‘The Challenge’ Contestants Pay Tribute to Tyler Duckworth: ‘You Were the Brother I Never Had’
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- Tyler Duckworth, a two-time "The Challenge" winner, died Tuesday in North Dakota.
- Fellow contestants remembered Duckworth as "a joy to be around" with "vibrant energy."
- Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio posted a video tribute to Duckworth on Instagram on Sunday, calling him "the brother I never had."
- Devenanzio and Duckworth started their reality show careers together, according to the source.
- The tribute video was posted on Sunday, shortly after Duckworth's Tuesday death — making Devenanzio among the first castmates to publicly mourn him.
Why it matters: Devenanzio's Sunday tribute — calling Duckworth "the brother I never had" — underscores how the "The Challenge" cast has formed lasting personal bonds that extend well beyond the show's competitive format. The rapid, emotional response from the show's alumni community highlights reality TV's often-overlooked capacity to forge genuine family-like relationships.
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