The Challenge's veteran Johnny Bananas and Morgan Willett have no longer been in a romantic relationship, confirmed exclusively by E! News on 27 September 2021.
"I've always tried my best to be an open book and after seeing everything circulate over the internet, I felt like I should let you all know that Johnny and I are no longer together," Morgan said exclusively to E! News. "While I feel heartbroken, I'm thankful to know the truth. Johnny is someone I loved & respected very much and so I will be taking some time to heal and process it all."
The MTV reality star Morgan added, "Thank you to everyone for the support and when I'm ready to share more, I will. For now, I'm just focused on spending time with my family."
The break-up shocked their fans as the pair recently made a romantic gateway to Santa Barbara, California, at the end of August.
Morgan posted on Instagram, "Date night done right Can we just stay here forever?," followed by a series of pictures of a recent trip to Santa Barbara, but what went wrong just four weeks ago after their trip.
Willett recently took the Instagram story and shared that she feels sad and very betrayed.
"I leave today for a family vacation to Maui and I felt like I would be a total fraud if I went about posting smiling, happy & fun stories because deep down, that's not how I truly feel. It's times like these where I wonder if life would be easier if my life was not in such a public setting, so I could decipher my own feelings without the pressure of what people may think or conclude."
Willett's cryptic message led to that their break-up being caused due to infidelity, which fans believe. However, after her post, insider account CocktailsAndGossip claimed that the couple was spilled due to Bananas's infidelity. Another Instagram page, TheChallengeShadeRoom, posted a video a follower sent them exclusive video who believed Johnny was hugging a girl at a Newport Beach bar last week.
Many fans think the person in the video is wearing an identical shirt is Johnny and, with the same shirt, Johnny took pictures during the weekend. However, the video went viral too fast, and fans confirmed that the man looked like Johnny.
On 26 September, Willett went on a family trip at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa, posted a photo captioned, "Made it to Paradise," followed by flower emoji. As this post is written, Bananas and Willett still follow each other on Social Media and Willett Instagram; there was still a trace of her now ex-boyfriend.
Johnny Bananas And Morgan Willett Relationship Details
Johnny Bananas is known for its victory in the show The Challenge in eight seasons. At the same time, Morgan Willett is the winner of Big Brother: Over The Top in 2016. Soon, Morgan Willett won the competition; she joined The Challenge, teaming up with Johnny. From there, the two of them get flirty, and kisses happen.
Unfortunately, Morgan's cheating scandal erupted when she kissed Johnny when she was still in a relationship with Jay Starrett. Jay and Morgan dated way back in 2018 and back together in Ex On The Beach. Since then, Willett made a mistake and pursued Johnny.
When Morgan showed up in the reality show Ex on the Beach, all three of her ex showed up. But, things got messy when her current boyfriend, Jay Starrett, found out that she was cheating on him with Johnny Bananas. Morgan explained to US Weekly that she and Jay weren't meant to be in a relationship, and she cared about him as a person.
After being contracted with a lie detector, Morgan came clean. “I was very guarded going to this reunion show… Do I blame him [for getting mad]? No, I don’t. I did him dirty, I’ll own up to that, and I wish I did do things differently,” she told US Weekly.
After explosive on the show Ex on the Beach, she was filming The Challenge. From there, she and Johnny's romantic relationship took height. After their quick elimination from the show, Morgan and Johnny didn't go home, but they traveled around the globe. Afterward, rumors started to went that these two were dating each other as Morgan posted a photo on Instagram that often seemed flirtatious.
Amid spreading rumors of dating each other while traveling around the globe, two decided to take things seriously. And he revealed that when he was going to date Morgan, he gave her an ultimatum.
Since then, both of them started to date each other. Morgan updated their romance through Instagram and kept on posting their photo regularly.
It's been two years, two of them started dating, and in late September, Morgan, and Johnny call it to quit, according to an exclusive by E! News.
Morgan Willett Net Worth and Career Details
Morgan Willett is a fitness influencer, Instagram model as well as a former reality star. Although Morgan didn't reveal her net worth publicly, her ex-boyfriend Johnny Bananas has $200 thousand. Johnny Bananas is famously known as a reality star on the show Challenge and The Real World.
Morgan Willett has started her career on the reality show Big Brother: Over the Top in 2016. At that time, she was just 22 years old and won the competition, where she walked home with the $250,000 grand prize. Afterward, she said to TVguide.com that she felt so unreal and was crazy to win the show. Morgan also appears on various shows such as Ex on the Beach and The Challenge.
Aside from the show, Morgan is also a fitness influencer and Instagram model. As morning shows the day, she was a cheerleader during her time at the University of Texas. Morgan has followers around 313k followers. As she posts a daily photo on Instagram, she gets lots of endorsement from the brands.
In addition, she gives her followers intense workout and training tips with paid sponsorship with brands such as Reign Body Fuel and Buff Bunny. She gets paid for sponsorship with brands such as Revolve clothing and Byran Anthonys Jewelry on the modeling side.