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Kyle Richards‘ estranged husband Mauricio Umansky, daughter Alexia Umansky, and ex-co-star Brandi Glanville will all compete on the new season of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, as castmates will endure “chemical gassing.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star separated from Mauricio years ago, but neither of them filed for divorce. Kyle and Brandi once feuded on RHOBH, though they seem to be in a peaceful place today.
In a July 15 press release, Fox announced that Brandi, Mauricio, and Alexia will all be competing on the fifth season of Special Forces, which premieres September 24.
The cast will include: NBA champion Matt Barnes, world champion boxer Alycia Baumgardner, actor Candace Cameron Bure, actor David Charvet, TV personality Collin Gosselin, actor Oliver Hudson, NFL Superbowl champion LeSean McCoy, Olympic figure skater Maxim Naumov, actor Ruby Rose, former politician George Santos, comedian Hannah Stocking, and TV personality Breana Tiesi.
“The fifth season of FOX’s ultimate celebrity social experiment, Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test [will enlist] a new troop of household names to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process,” said the press release. “This season, the recruits will be deployed in Malaysia to endure the world’s toughest test in the most hostile environment a soldier could operate in… the jungle.”
“Recruits must adapt to uncomfortable conditions, unpredictable terrain and harsh jungle warfare tasks, including a claustrophobic, high-pressure search of an underground bunker to find crucial military weapons; a supply load retrieval while suspended 300 feet above the jungle floor; endure a barrage of chemical gassing while retrieving coordinates of an enemy vessel; and much more,” the press release continued. “In this experiment, there are no votes and no eliminations – just survival.”
According to the release, the celebs will soon learn the meaning of “no guts, no glory.”
“Selection for the Special Forces is a test unlike any other. 15 celebrities from all genres and walks of life, will take on, and try to survive, demanding training exercises led by Directing Staff (DS) Rudy Reyes, Billy Billingham, Jason “Foxy” Fox, and Jovon “Q” Quarles, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives,” the release explained. “In this unique series, the only way for these recruits to leave is to give up on their own accord, through failure or injury, or by force from the DS.”
“Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test is the ultimate test of physical, mental and emotional resilience – revealing these celebrities’ deepest and truest character,” said the press release. “Who will survive, who will fail?”