The Challenge Reckoning: Trishelle’s Racial Remark Resurfaces, Aneesa Confrontation, and Apology
2 min readTrishelle Cannatella and Aneesa Ferreira had a really disturbing time with each other on The Challenge: Rivals II back in 2013, as the former made racial comments about the latter. The two engaged in a fight that was more than just a verbal spat. However, years later, they reunited to mend things between them.
Read on to learn more about Trishelle Cannatella and her ugly fight with Aneesa Ferreira on The Challenge: Rivals II.
Trishelle Cannatella and her ugly fight with Aneesa Ferreira
Competition-based reality shows often witness fights between competitors at one point or another during the show, and they can often escalate into ugly confrontations. The Challenge has not been an exception to this trend. One of its notable fights occurred between Trishelle Cannatella and Aneesa Ferreira.
In 2013, during The Challenge: Rivals II, an intoxicated Trishelle used racial remarks towards Aneesa, leaving the latter hurt. Trishelle was heard saying to Aneesa, “You’re f*ing Black, you’re Jewish. What the fk?” Aneesa then referred to Trishelle as “Trashelle” in the show.
Y’all always wanna leave out what happened recently between Trishelle & Aneesa pic.twitter.com/9Zi7Ja8huK
— James Lee (@jlsupreme) March 8, 2024
More about the ugly fight between Trishelle Cannatella and Aneesa Ferreira
While the reality show featured both Trishelle and Aneesa engaging in a verbal spat, there was a moment when Aneesa even pulled Trishelle’s hair, after which the latter quit the show. The two remained enemies for a long time thereafter.
Although it was in 2021 during The Challenge: All Stars that both Trishelle and Aneesa encountered each other after their ugly fight, the dynamic between them had changed significantly. Trishelle offered her apology to Aneesa, and the latter accepted it graciously.
The end of Trishelle and Aneesa’s ugly fight
Around eight years later, both Trishelle and Aneesa met each other, and the former offered apologies for what she said to the latter during their 2013 fight.
Trishelle said to Aneesa, “I know that it was a long time ago, but I know that it hurt your feelings, and i just wanted to personally apologize to you just face-to-face because it was racially insensitive, and i never would want to say anything to hurt you because you’re amazing”.
Aneesa’s acceptance of the apology transformed the relationship between the former enemies into a beautiful bond years later.