Ali Fedotowsky LEFT Special Forces: the toughest test in the world season 3 training early after an unexpected finger injury.
“My injury ended in a serious sprain, but I understand why the doctor called, even though it all still seems very unfair,” Fedotowsky, 40, wrote in a Wednesday, January 15, Instagram post. “I actually never went to the doctor. He came to our barracks to check on some people suffering from hypothermia and I asked him for some duct tape and ibuprofen. That’s when he looked at my hand and told me to come to his office. I just wanted Advil! »
She continued: “Even if the DS and the producers wanted me to have the choice to continue, once the doctor calls, no one can object. I’m disappointed. I wanted the experience so badly. Maybe I’ll have another chance one day! 🤞🏻Regardless, I am still incredibly grateful for the experience. It changed the way I pushed my body’s limits and the way I thought about strength and health.
Fedotowsky was one of the recruits for season 3 of the reality TV competition, currently airing on Fox.
“So I just withdrew for medical reasons. It was my finger,” Fedotowsky said in a video taken after his departure. “I don’t know if it’s broken or not. I feel like when I was there, I had so much adrenaline that I felt like it wasn’t 100%, but now that I’m letting my body go down, I think it might be I’m super disappointed and disappointed and angry and. everything else.
A local doctor in Wales believed Fedotowsky had “ripped the tendon in his finger.” She eventually had an MRI when she returned to the United States, which confirmed it was a sprain.
“(The hand surgeon) said I could have stayed,” Fedotowsky said in a follow-up video filmed earlier this month. “I still understand why the doctor made the decision he did in the moment.”
Fedotowsky, who explained that Special Forces was “so much harder than it looks,” leaving early on the third day.
Despite his exit from the show, Fedotowsky still learned a lot from the overall experience.
“I wanted to prove that I was a badass. I say to myself: “I want to prove myself physically. I want to train as hard as possible and go all the way. I had no intention of stopping,” she said exclusively. Us every week before the premiere. “My girlfriend gave me a ring and the inside said, ‘Keep beeping,’ and she said, ‘Whatever happens.’ I couldn’t wear the ring during the show because you can’t wear jewelry, but I was still thinking about it. ‘Keep going, keep going. Just keep beeping.’
Special Forces: the toughest test in the world airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.