Following Horacio Gutierrez’s surprising elimination from The Problem: Battle of the Eras, a lot dialogue arrived on-line concerning whether or not he really misplaced to Derrick Kosinski.
Derrick claimed he’d received the occasion, whereas Horacio, his girlfriend, Nurys Mateo, and others blasted manufacturing over how issues went down.
Nurys claimed manufacturing lied about how issues went with the footage proven in Episode 4 because it introduced numerous confusion from viewers.
Horacio additionally indicated he didn’t settle for the choice that he misplaced the elimination and gave his aspect of the story by means of an Instagram video and unique interview.
Extra just lately, the previous Trip or Dies finalist appeared on the Problem Mania podcast, which Derrick co-hosts with Scott Yager.
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Throughout their dialogue, Horacio admitted to lacking one of many guidelines and offered his perspective of not essentially considering the present’s choice was 100% correct.
Horacio seems on Derrick’s podcast to debate their controversial Season 40 elimination
In a Problem Mania clip on Instagram, Horacio seems on video chat with Derrick and Scott as they focus on what occurred of their Season 40, Episode 4 elimination. Derrick requested if Horacio agreed he missed a rule and was mistaken about selecting up his pegs through the occasion since they didn’t have to.
“Sure. Now, after seeing yesterday’s footage,” Horacio admitted, indicating he and Derrick just lately obtained to observe unaired video footage from The Problem elimination.
“Shoot the ball. Choose up a peg. Catch [the ball] and put it in a [hole],” Derrick stated, referring to his mindset after the foundations of the occasion have been defined to him.
“That was your mindset. I feel my focus was on when it ends, have your 40 pegs on the board,” Horacio stated.
He stated he “missed that rule” about not needing to have all 40 pegs on the board on the finish if any had fallen out through the occasion.
“I feel that’s the place individuals got here in and have been like, ‘the rule must be that,’” he stated concerning followers or castmates debating how certainly one of Derrick’s pegs wasn’t in its gap on the board on the finish of the competitors.
Horacio admitted he couldn’t combat with that facet as a result of “that’s their rule” concerning how the occasion would go.
“So yeah, in order for you me to just accept it. I missed that rule, and yeah, I made a mistake by having to choose up my very own pegs. Undoubtedly,” he stated.
Horacio tells Derrick to ‘name it being a sore loser’ throughout their elimination dialogue
As talked about on the Problem Mania podcast episode, Derrick and Horacio have been capable of evaluate numerous video footage from their elimination occasion on The Problem, which is unprecedented as normally that footage is stored for manufacturing to cowl themselves.
Earlier than recording the podcast episode, they watched the unaired footage that includes themselves with castmates Aneesa Ferreira and Jenny West, who have been additionally concerned within the Episode 4 elimination.
A part of the footage, recorded by manufacturing earlier than the occasion, confirmed Horacio, Derrick, Jenny, and Aneesa studying the elimination sport’s guidelines. Different castmates weren’t concerned in it. Further footage got here from the precise elimination and confirmed a number of digital camera angles of the opponents as they battled within the sport.
After seeing the footage, Horacio stated he higher understood the rule he missed which may have price him the win, which initially sparked his feedback after the episode aired.
“However [the] ultimate consequence, in response to them, was Derek beat me by 13 seconds,” Horacio admitted throughout his time on Problem Mania.
He nonetheless expresses doubts concerning the choice, evaluating it to one thing you would possibly see in an NFL sport or different skilled sports activities: a referee makes a name based mostly on a rule, and the participant(s) concerned don’t fully agree with the decision’s accuracy.
“However then in my very own head, my aggressive mindset’s like, it’s simply, ‘How are you gonna how are you now gonna now clock my my time?’ This isn’t them. They did their greatest with the time that they’d, proper? So that is now me. I suppose if you wish to name it being a sore loser, then cool, man,” Horacio stated.
Earlier than Season 40 began, Horacio hinted that this was his “final dance” on MTV’s competitors sequence. Nevertheless, his reviewing footage with the foundations clarification and numerous angles of the opponents from the elimination occasion could have modified his perspective.
Scott and Derrick stated they hoped to see him at future Problem Mania occasions, on their present, and on TV once more.
“I might be shocked if that was the final time we ever see you within the sand, my brother. So thanks a lot, man,” Derrick informed Horacio earlier than ending their podcast dialogue.
The Problem: Battle of the Eras airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on MTV.
