Trista Sutter finally explains her mysterious absence: ‘Was it a divorce/nervous breakdown/mid-life crisis…?’

Trista Sutter has clarified her absence after a series of cryptic comments from her husband earlier this year.

Ryan Sutter raised concerns for his wife’s wellbeing and whereabouts after he shared several posts on social media back in May. The couple met and got engaged on the first season of “The Bachelorette” and are parents to two children, Maxwell and Blakesley.

Ryan Sutter posted on Instagram May 17, expressing how much he wished he could talk to his wife and see how she was doing, without further explanation. He later clarified his message in another post and said that his wife was OK and that he simply missed her.

Trista Sutter also addressed the speculation at the time, sharing on Instagram that she was presented with “an opportunity for perspective and personal growth” and took it with the support of her friends and family. 

Now, five months later, she finally revealed that opportunity.

Trista Sutter announced on Instagram Nov. 15 that she participated in the third season of Fox’s reality show, “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.”

“Was it a divorce/nervous breakdown/mid-life crisis/death/trial separation back in May?! Not unless that’s what you call Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, season 3!” she captioned her post, alongside a trailer of the season.

“Thankfully, none of those things are associated with my experience in filming the show, but as you get a glimpse of in the trailer, the angel on my shoulder did have to face some pretty big battles,” she added. “You’ll have to tune in in January to see the battles play out, but for now, just so grateful to be a part of this epic adventure.”

Trista Sutter addressed the controversy in a June episode of the “Almost Famous OGs” podcast, sharing that her husband was just “posting like he always does and shouting it from the rooftops that, you know, he loves me.”

At the time, she didn’t share any further details about her absence, but said that she “will share as soon as I possibly can.”

Ryan Sutter acknowledged that his initial message to his wife “backfired” on a June episode of “The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever with Chris Harrison.”

During the episode, he explained that his wife would not have access to social media again until after she was “finished with the experience she was on.”

“So I was gonna post these things knowing, like, the second she had access to it, she would look at it, and she could see, like, ‘Here’s what happened while you were gone. Here’s how much we missed you,’” he said. “It just blew up in my face.”

Season 3 of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” features Trista Sutter among a host of other celebrities, including Denise Richards, Stephen Baldwin, Brody Jenner, Carey Hart and more.

The show challenges celebrities as they complete over a week of military training, with exercises from “the playbook of the Special Forces selection process,” according to Fox.

Last season, “Bachelorette” star Tyler Cameron, Olympian Erin Jackson and “Bachelor” star Nick Viall were among the final three celebrities to make it through the entire training.