November 28, 2023 @ 5:22 PM
***Spoiler alert: The following story contains spoilers from the “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” Season 2 finale.***
Claiming victory as the champions of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” Season 2, Tyler Cameron from “The Bachelorette” and Nick Viall from “The Bachelor” credited the intense eight-day New Zealand mountain experience to the “psychological warfare” they endured while on their respective seasons of the franchise.
“I think there’s something about the kind of the psychological warfare that going through the ‘Bachelor’ experience of puts you through,” Viall told TheWrap, referring to the successful streak of himself, Cameron, and former “Bachelorette” Hannah Brown, who won the first season of the Fox reality show.
“There needs to be a case study, because Hannah did it, we [did] it,” Cameron added. “What is ‘Bachelor’ Nation doing to us to get us prepared for this? We’re three for three.”
Viall also remarked about the drive his fellow “Bachelor” peers had even before joining the franchise, naming “beastly” Hannah B. for a reason.
“Tyler’s had immense amount of success and Hannah is an absolute star in ‘Bachelor’ nation and she’s known for her grit and perseverance — no one would bet against her,” Viall said. “I think it’s a combination of what we had to experience in that world and just kind of the personalities that we are.”
As reality stars, Cameron also points out he, Viall, and Brown were far better prepared for the aftermath of being on a reality series as well as the floodgates of critiques on social media once the season starts to air after months.
“A big part of it, too, is not just what you experience just when you’re filming or being a part of the show, but it’s also afterwards because it’s such a public show, and there’s backlash,” Cameron said. “There’s always things that we’ve all gone through, that I think builds us up [and] makes us mentally stronger — I mean, social media is a war zone — I think this really does prep us to get through some of the mental aspect.”
“Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” Season 2 is streaming on Hulu.