#Why did Natalie Anderson leave The Challenge season 36? She explains

On Wednesday night’s new episode of The Challenge season 36, we saw the sudden, personal departure of Natalie Anderson. It was something that was not mentioned or discussed prior to it happening, and it wasn’t something that was heavily explained on the show itself.

Now, though, the former Survivor and The Amazing Race star is speaking out about her exit, and it is all the more understandable why things happened the way that they did. It speaks to a heartbreaking chapter of Natalie’s life, and it is something that she explains further in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly:

I found out I was pregnant while I was out there … Even though I had to leave the show, this was a new journey for me with my boyfriend, Devin [Perez], and I was 100 percent comfortable moving forward with him in this decision. But in the end it wasn’t my decision. I ended up having a miscarriage.”

Natalie goes on in the interview to explain that she was eight weeks pregnant when she departed the MTV series, and she processed the departure of the show (she is known for her competitive nature) with the big news that she was pregnant, only to have that devastating loss follow it up after the fact.