Special Forces gave Andrew East a chance to shine after previously living in wife Shawn Johnson East's shadow. In Us Weekly's exclusive clip from the Thursday, October 16, episode of the hit Fox show, Kody Brown asked whether Andrew's "experience in football" led to him not "getting tons of glory." "I was a linebacker and then they made me a long snapper. Then I lost it," Andrew, 34, recalled. "Then I get married to Shawn and it's like, 'No one cares about Andrew.