'The Challenge' Cast Reacts to MTV's Choice to Send Ashley Home

Ashley Mitchell’s sudden and shocking elimination from The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies may come as a surprise to viewers, yet some of the cast members like Devin Walker and Tori Deal are supporting MTV’s decision to give her the boot.

The on-screen drama spilled over onto social media after the Wednesday, November 10, episode showed Ashley being sent home for an undisclosed reason.

“Notice NOT A SINGLE PERSON including Amanda [Garcia] is coming to Ashley’s defense about why she was deactivated?” Devin wrote while first addressing Ashley’s departure on the November 10 episode in an Instagram Story post on Friday, November 12. “Think maybe that’s for a reason? Think maybe a troll account with Ashley’s face as the profile pic isn’t a good source of accurate info?”

While he was breaking his silence on the topic, Devin also shut down speculation that he, Josh Martinez or Logan Sampedro had anything “to do with the repercussions of her hurtful, ignorant and misguided actions.”

Since then, fans have continued digging for clues as to why Ashley was forced to make an early exit.

It remains unknown exactly what “rule” that Ashley broke, however, the Final Reckoning alum did tell fans in a tweet that she has been trying to “shake off depression and anxiety” since getting back home and has been taking anger management courses.

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Devin explained his stance further during a new episode of the “Challenge Mania” podcast on Monday, November 15.

“The truth does not matter often, anymore. We have, as a society, put the truth to the side. We have instead gone on feelings,” he clarified. “Right now, a lot of people are feeling upset that they don’t have all the information, but it seems to them, by what they’ve pieced together, that Ashley was kicked off the show not for violence, but just for saying things. Then they go back throughout the years of the show and they’re like, ‘Well, this person said this, this person said this, they weren’t kicked off. This seems unfair. This seems like she’s being targeted, maybe because she’s a woman.’ I can guarantee you that is not the case.”

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Tori Deal

“Josh is not the reason Ashley got sent home,” Tori argued in a statement via Instagram Stories, claiming Josh is actually “a victim in the situation.”

“I’m not gonna go into details, but I can’t f—king stand people slamming Josh right now. None of you were there… the people who [knew] what happened. Leave Josh the f—k alone,” she fired back. “On another note… I’m not gonna lie… I’m afraid to speak up… I know it’s gonna open a can of worms. But what is right is right … So, this side of the story ends to be told … Show compassion for Josh.”

Devin Walker

Despite the controversy, Devin said the “situation was remedied the correct way” by MTV during his podcast interview.

“Do I think Ashley’s a bad person? No. Do I think that she has, somewhere along the line, lost herself? Yes,” he explained to listeners. “I think that this situation is a really good example of that, but again, people that really identify with her as a character are taking this extremely personally.”

Emanuel Neagu

Emanuel shared his thoughts via Instagram Stories, claiming he was “right there in the heart of the situation trying to defend Josh against Ashley. Josh was a victim … of Ashley [because] Amanda was just there laughing mostly.”

“She got DQed for many reasons anyways, but that day was when she simply exploded,” he claimed. “She was also disrespectfully picking on me, talking about my language and s—t when I was trying to tell her she went too far.”