How Jamie Lynn Spears & Beverley Mitchell Survived the World's Toughest Test
Contrary to what the rubric suggests, these radical aren't acrophobic of anything.
At least, that's what Anthony Coppage thought the archetypal clip helium did Naked and Afraid. While the survivalist was forced to pat retired during his archetypal outing successful 2018, helium and 3 different past contestants are returning for their eventual redemption successful play 15.
"The archetypal clip I went, I'd ne'er truly been progressive with the show," Anthony exclusively told E! News. "I watched a fewer episodes earlier I went. The 2nd clip going in, you recognize careless of however overmuch you privation to bash and however galore large moments you privation to have, you bash request to gait yourself. So determination surely was a acquisition learned."
In fact, helium said determination are 2 ways to attack the show. "There's 2 modalities of thought," helium explained. "One is we're going to smash this; we're going to work, we're going to bash a batch of things. The different is, I'm going to get done this, I'm gonna prevarication astir and bash arsenic small arsenic imaginable to survive. And erstwhile those 2 clash, large TV happens oregon atrocious things happen—that's precisely what happened successful the archetypal one."
Anthony volition beryllium joined by chap alums Daniel Graves, Andrew Shayde and Chris Wells for their two-hour peculiar connected March 12 wherever they'll beryllium stranded successful the African wilderness.
Unlike his expedition to Brazil opposite Suzänne Zeta successful play nine, Anthony's second episode saw the amusement wantonness its accustomed format of pairing members of the other enactment together... but that's not the lone change.
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"Right distant the precise archetypal time I knew with Suzänne that we weren't connected the aforesaid page," helium noted. "And astatine the aforesaid point, the archetypal time [with the men] I knew, OK, we're astir apt going to get done this. Our views, lifestyles, each that mightiness beryllium different, but our mentality present is the same. We're some successful it to get things done and it was refreshing to cognize that was the case."
Still, contempt a suboptimal ending to his archetypal adventure, Anthony remains connected bully presumption with his erstwhile castmates.
"I speech to each of them," helium confirmed. "We're successful interaction regularly with everybody actually. And it's a large assemblage arsenic Naked and Afraid arsenic a whole, truthful not lone americium I successful interaction with them but others from antithetic episodes, too."
And arsenic fans of the amusement are aware—it's legit. But judge it oregon not, Anthony besides admitted it's not a peculiar skillset that would assistance you past Naked and Afraid.
"This whitethorn upset immoderate of the radical doing the challenge, but I don't deliberation it's astir skill," helium shared. "I deliberation mostly being capable to physique a structure helps support you, you request to cognize however to marque a basal fire. But really, they're taking america places extracurricular of our comfortableness zone—it's headspace."
So what's adjacent for Anthony aft being virtually bare connected nationalist television?
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"I would similar to spell backmost and bash XL," helium revealed. "That's however I apical this. They're besides doing a solo version... I deliberation I could bash the solo 1 for 21 days oregon XL would beryllium my hope. And, really, I'd emotion to spell backmost to Africa. It's specified a peculiar place. But the adjacent 1 for maine is 40 days."
"I'm conscionable excited to spot this amusement travel retired and anticipation the practice is arsenic bully arsenic we felt it was," Anthony concluded. "We each did unneurotic large arsenic a squad and looking guardant to seeing what everybody other thinks astir that."
See for yourself erstwhile Naked and Afraid airs Sunday, March 12 connected Discovery followed by the premiere of Naked and Afraid: Solo.
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