Last month, Ryan Sutter worried fans when he started sharing cryptic posts about 'missing' his wife of 20 years - The Bachelorette #1 Trista Sutter - who was 'at a place in life where she is searching a bit.'
'An opportunity for perspective and personal growth presented itself and with the unconditional support of my family and friends, I chose myself and betterment, knowing that my stay-at-home-mom job and my kids end-of-the-school-year needs were in the best, most capable hands,' Sutter explained on May 25.
The bootcamp-style reality competition - lead by former US Recon Marine Rudy Reyes - is the American adaptation of the British reality series SAS: Who Dares Wins. 'So I think that really prepares you mentally for a lot, and I think that was part of the reason why I could kind of take if with all the criticism from the DS.'
The Bachelorette #6 Ali Manno will also reportedly take part in the 10-day unscripted series featuring 16 household names attempting to complete a course based on a highly-classified special forces training program In season two, Olympic speed skater Erin Jackson as well as Bachelor alums Nick Viall and Tyler Cameron were the three finalists that successfully completed the course in New Zealand
The Colorado-based brunette and the 49-year-old firefighter - who met in 2002 on the ABC dating competition - are proud parents of 16-year-old son Maxwell Alston Sutter and 15-year-old daughter Blakesley Grace Sutter