288: THE FINALE: Our Honest Debrief (Shawn Won!)

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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We made it to the FINALE- and nothing could’ve prepared us for what this last episode threw at us. At this point, we were exhausted, worn down, and hanging on by whatever grit we had left. The DS pushed us into the most intense test of the entire course: capture, interrogation, zero sleep, and moments that forced us to stay locked in when our minds wanted to tap out. We are so proud of each other walking into that final challenge together and we’re even more grateful you’ve been watching along with us. This finale was raw, surreal, and honestly one of the hardest things we’ve ever done. Can’t wait to hear what you think and wrap up this wild journey with you. Love, Shawn & Andrew From Shawn: Self doubt has creeped in over the years… after retirement, a failed comeback, and 3 kids. I wondered if I could. I feared I couldn’t. But dang….. it sure feels good knowing I did! I finished! It hurt. I learned a lot. I healed a lot. I’m better for it. Thank you to the DS for pushing me. You taught me so much! Getting those smiles and hugs at the end was the greatest reward! Thank you for being the best coaches ever. And to Gia… I’m so fricken proud of you! You pushed so hard and never gave up! Love you lady!" Nurture Life ▶ Head to https://www.NurtureLife.com/EASTFAM and use code EASTFAM for 55% off your first order PLUS free shipping NOBLTravel ▶ Biggest sale yet!!! Head to https://www.NOBLTravel.com for up to 58% OFF your entire order. After you purchase, they will ask you where you heard about them. PLEASE support our show and tell them our show sent you. Subscribe to our newsletter ▶ https://www.familymade.com/newsletter Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en (00:00) no more lies to hide!!! (01:00) doing this together and what that meant to us (02:27) the start of interrogation… but it should’ve been called something else 👀 (05:20) what we were most fearful of (07:20) honoring my wife (10:45) giving context as the hours ticked by (13:50) clarifying the confusion and trying to understand the “game” (27:20) weaving in and out of the different realities with the interrogators (29:50) what happened for 12+ hours during interrogation (32:50) them challenging our alibis during the dunking phase (42:50) navigating all the processing since being off the show (48:55) what happened after andrew left (50:35) officially passing the course (54:00) what it was like heading home (56:15) closing thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody.
0:01.2	Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.7	With your new champion of Special Forces world's toughest test, Miss Sean Johnson East.
0:12.2	Yes.
0:12.7	Let's freaking go, babe.
0:15.2	And runner up.
0:17.7	Andrew is.
0:18.5	I don't know if runner up is the right word.
0:20.5	There's a lot to debrief here. I feel so glad that we could share this news. We have no more lies to hide. I know. It's all out there. Sean won this thing, crushed it top to bottom, honestly. Stone Cold Killer. She shows up and dominates. Whatever the challenge, whatever competition, you want her dance, she'll dance. And she'll freaking win. You want to do gymnastics? She'll freaking win that too. Show up and put her with some Navy Seals in the middle of Morocco Saharan Desert. Boom, baby. She's on top. That's my girl. I'm freaking proud of you. I'm freaking proud of you, Andrew. You crushed it.
0:55.4	What a thing to have done together.
0:57.2	What a thing.
0:58.1	You know what?
0:58.8	We've been doing all this press in the past few weeks about this show.
1:05.3	And people have asked so many questions about the dynamics of us doing it together.
1:09.2	And they alluded on the show to us to you
1:13.5	saying or like them saying to you they think you could have done better had I not been there
1:19.2	and I don't know about you but but for me I actually don't know if I would have been able to do it
1:26.5	without you there likewise it was have been able to do it without you there.
1:28.5	Likewise.
1:29.4	It was like being able to just like peek over in the corner and be like, he's still here.
1:35.4	Like I can take a deep breath and I like, God forbid something happens.
1:40.5	Like my husband's here made me have like this courage to go do all of it.
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