Anna Daniels
Before the Fear Factor episode was set to air, two contestants, twins Claire and Brynne Odisio, gave an interview on a local Tampa Bay radio program. During the conversation, they described their experiences on the show, including the revelation that they’d drank donkey semen and urine. When Fear Factor producers caught wind of this, they contacted the twins to give them a stern warning about the possible legal repercussions of breaking the confidentiality clause in their contracts by talking to the press. This story was picked up by TMZ, creating a media frenzy.
Rogan recounted on the Your Mom’s House podcast (via BroBible) that once the TMZ story broke, the controversy around the episode became “this giant fear.” He added, “So hard to imagine that this was a real show. That episode killed it.” Apparently, the old adage that “all publicity is good publicity” doesn’t apply to stunts involving animal’s bodily fluid.
For their part, the Odisio twins didn’t seem particularly upset by the actual donkey fluids. When asked by TMZ if they would do it all again they replied, “Probably. We are proud of what we did.”
Written by: Looper
