After a difficult eating competition on 'The Amazing Race,' cousins Mirna Hindoyan and Charla Faddoul ended up scrambled. Mirna and Charla spoke to The Early Show. watch
How can you tell that The Amazing Race (Tuesdays, 10pm/ET on CBS) has finally graduated from being a cult favorite to a mainstream reality hit? Well, the show's fifth season has garnered consistently high ratings, tons of watercooler buzz and now an honest-to-God feud. In the grand tradition of Richard Hatch vs. Sue Hawk and Omarosa vs. Ereka, here comes Mirna vs. Colin. The two clashed repeatedly during the race, and it looks like the ill will continues off screen. As you may recall, Armenian lawyer Mirna levied the first charge in her August 20 Q&A with TV Guide Online, accusing Colin of making numerous "threats and accusations" against her and her cousin, Charla. In this exclusive interview, Colin answers Mirna's claims and slips in a few digs of his own.
TV Guide Online: In our interview with Mirna, she characterized your relationship as contentioread more
Love 'em or hate 'em, Mirna and Charla were easily the breakout stars on this season of The Amazing Race. The contentious cousins were at the center of almost every major flare-up and their take-no-guff attitude won them as many fans as detractors. Just look at how host Phil Keoghan teared up when he was forced to Philiminate them last night. Although they left the race with no regrets, they still have a few choice words for a certain Texan cell-phone salesman....
TV Guide Online: You turned out to be far more aggressive players than anyone expected. Was that always the plan?Charla: We had to be as aggressive as we could in order to play this game, because that's what we were there for. And we used what we had. We negotiate well and we know how to talk to people. We had to use those aspects to the fullest or we would have been out the first episode!Mirna: A lot of people wanted us to be these nice, shy girls, but let's faread more
