak, but mumbled to the girls, so there was no indication of your interactions with him. Clear up whatever you need to clear up with me.
"Things with Rodney were so weird, since we could get along really well, but then we would clash for a while at times, and neither one of us let up. Rodney and I both LOVED the ladies, so we liked that we wanted to get to know the women, and liked being the "hot guys" of the show. I wanted to work out to get more muscular, so he would help train me, and he wanted a better skin, hair, and fashion routine, so I helped him with that too. We liked one another more than we liked Max, which wasn't at all, so we hung out quite a bit. At the same time, it was VERY clear that he was jealous of me for MANY reasons. One, I am very articulate, and successful at flirting. Two, I am A LOT better looking than him. Three, I am actually VERY accomplished in my life, and when I want things, which Rodney does not have the capability of doing such a thing to go after it properly. He threw it in my face that the twins liked me, and that I was supposedly making things worse, and he claimed that I was trying to hook up with production, when I TOLD HIM that I was trying to figure out if Chris was my father. When I was eliminated, Rodney THREW IT IN MY FACE that he slept with Amy, and I didn't know why he felt the need to do that. I wasn't annoyed that they had sex; they're single, but I was annoyed because he felt this HUGE inferiority complex the entire time, and wanted to use this to put me down. I didn't respect it at all, and I told him about himself."
"I heard that you two made up though, but with the way you described him, there's a lot of venom there. How in the hell did you recover from all of that messiness?"
Topher just grimaced, "I REALLY tried giving Rodney a second chance, since there was a part of him that I liked and missed. What happened to me during my elimination was still on my mind, I was humiliated by Chris, and I just wanted to let go of all the anger and drama, so I forgave Rodney, and wanted to have a good time again. We did get along during those last few weeks, and I didn't care about what was happening with him and Amy, since I was getting to know Samantha. After the show, we continued our friendship, and I hung out with him almost as much as I hung out with Dave. The thing is, Rodney started getting mad again when Amy and I got close, and they became more distant from one another. I gave him advice on how to handle certain people, since he's very naive, but he didn't like it, and started listening to Scarlett, who was just evil trash. He was a lost soul, so I distanced myself from him."
A huge Cheshire grin formed on Josh's face, almost like it was surgically put there, "We discussed your SCANDALOUS affair with one twin Amy, and now it's time to talk about your SCANDALOUS affair with Samey. You mentioned that you did not intentionally play them, or pit them against one another, but you got with twins who are NOTHING ALIKE."
Annoyance took over his spirit, "I DIDN'T play them at all, and to be honest, they aren't complete opposites. I wanted to get to know the both of them, since there has never been twins on the show. No, Katie and Sadie do not count. Amy was more social than Samantha was, so I spoke to Amy more initially, but whenever I had the chance to speak to Sammy, I would do so. They look exactly alike, outside of the mole, so of course I would be attracted to the both of them. If you are physically attracted to one identical twin, it isn't rocket science to be physically attracted to the other. Since I was close to Amy, and getting close to Sammy, I KNEW that she was pretending to be Amy after Amy was booted, but I didn't tell her until after I was eliminated. It was a good storyline, so I didn't tell anyone about it, but it was cool, since I was one of the only people to bond with Sammy about HERSELF at the time, where most of the others still thought she was Amy. We got very close during those two weeks, but it was clear that this rouse of her pretending to be her sister ran it's course."
"Why did you not remove yourself from the situation with the twins, once it just got worse and worse? You had a situationship with Amy, and then you had a situationship with Samey as well. That was NEVER going to end well."
Topher was getting tired of this conversation, "Like I said earlier, they have some similarities in their personalities, and I... like... their... similarities. I told them both that I didn't want to be in their family drama. She helped me A LOT when I was going through the backlash and hatred, in a different way that Amy did, so that helped our bond. And I was single the ENTIRE TIME, so no one was claiming me as a boyfriend, so I COULD do whatever I wanted. Also, there was a point of time where Amy and I DID NOT speak whatsoever, and that was after the trysts with the "ROTI" people. Samantha is a lot more empathetic, and that was something that I really needed at the time, and she's a lot more nurturing than Amy. I don't know if she wanted for us to become an official couple, but I just was not in that headspace. She started continuously questioning me about my intentions, even though I made it clear, and as the months went on, it was clear that she was speaking Jasmine's words, so we distanced ourselves, though talk occasionally. When she's her own person, she is great."
Scarlett's picture was put on the table, "I remember she hated THE HELL out of you in your final episode, and she looked likes he was about to WHOOP YOUR ASS."
Topher pretended to choke himself once the picture was placed in front of him, "She was a HEATHEN. At first, I just thought she was the typical nerdess, so I would say that to her, though I thought that even for a nerd, her outfit was a bit too put on, ESPECIALLY her glasses. Scarlett made SEVERAL shots about my sexuality to and about me, so that caused us to not get along for the VERY beginning. The only time we interacted for WEEKS was when she would prod me about information pertaining what I know about production, and whether I was Chris' son or not. I just did not like how intrusive she was being about everything, and each time I gave her nothing, There was this anger that increased overtime, and she made even more homophobic comments at me. Clearly she was pissed off because there was something I knew that she didn't, and in hindsight, she wanted production info so she could execute her evil coup. What made it worse is that she had the GALL to get mad if you tried to ask anything personal about her, but she demanded that we get personal with her. Hypocrisy at best. Scarlett HARRASSED AND BERATED ME after I lost the final challenge, and she actually assaulted me before the elimination ceremony. Never dealt with that sociopathic cunt since."
"It is time to talk about the winner of the season in Shawn. You two were never on the same team, you were booted right before the merge, and he never made it to the elimination lot with you, so there really was not much opportunity for you two to get close."
He looked bored when Shawn was presented to him, "People mentioned that I didn't speak to the cast, which was HUGELY exaggerated, but Shawn was literally the person who did not speak with the cast. He slept outside for goodness sakes. The only time I got to talk to him throughout the entire season was when we were working out, since a few of us created a gym with the resources to use on our time offs, and I did think he was cool from those small moments. It was all shallow stuff, with the exception of when he would try to pry into my interactions with Amy and specifically Samantha, since before she was booted, she slept outside with Shawn and Jasmine, but apparently told them about me. We started hanging out because Samantha wanted to join their groupings, since there was some slight tension between herself and Shawn, but it didn't blow over yet. I did enjoy him at some of these events, but there were other moments where I wanted to punch him, because his mental health was clearly going down, and he made some horrible accusations against me and others. Samantha and even Jasmine knew that he was derailing mentally, and I told Dave to be careful befriending Shawn again due to it, and Shawn LOST HIS MIND on me. Like, he threatened me SEVERAL TIMES, and I knew Rodney didn't like him, so I threw in a dig about Rodney, where Shawn threatened my life. He was committed soon afterwards to the asylum, and he really thought Jasmine and Samantha had a years-long affair. What a nutbag he is."
Josh just put another picture on the table, "We talked about one finalist, and now it's time to talk about another finalist Sky. I don't see the two of you interacting much, even though she was moved to your team during your final episode."
"We didn't speak much during the season, but I do remember there was a moment where I was using my hair products, and she claimed that I was DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT of some sort, and she turned it into a HUGE ASS THING. What could have been a VERY SIMPLE CONVERSATION turned into a HUGE BLOWOUT ARGUMENT, because I was defending what was in the products, I was not littering or polluting. She then called me a misogynist because I did not agree with her clause, which pissed me off, since she ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR, but wanted to PRETEND like she was this good person. I didn't engage with her for the rest of the season, and she pushed this misogynist stuff with my relationships with the twins on and off camera, and it was just really annoying. Since she was so invested in my life and who I spoke to, I got information about her boyfriend, and I spoke to him. She did not like that, which is fine enough, but she tried being an investigator, and posted EVERYTHING SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD on me. People wanted to know about her boyfriend, so I did my due diligence. I haven't fucked with her since a year or so after the show, and thank goodness. for that."
"And the final person and picture is Sugar, who I had the chance to speak to yesterday. What are your thoughts on her overall?"
His face turned to a horrified one, before he pretended to throw up, "HOLY HELL IS SHE UGLY! I am referring to so many things; her genetic looks were ugly, her styling and fashion was ugly, her hygiene was ugly, her actions were ugly, and worst of all, HER PERSONALITY WAS UGLY. Sugar came at me from BEFORE WE EVEN GOT ON THE ISLAND, and she made some borderline homophobic comment that they cut, and only showed her attacking me. Afterwards, I mentioned something about her looks and weight, causing her to want to attack me once again, but it went nowhere. I COMPLETELY avoided her throughout the season, and of course she kept up the attacks once Leonard and I continued going at it at the elimination reserve. She's a repulsive person, I did not like how she treated Ella through the season, and a lot of us confronted her about it when she arrived to the elimination lot."
Josh was thrilled that there are no more paperwork, "Thank goodness the pile is done. I am A LOT more interested in learning about your interactions with the others from the prior two generations, since there are some relatively interesting developments there to discuss."
"Well, I am VERY good friends with Justin. We are both good looking men who are models and influencers, so we were in the same circles together, and really just clicked. he's definitely one of hmy best friends. I've met all of the Drama Brothers due to it, and Trent is the other one that I am close friends with, so I have hung out with him a lot too. I have met all of their girlfriends, and I get along with them well enough. While Cody and I are not close, I am VERY close with Sierra, though when I met her, she was still recovering from being in the institution. She taught me a lot of the ropes about how to make money online, and how to be a blogger/vlogger, since she was doing it for years, and while I had those skills, I bring a different flavor to it. I have hung out with some of the others from the first generation, but I'm not the closest with any of them except for maybe Tyler. There WAS the situation with the second generation cast, where I DID hook up with Anne Maria. We are both fun, party people who like being sexual, and are very social. We were both in situationships that were coming to an end, and we were feeling one another, so we hooked up a few times, and are still in a good place today. INTERESTINGLY, Lightning and I LITERALLY WENT TO BLOWS about it, since he was seeing Amy, and she was LOVING it, but we quickly got over it, and Lightning is a very good friend of mine now. Dakota is also someone who I've gotten closer to, and are good friends now, though Sam was mad because I told her the truth about their shit relationship at the time, and he thought that she was cheating on him with me. We do not get along very well, him and I."
"So here is my final set of questions for you. What have you learned through your time on "Total Drama", and what have you been up to since your time on the show?" Josh asked with fatigue in his voice.
Topher smiled as he just thought of it, "I learned that it's better for you to form your own path and journey, instead of trying to follow someone else's, or take it from someone else. My downfall in the game was VERY humiliating, and ego crushing, but it was necessary. Pretty much, I had to form my own identity, look, and realized that I didn't need to be like my current or former inspirations. This caused a change in wardrobe, nickname, and all of that stuff. Like I mentioned earlier, I started blogging professionally, which helped me get some good connections, and I made a lot of money from it. Sierra was more "Total Drama" focused, but I didn't want to do that, so I widened my horizons. People always mentioned that I had a great look, so I used that for social media modeling, and I eventually became a social media manager/consultant, as well as an influencer. Overall, I'm doing very well, and the show was a good experience."
Josh got up and rose his arms in a cheer, "THANK GOODNESS! I FINISHED THEM ALL! You were a great conclusion to these tedious but interviews, so I thank you Topher." He shook the young man's hand, and escorted him out the room.
"Uh... you know that there's still Ezekiel, right?" the camera man reminded Josh, causing the interview to freeze. "If we can get him at least."
