Sin City Rehab, Alison Victoria & Our Special Forces Obsession
Welcome back to Fan Zone, where we gush, rant, and break down the shows we’re low-key (okay, high-key) obsessed with.
This week, it’s a double feature:
- 🏠 Sin City Rehab & the unstoppable Alison Victoria
- 🎖 Special Forces — celebrity meltdowns, breakthroughs, and who we think can actually make it to the end
Sin City Rehab: Why We’re Obsessed with Alison Victoria
It started with some casual HGTV scrolling… and now we’re deep in a Sin City Rehab binge.
Alison Victoria had already made a name for herself in Windy City Rehab and Kitchen Crashers, but seeing her in Las Vegas, tackling big, bold, risky projects? We’re hooked.
Things we love about her on Sin City Rehab:
- She’s assertive and clear about her vision
- She can go toe-to-toe with strong personalities
- She owns her leadership while still showing vulnerability
- Her designs are glam, bold, and totally Vegas — without feeling cheesy
Even when contractors or partners doubt her, she stands her ground and proves she knows her craft.
From Windy City Drama to a Fresh Start in Vegas
Alison has been very open about the drama and lawsuits tied to Windy City Rehab and a former contractor.
On a podcast interview, she shared how:
- She ended up in multiple legal battles tied to his work
- She ignored her early gut feelings and later regretted it
- The emotional and professional toll got so heavy that she eventually needed a fresh start
Vegas became that reset.
New city. New projects. New energy.
Kashmir shares how she related to Alison’s story — leaving a toxic work environment, realizing how much of yourself stays attached to past conflict, and how healing it can be to fully step into a new season with no baggage attached.
💗 Red Flags, Intuition & Trusting Your Gut
One of Alison’s big takeaways from that season of her life:
If you have a bad feeling about someone — trust it.
Jackie echoes this for women especially:
- We’re often gifted with intuition
- We talk ourselves out of it to “be nice” or “give them a chance”
- But most of the time… our gut was right from the beginning
That applies to:
- Business partners
- Contractors
- Relationships
- Even show deals and contracts
Pap Smear: Alison’s Podcast & That “Not Really Married” Story
Alison also has a podcast with the unforgettable name: Pap Smear Podcast — not for shock value, but because she wants guests to feel safe enough to open up, get vulnerable, and go deep.
In her first episode, she shares a wild story about:
- Getting married
- Having her brother officiate
- Secretly telling him not to get ordained
- So the marriage ceremony looked real… but wasn’t legally binding
Why? Because of a prenup situation where her then-partner wanted half of everything she had built — and she was already an up-and-coming star in design and TV.
Kashmir points out:
- Professionally, Alison is bold and assertive
- Personally, like a lot of women, she still wrestled with wanting love, hoping people would change, and soft-pedaling red flags
It’s human. It’s messy. And it’s exactly why her podcast and shows resonate — she’s not pretending to have it all together.
Design, Family & Building a Creative Crew
Beyond the drama, we love watching:
- Alison work with other flippers and real estate investors
- Her dynamic with her cousin and the tight knit crew around her
- Alison and crew dressed and styled in these cool, design-forward looks
- Her ability to blend business, creativity, and heart
We’re rooting hard for HGTV (or someone) to keep her on TV in any format.
Sin City Rehab, spin-off, docuseries — we’ll watch it.
🎖 Special Forces Update: Sweat, Sand & Breakdowns
Then we switch gears from design drama to desert warfare training:
Welcome to Special Forces — where celebrities trade red carpets for:
- Freezing water
- Desert runs
- Backward falls off high platforms
- Military interrogation-style questioning
And we are glued.
📺 Who’s Still In (As of This Segment)
The cast members we highlight:
- Kody Brown (from Sister Wives) — identified as a fundamentalist Mormon on the show. The instructors and recruits are clearly getting tired of his energy. He comes across as scattered, and the group is losing patience.
- Jessie James Decker — Jackie & Kashmir really wanted her to stay. Strong, capable, but Murderball and physical strain took their toll.
- The TikTok “thirst trap” guy — forced out due to an ear injury. They were rooting for him too.
- Christie Pearce Rampone — tough, but a nasty cough from the Murderball challenge in dusty conditions knocked her out.
- Brianna “Chickenfry” — underestimated by many, but she’s scrappy. Mentally hitting walls, but still pushing.
- Sean Johnson East — Olympic gold medal gymnast. They called her robotic emotionally, but she explains years of stuffing feelings down in order to perform at the highest level.
- Randall Cobb — former Packers wide receiver. Fighting through his limits and hanging on.
🏜 Morocco, Dust & Brutal Challenges
This season takes place in Morocco, which adds:
- Desert sand
- Dust storms
- Harsh temperatures
All of that plus:
- Running long distances with gear
- Balancing on high wires
- That terrifying “fall backward off a high structure” challenge Jackie and Kashmir both admit they absolutely could not do.
Kashmir:
“I’d be convinced I’d flip wrong, break my back, or smash my face.”
This isn’t just a TV obstacle course — the cadre are real former Special Forces / military operators, and the psychological pressure is very real.
💔 Cody Brown’s Breakdown: Real or Performance?
One of the more emotional moments:
- Kody Brown breaks down about not being there for his kids
- He admits he failed them in certain ways as a father
Jackie & Kashmir are torn:
- Part of them wonders if he’s just telling the instructors what he thinks they want to hear
- But they also say it would be pretty intense to say that on national TV if he didn’t mean it.
Either way, Special Forces forces people (no pun intended) to confront their choices, regrets, and patterns — right there on camera.
🏁 Who Do We Think Might Make It to the End?
From this point in the season, their early picks to possibly go the distance:
- Sean Johnson East — physically disciplined, mentally tough
- Andrew East (her husband) — solid, steady, supportive
- Randall Cobb — pushing past fear and discomfort
- Maybe Brianna “Chickenfry”, if she can get past the mental spiral and believe in herself
But this show is brutal.
Jackie & Kashmir admire:
- The grit
- The vulnerability
- The raw honesty that comes out when people are completely exhausted
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