BY DC CUEVA
Five years ago, The Challenge took a bold step and began its progressive expansion by spreading its wings to more of the broader MTV Reality family as well as planting the seeds for the eventual reunion of its corporate parent Viacom with CBS. After bringing those from Are You The One? into the fold on Exes 2 and years before Big Brother alumni joined them, the winter of 2015 saw Battle of the Bloodlines and bought related siblings of the competitors onto the series. It gave us Tony Raines' fiery brother Shane and future Ex On The Beach single, Nany Gonzales' cousin Nicole Ramos.
Back in the very first scene of a now glorious MTV career six years ago (and a season that gave you a 2-time Challenge champ & a future Barbie beast), Cory was working out in a neighborhood park just as he got that call that would turn this guy from Grand Rapids, MI into a prominent figure. Watch that Real World Ex-Plosion premiere carefully, and spot the guy with blond hair who he played catch with: he also comes from the Midwest next door in Minnesota, and who would eventually join his cousin on MTV for his maiden Challenge.
That extracurricular activity didn't deter them much, as they won an elimination, then made it to the transfer point from Turkey to Germany for the semifinal (the season's last regular challenge), which they absolutely killed to clinch a ticket to the series' first city-based final in Berlin. And in the crucial final stage that ended inside the venerable Olympic Stadium where Jesse Owens reigned, Cory & Mitch found a puzzle which the bloodline figured out and saw them be the first to enter the track, and it helped them place second to Cara & Jamie. It turns out to be Cory's best final performance to date.
Of course, Cory has branched out to EOTB Season 1 which introduced him to his girlfriend and fellow mom Taylor Selfridge, to when he was given an MTV logo tattoo on How Far is Tattoo Far, and of course him being dad to baby Ryder brought him to Teen Mom as part of Cheyenne's crew. And those who watched TMOG a week or so saw Mitch once again, this time being branded as "his friend" rather than "his cousin."
So is Teen Mom lying or was the challenge lying? Is Mitch his Cousin or his Friend? pic.twitter.com/NU17ms9MIC— price ✨✨ (@too_price) April 28, 2020
That gave us an idea of wanting to show more of this quirky bloodline, starting with him being behind the camera for a moment with the TM crew. Ironically, Mitch notes in his Instagram bio @_MitchReid_, "Cash me in the background of @teenmom occasionally on that quality B-Roll."
Those who get to hear Brian Cohen and Ali Lasher talk all things Challenge on Rob Has A Podcast have often heard her mention the term "Mitch Watch" --- officially, small deleted scenes that appear in an episode is known as a podbuster. And there's a scene in the Bloodlines installment of the "S___ They Should've Shown" clip show where Mitch found himself being blindfolded and having no idea of what is going on when he's told to lie on the ground when guys are passing gas. That pretty much sums up the hilarity of this quirky but smart man named Mitch.
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