Zach Nichols criticized his former castmate, Laurel Stucky, for her abrupt and stunning exit from The Problem: Battle of the Eras.
For greater than half of the season, viewers noticed Laurel appear to excel on the sport as a result of being a part of Period 2 alongside strategic ally Johnny Bananas.
Nevertheless, issues modified when the sport grew to become particular person. Whereas Laurel was nonetheless thought of one in every of Bananas’ allies with the Bananas Angels, she couldn’t carry out adequately throughout a mini-final problem.
That occurred in Episode 12 when host TJ Lavin knowledgeable the solid that the person and lady who completed in final place among the many rivals would routinely go dwelling.
Viewers noticed Laurel wrestle as soon as she received the reminiscence sport puzzle concerned within the every day problem. She described it as “torture” as a result of circumstances and stated she was able to go dwelling.
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Whereas Laurel claimed she give up the competitors, Zach blasted her on his podcast, saying she “couldn’t lower it” in comparison with the others.
Zach stated Laurel ‘couldn’t lower it’ in Season 40 mini-final
Through the Zach Nichols Podcast, host Pierre Caball spoke about seeing “somebody give up” in the course of the mini-final: their “good pal Laurel.”
“She didn’t give up. She didn’t give up. That’s not a give up.” Zach stated, interrupting his co-host.
“Right here’s what occurred. The best way to explain that greatest is there’s at all times that man on the playground that talks s**t. ‘I’m gonna beat you. I’m gonna whoop your a**,’ after which it will get robust, after which they begin to lose, and so they’re like, ‘Oh f*** this, I don’t wanna play anymore,’” Zach stated.
He criticized his former castmate for refusing to humbly admit she couldn’t defeat her fellow feminine rivals in that specific occasion.
“She couldn’t lower it. She knew that she was going to lose and as an alternative of combating and gracefully simply being like, ‘I’m not so good as the women right here. I’m not in form to maintain up with them,’ she thought it will be much less embarrassing to be like, ‘I don’t wish to be right here. I’m too cool for this. I’m good to go.’ That’s simply since you knew you couldn’t lower it,” he stated.
Zach claimed followers can be extra on Laurel’s facet if she’d had a unique exit technique through which she fought “as onerous as she might” to complete and present she needed to compete and be there.
Nevertheless, Zach stated that as an alternative of admitting defeat as a result of she wasn’t bodily ready, she regarded “like a punk” along with her actions.
Nehemiah and Laurel had completely different takes after the purge took them out of Season 40
Throughout post-purge feedback, Nehemiah Clark stated he nonetheless had lots left in him, however the occasion didn’t go his means. Nonetheless, his perspective included him praising the present.
“That is precisely what you could undergo to win a ultimate. The mini-final. I gave it my all,” Nehemiah stated in his post-purge feedback.
He shared that digging up the important thing buried within the sand faster would’ve helped him transfer quicker within the competitors and end higher. He additionally stated he’d by no means been a part of a purge earlier than and wished he might’ve fought for his spot at The Enviornment.
“I’m proud that I used to be in a position to compete on the stage I did,” Nehemiah stated earlier than leaving the present.
In the meantime, All Stars 4 winner Laurel had a really completely different perspective on how she was leaving Battle of the Eras season.
“I’m really fully superb with strolling away, and good luck to the winner,” Laurel stated earlier than footage confirmed her driving at the back of a pickup truck.
“Many individuals would die for this chance, and it’s a blessing to be right here. Actually, I come right here to have enjoyable and do challenges, and I can’t even fathom the truth that I’ve been doing this for 14 years of my life. I simply got here out of All Stars 4 with $250,000. I’m actually not grasping,” she stated.
“I’m peacefully going out very joyful,” the two-time champion stated.
Whereas that could be true, it probably lowered her celebrity or legend standing in lots of followers’ minds as a result of she departed from a season stacked with the most effective of the most effective from The Problem.
The Problem: Battle of the Eras airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on MTV.
