Denise Richards ruptured her implants jumping off a bridge on “Special Forces”: 'Still have to get them redone'

Perhaps Special Forces: World's Toughest Test is a touch too tough.

Denise Richards, who will appear in an episode of Fox's grueling reality series' third season, recently revealed that she "jumped off a bridge" while filming the show, "and that's when I ruptured my implants."

The Starship Troopers and Wild Things star clarified on the Jan. 3 episode of Jeff Lewis Live that it was the "harness" which caused the injury, saying, "I still have to get them redone. I was supposed to a month ago but I couldn't because we were filming. So yeah, no, I still have to get them redone."

When Lewis asked if Fox was picking up the tab for the procedure, Richards said, "No, I have to pay the price. I think I pretty much signed our life away doing that show. It's dangerous!"

Danger is pretty much the point of Special Forces, which is an adaptation of the British reality series SAS: Who Dares Wins. Each season of Special Forces assembles a cast of celebrity contestants and puts them through real elements of the United States Special Forces selection course, which is renowned for its intensity. Hence World's Toughest Test.

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Contestants on past seasons have jumped out of helicopters, repelled down a 400 ft. dam, traversed a 4,700 ft. deep cliff atop a rope, recreated rescue missions amid firefight and bombing simulations, and more.

Of the thirty contestants to compete across seasons 1 and 2, five were medically withdrawn, 18 voluntarily withdrew, two were disqualified, and only five passed the series of limit-pushing tests, which make up only part of the real selection course. Those winners are Bachelor Nation alums Hannah Brown, Nick Viall, and Tyler Cameron, former soccer star Carli Lloyd, and Olympic speed skater Erin Jackson.

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Beyond the strenuous physical endurance tests, several former Special Forces contestants have opened up about the series' bare living conditions - an endurance test of their own. Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore, who competed on season 1, revealed in 2023 that contestants live "on an 800 calorie a day diet... doing these exercises probably 16 hours in a day" while "sleeping on cots" with no plumbing.

"Even giving birth was probably easier than this show," Moore said. "And I almost died giving birth, so that’s saying a lot."

Richards will compete on season 3 alongside an all-star cast including Stephen Baldwin, Kyla Pratt, Bachelorette alums Trista Sutter and Ali Fedotowsky, The Hills star Brody Jenner, the NFL's Cam Newton, former Disney star Christy Carlson Romano, and more.

The first two episodes of season 3 of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test premiere on January 8 on Fox.

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