The Challenge's C.T. Makes a Sweet Call Home to His Wife and Son Ahead of Finals: 'I Miss You' (2024)

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Chris 'C.T. ' Tamburello was born on July 16, 1980 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hunting Games (2023), Habitual (2019) and The Most Dangerous Game (2022).

The reality stars reunited in 2013 for The Challenge Rivals II. The pair have been clear over the years that their relationship is platonic and have pursued other relationships. Trishelle tied the knot with husband John Hensz in 2017.

On Nov. 17, CT attended Diem's funeral in NYC, then the following day he shared a heartfelt photo of her, draped in rosary and a ring.

Tamburello proposed to Diem just days before she passed away. At the time it was reported that he visited the television personality in her hospital room and proposed as he got down on one knee with a ruby ring in hand, but Diem joked that she hated rubies and said no.

Chris CT Tamburello's financial history with The Challenge

He made $63,000 from Rivals II (2013) and Invasion of Champions (2017) saw him winning a whopping $112,000. He also earned $15,000 for finishing Dirty 30 (2017) in third place.

Seven-time champion Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio and fan-favorite Chris “CT” Tamburello top the list of contestants with the most wins on The Challenge. Both men have won more than $1 million throughout their years of competing.

Tamburello, known from his time on MTV's "The Challenge," has finalized his divorce ... this coming a year after heading to court to pull the plug on their marriage.

Frank has developed an attraction towards Trishelle, and although she likes him as well, she doesn't feel a deeper connection. Later at the nightclub, Steven and Trishelle make out while they are drunk, and then later do so in Frank's presence. When they return to the room, the two have sex, much to Frank's dismay.

Both CT and MJ were shocked by Trishelle's vote, but in the re-vote, their Challenge bond won out. Trishelle switched to MJ, and MJ kept her vote on Trishelle, so CT and Trishelle banished MJ and won together, taking it home for The Challenge fans everywhere.

Tragically, Diem passed away in November 2014, at the age of 32. Her final The Challenge season was dedicated to her memory, along with the memory of fellow cast mate, Ryan Knight.

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Diem Brown, the reality star who candidly and extensively wrote about her battle with ovarian cancer, died on Friday morning at age 32.

The following year, she returned to film Battle of the Exes II with Tamburello. However, after reportedly collapsing on set in August 2014, she was removed from the game to get treatment for a stomach ache. Four months later, Brown died after her cancer had returned for a third time and spread. She was 32 years old.

TMZ revealed that the the former couple had decided to begin divorce proceedings in November of last year. Tamburello vented about his split from Solares in a video that was shared on his Instagram account this past April, and according to People, he stated that he was 'tired of getting' dragged' by his former partner.

Tamburello was in an on-again, off-again relationship with fellow The Challenge competitor Diem Brown from 2006 until her death in 2014. In 2016 Tamburello welcomed a son with girlfriend, Lilianet Solares; the pair were married in 2018. They divorced in 2023.

After winning back-to-back seasons of The Challenge, Ct Tamburello is seemingly content leaving the reality TV franchise, which he's been a part of since 2004, on a high note.

Christopher Michael "CT" Tamburello (born July 16, 1980) is a television personality and actor, best known as a competitor on the MTV reality competition show The Challenge.

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The Challenge star CT Tamburello stopped throwing punches many years ago. Now, the reformed reality TV bad boy who made a name for himself by threatening to smash someone's head "and eat it" in a particularly bloody brawl is only pretending to fight in the background of Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House remake.

Chris Tamburello from Shawsheen Valley Voc-Tec High School - Classmates.