{"id":257554,"date":"2025-09-27T01:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257554\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T01:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:59:12","slug":"vanderpump-rules-alum-brittany-cartwright-quits-special-forces-on-day-1-proving-ex-right-so-embarrassing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257554\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Vanderpump Rules&#8217; Alum Brittany Cartwright Quits &#8216;Special Forces&#8217; On Day 1 Proving Ex Right: &#8220;So Embarrassing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/brittany-cartwright\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brittany-cartwright\" data-tag=\"brittany-cartwright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brittany Cartwright<\/a> took on the challenge of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/special-forces\/\" id=\"auto-tag_special-forces\" data-tag=\"special-forces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Forces<\/a>: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u00a0but didn\u2019t get far in the competition, quitting midday on the first day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDespite the Vanderpump Rules alum wanting to prove haters, like her ex, wrong, she gave in early on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCartwright was part of Team Bravo and, at the beginning of the premiere episode, explained why she wanted to be part of the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI wanted to do Special Forces selection because I had been through so much this year. I finally found the strength to leave a very toxic relationship,\u201d Cartwright said. \u201cI had my ex writing me being like, \u2018You\u2019re not going to make it far,\u2019 right before I even came here. People like that, I want to prove wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRight off the bat, Cartwright said she was \u201canxious as hail\u201d and during the bus ride to a location told co-star Mark Estes: \u201cI\u2019m scared they\u2019re going to get mad because I giggle all the time. They\u2019re going to hate me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTo Cartwright\u2019s credit, she faced one of her fears during the first challenge of the series, which was to jump out of a helicopter. Although Cartwright failed to drop in form, she did jump out of the aircraft despite her fear of heights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHowever, soon after that first task, Cartwright found herself struggling through the rest of the day, walking through the heat of Morocco and carrying heavy items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYou\u2019re getting further and further behind,\u201d one of the coaches told Cartwright. \u201cYou are going home before the course even starts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCartwright is heard saying: \u201cI can\u2019t. I don\u2019t think I can make it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn the confessional, Cartwright adds, \u201cI\u2019m not the fittest I\u2019ve ever been in my life right now, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCartwright tried to push through the challenge, and about 500 yards into the run to reach the stop point, The\u00a0Valley\u00a0star and Bravo personality had had enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI feel like I\u2019m going to pass out. I\u2019m sorry,\u201d an agitated and exhausted Cartwright said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be the first to go bu t\u2026 I\u2019m just, I can\u2019t move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhen asked to make a decision, Cartwright said: \u201cI can\u2019t. I\u2019m going to throw up. I\u2019m really sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCartwright effectively quit the challenge halfway through the first day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI knew I was going to be first,\u201d she said as she waited for someone to pick her up. \u201cSo embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCartwright is not the only Bravo personality on the show, and she was joined by The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice, former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Eva Marcille and Next Gen NYC star Gia Giudice. Other personalities on the show include Jussie Smollett, Chanel Iman, Jessie James Decker and Sister Wives\u2018 Kody Brown, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brittany Cartwright took on the challenge of\u00a0Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u00a0but didn\u2019t get far in the competition, quitting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":257555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[69374,171,623,6337,57017,76680,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-257554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-brittany-cartwright","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fox","11":"tag-reality-tv","12":"tag-special-forces","13":"tag-special-forces-worlds-toughest-test","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115273791335542620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}