Lauren Alaina Says Leaving' Beyond the Edge' Was the 'Right Call' Even Though She Was 'Crushing It'

Despite being forced to leave, the jungle is still no match for Lauren Alaina.

During an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Thursday, the country star opened up about her leaving the CBS reality survival series Beyond the Edge — and why she thinks it was probably for the best.

"I got disqualified, because I fell and hurt my foot," Alaina, 27, told Matt Cohen. "I begged them to let me stay. But actually, looking back, my foot was not well for a very long time. So it was the right call."

On Wednesday's episode, Alaina suffered an injury and was required to leave the show as a health and safety precaution.

The "Road Less Traveled" singer did add, however, that contestants "should be glad" she had to exit early.

"I was gonna win. I was undefeated when I got hurt. I was crushing it."

In the series, nine celebrities make their way into the jungles of Panama and face off on "epic adventures" under "the most brutal conditions."

Other contestants on the show include Jodie Sweetin, Colton Underwood, Eboni K. Williams, Craig Morgan, NFL star Ray Lewis, NBA stars Metta World Peace and Mike Singletary, and supermodel Paulina Porizkova.

"It's all for charity, it's all for fun. I was really sad to be leaving them," Alaina told the outlet. "I was very happy to be getting a bed back, but [there] was true, genuine real connection."

She also said it was "amazing" to connect with people after "a lot of disconnection in the last few years."

"So to be able to get dropped off in the jungle and to find true, genuine love and connection, it was really inspiring."

In January, Alaina caught up with PEOPLE after Trisha Yearwood surprised her with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry — which took place on Feb 12.

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"I'm still kind of in shock over it," Alaina said at the time. "It was just such an honor."

She also opened up about feeling anxious ahead of her Top of the World Tour, which kicked off in February and will wrap up on Friday, and her motivational book titled Getting Good at Being You: Learning to Love Who God Made You to Be.

"It's about talking to yourself the way you would your best friend," Alaina said at the time. "We spend every day, all day long with ourselves. We are the one person we can't get away from, and that can be negative or that can be positive. What I really try to do is love on myself. I am very much a words of affirmation person. I genuinely try to find something beautiful about everyone, but I would find the flaws in myself. I think we all do that to a certain extent."