Kelly Rizzo attends the red carpet for Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” on Sept. 12, 2023 in Los Angeles.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
BeforeKelly RizzojoinedSpecial Forces: World’s Toughest Test,she sought out the advice ofBob Saget’s daughters.
Rizzo, 44, says she has remained close withher late husband’s daughters— Aubrey, 36, Lara, 33, and Jennifer, 30 — since theFull Housestar died fromhead traumaat the age of 65 in January 2022.
Theytext or talkevery day, so Rizzo knew she also had to ask them for their input before she agreed to join the Fox series.
“I’m like, ‘You guys are okay with me doing this right?'” she told PEOPLE at a Los Angeles press event forSpecial Forceson Tuesday. “And they’re like, ‘Yeah, it looks cool.’ And I was like, ‘You think your dad would be okay with me doing this? Right?’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, we think he’d be proud. He’d think you’re crazy, but we think he’d be proud.'”
“So getting that vote of confidence from them too really helped me make the decision,” she added.
From left: Aubrey Saget, Bob Saget, Kelly Rizzo and Lara Saget.Leon Bennett/WireImage
Althoughshe decided to sellthe Los Angeles home they shared more than a year after Saget’s death, Rizzo has kept his legacy alive — recently gettinga martini glass tattooto honor Saget’s love for the popular cocktail.
She’s alsocommemorated his lifeon social media and honored Saget witha poignant tributeonstage at The Comedy Store in January 2022.
Bob Saget and Kelly Rizzo.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
By the time production started on the second season of Fox’sSpecial Forces: World’s Toughest Test,Rizzo said she felt she was “in a really good place.”
“I feel like I might not have done it if I was still in a very bad place, but I mean, I was in a good place from pretty early on, because I’ve just been filled with so much gratitude,” said Rizzo, adding that Saget’s daughters were vital to the healing process. “There’s no way I would be doing as well as I am if it wasn’t for them. And vice versa, I think, too.”
Bob Saget (center) with two of his daughters, Aubrey Saget and Lara Saget, at the Scleroderma Research Foundation’s Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine event in December 2018.Ilya S. Savenok/Getty
Rizzo joins a cast that also includesBode Miller,Brian Austin Green,Jack Osbourne,JoJo Siwa,Savannah Chrisley,Tara Reid,Tom SandovalandTyler Cameron.
The challenges they face are some of the most grueling challenges from the playbook of the real-life Special Forces selection process. “Like, hey, carry this boulder around for an hour,” Rizzo hinted.
While season 1 was filmed in and around the treacherous Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, the upcoming season was shot on the icy mountains of New Zealand.
As difficult as the experience was, Rizzo called it a “once in a lifetime” experience that made her realize “you’re stronger than you ever thought you could be.““When you get an opportunity that you know is once in a lifetime, and to get to train and work with some of the most incredible elite forces in the world, you just don’t pass it up,” she said.
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Special Forces: World’s Toughest Testseason 2 premieres Monday, Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.
source: people.com
