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As the NFL playoffs begin - and after something similar took place in the first Wild Card game just earlier today, exactly one month ago tonight came the MTV Trifecta's equivalent of 28-3… that was the lead the Atlanta Falcons held in the 3rd quarter of Super Bowl LI. Of course, a 25-point lead that seemed safe would evaporate in the biggest comeback in the history of the NFL championship game when the New England Patriots won their fifth Lombardi Trophy in the first league title game to go to overtime since 1958. Along with 3-1 series leads being squandered in the previous year's NBA Finals and World Series and saw decades-long title droughts end for the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland sports fans, the word "comeback" defined sports in 2016 and 2017. But perhaps there was one comeback that overtook all of them, and it did not take place in the sports world.
Back on December 6th, the cast of Are You The One? Season 6 was faced with almost a sure bet that they would join the Season 5 cast of earlier last year as the only two casts in the show's history who did not win the money. They had just one Truth Booth perfect match all season long which they didn't get until late in the season and didn't get over the halfway hump in a matchup ceremony, and most of the house were resigned to possibly having a losing feeling. And like previous casts, they had to deal with no-matches staying together, despite somehow avoiding a blackout and losing money. But with one last roll of the dice by a guy who put on a monkey costume and scaring the girls one night, those stigmas were all overcome in the single biggest comeback in AYTO history: ten lights lit in the 10th matchup to go 11 for 11 and they walked away with $1 million.
He orchestrated the strategy that brought them cash, champagne and confetti, but feelings between him and Lexi were blown away both on social media and then on the reunion, There, he scored a girl who had her heart broken not once but twice: Brazilian beauty Carolina Duarte of Season 5, who saw her match Hayden pull a Bananas-like move and stole $60,000 from her on Second Chances, something that may happen again and often on Vendettas perhaps sooner rather than later.
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On the day after Christmas, she revealed an Instagram post that revealed with five pictures that read, "Guess what, (explicative)? I'm Gay!" Her IG caption added, "Thanks for always loving me, even when I don't love myself ❤️ ." The photo revealed Lexi with her girlfriend, Morgan, in West Virginia as she came out as a bisexual.
She became the first AYTO cast member to make it public that they are in love with someone of the same sex, something that in the present setup of the show would be practically impossible. This comes after she got to hook up with several guys during her time by the Bayou, and acted with the same kind of wild and crazy that her fellow West Virginian, Ashley M., has done on her Real World season of Ex-Plosion and at least part of the last five Challenges -- winning Invasion last year... not to mention cast of the forgotten but memorable 2013 show Buckwild.
On Tuesday a few weeks after the season concluded - and after engaging in some Twitter sparring with Carolina's friend and one no stranger herself to AYTO heartbreak, Shannon Duffy (who's also the girlfriend of Alexis' perfect match, Anthony Martin), Alexis took to Twitter for a thread, which was later deleted, of just exactly how she was swayed the other way, and of how there is a much deeper relationship she has with Morgan than what most thought at first.
"If you would've told me 8 years ago that I'd be dating my very best friend, I would've probably laughed in your face. I am eternally grateful to be in a relationship with someone who I can say genuinely knows me better than I know myself.
She has been by my side through all the trials & adversity I went through. She held me while i cried when I got my heart broken by my first "love". We snuck my parents alcohol into my room and locked the door to get drunk for the first time...
We googled how to make a bowl out of an apple, and she smoked weed with me for the first time. 😂 She held me while I cried for months after my cousin was convicted. We finally professed that our love for each other was way more than friendship once we got to college.
We struggled through drug addiction together. She held me as I broke down when I realized we had a problem. She held me as I cried because I was in so much pain once we got to rehab. She held me when I cried once we got of rehab because we finally were back to ourselves.
And... to be completely honest... she's the only one who's ever really made me feel like things were going to be okay. No matter what. She's home for me. I love you @moclyde11 ❤️ "
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That thread made reference to the events that took place near to Alexis' heart before going on AYTO and received just a brief mention on the season in reference to a tattoo on her back: as reported by In Touch Weekly during the season, Alexis is the cousin of convicted murderer Sheila Eddy, who was involved in a much-publicized murder case involving Sheila and friend Rachel Shoaf who killed friend Skylar Neese back in summer 2012 , and both killers are currently locked away on 15-year prison terms for their roles in the killings. The case also attracted much national attention inspiring a Lifetime movie and garnering coverage on Oxygen's Snapped and past subjects of ExtraTime stories in Dateline and Dr. Phil... more on that in a future post.
The news of Alexis coming out, of course, came as a huge surprise to a lot of people, but given her outrageous persona it wasn't a surprise to her either. As they say, Love Wins.
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In a change of schedule from what was first announced here earlier, join us tomorrow for the 'Pulse of the Premiere of The Challenge Vendettas and Episode 7 of Champs vs. Stars. This article on Alexis was to have been presented at the end of that and then reposted here after, but given the timeliness of this bit we've moved this to its own post tonight, with our Challenge Pulse to come in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, this weekend sees Awards Season officially kick off as the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards take place down in Hollywood as the entertainment world's biggest stars gather in the Hills. DCNOW will have live posts of the big show tomorrow on @DC408DxNow.... see you for that and the Challenge Pulse tomorrow, and enjoy your Saturday.
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