DC ExtraTime: Dancing with the Chippendales

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As this week's Champs vs. Stars took place on Tuesday night, Challenge fans were offered a treat when the road to Season 32 began in full swing in the third leg of the regular series' current trilogy, Final Reckoning. As is our tradition, we're saving starting our coverage of that season for after we determine the ultimate MVP's and when the drama wraps up over in Hawaii, and the introductory tweets will be saved for later on when we begin our series of preview posts to come then as we count down to July 10th. But to get you in the mood for that, as well as Ex On The Beach tomorrow for which our subject comes to us from its original UK version, here's something to whet your appetite... at least, to the girls reading this here late after dark.

If you travel to Las Vegas as I've done a lot the past decade, there are all those attractions around the city offering entertainment & lifestyle options for everyone away from the hustle and bustle of the Strip and its hotels & casinos. Most of you look forward to the famous weekend pool parties this time of year - including Kailah's man Mikey P. at the Wynn Encore Beach Club. There's golf around the Valley and TopGolf on the Strip where TJ Lavin sometimes is spotted there. Circus Circus is at the northern end for the Strip for the kids to have fun on the midway, dining options up and down this 3-mile stretch, and of course live shows & music, not to mention the Vegas Golden Knights.
   But for the adult in all of us, there's the gazillion nightclubs around town as well as adult pleasures with plenty of strip clubs, brothels and adults-only shows all over town. Who can forget the time where, while he was embroiled in that infamous porn site scandal, Dustin found himself on stage at Cirque de Soleil's Zumanity during his Real World Back to Vegas season? Or the time where Ammo, Dione and Dean were given a mission to dress up in drag on Go Big or Go Home?
   West of the Strip on the other side of I-15 is Chippendales, the touring male striptease dance troupe who is best identifable for their bow tie, collar, shirt cuffs and their abs. Next year, they celebrate their 40th anniversary as the first of its kind troupe to make a living out of performing for females 21 & over and who made stripping part of the mainstream. Though they perform in over 100 cities in the U.S. and overseas, the heart of the Chippendales franchise is in Vegas at a dedicated theatre at the Rio Hotel & Casino, where this month they share space with the World Series of Poker.

The last time American viewers saw Joss Mooney, it was him facing off against legend Derrick Kosinski in an epic elimination tilt on Vendettas: tooth & nail in the timeless classic, Pole Wrestle. For our overseas friends, it's just now that those of you in Britain are seeing him, Kayleigh, Melissa, Kyle & Rogan battle against the Americans as Vendettas has been airing back-to-back with EOTB USA on Thursday nights on MTV UK, among other international regions who are getting a taste of this reality TV classic for the very first time.
   But earlier this year, the overseas crowd have also seen Joss on another MTV series: an Ex On The Beach spinoff called Body SOS, where he and Geordie Shore alum Vicky Pattinson served as coaches in a Biggest Loser-style fitness series to get the bods of ordinary Brits in tip-top shape for summer. Those added to his appearances on the first & fifth series of EOTB UK, where Kayleigh is one of his many exes, and where they, Melissa and Kyle return for Final Reckoning a month from Sunday.
   Just as he and the rest of the cast was revealed when CVS aired on Tuesday, Joss flew to Las Vegas to hang out with friends just after rest and relaxation following the trek down to South Africa. And after he got to enjoy some dessert upon touching down in the Desert, Joss went to Chippendales to hang out backstage with dancers Kyle Efthemes, Diddy Dominguez, Chaz Vorrias and James Mane. Below is an Instagram post @Chippendales of Joss getting outfitted with the necessary goods. And he tweeted @Joss_Mooney, "Last night in Vegas... Back stage with the boys at @Chippendales, testing out the signature cuffs & bow tie!! 👀😉."

#AboutLastNight... @JossMooney of @MTV’s @ExOnTheBeach and @ChallengeMTV dropped by @Chippendales last night in #LasVegas! He looks 🔥🔥🔥 in the #Chippendales cuffs and collar—right!?

A post shared by Chippendales® (@chippendales) on Jun 6, 2018 at 3:47pm PDT

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Aside from Magic Mike from Are You The One? Season 3 and Real World Bad Blood and the RW Go Big guys, Joss is not alone when it comes to Trifecta alumni getting to strut their stuff with just abs on stage in front of the ladies (and it doesn't count the night AYTO original Adam stripteased the ladies in the Exes 2 house if you saw that season's clip show). Another member of the Vendettas British Invasion, his close friend and workout buddy - fellow EOTB UK castmate Rogan O'Connor, is part of the British equivalent of Chippendales - The Dreamboys who travel around Britain, and where Rogan took three breaks from filming his two EOTB UK series and Vendettas to entertain the ladies. And yes, he and Joss mentioned about stripping on Twitter this past week during the chaos of all the social media beefs of the past 72 hours, and the Stratford lad responded to the Manchester native @Rogan_OConnor, "You traitor 😂😂😂 #DreamboysForLife".

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