The OG reality star told Hollywood Life<\/strong> he was “so bummed, like so frickin’ bummed” to be removed from the game. At the same time, he completely understands because of how careful a show like this has to be.<\/p>\n Apparently, no one had remembered to remove his smartwatch when he started with the show, and so he chose to keep it on. The watch monitors his heart rate and other vitals. The 38 year old was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 26 and also has an abnormal heart condition.<\/p>\n As it turns out, the watch is what led to his evacuation, as he found himself monitoring a rather alarming heart rate for about 48 hours before<\/em> he went to the show’s doctor.<\/p>\n “I was checking my heart rate, and it was just hovering between 100 and 110 beats a minute,” he noted, adding, “That was just me laying there.”<\/p>\n He said that the morning he finally called it, he got an alert that his heart rate was abnormally high. “Normally, my resting heart rate, like when I sleep, goes down to like 48. This wasn\u2019t going below 90.”<\/p>\n He expected the doctor to just give him something to lower his heart rate and he’d be back out there giving it his all in the challenges, but that isn’t what happened at all.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a kiss of death on that show to go to the doctor because they always want to err on the side of caution,” Jack told TheWrap<\/strong>. “I was just so bummed \u2026 they take safety measures beyond seriously on that show \u2014 you absolutely can\u2019t take risks with this kind of production, and I was ultimately grateful and my wife was very grateful.”<\/p>\n His medical journey didn’t stop there, though, as he told Hollywood Life he continued looking into his elevated resting heart rate for weeks with doctors. Then, one of his friends who is a retired Special Forces medic had a thought.<\/p>\n After explaining to his friend what happened, Jack said he was told, “Dude, in selection, that’s just from a lack of potassium. Literally, all you would have had to do was just hammer a bunch of bananas or take some potassium supplements, and you would have been fine.”<\/p>\n Of course, Jack may never know if that’s what was going on during his time on the show. He said the challenges were never the problem, even as they tend to dominate the episodes. It’s that the whole thing is a grueling marathon.<\/p>\n “The tough stuff is constantly having a run everywhere with a heavy ass backpack, and it just wears on you,” he told Hollywood Life. “There\u2019s like a constant hum of anxiety, and it just does not translate to camera, which is super frustrating because the psychological component is the tough part.”<\/p>\n “It\u2019s funny if you watch the show without knowing [the psychological impact], you just see us crying all the time,” he told TheWrap.<\/p>\n He said that the tears were for the entirety of the experience, and not generally for the short challenges. “The show does not let up. You don\u2019t ever have a break. You can never relax. You\u2019re always on edge, and it takes a toll.”<\/p>\n He expressed his disappointment that despite being what he described as an “amazing production,” the show actually does a “god awful” job of showing the truth of that “psychological component” that really breaks the stars down.<\/p>\n For Jack, appearing on the show was a way to prove what he was capable of and to make a statement on behalf of people diagnosed with MS.<\/p>\n “MS is as unique to the individual that has it as their own fingerprint, so to lump everyone with MS into one bucket of, \u2018Oh, you are no longer an able-bodied person because you have this disease,\u2019 it\u2019s kind of bulls\u2013t, and I like to dispel that myth,” Jack told TheWrap, while also acknowledging that some with MS are not able to live as physical a day-to-day life as he is.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/images.toofab.com\/image\/16\/5by4\/2023\/10\/16\/162fb3a4ca0848aa9fed5f93be33a237_xs.jpg\")
<\/p>\n Tom Sandoval 'Defeated' After Getting Bloody Nose In Fight with Jack Osbourne <\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\n Tom Sandoval's Terrifying Fumble During Cliff Crawl, Exclusive Clip from 'Special Forces: World's Toughest Test' <\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\n Jack Osbourne Marries Longtime Love Aree Gearheart in Secret Ceremony <\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\n Savannah Chrisley Shares How Parents Feel About Special Forces Exit, What She Hopes Siblings Learn <\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\n Blac Chyna Snaps at Brian Austin Green on Special Forces: 'I'm Not Playing with You' <\/h4>\n
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