Josh Clinton: Hello Angel
Angel Turlingson: Hi Josh. How are you?
JC: Good. How are you?
AT: Good.
JC: Great. So how did you first get cast on this season of Road Rules: Viewer’s Revenge?
AT: I actually tried out for The Real World: Key West and made it all the way to the finals. I guess I didn’t fit that cast, though, but they said that would keep me in mind for the future. So then I was working a real job and going to school, and they called me back and said “we have this part for you”. I went in and auditioned for that and passed it. So it was good.
JC: Awesome. Did you watch any of the old seasons of Road Rules?
AT: I did. I’m a huge MTV junkie. Those are like my favorite shows to watch.
JC: Since you have been a fan of the shows before, you probably have seen that the show has changed a lot. Road Rules used to be not all about the drama. It was the “experience” of living on a RV together and learning about different people. Do you think that now they are just creating drama for the sake of drama?
AT: I think the drama that happens on this show comes from the competition. There is money and a car at the end of show. No one wants to lose. This is intense, because everyone wants to make it to the end. So things get heated in “The Pit” because everyone takes it seriously. Even before you get sent to “The Pit”, everyone is trying to hang on. The alumni have been here before. They have been on challenges and know what this game is all about. So they are just playing the game. I have no problem with that, as long as no one attacks me personally. They are great game players and I realize that now. But yeah, I think I’m missing out on the old Road Rules experience. It’s not the same, but that’s what I was given, so you just have to roll with the punches.
JC: This season is a little unique. It’s not really LIVE, but it’s not taped months in advance either.
AT: Yes, it’s like real time.
JC: How far in advance do you tape the show and challenges and things like that then?
AT: Each episode gets taped like 5-7 days before it actually airs on MTV.
JC: Cool. So what do you think about the interactive element to this season with the viewers getting to vote people in and stuff?
AT: To be honest with you, this season doesn’t really have a Road Rules feel to it. It’s more like a Real World/Road Rules Challenge. But I think it’s cool that you know that people are actually voting for you to go into “The Pit” and get on the RV. People either hate you or they love you, but that’s awesome.
JC: Do you think you are being portrayed correctly on the show? Is the Angel we see on TV, the same person we would find off of TV?
AT: I think there are lots of elements that make up a person. They are portraying me one way. It’s not wrong or right, it’s just one side of me. I’m not a girly girl, I’m very competitive, but I’m also very sensitive. I have a big heart, and hopefully as the show moves along the viewers will be able to see more of who I am than what they have seen so far.
JC: Do you think that you have made any friends on the show that you will still be friends with when this show is over?
AT: I think the original “Pit Crew” formed a bond. We all came into this the same way. We’re going to be on Road Rules, we’re part of a twist, and we will always have that bond. But in particular I think I will keep in touch with David, Lamonte, and Ivory. These people are completely different than me. Out of everybody, I think that they all really respect me for who I am and appreciate me for me. I think that they really respect me inside and outside of this game.
JC: That’s cool. Before you got on the RV, you had the big feud with Kina. You called her a transvestite at the end of your “Pit” competition. Looking back on that, do you think that was the right thing to say?
AT: Well that whole thing was kinda hard. She was calling me a sore loser, so then I told her that if you don’t like what I’m calling you, then “take it as a compliment”. I wasn’t saying that calling her a transvestite was a compliment. I said “take it as a compliment”. Things got a little turned around there.
JC: When you first got on the RV, you were almost like an “outsider”. You didn’t get along with everyone. Do you get along with them now or how are those relationships going on the RV?
AT: It’s all good. I’m quickly realizing that you can’t trust too many people on this game. I’m not going to take anything personally unless I’m attacked personally. Unless my character and who I am outside of the game is attacked, that’s when I take it personally. But as far people voting me and all of that, it’s a game. They are trying to win, just like I’m trying to win. Do I think they are good people? I don’t really know, because I don’t really know these people yet, and I don’t think I will get the time to know these people during this show either.
JC: Has there been a mission so far that was like the hardest thing you have ever done?
AT: I would say that both “The Pit” competition and the “Beach Blast” mission were tough. But probably harder than both of them was the “Pit Stop” competition with the sand dunes. That was the most challenging physically.
JC: Yeah, I can see that. Do you think you would like to do other challenges in the future?
AT: Absolutely not! I can say that pretty confidently. This is an experience. Road Rules and reality TV in general is not going to be my life. I appreciate the experience and have had a great time with it. But I can’t see myself making this a career. Absolutely not. I will take this experience as a life lesson and take it as that and not drag things out.
JC: What do you think you will be doing once you are done with MTV and this show then?
AT: Well I graduated from Penn St. University with a degree in Marketing. So hopefully I will be able to get into fashion marketing and enter that field.
JC: Sounds good. Since we just saw you lose “The Pit” competition this week, Why should viewers vote for you to get back into “The Pit” and possibly back on the RV again?
AT: Hopefully, the viewers will vote for me, because I’m a real person. I’m living the experience, I didn’t really come into this the best way, but I’m making the best of it. I’m really competitive. I think I can contribute to the team, and I just want to have fun. I think I make good TV! I’m the person on the RV who speaks her mind and doesn’t just sit back and let other people tell me what to do. And I think that viewers can really appreciate that.
JC: Great. Well thanks for your time and good luck with everything.
AT: Thank you.
Coming up tomorrow on “Road Rules Week” is my exclusive interview with the newest member of the RV, David Leech. Stay tuned…
For the first time ever, the audience is in control of the game. With a real-time shoot schedule, viewers rule this new season as they call the shots to determine which of the Road Rulers will end up in the Pit Battle elimination round at the end of each episode and who from the Pit Crew will replace the loser. It all happens at http://roadrules.mtv.com where Road Ruler hopefuls can enter to win a chance to become part of the Pit Crew. Fans can also browse Road Ruler blogs, watch online-only previews and find other exclusive Road Rules content. – Road Rules: Viewer’s Revenge airs on MTV on Wednesday nights at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT time
