{"id":52455,"date":"2025-09-30T17:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/52455\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:27:10","slug":"brittany-cartwright-responds-to-criticism-that-she-didnt-try-on-special-forces-brittany-cartwright-fox-special-forces-television-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/52455\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittany Cartwright Responds to Criticism That She Didn\u2019t Try on \u2018Special Forces\u2019 | Brittany Cartwright, Fox, Special Forces, Television | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/brittany-cartwright\/\" title=\"Brittany Cartwright\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brittany Cartwright<\/a> is addressing the claims about her participation effort on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/special-forces\/\" title=\"Special Forces\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Special Forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t know, the 36-year-old star of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/the-valley\/\" title=\"The Valley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Valley<\/a> left the show during the Season 4 premiere of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/fox\/\" title=\"Fox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FOX<\/a> reality TV show after three challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s addressing rumblings online about whether she was actually even trying.<\/p>\n<p>She confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/special-forces-brittany-cartwright-addresses-claims-she-didnt-try-hard\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/special-forces-brittany-cartwright-addresses-claims-she-didnt-try-hard\/&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Us Weekly<\/a> that it was \u201cdefinitely complicated\u201d in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very hard, I am not going to lie,\u201d she went on to say. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when they put the bag on my head on the bus, that was hard. It was something that was scary \u2014 even though I knew that we were safe \u2014 and it was still just terrifying.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As for the chatter about her effort, Brittany said: \u201cA lot of people think I didn\u2019t try very hard. I really tried. It was just very, very, very complicated. I wasn\u2019t physically fit at the time and I was going through different things in my life at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had also never been away from my son [Cruz] that long before. There were just a lot of different factors that were playing against me. I was in my own head and I\u2019m so glad I did it. If I would do it over again, I would work out harder and be in a better place in my life. But I don\u2019t take it for granted,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, she also just dished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/09\/09\/the-valleys-brittany-cartwright-dishes-on-new-beau-says-theyre-not-official-yet-hes-a-great-person\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">about a new beau, who is a \u201cgreat person.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brittany Cartwright is addressing the claims about her participation effort on Special Forces. 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