Brittany Cartwright Says Getting Yelled At By 'Special Forces' DS "Triggered" Her After "Toxic" Relationship

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00:00I'm so excited to talk to you today. And I love, I mean, Special Forces is so good. So I was so

00:05excited to hear that you were going to be on it. Thank you. What made you decide to sign on for

00:11this show? I was really at a time in my life, I feel like, where I wanted to try new things. I

00:16needed to reach out of my comfort zone. There was a lot going on, you know, with the valley and stuff

00:21that were so dark and deep, you know, and I just really wanted to just see if I could put myself

00:30out there and try something completely different. And I did. And you're not the first, you know,

00:35Vanderpump Rules alum to do this because Tom Sandoval did it in season two. Had you

00:39talked to him at all about this or have you since it came out? No, I haven't really talked to Sandoval

00:45about pretty much anything in the last couple of years. No hate or anything like that. But

00:51he's just not really in my circle of friends anymore. So I didn't really talk. I, you know,

00:59maybe I should have reached out just to see how things were, but it just didn't seem like something

01:04that made sense for me to do. Had you watched previous seasons of Special Forces? Were there

01:09any of the, you know, other celebrity recruits that kind of inspired you? I definitely watched before I

01:15went on. I knew it was going to be extremely hard. So I was aware of that.

01:21Um, yeah, I mean, I think it was just like watching it and realizing like, oh my gosh,

01:27they have to fight each other. They have to do all of this. Like there was just so much that like

01:31I would never do in real life. Like I couldn't imagine having to fight my castmates, you know,

01:37just little things like that. But, um, you know, Jojo carrying Tom is like something I always

01:43think about. It's like iconic. It's hilarious. I mean, she killed it. In the first few minutes

01:48of everyone being with the DS, your heads were bagged. Your faces were shoved in the mud. You're

01:52doing these exercises. If people mess around, there are consequences. Is that clear? Yes,

01:58sir. Was the intensity of the DS anything like you expected it to be? Oh no. I mean,

02:05even watching it, it's nowhere near living it. You know, you watch it and you can see this is tough.

02:11This is intense. But as soon as they, I knew I was doing a TV show, but as soon as they put the bags

02:18on our heads and were yelling at us and everything else, it didn't feel like that anymore. You know,

02:23like it, I was shaking uncontrollably even in the very beginning. I thought I was going to have a

02:29panic attack just from having the bag over my head with like, it was like a over a hundred degrees

02:34outside. It was so hot and we're in, you know, regular clothes, bags over our head. I always say like,

02:41if I didn't find a little pocket of air, I was able to like put my chin down and like have this

02:48little bit of light right there. If I wouldn't have had that, I don't know what I would have done.

02:53And thank God the DS didn't see me doing that because I was able to like go like this and lay

02:58down with my head against my chin and like breathe that way. That was hard. That was difficult.

03:04And it's funny because you're watching it and you're in it and they're so scary and they're so mean.

03:08And then when you meet them outside of it, they're like the nicest guys ever. Have you

03:12kind of gotten to connect with them on a more personal level since then?

03:16Yeah. Like after I left the show, it was definitely like, okay, they're normal people.

03:21Cause as soon as you meet them, I met them for the first time on the course and they're screaming

03:25at me, yelling at me, putting me down, screaming left and right. Like telling me I'm a princess,

03:30telling me I'm this and I'm that and I'm weak. And I'm like, I know, I know I'm weak.

03:35I know I am. No, I'm like dying. Sorry.

03:38One, you are going home before the course even starts. Y'all better hurry up.

03:43I can't.

03:45You can't what?

03:46I don't think I can make it.

03:47You can't continue on?

03:47You know, it was like very, very intense. And then whenever you see them outside of

03:53it, they're just, they're just so kind and so nice. So, you know, they're, they're doing

03:58what they're trying to do and how it really is. And we don't ever experience that lifestyle

04:03aside from doing something like special forces. Like I give them all the credit. Cause my God,

04:08it's so hard.

04:09Speaking of at one point you were forced to jump out of a helicopter, despite your fear

04:13of heights.

04:18Number one, Brittany Cartwright is the last recruit on the ground.

04:23When you watch that back, what was going through your mind? And would you say it helped conquer

04:26your fear or are you now probably more afraid?

04:30Um, I think I'm just like so proud of myself that I did that because I'm the type of person

04:34who doesn't even want to look over the side of a balcony. Uh, like if I'm a hotel room

04:39and it's a window, like I'm not looking down, I'm not letting my son be on the glass. Like

04:43he's not touching the glass. None of that's happening. I'm probably going to, if Cruz is

04:47in the room with me, I'm probably closing the curtains because I don't even want him to

04:50like see that and feel like, no, um, I'm very proud of myself that I did that. I think

04:57it helped me a little bit with my fear of heights because I did it and I was okay.

05:02And before that, like, I wouldn't try anything like roller coasters and different stuff like

05:07that. Do not really bother me because they're so fast. Um, helicopters are scary. Heights are scary.

05:14I faced one of my biggest fears. I'm so proud of that. But I, you know, recently I just like

05:19did a zip line that was so high and it was very, very scary. But I said, I just jumped out of a

05:25helicopter. I can do this freaking zip line. Like if I don't do this zip line, then there's

05:30something wrong with me and I learned nothing. So I think I did face my fears and I think I

05:34conquered a little bit of it, but it's definitely still there. You did end up voluntarily withdrawing

05:39before everybody got back to camp. I'm just, I can't move. So what do you want to do there?

05:46What? Make a decision.

05:50I can't. I'm going to throw up. I'm really sorry. I feel like

05:54I'm so, I'm definitely disappointed in myself. I came in like really wanting to prove

06:00something, really wanted to show something. And, you know, I think signing up for that

06:04show is showing something. I've been getting a lot of hate and a lot of, you know, different

06:09things about the show. A lot of support as well. It's not all bad. But a lot of people

06:14are like, Oh, you didn't even look tired or whatever. I'm like, wait, are we watching the

06:17same show? I was exhausted. I could not move my legs anymore. I could not do anything

06:24anymore. And honestly, I thought coming out of such a toxic relationship that having the

06:30DS yell at me and scream at me, I thought that that was going to be okay. And like, I

06:35was going to be able to handle that. And that was motivating. It did the opposite for me.

06:38It triggered me. I think I wasn't prepared yet. Like I thought I was like emotionally and

06:45mentally to deal with something like that again. And I know that's their job. No hate towards

06:49them whatsoever. That's their job to put us through the wringer to do all that stuff. But

06:53you know, men screaming at me and putting me down and just telling me how we go. It just

06:59it wasn't for me. It just was not for me. And I, you know, I didn't have any more to give

07:05at that point. I was just like, yeah, I miss my son. This is so hard. I faced my fear. I

07:10can be proud of myself. Also, my legs felt like jello. I didn't think I was going to be able

07:14to move anymore. I just didn't have it in me. I didn't. And you know, I'm disappointed.

07:19But at the same time, I'm like, let me see you try it.

07:21You should be proud of yourself. I could never do this. I'm sure anybody that's giving you hate

07:26could never do that. So ignore them. And like, like you said, you know, it is a big mental thing.

07:32And that's something that they talk about it. Yes, the physicality of it is a big part. But

07:35even bigger part is the mental part. And I'm sure it was hard for you, you know, coming out of this

07:40toxic relationship coming off of this dark season in the valley. Now you're leaving your son. I'm sure

07:44that was hard too. Can you talk about that? Yeah, I have never left Cruz more than like one or one or

07:50two days, three days, maybe tops. So even though I've only made it one day on the show, I was in

07:59Morocco for seven days prior to that. So that was the longest I'd ever been away from him. And that was

08:06extremely hard for me. I was dealing with so much that people don't even know about. I committed to

08:11doing this show. And then my world was also crumbling behind the scenes as well. And yeah,

08:17it was just difficult. It was difficult. I really missed him. And, you know, I was like,

08:21I put myself out there. I tried. This isn't for me. So proud of everybody else for doing everything

08:28that they did. And then I find out that they're like macing each other as soon as I get, like get

08:33off the show. And I'm like, okay, all right. I made the right choice. You can nominate any of your

08:38co-stars from Vanderpump Rules or the Valley to go on a future season of Special Forces.

08:43Who would you pick? Who do you think would do well?

08:45I've been asked this question a couple times and there's three people that I think would do

08:50good. I think Jason Caperna from the Valley, he would do great. He's super fit and, you know,

08:57he's a very smart, logical guy. I think he would do great at it. Luke, Luke Roderick,

09:03Chris and Beyonce. I think he would be great. He's also very fit and he's a country boy. I think that

09:09he would try his hardest. He's all about like that kind of stuff. And I go back and forth on this last

09:15one, but I think Michelle would be great. Michelle is also someone who is very like fit and she will

09:23like try anything and she loves being outside. She walks like 10,000 steps before she even starts her

09:29day. And I'm like, how do you do that? You are incredible. But she would also crack me up because

09:34she's such a girly girl. So, you know, those are my, those are my top three that I would choose.

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