Why ‘The Amazing Race’ Could Use More Pee Breaks

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The, Editorial, Features

There’s been something I’ve wondered about The Amazing Race for some time now (long before Hendekea’s inconvenient bathroom break last week): how often do the competitors have to interrupt their travels for an emergency ‘pit stop’?

If I remember correctly, Hendekea and her brother had just traveled 100 miles via taxi before she found it necessary to pee.  Assuming she didn’t force her driver to make any stops along the way, I think her ability to hold out for that long was actually quite impressive.  Is it the fact that she had to find a place to squat what angered Azaria?  Was it her inability to whip it out anywhere she liked what Azaria meant by a ‘physical limitation’?

Unless I am mistaken, that incident was the first time I had seen a bladder issue affect a team’s position in the game. (The siblings were in first place before the pause; they were then temporarily in third after the restart).  At the very least, it was the first time I can recall the Race producers documenting nature’s call at all.

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