The Challenge: Bananas Slams Wes Strategy & Nany Reveals The Secrets Of Her Political Game

We caught up with The Challenge stars, Johnny Bananas and Nany, EXCLUSIVELY to get scoop on War of the Worlds 2′ — including Johnnys take on why Wes strategic game will blow up in his face.

Even though Johnny Bananas and Wes Bergmann are on the same team on The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2, dont expect them to work together! In last weeks premiere episode, we saw Wes admitting to sliding in DMs to make alliances before the season started, while Johnny wasted no time trying to expose his shady game play. “Wes plays a short game,” Johnny explained to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “Last season, his strategy somehow miraculously worked out. The format worked well for him last season since there were so many new people. For Wes strategy to work, he relies on a new batch of people who dont know his game because he can manipulate them.”

Last season, Wes rode his strategy all the way to the final, and came in third place. Johnny made it clear, though, that it wont be so easy for his nemesis this time around. “His game is — Im going to get as many people as I can on my side and play the numbers game, and Im going to try to protect myself from every angle by promising all of these people that Im going to have my back and work with them,” Johnny revealed. “That works in the beginning, but as the numbers dwindle down, you need to start coming through on the promises you made to these people, and thats when it blows up in his face. The vets know his game. Last season was his first season back and he fell into a good position — not only were there a lot of rookies, but he was in a room with all of them. He could literally hold court every day and get them on his side. This season isnt like that. Wes is trying to ride the wave of the success he had last season, but hes coming in way too hot. Hes playing way too fast and way too loose.”

Its no secret that Bananas has a lot of enemies on The Challenge, and after a falling out last season, that seemed to include his previous friend, Zach Nichols. However, Johnny explained why he didnt write Zach off as an ally completely this time around. “We were fine coming in,” he admitted. “Ive got enough enemies. As much as I want to hold grudges against people sometimes, I just own the fact that people arent going to have my back. If I drew a line in the sand and put on the other side whos f***ed me over or worked against me, Id literally be standing on my own. Its difficult sometimes, but you almost have to be a politician and be like…lets put the past behind us. But at the end of the day, me and him will never see eye to eye.”

Bananas confirmed that the people he did fully trust coming into War of the Worlds 2 were Leroy Garrett, Laurel Stucky and Nany Gonzalez, who was also in-studio for our interview. Nany also had a big hurdle to overcome this season, as her closest ally and real-life BFF, Jenna Compono, was not part of the cast, but she had another close friend in the house that viewers may not even have ben aware of.

“Laurel and I talk in real life,” Nany revealed. “Were friends. Having her there and having someone whos as strong of a competitor as she is and somebody as loyal and fierce as she is, on my side was everything to me.” Still, Nany said she was criticized by others on her team for not playing a strong political game, but she explained that theres a reason she aligns herself with players like Laurel and Bananas, even though theyre some of the most targeted stars of the show.

“People tell me all the time to play a better political game and not align myself with Bananas and Laurel and Jordan [Wiseley] and these people who have so many enemies, but thats not my strategy,” Nany explained. “For me, Im going in and playing the game with people that I know and trust and talk to in real lif