Hannah Brown Facing Fears connected Special Forces: World's Toughest Test

Sticks and stones whitethorn interruption bones, but words volition besides wounded Nastia Liukin.

During the Jan. 11 occurrence of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, the Olympic gymnast decided to measurement distant from the contention amusement aft immoderate co-stars, including Gus Kenworthy, questioned if she received peculiar attraction during a task.

According to Nastia, ignoring the chatter was easier said than done.

"I decidedly did fto somebody's words get to me," she told E! News successful an exclusive interview. "I fto idiosyncratic else's thoughts astir maine dictate my worthy and dictate the interior advancement and the breakthroughs and that intelligence spot that I thought I had recovered and made to that point." 

Looking back, Nastia wishes she didn't fto immoderate comments from co-stars interaction her authorities of mind.

In the show, formed members were faced with an exigency flight drill. Each subordinate had to clasp their enactment underwater arsenic they were buckled into a car for 20 seconds. While Nastia completed the task by herself, she was capable to person a unit subordinate beryllium too her successful the vehicle.  

While Gus questioned if his co-star was getting peculiar attraction during the episode, Nastia said she didn't inquire for immoderate further resources. "I was beauteous persistent connected saying nary due to the fact that that's not fair," she explained. "Nobody other got that."

Regardless of the claims, Nastia isn't holding grudges against immoderate formed members.

"That idiosyncratic didn't astir apt mean it successful the moment," Nastia said erstwhile discussing Gus' comments. "We were each laughing astir nary sleep, mediocre nutrition. I don't blasted anybody for what they said. I conscionable clasp myself accountable to however I reacted to the words."

Nastia is besides the archetypal to admit that she wonders what her acquisition would person been similar if she stayed conscionable a small longer.

"After months of reasoning astir this, obviously, I deliberation it's a acquisition I've learned," she said. "We can't spell backmost successful clip and we can't alteration anything."