George Santos' Next Gig? Reality Tv Show Contestant

George Santos has worn galore hats: Swindler, congressman, situation inmate, podcast host. The evident adjacent gig? Reality TV show contestant.

In September, nan Santos will look connected nan 5th play of Fox's “Special Forces: World's Toughest Test,” a grueling title wherever participants will beryllium subjected to chemic gassing and different subject themed challenges successful a Malaysian jungle, nan web announced Wednesday.

“I took my fat down disconnected nan coach and tried thing new!,” Santos wrote successful a station connected X on pinch a promotional image of himself opinionated adjacent to a character pinch a stern look connected his face. “And it changed EVERYTHING! I can’t hold to stock this acquisition pinch y’all!”

He will spell up against much than a twelve different contestants — including erstwhile NBA subordinate Matt Barnes and character Ruby Rose — successful a show Fox has billed arsenic nan “ultimate trial of physical, intelligence and affectional resilience.”

Santos was elected to nan House from New York successful 2022 arsenic a Republican, but he coiled up serving little than a twelvemonth successful nan agency aft it was revealed he had fabricated overmuch of his life story. He was expelled from Congress while facing criminal charges complete stealing from donors and his campaign, fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits and lying to Congress astir his wealth.

He pleaded blameworthy but had his condemnation commuted by President Donald Trump aft serving astir 84 days successful prison. He later tried to reboot his governmental profession pinch different tally for nan House but quickly abandoned nan tally aft raising nary money.

Last month, Kalshi, nan online prediction marketplace, reported him to national authorities aft he boasted he would beryllium going to Trump’s State of nan Union address, past allegedly stake against his ain attendance. That caused Polymarket, different online prediction level wherever he was moving successful an influencer capacity, to extremity its paid narration pinch him. Santos has said nan allegation is "preposterous."

He did not instantly return a connection seeking remark Wednesday.

Among nan challenges connected Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test,” according to nan network, were a claustrophobic hunt of an underground bunker and a proviso load retrieval while suspended precocious supra nan jungle floor.