Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What is going on, everybody? Welcome to The Vile Files. This is the Special Forces Reunion Edition. We couldn't be more excited to be with you and our finalists. Really excited to be with you guys. We are filming here in New York. We'll hear the sounds of New York throughout this episode, probably. Congratulations to all of you guys for making the finale.
So let's just see a big round of applause right there. We have obviously a great lineup. In the back, we have Andrew East, Cody Brown up front,
Sean Johnson East. Brianna LaPaglia and Gia Giudice. What a group. Look at us, guys. What a group. Going in, I mean, like, did you ever think you would be here?
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Chapter 2: How did the finalists feel about their experiences on Special Forces?
And you, I don't know, it just made you want to keep going. You didn't want to give up on yourself. It felt like if you quit, you were giving up on yourself.
Yeah.
I felt like that was very obvious, just like it shined through the screen. Yeah. We have, of course, Sean being like, Myrtle Ball, that was kind of fun. Was the bees fine? Myrtle Ball, I will say was fun. It was terrifying, but it was fun.
Okay.
Your friend died. I was definitely concussed. For me, I competed at the Olympics when I was 16, and I did all the blood, sweat, tears stuff my whole life leading up to that moment. After the Olympics, from 16 until, honestly, Special Forces, I used the Olympics as an excuse to never have to commit to anything again. It was like, well, I did it.
So I don't have to work out or finish this marathon or like whatever it was, whatever goal I had in mind. I was like, I don't really need to.
You've been to the top of the mountain.
Absolutely. And I think it kept me from committing to anything and working hard to do anything again. And so I started doubting myself over the years that I was even capable of doing that again. And now having three babies and wanting to be like an example, I wanted to prove it to myself that I could. So showed up and didn't give myself an option. I said, this is 10 days. It's not one or two.
I just said, it's 10 days and I'll see my babies in 10 days. Wow. Damn did it, Greg. Andrew. Damn did it.
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Chapter 3: What challenges did the contestants face during the show?
Are you talking about me? Yeah, like, I'm so sorry, guys. We have our bergens on. We start suicides up and down this mountain, up and down. 200 yards?
Yeah, it's about 100 yards one way and then the other way. And so they suicide, you know, they just keep rotating us. And then they'd say, hey, winners are rewarded. So I smoke past Randall. And Andrew. And then it's like, psych, next time. You snuck past him? It was kind of a cheap shot.
No, he snuck past everybody.
I wanted to just beat an NFLer to the end. And so I just snuck past him. And then Q goes, psych, next time. And run back up. Never try to be the winner. Because it might not pay. Yeah. It was just over and over and over.
Yeah, and then they would throw in lunges and then playing. Or bear walks or whatever. It was just anything you could think of. And like... There were multiple times where me and Brie would look at each other and just be like, are we quitting right now?
It was probably 15 laps.
And that was horrible. Like, crying, I felt so bad because, one, they were all running because of me and this was all happening because of me. And it was actually just horrendous. Like, it was horrible.
Did you guys do any like prep or training? Like, are you guys like physically like working out every day? I know Andrew, his whole hobby is working out. I think Cody goes to the gym a few times, but like you ladies, like how much physical training do you guys have prior to going to this course?
I think we could tell I didn't have any. We really couldn't tell. I went on a half mile run the week before. And I was like, yeah, I'm going to die. I have to quit vaping. So I did on the day that we started the show. And yeah, I was in the back a lot. But I was trying. I was like, all right, if I can see them, I'm with them. And I just tried to keep up.
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Chapter 4: How did the contestants support each other during tough moments?
And I start laughing and Q was like, this isn't funny, Brianna. Get up now. Oh, so bad. But they didn't show any of that.
That was the only time where I feel like production crossed a line because the safety guy, every time we were going over a cliff, he would just grab me and put me down because it was it was probably like a 12 foot drop. Yeah. And these guys are like climbing down it. And I was like, I don't know how to get down. He just grabbed me. You know, yeah.
We had a jump from like cliff to cliff that day. Yeah. I like almost cracked my kneecap. It was bad.
Yeah.
Yeah. So that will never be shown.
Speaking of Q, he was one of the DSs that throughout the course, he was probably the meanest on our season. And he was like the DS that like throughout the course, I was like, I want to get his validation. Like I wanted like almost like a hug from Q because he was just telling me I was a piece of shit constantly. Yeah.
Who was the DS that, for whatever reason, you guys wanted to prove yourself to? Because I think they were all very good at certain levels, like finding a way to get through and try to drive you guys. Who motivated you guys the most?
I would say Q and Rudy motivated me the most, like throughout, even Billy. The person I wanted to prove it to was Foxy because I thought he hated me. And then, I mean, I find out he doesn't hate me. I don't know. I really bonded with like, I want to say like probably Q the most. Like I like cracked Q on like day two. I like, I made him laugh and like, yeah. Do you remember what you said? Yeah.
I was like alone walking around. I don't know what I was doing, but Q like comes in and I was like, can we like break character for a minute? Like, I need some like realness from you right now. Can we just like laugh? He just like started laughing and was like, you got me. All right. And I was like, OK, I see some like human life in you. But he was awesome.
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Chapter 5: What insights did the guests gain from their time on the show?
It's been fun to like message him after still. And it's like, they're all like so well accomplished. You dig into their backstory and you're like, oh my gosh, these are the real deal dudes. Yeah. Yeah, it's been fun getting to know them after the course and the human side of who they are and their stories.
He came to our wedding and he was like the most loved person there.
What's your wedding?
This is amazing. Yeah, it's like dancing with everybody on the dance floor. It's like, who is this guy? Completely different. Gave a little speech.
You gave a speech?
Yeah.
Yeah, you know, we had like a welcome party and then there was like an open mic where like people could come and like say nice things and you came up.
I love you. He's so great. Cody, who is it for you?
So I thought Rudy Reyes had the most charisma for connection. Rudy just felt warm to me almost the entire time. So you have this place where you just want to please these guys. But Billy comes up to me in the very beginning. I've seen most of three seasons and he puts my head in the water, forces my head in the water when we're still in our civilian clothes.
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Chapter 6: How did the contestants prepare for the Special Forces challenges?
You guys weren't screaming.
I don't know what those sound effects were. We need someone quick to scream into a mic so we can place it over.
This is great. Me and Sean were like, at that point, no emotion. Life was sucked out of us. The screams are ridiculous. I was like, that's not us.
This show's revealing, it's interesting. Like, you know, you see yourself in these situations that you'd never think you'd be in. And I feel like one thing that was revealed to me is, yeah, maybe I'm not the brightest in the bunch. After either watching myself laugh, I'm like, huh, maybe I gotta take my... I'll do an IQ test. It's more, obviously, it's an incredible stress.
I mean, you guys, again, literally being tortured. I feel like I need to emphasize that because we're a culture that just kind of exaggerates things. But it's the 10th day of no sleep, pure exhaustion, emotional stress testing. And you could see how delirious all of you guys were at that stage. So I think you're being a little hard on yourself.
In Andrew's defense, there's this thing that happens with the interrogation where we've been told to create a lie, and then they bring the truth back to us. I mean, they start reading off of tabloids and telling me my life. So I'm like, you guys already know everything. So I just went silent. Because I knew my disposition is a little chatty. I was going to give something up if I talked.
So I just quit talking. I didn't know what else to do. So in your defense.
We're like, guys, we're travel influencers. And Cody, you're like, I'm a podcaster.
I think he was like only thinking about Brie in that moment because he like asked Brie when she died. So then it was like, well, there you go.
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Chapter 7: What was the impact of the show's editing on the contestants' experiences?
And I think there's, there are a lot of quitters in this world. And there's a lot of people who just like, give up on themselves. And obviously the five of you are five people who clearly don't quit easily. Is that something you guys had to find in yourself throughout life? Or is that something that's always been a part of who you are? Nick's preaching today.
Yeah. Your questions are amazing.
I'm hyped up.
Just doing his thing. I just want to add to you because I said this and I said it. You have to like internalize this and know this. But I told Brie this. As a mom to a daughter, it brought me to tears on the show hearing your story and like watching it and like watching it back. But I've said this.
We cannot always protect our kids and our daughters are going to have heartbreak and they're going to have disappointment and they're going to fall down. And I just hope that our daughters have resiliency you do. Because you doubted yourself through the whole show, but you kept getting back up. Not to go off on a tangent, but it was amazing. I love you. Thank you. Amazing.
It was really cool. This is another thing I wish they showed. Like these two girls specifically, I feel like started off and there was like, Gia, multiple times you said, I can't do this. I'm done. I'm out. And then like your evolution and the amount that I think you saw that you were capable of doing was so cool. It was like so much fun.
That was one of the highlights of the show for me was just to see, oh, dang, these people are finally like seeing themselves as other people see them.
Yeah, I think what you were saying, the cool thing about the show was maybe I didn't come in at my strongest, but as the days went on, I think we got stronger. I got stronger as each day went on because I was in Italy the month before. I was just not prepared for this at all.
I felt like some of the DS, you know, once your mom left, they kind of were like, she was holding you back. Like now you can really go far. Did you feel that way also or not?
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Chapter 8: How have the contestants' relationships evolved after the show?
What my mom said to Fox, you should have made my daughter fight first, then me. That's how they played it on Special Forces, but that's not actually how it happened. My mom's number was called first to fight. Then that's when she left because she then was like, okay, you're going to fight after me now and I don't want to see that.
But like if I fought first, my mom probably would have jumped in and it probably would have been like even better TV or like who knows. So like she said that to them as she left and they were like, oh, you're right, like shit.
We had a chance to interview your mom not too long ago, and it was a great experience. Obviously, she's a legend in the reality TV community, but that was shortly after I had found out that you had won. And again, obviously being a part of this.
Did she tell you secretly?
No, she didn't.
Oh, because she's been doing this recently. She'll see someone and be like, do you want to know a secret? But don't tell anyone. And I'm like, you can't do that.
I mean, I can see why she wants to tell everybody. I mean, like, yeah, being a part of this fraternity, this was, I always tell people, like, of all the things I've done on TV, this is the only thing, like, I'm proud of being a part of. Other stuff, it's cool to have done, and, you know, it's fascinating, and we have stories to tell.
But, you know, your family obviously has been on TV over the years. They've been wrapped up in controversy, all while people love you. Yes. But I also just, it was just really cool to see, you know, I think your mom should be really proud, obviously, of what you accomplished.
And I think she gets a lot of, I think she should get a lot of credit because, you know, for whatever people may or may not think about your family. Again, like, I just don't, I don't think people appreciate just how difficult this whole course is and the level of character it requires to want to challenge yourself and push yourself through that.
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