\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>‘The Challenge’ Controversies Through the Years<\/a>
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Ahead of his elimination, Josh broke down in tears after voting to send Johnny into elimination. Although Johnny received the most votes to go against Faysal \u201cFessy\u201d Shafaat<\/strong><\/a> in a Hall Brawl, Josh\u2019s name ultimately came out of the Hopper and he lost the elimination round to Fessy, 31.<\/p>\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Challenge-USAs-Josh-Martinez-Says-He-and-Johnny-Bananas-Havent-Really-Talked-About-Betrayal.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Paramount (2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI wish that I didn\u2019t go down in the sand against Fessy, but in all reality, if Johnny would\u2019ve gone in and gone home, I would\u2019ve felt even worse,\u201d Josh told Us<\/em>, calling the vote against Johnny his \u201cbiggest regret of the season.\u201d Despite his lingering guilt, he\u2019s not sure he would act differently if he could go back in time.<\/p>\n\u201cAt this point, it\u2019s been months [and] I still don\u2019t know what I would\u2019ve done different, which is so crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cI was in a really tough spot. I feel like I had to pick between my really good friends and it was really hard. But the feeling of regret and feeling like I broke somebody\u2019s trust that I have a really good friendship with, and then going against my word, that\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been struggling with.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the dramatic Thursday, October 12, episode, Johnny quoted a sentence that Challenge<\/em> host T.J. Lavin<\/strong><\/a> famously said to quitter<\/a> Brandon Tindel<\/strong> during Rivals III<\/em> in 2016. \u201cDon\u2019t take care, hope to see you never,\u201d Johnny said during a confessional in response to Josh\u2019s elimination.<\/p>\nJosh told Us<\/em> that he \u201cexpected\u201d such a reaction from Johnny and admitted that he \u201ccould have said way worse.\u201d He also revealed that \u201ceverybody ran down\u201d to say goodbye to him after his elimination while Johnny \u201cwalked right past me.\u201d<\/p>\nJosh isn\u2019t the only person who went against an ally this season. His fellow Challenge<\/em> veteran Tori Deal<\/strong> <\/a>cast a vote against him during Thursday\u2019s episode, which Josh said \u201creally hurt\u201d him.<\/p>\n\u201cIf anybody knows how hard I\u2019ve worked and how bad I\u2019ve wanted it, it\u2019s her. We\u2019ve trained together. She\u2019s one of my really, really good friends back home. We [both] live in Miami, we\u2019re together kind of all the time,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the same sense, she was also in a really tough spot. She was doing what was best for her game. I know that she regrets it \u2026 We talked about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\u201cI wish that I didn\u2019t go down in the sand against Fessy, but in all reality, if Johnny would\u2019ve gone in and gone home, I would\u2019ve felt even worse,\u201d Josh told Us<\/em>, calling the vote against Johnny his \u201cbiggest regret of the season.\u201d Despite his lingering guilt, he\u2019s not sure he would act differently if he could go back in time.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this point, it\u2019s been months [and] I still don\u2019t know what I would\u2019ve done different, which is so crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cI was in a really tough spot. I feel like I had to pick between my really good friends and it was really hard. But the feeling of regret and feeling like I broke somebody\u2019s trust that I have a really good friendship with, and then going against my word, that\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been struggling with.\u201d<\/p>\n During the dramatic Thursday, October 12, episode, Johnny quoted a sentence that Challenge<\/em> host T.J. Lavin<\/strong><\/a> famously said to quitter<\/a> Brandon Tindel<\/strong> during Rivals III<\/em> in 2016. \u201cDon\u2019t take care, hope to see you never,\u201d Johnny said during a confessional in response to Josh\u2019s elimination.<\/p>\n Josh told Us<\/em> that he \u201cexpected\u201d such a reaction from Johnny and admitted that he \u201ccould have said way worse.\u201d He also revealed that \u201ceverybody ran down\u201d to say goodbye to him after his elimination while Johnny \u201cwalked right past me.\u201d<\/p>\n Josh isn\u2019t the only person who went against an ally this season. His fellow Challenge<\/em> veteran Tori Deal<\/strong> <\/a>cast a vote against him during Thursday\u2019s episode, which Josh said \u201creally hurt\u201d him.<\/p>\n \u201cIf anybody knows how hard I\u2019ve worked and how bad I\u2019ve wanted it, it\u2019s her. We\u2019ve trained together. She\u2019s one of my really, really good friends back home. We [both] live in Miami, we\u2019re together kind of all the time,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the same sense, she was also in a really tough spot. She was doing what was best for her game. I know that she regrets it \u2026 We talked about it.\u201d<\/p>\n