"Tell it all"— The Challenge 40 fans react to Nurys Mateo calling production out for foul play during Horacio's elimination

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras aired episode 4 on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The segment marked the end of Horacio Gutierrez Jr.'s journey on season 40, after losing an elimination task against Derrick Kosinski.

The two were neck-to-neck while competing in 'Pick It Up,' and placed their last jacks on the block almost simultaneously. However, fans were confused by the result as they believed Horacio finished first.

After the episode aired, Nurys Mateo, Horacio's girlfriend and eliminated season 40 contestant, took to X to comment on the task. She expressed anger towards the show's production team and said that people helped Derrick during the task, which was against the rules.

Fans of the MTV show took to X to comment on Nurys' statements and urged her to "break the NDA" and share the full story. One person wrote on X:

"Girl, it’s time to break that NDA and tell it all! We all know this s**t is fixed and we know y’all know. Spill it! I’ll start a Gofundme for your defense! This c**p with “reality” tv has gone on long enough!"

A netizen reacts (Image via X/ @jrh614)

"Explains Horacio’s “last dance” post, that’s what production gets. They’re gonna regret losing someone like him," a fan commented.

"I believe I heard at the beginning of the season that Horatio wasn’t doing the challenge after this season….. I’m assuming this is why… and good for him!" a tweet read.

Commenting on Horacio and Nurys' decision to not return to the franchise, fans said:

"No wonder why you two aren’t ever returning to this program. It makes sense now," a person wrote.

"no wonder horacio does not want to do this show no more, both of you deserve better," a fan commented.

"Please make it a point if you can, to tell people to not come back until production plays fair. Across the board. No special treatment for anyone. Where is the integrity of the show? If they are going to do this why even come to play?!!!!!" a tweet read.

The Challenge season 40 fans further said:

"Honestly! It’s a HUGE turn off to watch. Has The Challenge always been rigged or is this new? Whoever’s on the production pulling these strings needs to be fired. The clear as day cheating is going to lose a lot of fans. This is MY Wednesday Show! I’m so sad dude," a person wrote.

"Literally! And they did the sh*t to Horacio because they know he wasn’t going to cause a scene. Can you imagine them pulling that stunt on Johnny or Jordan?? TUH!!" a tweet read.

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The Challenge: Battle of the Eras eliminated contestant Nurys Mateo chimes in on Horacio's elimination

The Challenge season 40 aired its latest episode on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, and saw Horacio get eliminated after competing against Derrick. After the segment aired, the eliminated contestant's girlfriend, Nurys Mateo, took to social media to chime in on the elimination task.

In a series of posts on X (formerly known as Twitter), the season 39 finalist called production out for breaking the rules.

"Not seen... production helping Derrick pick up his fallen pegs EVEN THOUGH the rules clearly stated you needed to pick up your own pegs," she wrote.

She further revealed that as per the rules, The Challenge season 40 contestants had to "have all the pegs" before "calling check". Nurys stated that while she was "livid" at the crew, however, her anger was not directed at Derrick, who won the task. She claimed that production didn't want any more contestants from Era 1 to be eliminated.

Fans of the MTV show took to social media to support Nurys and stated it made sense why neither Nurys nor Horacio wanted to return to the show.

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The Challenge season 40 airs episodes weekly on Wednesdays at 8 pm ET on MTV.