It’s a lot of things I wasn’t prepared for when I got offered the job.”

“I want everybody to experience what I experience. She also admitted to not being prepared for the huffing and puffing from the contestants and everything else they were dealing with. It’s just such a small world.”įrom the get-go, she knew it was going to be a fun, electric environment having already been familiar with the Wipeout concept, but she admitted that you don’t know what you’re going to get until you’re in the thick of it. I had just said, ‘Hey, see on the big screen one day,’ and now we’re working alongside each other. “You don’t know what your fate holds,” she said. As nervous as she was, he made the experience easy for her, which she told him when they reconnected on Wipeout working as hosts.Ĭamille Kostek talks working with John Cena and moreĬena also portrayed Kostek’s boyfriend and NFL superstar Rob Gronkowski during a Jeopardy sketch on Saturday Night Live at one point, so they had that connection coming into Wipeout as well. She recalled previously meeting the multi-time WWE world champion years earlier while hosting Sports Illustrated‘s Sportsperson of the Year ceremony on the red carpet. I’m going to be a host on the show, not a contestant.’” This is the biggest hosting job of my career. She asked if she could be my contestant partner and I had to tell her, ‘Julia, I’ve been hosting my whole life. “I told them, ‘My goodness, I’m going on Wipeout! John Cena’s one of the hosts!’ My sister grew up a huge fan of John Cena. “When I did the chemistry read and I was offered the job, the first person I called was my family,” Kostek said.

Like most of the current contestants, Kostek grew up watching the show and was elated to find out she landed the role of sideline reporter of sorts (a la Jill Wagner from the original iteration of Wipeout). She’ll be back alongside Byer and Cena when new episodes return to TBS this Tuesday, Jan. Joining them as the on-field host for this revival is Camille Kostek, best known for her hosting and modeling work with Sports Illustrated and other red carpet gigs in recent years. Now hosted by Nicole Byer and John Cena, the show was met with significant success both in reviews and ratings. Following a near-decade-long hiatus, the beloved Wipeout made its long-awaited return to TBS in April 2021.

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