There are very few relationships quite like a father and his daughter.
Despite their early exit from the race, Ernest and Bridget are prepared to do it again!
Not just in hopes of winning, but to experience the people of the world once again.
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Though, Bridget would never let her dad do that.
It’s Ernest and Bridget.
How are you both?
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ERNEST CATO:We’re well.
BRIDGET CATO:We’re good.
Last night was tough.
A little bittersweet, but happy to be talking to you right now.
COLLIDER: If you could describe your experience in one word, what would it be?
BRIDGET: Oh man.
ERNEST: Well, I’m going to play on the show.
COLLIDER: I’m here for it.
BRIDGET: That’s a poke out.
I would say, I would just say special.
It’s a special experience.
COLLIDER: What was it like watching yourselves on television?
It was super emotional, all the support we got.
And then just watching last night’s episode, it was a little, it was a little tough.
That was good for me.
That was good for me.
Me, my dad, my sister, and my mom.
And in Jamaica, they’re on a completely different side of the road.
And so it’s my dad, obviously in the driver’s seat.
And my mom would venture to be in the passenger seat.
She’d get stressed out, come to the back.
My sister would be in the passenger seat.
She’d get stressed out.
She’d get kicked out.
And then I’d go in the passenger seat, and we were able to figure it out.
COLLIDER: That’s a good quality to have on the race.
Let’s talk about the intersection.
What was your first reaction when you discovered that it was the next step of the game?
So it was that added pressure of impacting another team definitely took a toll on me.
ERNEST: You know, I agree with Bridget with that.
That’s the part that now you’re responsible for someone else’s game.
And the last thing you want to do is negatively affect someone else’s game.
So, that pressure there exists.
But it was exciting when we got there first, and then we worked with Mark and Brett.
BRIDGET: So we thought we were going to be waiting.
ERNEST: So we are just waiting for whoever would show up.
So we were good.
Then we found out we were in first place.
It was like, we’re moving pretty good.
COLLIDER: What was it like working with Mark?
ERNEST: Mark’s a good dude.
You know, Mark is solid.
I really enjoy working with Mark.
Mark will be a friend forever.There will be a bond between Mark and I that could never be split.
That’s for sure.
But Mark is a really good dude.
They did a very good job with show.
BRIDGET: That was the hardest, hardest part.
I wanted to be up there for sure.
What made you go in that direction?
BRIDGET: I think at the time that felt like the easier decision.
Season 37’s Fork in the Road sounds good, but fails to deliver.
Was there hope that maybe this was going to be a non-elimination leg?
ERNEST: We were chatting it up a little bit.
We were hoping that would be the case.
ERNEST: Don’t stop.
BRIDGET: So yeah, that hope was there, but you know, everything happens for a reason.
COLLIDER: There really is no bond quite like a father and their child.
You two really have a special bond.
What was it like sharing this experience together?
You got a cool name Block, don’t mess it up.
I have literally learned from her through this day.
SoAmazing Race, thank you.
It has made me a better person and a better father.
I think I’ve always been a cool father though.
BRIDGET: Always cool.
ERNEST: I’ve always been a cool father.
BRIDGET: Always in control, but cool.
COLLIDER: Would you do it again?
BRIDGET: A thousand percent.
My wife’s been asking me this question.
Oh, by the way.
BRIDGET: Thank you.
ERNEST: Cato’s need a do-over.
Cato’s need a do-over.
My dad struggles with rhythm, so it was heart-wrenching.
ERNEST: I’ve been practicing now, man.
BRIDGET: We always knew something with music was going to be our downfall.
We’ve always done marathons, triathlons.
Physical was never going to be an issue.
It’s a bummer that the show started so heavily with music.
We had the dance the first leg, which we somehow managed to get through.
And then we were hit with the drums.
So if we could go back and get another shot.
ERNEST: We were prepared.
We were prepared to jump off of mountains, out of airplanes, dive in the deepest oceans.
And they gave me drumsticks.
BRIDGET: We were not prepared for drums.
COLLIDER: You got to experience two really incredible places in Hong Kong and Osaka.
What was it like being immersed in these worlds?
ERNEST: Can I have that one?
ERNEST: I love the people.
I mean, from the cab drivers in Asia, they just embraced us.
Them cab drivers literally got us where we needed to be.
I could really feel the support.
And just the people itself.
Wherever we were at, folks were just totally engaged with us.
I wish I could have just stopped sometimes and just hung out and just sat on a bench.
BRIDGET: I would have been like, nope, we gotta go.
COLLIDER: Of course.
ERNEST: Be respectful of it.
The folks there were very patient with us.
They look like they just wanted to be, have a role.
You didn’t even know it was just extremely supportive.
Cato’s need a do over.
COLLIDER: I’m here for it.
Let’s end on a high.
What was the best part ofThe Amazing Racethat was not game related?
BRIDGET: The other people.
You are trying to beat the last team there,and that can sometimes be cutthroat.
Loved our time with, um, Jack and Carson and Brett and Mark and just the people!
ERNEST: Although it was a competition, you still, well, we still were supporting others.
You wanted them to succeed?
I would say the people.And the patience.
COLLIDER: Well, congratulations on this experience, and I’m ready for a re-do.
Let’s do it!
BRIDGET: Let’s do it.
Let’s do it.
Thank you so much for talking with us today.
You made something bitter a little more sweet.
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