Plus, we break down more shocking moments from the second half of the “Vets and New Threats” reunion.

The Challenge season 41 reunion part 2 reveals unaired drama from Aneesa-Ashley fight

Plus, we break down more shocking moments from the second half of the "Vets and New Threats" reunion.

By Sydney Bucksbaum

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**This article contains spoilers for part 2 of *The Challenge: Vets and New Threats* reunion.**

There was so much more to the veteran in-fighting on *The Challenge: Vets and New Threats* than what was shown on TV.

Now that season 41 crowned Olivia Kaiser and Yeremi Hykel as champs, it's time to check back in with most of the cast for the rest of the two-part reunion. The first half of the special aired last week, but the real drama was held for part 2, because Aneesa Ferreira and Ashley Mitchell finally revealed some of the below-the-belt insults they hurled at each other during their intense fight during the season.

Below, we rounded up the most shocking moments from part 2 of the reunion, hosted by former cast member Devyn Simone, including the new intel on the fight between Aneesa and Ashley (and Nany González).

'The Challenge' season 41 reunion.

The tide turns against Turbo

Part 2 begins right where we left off with Turbo Camkiran trying to look macho by getting into a fight with CT Tamburello. But you've got to love how CT calls out Turbo for only standing up when security guards arrive onstage, making it clear that Turbo's threats to "f--- you up" are just for show. CT expresses regret that they're not friends anymore, and Turbo confirms that he has "multiple personalities" and they all hate CT.

Theo Campbell calls Turbo out for being the biggest floater in the house, saying that he doesn't show any honor as a player. Turbo's rebuttal? Theo looks better when he doesn't talk.

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Rivals forever

If there was any doubt that Aneesa and Ashley would never be friends, this season — and reunion — squashed it forever. Ashley says her issues with Aneesa continued from when they were partners on *All Stars: Rivals*, when "both of us [were] in some of the worst shape we've ever been in." That's why she's so adamant that Aneesa is delusional to claim this season that she was in the "best shape" of her life only six months later.

Aneesa fires back that she lost 40 lbs. in a year by training four days a week and running, so she insists that she was in the best shape she'd been in seasons. Ashley starts screaming that Aneesa finished in last place in the premiere hike challenge, and Aneesa says that Ashley shouldn't have any kind of opinion on how she feels about herself, because they're not friends. Ashley keeps shouting that Aneesa is delusional, and Aneesa calls Ashley psychotic.

Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio asks if their alcohol-fueled blow-up this season had more to do with Aneesa not working with the "upstairs" women alliance anymore at that point in the game and less about Aneesa's comments about her athletic ability, but that's when the women finally reveal the insults they shouted at each other that weren't aired in the episode.

Aneesa says Ashley "mentioned my dad, and that's when s--- got f---ed up" during the late-night fight. Then Ashley says Aneesa "mentioned a dumb b---- that was stalking me" that she allegedly befriended, and that when Aneesa goes low, she'll "take it [to] hell every f---ing time." They continue shouting at each other, with digs about the lack of value they each add to *The Challenge *and life.

Later in the reunion, Justin Hinsley gets in on the Aneesa disrespect by saying that Aneesa should retire because her body is catching up to her: "You can feel it, we can see it." She gets upset and claims she'll never quit, even if her legs are falling off.

The touchy discussion then shifts to the fight between Aneesa and Nany over what had happened with Ashley, and Aneesa admits the things she said to Nany were "totally out of line." Nany takes accountability for the blow-up happening because she had been acting like nothing had happened between Aneesa and Ashley.

But then Nany calls Aneesa out for not being a friend to her after she left the show. Aneesa apparently called Nany's ex-fiancée Kaycee Clark to reveal Nany's hookups with Will Gagnon before Nany had the chance to do it herself. Aneesa claims she did that because she was "worried" about Nany, but no one believes her. Nany and Aneesa both agree there's no friendship between them anymore, and Aneesa wipes away a tear.

Aneesa Ferreira on 'The Challenge' season 41 reunion.

Keep your friends close …

Another rivalry that's still as tense as ever is between Michaela Bradshaw and Olivia. While Michaela reveals she apologized to Olivia "the very same day" after threatening to punch her in the face, they're far from burying the hatchet.

Michaela claims she doesn't have hostility towards Olivia, and that Olivia is the one who has hostility towards Michaela. Olivia laughs because Michaela was the one to threaten to punch *her*. But Olivia decides to just end the conversation there and accept her apology, because they're clearly never going to become friends ... or even friend*ly*.

The opposite of ally

The Derek Chavez vs. Justin betrayal is addressed, because how could it not be?! Derek had promised to never vote for Justin because he knew what it was like to be targeted as a gay man in the *Challenge* house, only for him to then immediately vote Justin into the first elimination of the season. Derek says he doesn't regret voting for rookie Justin because he would never vote Cara Maria Sorbello, who he had been working with for multiple seasons. He does, however, regret not telling Justin beforehand. And Justin agrees that would have been fine, but not having the conversation before the vote is what made the betrayal so hurtful.

Meanwhile, Leo Dionicio finally pays Derek back for the "two-for-one" drink he stole from him at the bar that led to their own fight.

'The Challenge' season 41 reunion.

Credit where credit’s due

Sydney Segel admits to lying to Izzy Fairthorne right before she was voted into elimination, but claims she was actually being honest about wanting to work with her fellow rookie woman competitor. The time just never came for them due to Izzy's elimination, but Sydney says Izzy is "really incredible." It's rare to hear Sydney complimenting someone else, so this was really shocking.

Heartbreakers

After she left the show, Izzy found out that Rogan O'Connor's girlfriend posted about their four-year anniversary during filming, so she believes that Rogan cheated when he hooked up with her in the house. Aneesa defends Rogan, saying that he told her before filming that they broke up, but his ex posted on social media acting like they were still together because she was upset about the split.

In the months since, Izzy reveals Rogan (who was not invited to the reunion after being sent home in the first elimination) sent her flowers as an apology. She says she's heard "loads of different stories" about his relationship situation, so they still "need to have a chat." Sounds like she's not totally ruling out a reconciliation.

Meanwhile, Dee Valladares reveals she and Bananas still hook up. "Sometimes we're friends, sometimes we're more," she says. "It works for now."

Nany reveals she considered hooking up with Cedric Hodges before deciding on Will. "Cedric's sweet but he's too young," she says. She also gives Will major props for his ... well, bedroom skills.

'The Challenge' season 41 reunion.

To cheat or not to cheat

We've all seen the footage from the mini-final cheating scandal where Jonna Mannion decided that if everyone else threw away their onions and peppers, then she didn't have to eat hers either. But during the reunion she reveals that a producer went down the hill to grab someone else's onion and pepper, brought it up to her, and made her eat *that*.

"I still ate someone else's s---," she says. Everyone starts pointing fingers to get people to confess that they cheated, but only Dee and Leroy Garrett admit they didn't eat.

TJ Lavin video calls in to apologize to CT for thinking he cheated, and declares that CT definitely didn't cheat. (As if anyone ever doubted CT would need to cheat, and in an eating challenge, no less!)

'The Challenge' season 41 reunion.

New champs, old GOAT, and potential future threats

TJ crowns Sydney the rookie MVP, and gives Yeremi and Olivia their flowers as the season champions since he wasn't able to be at the finish line at the top of the Andes Mountains.

CT once again promises that he did not throw the challenge that led to Leka Sodade's elimination, and she agrees, adding that she never even doubted him.

But Turbo says it's "disrespectful" for CT to show up out of shape because they're fighting for money, and his "lazy ass" cost promising rookie Leka her shot at winning.

"He's right, I deserved every bit of flack I was getting because it's not fair for everybody else to be stuck with me if I'm not here to play," CT says. He also apologizes to Leka, and sincerely hopes she's able to come back and get another shot because "the hype is real" about her as a competitor. It's not hard to imagine Leka becoming a future *Challenge* champ someday — as long as she works on her endurance after Olivia smoked her in that elimination.

Meanwhile, several others apologize to CT for giving him such a hard time and thinking he threw the challenge — including Michaela, who threw the next challenge while partnered with him to get him eliminated. CT gives her props for the "smart" move, and believes that he was a "liability" to his partners due to the shape he was in this season. But Leroy points out that CT can win no matter what shape he's in, and Nany and others emphatically agree. However, CT admits he should come with "respect to the game" regardless, signifying that he's ready for another glow-up to redeem his performance this season.

When you’ve got to go …

For any fans wondering what happens when a competitor has to go to the bathroom during a challenge (or final), the cast members have to go wherever they can. And sometimes that means dangling off a cliff, like when Derek had a bathroom emergency during the premiere hike challenge. He says his "bubble guts" resulted in him having to hang off the side of the mountain. "Used my gloves, used my panties," he says. Now that's hardcore.

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