This may sound naive but I have always thought that reality TV was actually real.  Don’t get me wrong, I know editing and splicing has a way of reality seeming a lot more interesting than it really is but I didn’t think you could market something “reality TV” if there was a script.  I am laughing right now at how gullible I am!  Since I am obsessed with television and have way too much time on my hands these are some of the fake reality tv shows that bother me.

One is Rock of Love for instance.  Bret Michaels goes on and on about finding his true love at the beginning of the season.  On the finale episode Jess confronts him as a fraud.  Apparently Brett disappeared after their final date and never talked to her again.  So obviously once she dumped his sorry ass he decided to do a second season of the show to find his real love.  But did you see the girls from the second season… these are not girls you try and fall in love with.  I can’t possibly believe that this is unscripted “reality” anymore.  Check out this cast info from Wikipedia …

• Megan and her partner Scooter were the winners of the third season of Beauty and the Geek. Clearly she is moving on the reality TV circuit now. 
• Megan is a Playboy model, and in February 2006 she was named the Playboy Cybergirl of the Week. Apparently she actually has a real job and doesn’t only make money on the circuit.
•  Angelique is involved in porn and has appeared on various television shows such as Howard Stern, Dr. 90210, Criss Angel Mindfreak, and Playboytv. Her porn name is Angelique Morgan.  It will be pretty interesting when shows up on Big Brother. That will shake up the house.
•  Inna tried out for MTV’s A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, but wasn’t chosen for the final 16 girls. So she decided she likes guys for this show??
• Aubry tried out for a spot in MTV’s Yo Momma New York, but wasn’t chosen for the second round. Well at least Rock of Love is a step up from Yo Mamma. Wasn’t Wilmer the host of that show??
•  Kristy Joe has modeled for Playboy

Speaking of Beauty and the Geek, the the so-called male “beauty” from last season, Sam Horrigan played dumb the whole time claiming he was a club-promoter. That wasn’t true at all. He has made guest appearances on TV shows like One Tree Hill, Joan of Arcadia, Desperate Housewives , Still Standing, Grounded for Life, 8 Simple Rules, and Veronica Mars. He played Val in the 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie Brink! (which is a movie I actually remember). Everything on IMDB leads me to believe that he is an actor. We have all heard about the contraversy about the TV show the Hills. Lauren Conrad may not even have a real job at Teen Vogue? That isn’t just editing… that would be lying.

I liked the first season of Scott Baio is 45 and Single.While clearly a lot is staged this second season has gone a little too far. Do the producers of that show really think that I believe Baio found out his girlfriend was pregnant so he stole a catering truck and snuck onto a private golf course?

If you have ever watched Season 2 of Real Housewives of Orange County you may have seen another familiar face on the reality TV show circuit. The single mother Tammy Knickerbocker has a daughter, Megan struggling with the sudden death of her father. She is thrown a birthday party on a yacht and throws a drunken fit. You may have seen amongst her “friends” Tomich from Season 1 of “The Bad Girls Club”. You have to look carefully, but he is there.

Did anyone watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians last season. If you did you may have seen the episode where Kris hires a nanny to help Bruce with the kids so he can have some much needed R&R. She finds out that the girl is a total joke and fires her at the end of the episode. Well, Howard Stern listeners just heard last week that the “nanny” was a porn star, hired on by producers. There was nothing real in that episode. It was all scripted. My question is, if it is a script who was the one having Kim help her Mom with the sexy nude photo shoot for Bruce. Please tell me that wasn’t real as well.

What happened to the days of Real Worldwhere the “characters” were just idolized regular people? Now is the day of the “faux-reality show”? Anyway, I am glad the writers strike is over and we are finally getting some real television again. I think I am ready for a good ole fashion ficticious drama.

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