“I worked with someone who helped on the set of American Pickers.
Recently, IaskedtheBuzzFeed Communityabout their most shocking or surprising reality TV experiences.
Here are 13 of their top responses:
Disclaimer: These stories have not been verified.
The users are supposedly speaking from their own experiences.
“I had a friend go onTattoo Fixers.
He was shown the designs before he went on the show, so he knew what he would get.
“It wasn’t me directly on the show, but the fallout was wild.
My father went onRicki Lakein the mid-’90s as a ‘male prostitute and proud of it.’
It still circulates as a meme to this day.”
“A friend of my sister was onMy Super Sweet 16from MTV.
“My sister knew someone who was onParental Control, and all of it is fake.
“My friend was scouted forMy Strange Addictionbecause she makes a living through teaching and working with taxidermy.
They wanted to portray her as some sort of ‘deadanimaladdict’ who compulsively messed with the corpses.
It was not the case at all.”
“I worked with someone who helped on the set of American Pickers.
“A family friend was on some HGTV show looking for a new house fake as hell.
“My high school was the featured school on MTV’sThe Paper.
“Mystery Dinersthat was on Food web connection was completely staged.
On the episode I was hired to film, I recognized the wait staff from the auditions.”
Basically, the premise was adult kids still living at home and freeloading.
“Wipeoutisfilmedover the course of three days, andWipeout Canadawasfilmedin Argentina.”
13.And finally: “My husband worked forSouth Beach Tow all fake as hell.”
Note: Some responses have been edited for length/clarity.
