Denise Richards participates in the third season of the reality series “Special Forces: The World's Toughest Test” and recently shared details about a surprising injury she sustained while filming.
The 'Wild Things' star revealed she suffered the injury while doing a daring bridge jump for the show.
At age 53, Richards also noted that her insurance did not cover medical costs, leaving her to pay the expenses herself.
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Denise Richards shared details about an injury that occurred during filming
Richards appeared on “Jeff Lewis Live” with her husband. Aaron Fizer on Friday, and she revealed that she ruptured both of her breast implants while jumping off a bridge as part of “Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.”
According to PEOPLERichards was wearing a harness when she jumped off a bridge at the show, and the harness was responsible for rupturing her implants.
“I jumped off a bridge too, and that's when I tore my implants off that thing,” she revealed.
The World Is Not Enough actress added that she still had to have her breasts redone after filming, and insurance won't pay.
“I still have to redo them,” she said. “I was supposed to do it a month ago, but I couldn't because we were filming. Yeah, no, I still have to redo them.”
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“I have to pay,” Richards continued. “I think we pretty much signed away our lives doing this show.”
“It's dangerous,” she added.
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Aaron Fizer proposes to Fox to pay for his wife's ruptured breasts
“Special Forces: World's Toughest Test” features contestants surviving training in Wales at the home of British Special Forces selection.
The show premieres on January 8, and contestants will face challenges such as using ladders to traverse cliffs nearly 100 feet above sea level, plunging into cold waters and controlling panic in a drowning exercise.
After Richards noted that the show's insurance wouldn't pay for her breast augmentation, despite the fact that she was injured during filming, Phippers interjected and said, “Maybe we can do it after.”
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Denise Richards' daughters feared she would be killed
Richards also revealed that her three daughters – Sammy, 20, Lola, 19, and Eloise, 13 – were scared for their mum and were very upset to hear she had joined the show.
“They didn't want me to do it,” Richard said. “They were afraid I'd get hurt or killed, and they were actually very angry. It was the first time I've done any projects or traveled, they really upset me.”
“I thought, this is the hardest thing I'll ever do, so why not do it? I was scared, but once I committed to it, I was there,” she added.
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Richards also dreaded appearing on a reality show
Richards shared a clip from the movie “Special Forces.” Instagramand she admitted that she is also afraid of doing a reality show.
She captioned it: “No acting – just action” and revealed her fear of heights in the clip.
“Oh my God… I'm numb and I can't function,” Richard said. “It's so scary to be so vulnerable.”
Footage also included the “Love, Actually” actress jumping off a bridge wearing a head-mounted camera and bungee cord. She has also been seen jumping from a boat to a helicopter.
The actress says she was “bullied” by her peers
“Special Forces: World's Toughest Trial” also stars Stephen Baldwin, Brody Jenner, Christy Carlson Romano, Trista Sutter, Cam Newton, Olympic track star Marion Jones, Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian and former NFL star Zelta Tate, to name a few.
Richards said she was “intimidated” when she found out she would be competing with several athletes on the show.
“I was so bullied by everyone,” said Richards of the cast. “I didn't know who was going to be there, but I heard there were some athletes, and I can't compete with that.”
“But it's also the biggest thing, isn't it a competition with someone other than yourself,” she continued. “And so they strip us physically and mentally and emotionally and all of that.”
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The third season of “Special Forces: World's Toughest Test” premieres January 8 on Fox.