Ali Fedotowsky left Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test season 3 training early after an unforeseen finger injury.
“My injury just ended up being a bad sprain, but I understand why the medic made the call he made even though it still all feels very unfair,” Fedotowsky, 40, wrote in a Wednesday, January 15, Instagram post. “I never actually went to the medic. He came to our barracks to check on some people with hypothermia and I asked him for some tape and ibuprofen and that’s when he looked at my hand and told me to come to his office. I just wanted Advil!”
She continued, “Even though the DS and the producers wanted me to have the choice to keep going, once the medic makes the call nobody can go against it. I’m disappointed. I wanted the experience so badly. Maybe I’ll have another chance one day! 🤞🏻But regardless, I’m still so incredibly grateful for the experience. It’s changed the way I feel about pushing myself in my body to its limits and change the way I think about strength and health.”
Fedotowsky was one of the recruits on season 3 of the reality TV competition, which is currently airing on Fox.
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“So, I just got medically withdrawn. It was my finger,” Fedotowsky said in a video taken after her 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 100 percent wasn’t but now that I’m letting my body come down, I’m thinking it might be. I’m super disappointed and bummed and mad and all the things.”
A local doctor in Wales believed Fedotowsky had “the tendon ripped off her finger.” She ultimately got an MRI when she arrived back home in the United States, which confirmed that the injury was a sprain.
Ali Manno (Fedotowsky) on ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.’ Pete Dadds/FOX
“[The hand surgeon] said I could have stayed,” Fedotowsky said in a follow-up video filmed earlier this month. “I still understand why the medic made the decision he made in the moment.”
Fedotowsky, who explained that Special Forces was “so much harder than it looks,” left early on the third day.
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Despite her show exit, Fedotowsky still learned a lot from the overall experience.
“I wanted to prove I was a badass. I’m like, ‘I want to prove myself physically. I want to train as hard as I can, make it to the end. There was no quitting in my mind,’” she exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the premiere. “My girlfriend made me a ring and the inside said, ‘Keep beeping going,’ and she’s like, ‘No matter what.’ I couldn’t wear the ring on the show ’cause you can’t wear jewelry, but I kept thinking about it. ‘Keep going, keep going. Just keep beeping going.’”
Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
