Colin:
Of course, she wan't okay with that. Personally, I
don't understand how that can happen. If one person
says we can't be anything more than friends, then
that's how it goes. She just wouldn't have it. I got
mad. I told her, "At this point in our lives, it's
not easy to be friends with you. Your negativity and
fluctuating moods are too much."
Of course, when
we seperated, I missed Amaya and the romantic times
we spent together. I missed sleeping with her at
night, holding her, having her be happy. Matt
suggested that our relationship was purely a physical
thing. It had nothing to do with anything physical.
Well, not nothing, but the fact was, I cared for her.
I liked spending time with her. I liked going out
with Amaya. I loved being around her. She was a great
person when we were alone.
So, the whole
thing was hard. But I had to remove myself from the
situation. Amaya and I, we're just not right for each
other. She's a beautiful person, though.
From the
Control Room
Matt
Kunitz, Supervising Producer: Colin and
Amaya, I never would have guessed it would happen,
but I was thrilled. Road Rules always had
relationships. We never do. Road Rules is
more like summer camp--every day there's a group
bonding experience; whereas on The Real World,
it's more "live your lives and see what happens."
It's easier to splinter off.
I'd say we as a
production were there from the beginning of the
relationship to the end--and unfortunately it was a
nasty end. Colin and Amaya were incredibly
cooperative with production. Then again, they had
this bad habit of calling to get demiked, then
getting into bed and talking for hours. We were
missing all of that. Of course, I didn't want to hide
a mike in their bed. That's beyond the call. So, what
we did was put it out in the open, right above the
bed. We wanted them to see it. Of course, Amaya
batphoned immediately to tell us how sick we were. I
said, "Listen, we don't want to hear you having
sex, but we don't want to miss all these important
conversations either." It was a difficult
quandry.
Mary-Ellis
Bunim, Creator: All season I looked forward
to the daily highlights reel that I would be sent
from Hawaii to keep us up-to-date. These were an hour
or so of great moments from the day before. Colin and
Amaya dominated those reels--their relationship was a
total roller coaster of emotion, charming and funny
and sometimes disturbing. I wish I could release the
uncut version!
Jon
Murray, Creator: I will be eternally
grateful to Colin and Amaya for giving us our first
on-camera romance between two Real World cast members.
Why it took eight seasons to get such a romance, I'll
never know.
