"The Best Birthday Present" w/ Jake Cornish

About this episode

Jake Cornish discusses his transition from Love Island to The Challenge and shares insights on the cast's dynamics.

Jake Cornish (and not Will) joins us to talk about the switch from Love Island to The Challenge, the UK Alliance that never was, celebrating a birthday in the Challenge house and ranking the biggest liars and most loyal members of the cast. Watch “The Challenge: Vets & New Threats” on MTV and then catch new episodes of the podcast every Thursday. Stream previous seasons of The Challenge on Paramount+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Jake Cornish

Topics covered

• reality TV
• The Challenge
• Love Island
• alliances
• birthdays
• cast dynamics

Keywords

• Jake Cornish
• Love Island
• The Challenge
• alliances
• birthday
• cast liars
• loyalty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MTV, Paramount+

Books & works: The Challenge: Vets & New Threats

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