Double Agents’ In New Interview – Hollywood Life
Ahead of ‘The Challenge’ best, Aneesa exposes why this period was ‘psychologically’ more challenging than ever before. Plus, why she felt it was ‘important’ to return for her 14th period and also even more.
Aneesa Ferreira, 39, is back for The Challenge: Double Agents, and also she’s aiming to obtain her initial win. “There’s so much pressure as a woman getting older,” Aneesa informed HollywoodLife SOLELY. “It’s just different for us on television, especially when it comes to a competition show. I still want to do stuff. I don’t think you should become a certain age and people look at you as incapable of doing things. That’s the biggest thing for me.”
However, there’s a better objective behind Aneesa sticking with The Challenge all these years, and also it matters currently even more than ever before. “I want more women of color on these shows,” she confessed. “This show is awesome because it’s a smorgasbord of people of color. I’d never seen anything like it. It was full on representation. We talked about a lot of important things and I was happy to be part of that. It’s important for me to go on these shows, period, just because of the representation aspect.”
Plus, Aneesa tease that every little thing taking place on the planet will certainly figure in on the program. “There’s a lot of tears this season,” she confessed. “I believe we were originating from a truly tough time — the pandemic’s occurring, Black Lives issue is occurring. I was objecting and also I understand several of my close friends on the program remained in that, as well. It was a tough time for us, and also beginning the program and also hearing everybody’s one-of-a-kind tales and also psychological health and wellness things…it was hefty. I certainly had a great deal of splits.
On her unanticipated injury after last period, ‘Total Madness’, where she was removed right prior to the last difficulty: I left last period with some tendon damages. I didn’t understand up until I obtained house and also mosted likely to physical treatment and also my ortho. He resembled….you have a high ankle joint strain, which is a profession finishing injury for a great deal of individuals. You need to be paralyzed for a month. I practically did myself a support by shedding [on Total Madness]. It’s practically an indicator.
On what she did to educate for the competitors this period: I didn’t get involved in the most effective form that I might’ve entered, yet with COVID, there were restricted sources. Two months prior to I left, I was boxing and also doing bootcamp, and also all right stuff I might do that was secure. I really felt great. You can just do what you can do. My ankle joint was ideal. I really felt fantastic and also enjoyed to happen with all my arm or legs functioning.
On what she assumed when she saw the number of newbies got on this period: I such as to make close friends with the newbies! Why not? The UK youngsters, culturally…they simply mature in different ways. I like them. They don’t offer a s***, so it’s been a satisfaction having them there. Hopefully [the rookies] that haven’t belonged to this experience have the ability to see that is a respectable human and also that’s not and also that’s tinkering them.
On her relationship with Tori [Deal]: I count on Tori totally. I never ever had an uncertainty in my mind entering into the program that I would certainly ever before need to fret about her existing to me or anything else. It behaved to understand and also to have somebody on my side. You go onto these programs and also these individuals toss you away at the end and also it doesn’t really feel fantastic. So that was one more factor for me to take place — my buddy was mosting likely to exist.
