The contestant, who was in his second season in Cutthroat after being on Love Island, appeared on Johnny Bananas<\/a>\u2018 podcast, Death, Taxes, and Bananas, and addressed his removal from the game.<\/p>\n Dionicio started by addressing his fellow contestant, Josh Goldstein, who was reported to have used the N-word slur in a conversation with Nelson Thomas<\/a> (which Dionicio later repeated).<\/p>\n \u201cNumber one, I don\u2019t really hold hate in my heart for people after they mess up. People can mess up all the time. I don\u2019t [go], \u2018Oh my God, this person\u2019s awful, blah blah blah.\u2019 That\u2019s not how I move about my life per se, right? However, in that moment, I was really, really upset because what was said was super ignorant. And I thought the hand I was dealt was pretty messed up, considering I really didn\u2019t do sh*t wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He went on to detail what he thought\u00a0should\u00a0have happened instead of a triple DQ. \u201cI thought the outcome should have been like, \u2018Boom, I\u2019m good.\u2019 Someone else should have gotten fined, and someone else should have got kicked out. But I didn\u2019t even think I should have been part of the mix. I\u2019m like, \u2018Bro, this genuinely cannot be a fault of mine.’\u201d<\/p>\n Jonne Roriz \/ Paramount+<\/p>\n Dionicio then admitted that when he learned he was being eliminated, he was despondent. \u201cI literally dropped to my knees and starting crying, man, like a little kid. I could not tell you the last time I cried like that. It was probably when my grandpa died.\u201d He then noted that, before the disqualification, he was in a good place in the Challenge\u00a0season, performance-wise. Instead of immediately going home, though, he drowned his sorrows by spending a few extra weeks in Thailand.<\/p>\n At the end, Dionicio said that he had made peace with the decision and believed he is in good graces with the production team.<\/p>\n Leo discussing how he feels about his DQ#thechallenge42<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/W9z3WubUOV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Fredlee (@percievenugget) September 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI can understand the situation, and if I put my head in there, if I put myself in their shoes, I can understand the situation. In my situation, it makes no sense, but to them, I understand why it makes perfect sense, right? And then to the other people involved, I think some should have got that as the consequence, and the other one should have probably got a fine. But I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t dwell on it much anymore because what the hell is that going to do for me right now? It\u2019s not going to bring me the money I could have won. It\u2019s not going to bring me more time on the show,\u201d he said. \u201cI know I\u2019m in good standing with production and all that. So I\u2019m not really concerned about all that.\u201d<\/p>\n Previously, Nelson Thomas, who admitted to destroying items in the kitchen in a moment of rage after Goldstein\u2019s use of the slur, spoke out about the matter and said that Goldstein reached out to him with an apology.<\/a><\/p>\n The Challenge, Wednesdays, Paramount+<\/p>\n \t\t\t![\"Leo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Leo-Dionicio-854x570.jpg\")
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