Nastia Liukin ‘Absolutely’ Wishes She’d Stayed In ‘Special Forces’ After Shocking Departure (Exclusive)

olympic gymnast Nastya Lyukin Go away Special forces – the toughest test in the world on day 2 of the trip. He overcame all the doubts he had by successfully completing the car dunk challenge, but received some uninspiring feedback Gus Kenworthy because a member of the driving team was in the car with her. Hollywood life spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Nastia about her decision to leave and whether or not she regrets it.

“I was so honored to be able to be part of such an amazing group of people, both my fellow recruits and the staff,” Nastia began. “I think the experience itself was what I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Wish I could stay longer? Yes, absolutely. I think looking back on it, especially now that months have passed, I obviously wish I had. But at the same time, and for each of us, it has definitely been a personal journey, and it always has been from the beginning. It was really just me against myself. Only I could be the one saying I’ve reached my limits or something. I think letting some people’s words affect me is the world we live in. It’s so driven by social media and the internet and things like that. Everyone can have their own opinion, but only by making sure you stay true to who you are, and that’s when I knew my integrity was about to be called into question. This is something I don’t take lightly and never have.

Both mikepiazza and Gus tried to get Nastia to stay before handing her the bracelet. But after realizing that some of the recruits didn’t approve of the so-called “special treatment” he’d received, the Olympian decided it was time to go. Nastia revealed what was on her mind moments before walking off.

“I didn’t ask Remy to be in the car with me and I didn’t ask for special treatment,” the 33-year-old said. “I didn’t win the Olympics with special treatment. I felt like I was welcomed there. [on Special Forces], so this made me feel a little uncomfortable. She started making me question my integrity.

She continued: “But I think after a month of thinking, I realized that maybe I should have stayed and that it was a personal journey to unlock old and new things within me. The team does everything for a reason, so there was a reason they did it. To me, at the time, it certainly felt like a ‘special treat’. But then again, they do it all for a reason. I saw Remy’s post and he said something like we knew that moment would unite the recruits or cause division. Unfortunately it was the last.”

Nastia acknowledged that this has been “a learning lesson” for her. “Everything happened so fast on the show, but I think the bottom line is how I was raised was to hold their integrity, but also, at the same time, I let other words, words of other people, I got in the way. . I think it’s very important not to let something like this happen, whether it’s a TV show or just life or social media or whatever. Unfortunately, that’s the world we live in every day,” she said. Hollywood life.

Nastia revealed that all recruits are in a group chat, so they keep in touch. “Jamie Lynn [Spears] she actually texted me last night because I think everyone was watching and she just sent a really, really sweet, thoughtful, really long text about how proud she was,” Nastia said. go out of our way. We all try to really see each other too. I don’t live in Los Angeles anymore, but whether we travel for work or someone is just traveling, we always try to meet up. We sure like to hang out on chats and on social media too.

The gold medalist admitted that the harsh and exhausting environment of Special forces it was something she wasn’t used to. “As an athlete, my father has been my coach all my life, so he taught me how important it is to rest and get enough sleep and how important it is to have proper nutrition,” Nastia explained. “I understand that training cannot be compared with the Olympic Games and Special forces being at war, of course, but I think a combination of that and going into something not feeling prepared and not knowing what was going to happen, both of those things were hard for me just because I told myself I would never go into it. to war, the Olympics or any competition feeling caught off guard. That’s how I felt the whole time, because I didn’t know what was going to happen next.” Special forces – the toughest test in the world Airs Wednesdays on FOX.

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