What's the Deal With MTV Challenge Contestant Cara Maria and Her Crazy Boyfriend Abe?
EntertainmentWednesday night’s way-too-real episode of MTV’s The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines revealed what looks like an emotionally damaging relationship between two of the show’s most loved/hated cast members, Cara Maria and Abram.
For this season of The Challenge, MTV assembled a group of cast favorites from its various shows (including Real World and Are You the One?) to compete with their relatives and nemeses for a cash prize. This particular storyline begins with Cara Maria hooking up with former Real World cast member Thomas, despite having her boyfriend Abram back home.
Much to her surprise, Abram (and his brother Mike) end up joining the cast midway through the season as replacements for an injured contestant. Last night’s episode is when Abe finally finds out about Cara Maria’s cheating.
Challenge fans already know that those two are oddballs and that they’ve had a bizarre relationship from jump. After falling in love around five years ago during a taping, they continued a relationship off-screen, breaking up and getting back together on occasion. Abram has a reputation as an off-kilter crazy person with a major temper, while Cara Maria is the super athletic misfit you could easily see playing a rom-com manic pixie.
In lieu of losing his temper last night, Abe is alarmingly calm and instead pressures Cara Maria to make up for her affair by voting against Thomas. Smart move for the game, but not their real-life relationship. Scenes like this make it clear that these two aren’t in a healthy relationship. It’s also another moment where Abe’s unpredictable persona is scary to watch.