Season 13 took a 19-month break from filming, during which the contestants were sent home (viaCNN).
We’re not married and we haven’t had kids.
I can easily say that.
LuLu:What a wonderful time.
Thank you to CBS.
It’s just been incredible.
[You’re asking] what we could tease without getting in trouble?
LaLa:There’s going to be a lot more emotional moments between the both of us.
LuLu:That million dollars everyone is gunning for.
The anxiety level is at an all-time high.
What has it been like watching yourself on television?
I know you’re both used to radio work where it’s just audio.
What is it like to see yourself on video too?
LaLa:It’s actually pretty cool.
We don’t really take ourselves so serious.
We have noticed a lot of things that we do that we’re so clueless.
Sometimes when I’m talking, she’ll be mimicking the words that I’m saying.
LaLa:So that’s something we picked up on.
LuLu:Something that we also picked up on was how much we doubt ourselves.
We should be more confident.
We thought we were the underdogs, we thought we weren’t going to make it past leg two.
Here we are, already in leg eight and we feel proud of ourselves.
LuLu:We do.
LaLa:Because it will test you.
LuLu and LaLa’s thoughts on their journey on the show
LuLu:It also…
I also wanted to touch [on]: We are twins, right?
LaLa:Totally different, we had a different perspective and we learned a lot.
Why are we mean to each other?
LaLa:You know, we shouldn’t do that.
That helped out too.
LuLu:Oh my God.
You don’t know what the other teams are thinking.
LaLa:Your eating habits have completely changed.
Sometimes, you’re eating food that you don’t even like.
LuLu:Watching yourself on television … all those emotions are coming back.
All that anxiety that we were going through, it all came back.
It’s hilarious because we know the outcome, but we still get nervous.
It’s the craziest thing because you just don’t know how things are going to be edited.
The feeling is cool.
LaLa:Honestly, for me, I see each episode and it’s like, this happened yesterday.
I don’t know why I feel like such little time has gone by.
LuLu:But it’s been two years…
LaLa:Since we first started filming.
I don’t know why I have those memories still fresh in mind.
We’re not so bad."
Are there people that you’re still really close with, or how did those relationships form?
LuLu:It was there that we formed this amazing bond for life, this family for life.
We got to know each other’s story.
We got to know everyone’s background.
[On building relationships with their cast mates]
LaLa:We all really care about each other.
[On the] last episode … We went camping.
We had time to talk about…
LuLu:…what everybody was going through during the pandemic.
We are still very close up until today.
We have a group chat and we talk to each other literally every day.
LaLa:Someone is at least giving an update, sending a “Happy Valentine’s Day.”
There’s always some chatter going on.
Were there any couples that you didn’t necessarily mesh with?
You don’t have to name names, but, like, was there any drama, too?
Was there little hiccups along the line, like along the race?
LaLa:But nothing so dramatic where there’s hostility with other cast mates.
No, we genuinely all like each other.
We care for each other and want the best for one another.
LaLa:Which is nice there’s too much hate in the world.
Outside the show, you work as radio hosts and personalities.
How might your experience in that field really have helped prepare you for the show?
LuLu:Well, it definitely helped being in radio and knowing how the industry is worked.
Because we work in the industry, we’re used to the good and the bad.
Radio really prepared us for that.
LuLu:It’s been pretty good.
Wwhat you see is what you get.
This is how we are.
LaLa:We’re clumsy, we’re ditsy sometimes, but we’re very focused.
We’re very lighthearted.
LuLu:The fan reaction has been amazing.
I can’t honestly say that I’ve read negativity.
I mean, do they like other teams more than us?
LaLa:There’s a few of them.
LaLa:We do.
LuLu:Thank you.
I think it’s because you’re so authentic and completely yourself, like you said.
That definitely comes through to viewers.
LuLu:We have our radio listeners watching this.
Trying to be something that we’re not is not going to come across the right way.
So why [bother]?
Let’s be ourselves and if we fight, then we fight.
Everybody fights.We made it a point to be authentic.
Was there anything else in your relationship that was maybe challenged or tested throughout the filming process?
It was weird because we are very close.
Our daily roles in radio and in our house kind of switched.
Whereas I’m normally more of the stronger, more of the physical…
LaLa:Aggressive bang out.
LuLu:And on the show I cried like three or four times…
LaLa:She got emotional.
LuLu:I would never do that in public.
I cry on my own time.
We switched roles for some reason.
It’s funny how roles will be switched when under pressure.
[On] Wednesday [February 16], it’ll be leg eight and yeah.
It should be an interesting episode.
Season 33 took a 19-month filming break?
LuLu:Very strong.
They were physically fit.
I’m sure that would’ve been a headache.
Did you two ever consider not returning or was that out of the question?
LuLu and LaLa:No, never.
LuLu:There was nothing that was going to stop us from finishing.
We’re like, “We’re in…all in.”
A lot of people lost their jobs.
A lot of people lost loved ones, and there’s not much…you feel helpless.
At the beginning of the pandemic and after we came back, that’s how we felt.
We lost our grandmother.
We couldn’t be there with her at the hospital.
We have to stay positive and keep going, but it was a challenge…
LaLa:It was.
That was a challenge in itself.
Let’s enjoy every moment.
That helped us too, coming back the second time around.
LuLu:Time, life is short.
Did you learn any new skills?
What did you do during that break?
LuLu:We knew that, going in, there would probably a lot more stick-shift driving.
We focused on learning how to [expertly] manage that car, because we knew it was coming.
The first time around, we were doing it and not really enjoying it.
A lot harder than I anticipated."
We definitely amped up the cardio for us.
What obstacles during the show were the hardest for you two?
LaLa:When nature called you had to go in nature, no paper.
Actually, it was a funny challenge.
LuLu:If we’re going to talk about the roadblocks, kayaking was definitely the hardest.
We had never done that.
I don’t know who was supposed to be steering left, right.
She doesn’t know.
LaLa:Upper body strength, which we have strong legs, but up here, kind of weak.
LaLa:We struggled with it and it really kicked our ass.
LuLu:I also want to say the hiking.
Santis was 8,000 feet above sea level.
The air up there was very thin.
That was very challenging for my lungs.
LaLa:In London, there was, I forgot what it’s called.
I think it’s called the Axis or…
LuLu:The Orbit?
LaLa:The Orbit.
That’s what it was.
There’s like a thousand steps to go up that.
LuLu:you’re able to take the elevator.
LaLa:We weren’t allowed to take the elevator.
We had to take the steps and we had to carry our bags.
LuLu:Asthma kicked in.
My knee gave out.
LaLa:It was a lot against us, but we managed to make it through.
But that’s one thing that didn’t make it on air.
LaLa:That was very hard for us.
LuLu:You know what else was very challenging?
It’s going to sound kind of air-headed.
LaLa:Uh-oh, what are you going to say?
LuLu:Reading a map.
[Laughs] Well, we don’t do that anymore.
I don’t…how do I read this?"
And it was there where I’m like, “You know what?
This is something that we should have really focused on prior to the race.”
That’s not air-headed at all.
I don’t know anyone personally that would be able to do that.
LaLa:Yes, man.
We’re so lucky to have that.
I don’t know how people got around back in the day.
In that traveling aspect, what were your favorite countries and sites and everything to see?
LaLa:I loved Lugano, [it] was absolutely gorgeous.
I think Corsica was very pretty the views, the culture, the cleanliness.
It was just so pretty.
I definitely want to go back.
You saw the mountains, the happy little trees, the waterfall.
It was beautiful, and Corsica, breathtaking.
It’s so refreshing.
Had you been to any of these places before, or was this all brand new?
LaLa:It was actually her first time in Europe.
I had been to Spain for three days, but that’s about it.
It was our first time looking at the other side of what the world has to offer.
LuLu:It was amazing.
I actually was upset with myself [for waiting].
I had waited so long to actually travel and to see what’s out there.
I’m this travel junkie now.
I have to go back to those places.
I want to travel.
I want to see everything the world has to offer.
[I have a] different thought process too.
We talked about the other teams earlier.
How did your relationships with the other teams either help or hinder your journey on the show?
LuLu:I think there was no hindrance to the relationships that we formed with the teammates.
It wasn’t like, “Oh no, I’m not going to help you out.
I’m going to help.”
It was more, “You’re here.
This is what it is,” and then you move on with your leg.
LuLu:Raquel and Cayla, the other all-female team, we had a bond with them too.
We had an understanding, four ladies, we immediately came together and worked together the best as possible.
From what I remember now, we all helped each other at one point.
It wasn’t like that at all for Season 33.
I got to do me now."
LaLa:It was nice the best of both worlds.
May the best team get to the pit stop first.
Aside from the filming break, did the pandemic affect the show in any other big ways?
LuLu:Yes it did.
When we came back, it was totally different.
Every time we’ve come around, we’re like, “Oh my God.
LaLa:Which we didn’t.
Nobody during the entire race tested positive.
LuLu:We actually felt safer on the race than when we came back home.
LaLa:They kept us in a bubble and it was…
They did a great job taking care of us.
We were also flown private.
LuLu:So that was different.
You’re looking out the window trying to guess, like, what ocean is this?
What are we flying over?
Is that a mountain?
Like where are we?
It made the anxiety go way up, ‘cause you don’t know how to prep up.
LaLa:You couldn’t really hug.
It’s those little things that people take for granted, but that was the major changes.
Are there any other reality series that you two are interested in doing, whether together or separate?
LuLu:I would love to do “Dancing with the Stars.”
LaLa:“Dancing with the Stars” would be fun.
LuLu and LaLa:Living together.
LuLu:Everyone’s emotions and stuff goes up and down.
I think that would be cool.
LuLu:I like “Big Brother.”
LuLu:“The Challenge” I like because it’s very physical, and it’s different.
LaLa:You’re, like, in teams sometimes.
So it switches up.
LuLu:I don’t think so either, but it’s great television.
I do like to watch it.
LaLa:I’d be terrible, to be honest with you.
Those are it, pretty much.
LuLu:Maybe the “Real Housewives of New York” and “LA.”
LaLa:No, not for me.
There was a show, I don’t know if… “Road Rules?”
It used to be on MTV.
Back in the day.
“Road Rules” were, they were on like on a Winnebago and they had to do challenges.
There was like the red team and the blue team.
I always thought that was pretty dope.
I would be up for something like that.
LaLa:Well, we always said it … paying off our parents’ mortgage.
They’ve worked their entire lives.
LaLa:And then invest it, make more money off of it.
Maybe go on a little vacation.
Get the best of both worlds.
Balance it off, but enjoy it.
I mean, we worked hard.
If we won the $1 million.
LaLa:That is our baby.
LuLu:That’s right.
LaLa:We love our listeners.
We love doing radio and being able to communicate with so many people every night.
LuLu:We also do plan on taking out a line.
A line of what exactly?
LaLa:We don’t want to say yet, but that is definitely there.
We’ve always talked about that for so long.
You know, we love the help behind the scenes.
I want to follow through with that and hope that it all goes well.
So yeah, those are the two things really that…
LuLu:Maybe get back into TV.
LuLu:I want to get back to that.
Do you already have plans for a sitcom?
LuLu:We have an idea of what the sitcom would be.
LaLa:We have a name for it and everything.
LuLu: Now we’re in the process of fixing it up a little.
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