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Johnny Bananas told fans to not imagine those on-line rumors suggesting why he’s no longer on The Challenge 39.

The newest season, Battle For a New Champion, features a main forged of most commonly more recent competition who haven't begun to win the show.

Along the approach, 10 of the display’s champions have gave the impression for single-episode removing events towards main solid contributors.

Those returning stars include some of the display’s all-time greats, including Jordan Wiseley, Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky, Darrell Taylor, and Chris “CT” Tamburello.

Surprisingly, Bananas was now not among those former champions who made an look whilst the display used to be filmed, in spite of him being discussed in different episodes.

He recently printed he wasn’t even contacted to look on Season 39, even though online rumors instructed he grew to become it down.

Bananas refutes rumors he refused to do Season 39

According to Bananas, he wasn’t one of the people contacted to go back to The Arena for MTV’s The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion. The seven-time winner final seemed on MTV’s Season 38, Ride or Dies, and CBS’ The Challenge: USA 2, earlier than venturing off to film other truth presentations.

“No, I was never even contacted for that,” he informed EW’s Sydney Bucksbaum, adding, “You can’t imagine the rumor generators, man. There’s numerous false knowledge and faux news that floats round out there. No, now not me. I wasn’t even available. I was filming different stuff.”

That other stuff has incorporated E!’s premiere season of House of Villains, which concluded a number of weeks ago, and The Traitors 2, which lately premiered on Peacock. He seems on the latter with a few OG MTV castmates- Trishelle Canatella and CT, among other fact stars.

Rumors advised Bananas turned down Season 39

During the display’s filming, online chatter arrived claiming Bananas didn’t want to be utilized in a storyline on Season 39 involving his Ride or Dies showmance, Moriah Jadea.

During the latest season, Moriah cozied as much as The Challenge: UK’s James Lock, beginning a brand new showmance amid communicate from her castmates that she’d still been “placing out” ceaselessly with Bananas. The speculation was that this possibly upsetting situation led to him to show down the call for an appearance.

Even with Bananas on-screen, it’s still been made a habitual story in the Season 39 episodes, with Moriah and others bringing it up. Some of the others who introduced it up integrated a number of of the show’s featured champions, including Tori Deal and Darrell, who made remarks about it at The Arena.

In Episode 13, former champion Brad Fiorenza seemed, and whilst he didn’t point out Bananas, there was online hypothesis Brad used to be called in instead for the seven-time champ.

However, Bananas’ time table seemingly avoided him from participating even if they had called him. He additionally mentioned that since he’s been busy with “different tasks,” he hasn’t watched any of MTV’s present season. However, he has observed numerous mentions about himself on social media.

“Not going to lie, it feels good to be talked about up to I'm. As a lot as things exchange, some things will always stay the same!” he informed EW.

When asked about his present courting status with Moriah, Bananas appeared to throw some shade her approach.

“Yeah, I don’t know who this is,” he stated critically prior to laughing.

“Who?” Bananas requested once more.

Will Bananas go back for The Challenge Season 40?

Bananas said he may have discovered himself a new position to paintings when it comes to reality TV. He defined that he’s liked how the newer shows he’s seemed on, equivalent to Villains or Traitors 2, have proven his highlights all the way through filming, which he feels MTV hasn’t captured as a lot anymore.

Even though Bananas mentioned he’s loved working with NBC/Universal a lot more than MTV recently, he still teased his return to the community’s pageant sequence.

“You know how The Challenges move, there’s all the time another a type of on the horizon. There’s a excellent possibility that I’ll be checking again in there at some level. Don’t concern, I ain’t going anyplace anytime quickly. I’ll be round for some time,” he stated. 

While the various Season 40 cast rumors have already started relating to attainable competitors for MTV’s subsequent season, Bananas continues to be considered “up in the air” on the subject of his commitment.

The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on MTV.

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