‘Bachelorette’ Trista Sutter Wasn’t ‘Missing’, She Was Just Filming a New Show

Tristan Sutter has a perfectly good reason for being missing from her husband and family last month: it has nothing to do with the state of her marriage, but rather her return to reality TV.

ICYMI… fans of the first ‘Bachelorette’ got nervous when Trista’s husband, ryan sutterposted a cryptic message on social media about missing her on Mother’s Day… being very coy about her whereabouts.

sad finally resurfaced online, reuniting with his family in Mexico and giving an equally vague message about his mysterious disappearance. It was all strange, but now TMZ has found out exactly what was behind it.

Sources with direct knowledge tell us… that the reality TV legend wasn’t “missing” after all; instead, we’re told he was filming season 3 of Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.”

For those unfamiliar with the show, ‘Special Forces’ takes a group of celebrities and subjects them to grueling challenges from the US military selection process playbook.

The show has become an opportunity for celebrities to take a long, hard look at themselves as they test their physical and mental toughness…with the “Vanderpump Rules” star. Tom Sandoval‘single’ vet Nick Viall and “Dance Moms” alum jojo siwa Everyone tried in season 2.

This explains why Trista said she had gone through a lot of personal growth and journey when she resurfaced, and Ryan also played on that with your publication on social networkswhich was obviously carefully crafted to hide the casting news.

By the way… ‘Special Forces’ is digging deeper with Bachelor Nation, because our sources also say Ali Mannoformerly Fedotowsky, will also be in the next season.

Fans of that former ‘Bachelorette’, from Season 6 in 2010, might have noticed that she’s posted a lot of intense workouts in recent months, including boxing, weight lifting, and cold diving. So now we know why she was getting so physical.