It is amazing what tales come my way from inside sources.
Someone with a vested interest wants us all to know that Tyrie is not the stand-up guy he wants us to believe. My source revealed that Tyrie did not have a girlfriend facing immediate heart surgery at the beginning of Gauntlet 3 taping. He apparently just wimped out. There was a lot of bad blood on set and he just didn't want to be there, having seen a future on the challenge much akin to his inauspicious loss during Inferno 3.
Some questions to which I don't know the full answers in sufficient detail to print:
1) Did Tyrie get paid for the time he was there or did BMP enforce their contract option and not pay him? Did they insist he reimburse BMP for the cost of his travel?
2) Did BMP know his reason for departing was faked?
3) Did BMP participate or even create the cover up story?
4) Given this revelation, why was he cast for this challenge when there are many others who would give their left nut to be on any challenge.
[SIZE="1"]PS... Yes, I've securely stored the "full monty" of this story from the source, just in case it will be useful later. [/SIZE]