Carmen Electra is sharing her honest reaction to her Wednesday, August 5, Nation’s Dumbest elimination.
“I mean, you know, listen, I was absent,” the former Baywatch star, 54, exclusively told Us on Tuesday, August 4 — just one day before she was eliminated from Fox’s new reality competition series.
According to the model, she was MIA for some of the classes testing contestants’ long-buried classroom knowledge, as well as some of the fast-paced physical challenges. Perhaps, those absences impacted her performance.
“It may have had to do with a little bit of a Scary Movie kind of situation,” she added. (Electra has a cameo in the upcoming movie after captivating audiences in the opening scene of the original Scary Movie, later returning for 2006’s Scary Movie 4.)
Electra was one of many celebs who signed on for the unique game show, for which the smartest celebrity graduates each episode. The goal is not to win a prize, but rather to avoid finishing last and take home “The Nation’s Dumbest” title.
“They’re really strict about you know being late,” she added, revealing it’s been “bittersweet” to call it a wrap because she was able to have fun filming alongside fellow contestants Steve-O, Hilaria Baldwin, Anthony Michael Hall, Chase Hudson, Ice-T, Elle King, Matt Leinart, Dr. Drew Pinsky, JoJo Siwa and Andrew Yang.
“I was sad right and relieved at the same time but I had a feeling that people were really gonna miss me,” she revealed to Us. “I’m a sore loser, so I’m gonna give you all of that stuff, and then when I win, I’m like, ‘Hey!’ I’m jumping around.”
Electra admitted that while she had fun during her short-lived stint on the series, she was initially hesitant to partake in the show.
“School? Was not into it,” she told Us. “I was into my dance classes because I went to performing art school. I was in ballet and that stuff. It was fun for me, so I did really good, you know, and obviously sex ed,” the star added. “I got an A-plus in that one, but other than that, like it was a struggle.”
Fortunately, she was able to tap into her competitive nature, revealing to Us, “I grew up in a competitive family. My mom was a third-degree black belt in Jiu-Jitsu.”
“My dad was a black belt,” she said, sharing more about her upbringing. “I grew up in, you know, doing dance competitions, kind of like Dance Moms.” Electra noted, “I started doing that when I was 5 years old, and by the time I was 8, I had over 100 trophies.”
Electra said her appearance on Nation’s Dumbest certainly came with another bonus, as fans were able to see her in a relatable new light and enjoy her sense of humor.
“That’s why when I did the very first Scary Movie, it really made sense for me because that’s how I’ve always made people laugh at me,” she told Us. “That movie showed people that I have a good sense of humor, that I don’t take myself serious.”
