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The Challenge produced a steamy spa romp between Megan Marx and Konrad Bien-Stephen. 

But a major cold sore outbreak stopped many of the other contestants from hooking up on the reality show, a cast member has claimed. 

Speaking anonymously on the So dramatic! podcast, one of the participants said the cast were encouraged to keep it platonic in fear of picking up a nasty mouth blister. 

'There actually weren't that many hookups among the cast, apart from Megan [Marx] and Konrad [Bien-Stephen], because everyone had cold sores,' the insider said.

'Everyone just broke out in them during filming, so there was no hooking up. Strangely enough, Megan and Konrad didn't get cold sores but everyone else did,' they added.

'They weren't spread, they must have just been from stress and weirdly, everyone got them except the people hooking up'. 

Cold sores are small blisters that develop around the mouth, while genital herpes causes painful blisters on the genital area. They are both caused by the herpes simplex virus.

Both conditions are spread through direct personal contact – typically kissing in the case of cold sores or sexual contact for genital herpes.

Megan and Konrad are the only two stars confirmed to have hooked up on the show.