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TAR CANADA 2 Contestants - Rex Harrington and Bob Hope (Engaged)
Leafsfan:
Ruth Myles: Rex and Bob are open to doing more TV after time on The Amazing Race Canada
The team that gave us gems such as “Who designs these torture tests: Satan?” and will have to forever live down the indignity of quitting two challenges in one episode have hung up their backpacks for good. Rex Harrington and Bob Hope were eliminated on this week’s episode of The Amazing Race Canada after finishing last in Winnipeg. I caught up with the engaged couple to chat about their time on the series.
Question: How does it feel watching your time on the Race?
Rex: It’s surreal. We were fans of the show and we sat on the couch bitching about everybody doing stuff and now we are the people that are being bitched at. To see yourself and what you did, it’s incredible.
Q: What was a high point?
Rex: I think the bungee jumping in Hong Kong was pretty amazing. It was scary. I have a bit of a fear up there. But that’s the thing about the Race: the adrenalin just kicks in. It’s like we were all saying (on the special After the Race), you just go and you just do and you do things that you never do normally.
Q: And if you could speak about the infamy that will live forever: taking two penalties on one leg.
Bob: Can you believe it? It was so weird watching us do that. The adrenalin is pumping. Everything is on super hyper-drive with your emotions. We were on a good solid lead going down to that beach and to see it erode just drove us crazy. The editors were actually very kind to us because I was a lot more frustrated than they showed. They could have made me look like some crazy hot head. And they didn’t show me as frustrated as I was. We had a lot of lessons to learn and we learned them. I was watching me taking my own chair apart. I was throwing pieogies at the TV. Like, ‘What are you doing!?!’
Q: What is the reaction like when you’re out and about?
Rex: It’s just starting, at places like the grocery store in the small town, Ashburn, near us. There was a woman the other day; she was shaking. ‘You’re our favourites!’ Even yesterday in the city, I was just walking by myself and people start staring at you. It’s amazing, the power of television. I was on stage for 20 years, with a specific following of ballet people, but even when I did So You Think You Can Dance, it’s strange how a couple of episodes will have people recognizing you. So we are starting to get that. It is creating a monster in Bob. It’s out of control. Can’t get a word in edgewise. His highlights got much brighter yesterday. He’s got the teeth whitening going, too.
Q: One of things that stood out was what a great relationship you two have.
Rex: I was joking earlier, saying, ‘I am such a bitch. Bob is such a saint.’ We were calling ourselves The Bickersons. But it’s all good fun and we’re fine at the end of the day. That’s how we are. There was a time earlier on in the relationship that if we were like that, we wouldn’t speak to each other for a week. But it’s said and done and get out of the way and move on.
Q: Did you learn about yourself or your relationship on the Race?
Bob: I think it confirms stuff we knew. We are both competitive and sometimes can be a bit impatient and will dive into things. Sometimes we can be a bit dogmatic and stick with something. That’s what we learned on the beach, as well: why were we in deep water? We just stuck to our own thing. And I never looked at anyone else’s chair and I should have. ‘Oh, what are they doing? Maybe I should try that and change my approach and not just be stubborn and dogmatic and stick to our thing and be frustrated and angry.’ What we learned as well is when you lose your cool like that, you only hurt yourself.
Q: In your contestant bios, you each said, ‘I like the spotlight; I don’t like to share.’
Rex: Oh, I know. I kept telling him, his hands, even in the exit interviews on the Race, he’s just gesticulating everywhere. His hands are in my shot. I’m like, ‘You’re blocking my shot!’ I was pulling his arms out of my shot.
Q: You saw not only Canada, but travelled to Hong Kong, too.
Rex: I know, we lucked out with that. But the thing is, when you’re in the Race. You don’t’ get to see much. We were there overnight, it felt like. We arrived at night, we raced during the day and then we were out of there. It was a blur.
Q: How much more difficult was it being on the Race than you were expecting as a fan of the series?
Rex: Oh my God, it’s way more difficult. Even in our audition tape, we said, ‘We don’t want to be the whiny ones: we can’t do this!’ We realized that we all sit in the armchair thinking we can do better, but once you‘re in it, some of those challenges are so hard. You get frustrated and overwhelmed. What you don’t see is that sometimes you spend hours doing what gets edited down to a couple of minutes.
Q: What advice would you give other Racers?
Rex: I think just not to overthink it. We kept constantly being told to read your clues. All the information you need to get through a challenge is in the clue. Take your time; slow down; don’t panic. Because when you get there and you rip it open and you don’t think. If you take your time, you won’t lose anything. That’s what we realized in the end: read the clue, be calm, slow and steady wins the Race. Don’t panic. In the first leg of the Race, we’re panicking and turning on each other. It was just crazy.
Rex and Bob discuss taking two penalties during one leg of the Race.
Rex and Bob discuss taking two penalties during one leg of the Race.
Q: There’s a lot of love out there for you two, but there are also people who aren’t as nice. How are you handling that?
Bob: Really well. The producers warned us, all Racers, that everyone is going to get haters for whatever reasons. We knew to expect it. . . . The truth is, we needed to eat some crow. Apparently we made Amazing Race history, but we’re not the trailblazers we wanted to be. . . . But a guardian angel was looking over us to allow us to continue on. We are so grateful for that because those four episodes we had following those penalties we had were redemption. We won people back over . . . . But you have to own it and we do.
Q: Would you be open to doing a wedding special?
Rex: Gaylyweds! We are pitching our own show, Gay Acres. And then we will have the Gaylyweds episode out on the farm. We moved out of the city to a 20-acre, old 1848 stone farmhouse. . . We thought, ‘You know, we’d be better than the Kardashians whining at people every week.’ My ass isn’t quite as big as Kim Kardashian’s yet, but I think it might be getting there. After seeing myself on TV, I am starting a juice fast.
Q: And what about a reality series?
Rex: Yes, I am a media whore. I love being on TV.
Bob: Yeah, definitely. We keep sort of talking about it, and it’s starting to get some legs. On social media people are saying, ‘They should have their own reality show.’ We’re thinking about it. I don’t know what will happen, but we hope so. (A wedding special perhaps?) I know, right? The property we live on, we want to get married on. That might be part of it, or it might be the whole thing. We are open to anything.
Q: On After the Race, teams were asked who they would want to Race with. I want to know who you’d want to go drinking with.
Bob: We kind of have! We have come best friends with Shawan and Jen, not because of the shoulder injury, but because we just adore each other. So, they are our drinking buddies now.
Q: Is there anything you want people to know that maybe didn’t come across on the show?
Bob: We tried to be as honest and authentic as possible, so what you see is exactly who we are. We like to laugh. We are very passionate about everything we do, so we laugh hard, we play hard, we argue hard. Everything is big and boisterous. It’s pretty much us, is what you saw.
Source:http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2014/08/13/ruth-myles-rex-and-bob-are-open-to-doing-more-tv-after-time-on-the-amazing-race-canada/
Reilly Queens:
Thank god they got eliminated
Leafsfan:
The Amazing Race Canada: Six questions with Rex and Bob
Much to their surprise, Rex Harrington and Bob Hope were the fifth team to be eliminated from The Amazing Race Canada. Before arriving at the Pit Stop, Rex struggled through a Roadblock challenge where contestants had to learn and perform a rock'n'roll song.
We caught up with Rex and Bob before their appearance on The Social. Here's what they had to say about what they learned about each other, their dream destination and, of course, Cher.
Q: You guys were hilarious to watch, especially in those moments when your patience was wearing thin. Did you learn anything new about one another during this experience?
Rex Harrington: He's a b***h.
Bob Hope: He's Cranky McQuitterson and I'm Bicker McBickerson.
Q: If you got to choose the song to perform to in last night's Roadblock what song would you have picked?
BH: Anything by Cher.
RH: [singing] Do you believe in life after love...If I could turn back time…She's a scamp, a camp and a bit of a tramp.
RH and BH: V-A-M-P. Vamp!
BH: Any decade of Cher and we would have nailed it.
Q: So far, the teams have competed in China and next week they are heading to France. If you could have travelled anywhere in the world to compete, where would you want to go?
RH: Australia.
BH: Australia would have been cool. If it were in Australia, something that would have been cool to do would be kayaking.
RH: Or herding kangaroo.
BH [in an Australian accent]: A dingo! Chasing a dingo.
Q: What did you miss the most about home?
BH: Our dogs, which is so funny because in the Yukon, I can't believe we didn't do the dog sled challenge. We have a Great Dane and a German Shepherd. We are really comfortable with big dogs. And we chose to build a campsite which was a lot like making a chair.
Q: It comes as no surprise that you guys struggled with some of the challenges (i.e. surfing, building the chair, the performance). Rex, I believe you called them Torture Tests. Was there a challenge that you guys actually enjoyed?
RH: The perogie thing slowed us down but we enjoyed it so much. They were so sweet, those ladies, just talking to them and teasing them.
BH: The biggest rush for me was jumping out of a plane.
RH: I actually really liked the shooting as well. That was fun. Once you got it, it felt so cool. I've only ever shot a watergun at the C.N.E. (Canadian National Exhibition).
Q: If you were asked to do the Race again but you had to partner up with a celebrity, who would you want as your partner?
BH: Cher! I'm just going to answer everything Cher. “What was the hardest challenge?” Cher. “What did you miss from home?” Cher. [laughing] I crack myself up.
RH: Apparently you do.
BH: “What did you learn about yourself?” Cher.
source:http://www.thesocial.ca/culture/television/the-amazing-race-canada-five-questions-with-rex-an
Leafsfan:
REX AND BOB SAYS THEIR ‘SHOCKING’ ELIMINATION WAS THE BEST WAY TO LEAVE ‘AMAZING RACE CANADA’
What softens the blow of being eliminated from “The Amazing Race Canada?”
For Rex Harrington and Bob Hope, it’s having no idea you’re in last place.
The engaged couple thought they were in third place when they arrived at the Pit Stop in Winnipeg and were stunned when host Jon Montgomery told them they were last.
“I thought he was kidding,” says Rex. “It was a complete shock.”
“And Jon was shocked with us (that we didn’t know),” adds Bob, who hails from Winnipeg.
“It was the best way to go out,” says Rex. “You don’t want to be crying or (go through what Nicole did last week), having been at a challenge for seven hours.”
The teams says they fell behind during a Detour challenge making pierogies because they were having so much fun chatting with the ladies at the church, they failed to pick up the pace.
“We just realized we slowed down, we stopped racing because they were so cute, those ladies, we started talking to them and they were (giving us recipes),” says Rex.
“We were literally like, ‘So how many pierogies do you make in a week?’ The only thing missing was a pair of slippers and a blanket,” adds Bob with a laugh.
After finally completing the challenge, the team headed to a bar called Whiskey Dix, where Rex donned a pink fishnet shirt and platinum wig and had to sing like a rock star.
The former National Ballet of Canada dancer and “So You Think You Can Dance Canada” judge says not only was it a struggle to memorize the words, but he had come down with a sinus infection the night before and struggled to sing with such a hoarse voice.
“He sounded like Linda Blair from ‘The Exorcist,’” says Bob with a laugh.
By the time they got to the Pit Stop, they were in last place, but the team says they are just grateful they had the chance to get as far as they did.
After taking two penalties during the second leg in Tofino, B.C., giving up on a surfing and chair making challenge, it looked like Rex and Bob would be eliminated.
But when fellow competitor Shawn King dislocated his shoulder and had to withdraw from the “Race” with his wife Jen, it meant Rex and Bob were still in it.
The team says even though it’s unfortunate that Jen and Shawn had to pull out, they are grateful for a second chance and a chance to go international.
“That would’ve been our enduring legacy (of quitting). We had four really good legs for redemption,” says Bob.
“We went into it thinking, ‘God, let’s just not go out in the first leg’ so we surprised ourselves,” adds Rex.
But the couple is disappointed they didn’t win the prize money, which they were going to use to try and get singing legend Cher to attend their upcoming wedding.
“Now is plan B, we don’t know what that is yet,” says Bob.
“We’ll get a drag queen from Woody’s to come down,” says Rex.
“No, I want the real thing. I want Cher,” says Bob.
Source:http://www.ctv.ca/TheAmazingRaceCanada/Articles/Season-Two/amazing_race_canada_season_2_rex_bob_shocking_elim.aspx
georgiapeach:
--- Quote ---Rex: Gaylyweds! We are pitching our own show, Gay Acres. And then we will have
the Gaylyweds episode out on the farm. We moved out of the city to a 20-acre,
old 1848 stone farmhouse. . . We thought, ‘You know, we’d be better than the
Kardashians whining at people every week.’
--- End quote ---
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