olympic Shawn Johnson Est underwent a major body transformation while completing the Special forces: the toughest test in the world course
“This was about an hour after I crossed the ‘finish line’ and finally got to go to a hotel,” Johnson East, 33, captioned a Friday, Jan. 9 selfie via his Instagram Stories that was taken after the show wrapped. “I had it lost 10 to 15 pounds.”
Johnson East further noted that she was “covered in bruises” and had “10 layers of soaked dirt and mud” on her skin.
The retired Olympic gymnast and her former NFL player husband Andrew Eastboth competed special forces season 4, which aired on Fox late last year. Andrew, 34, was eliminated shortly before the final selection round, leaving his wife and the Bravo personality. yes judge at the end (In addition to Andrew, Kody Brown i Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia were also eliminated before the final.)
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“Being able to have a happy ending to all the hardships helped us paint a lot of the hard times and make them feel worthwhile,” Shawn. explained exclusively Us Weekly in November 2025 of his victory. “I would say that for Kody and Brianna and Andrew, this is very difficult. They had to go through all this torture and all this interrogation and not have the reward of being told that they did a good job or that they earned it or deserved it.”
While Andreu left the special forces camp after his elimination, he reunited with Shawn shortly after she passed the selection.
“We are each other’s biggest fans, cheerleaders and teammates. When I got to the finish line, he was so happy for me and so excited,” she recalled. we “I could also see the disappointment and the sadness in him. As an older cheerleader, it was this interesting shared moment of, ‘I just wanted to hold him and help him process this moment,’ and he just wanted to celebrate with me.”
Shawn and Andrew I am married since 2016is going to welcome three children together. The couple’s children, Drew, Jett and Bear, were especially proud of their mom’s reality TV win.
“It’s a pretty intense show, but they were really excited to see us jump out of a helicopter. They can watch this little clip and we’ll show them more as it goes along,” Shawn said. we of his children’s reaction to the grueling competition. “My daughter has heard people talk about it and she’s aware enough to say, ‘Mom, I want to watch the Army show.'”
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In addition to walking away with a win, Shawn and Andrew both he left the show with physical injuries.
“I had a concussion (and) Andrew broke two ribs and possibly his nose,” he said, revealing his teammates were also injured. “Eric Decker he slipped a disk. Marc Estes he had cauliflower ear. Christie Pearce Rampone I had pneumonia.”
Shawn added: “Everybody had big chunks of skin missing from their feet and heels. We all ripped our hands off a lot.”
Special forces: the toughest test in the world it’s now streaming on Hulu.