Jamie Lynn Spearsis getting personal in a new upcoming reality show.
In an exclusive preview of Fox’sSpecial Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Spears joins other celebs including theSpice Girls’Melanie “Mel B” Brown,The Real Housewives of Atlanta’sKenya Mooreand former NFL starDanny Amendolain opening up about the reason why they chose to participate in the military boot camp-style reality show.
“These celebrities will step into our world, the world of shock and pain,” a Directing Staff agent says while introducing the show.
For her part, 31-year-old Spears gets so physically taxed at one point she spits up liquid during a task. She explains her motivation for challenging herself so intensely: “Growing up my sister [Britney Spears] became worldwide famous. I guess I just wanna like [proving that] I’m just like worth something.”
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Elsewhere during “grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process,” 47-year-old Mel B throws herself out of a helicopter, former MLB starMike Piazzasubmerges himself in water and NBA alumDwight Howardwalks on a tightrope in between mountains.
Mel B explains that for “10 years I was in a really abusive relationship, this is about taking back my own power.”
Adds Howard, 36: “I wanna test the limit of who I am.”
A visibly emotional Amendola, 37, says: “Probably the idea of this course was about what I could get out of it and how it’s all about what I could give.”
An agent reminds the celebs, though, that “this is not an adventure race, no one’s coming to save you. We will suffer together — that’s the only way through.”
Another agent warns, “If you should die, that’s nature way of saying you fail.”
According to Fox, the stars won’t face votes or eliminations each week. Instead, survival is the goal: “No prize, no ego, no holding back.”
Other celebs joiningSpecial Forcesin the show’s debut season includeJon & Kate Plus 8starKate Gosselin,The Bachelorette’sHannah Brown, celebrity chef Tyler Florence, “This Is How We Do It” singerMontell Jordan,7th HeavenstarBeverley Mitchell,Celebrity Rehab’sDr. Drew Pinsky, former Trump White House Director of CommunicationsAnthony Scaramucciand Olympic medalistsGus Kenworthy,Nastia LiukinandCarli Lloyd.
“Special Forcesputs celebrities you know and love through the most pure and authentic test of endurance that I have ever seen. In many ways, it is more about mental strength than physical strength,” said FOX Entertainment CEO Rob Wade.
“It’s an eye-opening glimpse into the most intense training in the world,” Wade continued, “and gives a taste of the grit and bravery our armed forces show on a daily basis, which was a life-changing experience for these celebrities.”
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Special Forces: World’s Toughest Testis slated to premiere on Jan. 4, 2023, on Fox.
source: people.com
