‘Amazing Race’ Season 25 Cast: Lisa & Michelle Regret Taking Penalty, Say They Would Have ‘Thrown The Firefighters Out Of A Cab’ Too [VIDEO]
The first team has officially been eliminated from season 25 of The Amazing Race, and though they regret taking the penalty for not completing the Roadblock task on St. Thomas, Miami Realtor Sister Lisa and Michelle say there are no hard feelings toward fellow racers, Boston firefighters Michael & Scott.
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In a post-race interview with TV Guide, the sisters talked about their brief rivalry with the guys, which appeared to start when teams were signing up to take seaplanes to the beach, and ended after they raced toward cabs to get to the Pit Stop after deciding, alongside Survivor couple Keith and Whitney, to take a four-hour penalty for not completing the task.
"We actually got to the cab first, but he pushed us away and got into the cab, and then Scott got there," Michelle said. "He closed the door on us, so we had to jump into the next cab."
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When it was pointed out that the firefighters claimed it was revenge for the sister allegedly stealing their place in line for the sea planes, Michelle said that that wasn't how things had gone down, but she couldn't blame them for tossing them out of their cab.
"If you look at it, we got to the board before them. They grabbed the pen and we grabbed the pen out of their hands because we got there first," she said. "It is what it is. Everyone wants to win. We don't regret doing that or anything. If I had to throw them out of a cab, I would've done the same thing."
"...The firefighters are great guys. We're friends with them now. We have no ill feelings towards them and they have no ill feelings towards us. It's a game. You do anything to win. They don't want to be the first ones out and we understand that," she added.
And though they don't regret what happened with the firefighters, in hindsight, they do say they regret taking the penalty now.
"Yeah, I regret taking the penalty. I probably wouldn't have done it again, It's just tough," Lisa said. "You're on a deserted island. There was no light left when we were there, so we couldn't see anything. We knew we had to stop because there was no light at all. When they suggested the penalty, I thought for sure, we can run, why not take it? But in hindsight, I wish we didn't. We thought once we took the penalty, we would be running to the mat, but it was actually running to a taxi and finding another location. That changed everything."
The Amazing Race airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on CBS.
