Now, he's making fun of the incident again. But I also don’t want to be that guy in sports that hangs on too long. Rice left The Challenge after Johnny ‘Bananas’ Devenanzio didn’t split his winnings ($275,000) with her and took all of the prize money at the end of Rivals III. #sarah rice #sarah patterson #johnny bananas #johnny devenanzio #the challenge #invasion of the champions #champs vs pros #rivals 3 #mtv It was about me looking at the amount of money that was on the line and looking at what I would be able to do with it. Camille. *Johnny Bananas goes home early two Challenges in a row after screwing Sarah over. Me and Michael Jordan are tied now. Devenanzio has a serious reputation on the show for using and abusing other players for personal gain. 2021 Showbiz Cheat Sheet, All Rights Reserved. This is your sixth win – a new personal best and Challenge record.Yeah, the elusive sixth ring. Over the course of Rivals III, you and Sarah seemed to have made peace with how your personal relationship was affected by what she did in Exes 2. “Why tf are they making Sarah into a joke here…..it’s really not funny,” one follower stated. Ashley Boucher. If you look at the situation on its face, what she did and what I did back, a lot of people look at it and go, “All right, its tit for tat.” But when you put me into the equation and what I’ve accomplished in the past and how successful I’ve been at the game, then it kind of adds a whole different dimension. But we expect to see the infamous Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio try his hand at winning once again by using game politics and sneaky alliances. You kind of want to go out as a winner, but a lot of people say things that they don’t necessarily really mean after the stress of a Challenge. It really was. Log in or register to post comments . After weeks of competition, the three remaining pairs of rivals were met with a mercenary choice: Whichever partner earned more points over a series of pairs challenges could opt to split the winnings with his or her partner – or take it all and face viewers’ (and cast mates’ wrath). Challenge veteran Jemmye brought up the notion that he might be cursed, resulting from his decision to keep the entire $275,000 first-place prize money for himself, leaving his partner Sarah Rice-Patterson with nothing. There you go! Many thought Devenanzio was completely justified in taking the money from Rice. Coming into Rivals, me and Sarah hadn’t spoken in two years. QUESTION. And he even joked he sent her a gift card after stealing her winnings away. Had what happened on Exes never taken place, my decision quite possibly could’ve been different. Johnny would go on to win many seasons, but after winning Rivals III and taking all the money from his partner, The Real World: Brooklyn castmate Sarah Rice, fans presumed that he had been cursed after he had not won any seasons after that. Though the partners had seemingly made up this season after Rice effectively severed her longtime, off-camera friendship with Devenanzio late in the Exes 2 season by throwing him into an elimination that ended his game, Devenanzio decided to reinstate the rift. He was paired with Sarah Rice and had the opportunity to fairly split his winnings with her — but he chose not to, leaving her devastated. But then again, had she not done that, we wouldn’t have been rivals in the first place so we wouldn’t have been paired up on this show. Absolutely. Go to http://THETRACKER.com right now and enter Promo Code JENNAJULIEN for 30% off your ENTIRE order. Bananas went on to win the season with his partner Sarah Rice Patterson — this was the season that Johnny took the entire grand prize and left Sarah with nothing. Karma,” another added. I did not know if she was going to keep the money or if she was going to split it with me. “How many has he won since then? Not even. A post shared by The Challenge (@challengemtv) on Feb 6, 2020 at 10:36am PST, Devenanzio knows his decision is controversial.