“A person who went to the same school as me was on a show similar toAmerican Idol.
Note: These stories have not been verified.
Users are supposedly speaking from their own experiences.
Here are 14 of their top responses:
1.
“I was an extra on my friends episode ofHouse Hunters.
It was all 100% staged.”
amys113
2.
“I was onMasterChef, and it’s completely staged.
They even go so far as to have handlers with every cook doing most of the plating.”
“It’s all a ruse.”
bbludau130
3.
“A local guy called Tuna Tyler was onMy Strange Addiction.
He does live here, as does his mother, but he’s allegedly an actor.”
“They made our welcoming college town look as if we should have stagecoaches and tumbleweeds.
We embrace our oddities, and if ‘Tuna Tyler’ was his personality, everyone would know him.”
Skydust
4.
“A friend of mine was on thatAmish Mafiareality show on the Discovery Channel about 10 years ago.
They filmed him and some of the animals on his farm.
But hes not Amish, and the farm isnt even in Amish Country! "
matthewp12
5.
“A person who went to the same school as me was on a show similar toAmerican Idol.
“She lasted for about four episodes.
sperkeles
6.
A majority of the good ones are already on record label books.
“They arent finding an attractive, world-class singer working in an office by accident.
Do people think they did nothing until these TV shows appeared?”
jhoover
7.
“I attended a filming forBar Rescue.
The menu is purposely really limited.
ashwri17
8.
“My school was featured onIf You Really Knew Me, an MTV show that lasted one season.
I suppose thats all the consent that was needed.
Naturally, the crew cut that part, so my mission was accomplished. "
Kirameki
9.
“They would do the interviews on Skype at work, so I got to overhear some of it.
It was…interesting.”
c449114c2a
10.
“I worked with someone who organized his wedding and got married onDont Tell the Bride.
The whole thing was scripted, right down to how they met and fell in love.”
“The only real thing was that they were really a couple.”
GussieRD
12.
“I was on a TLC show calledGeek Love.
It was kind of half genuine and half me being coached on what to say.
The producers were actually really lovely to me, though.”
michelangelofangirl
13.
“My old roommate was a manager at a movie theater in LA.
A reality show came to film there.
He said they filmed in reverse.
They took shots of them leaving the theater when they hadn’t even gone in yet.”
“And, of course, they did a lot of takes to get it just right.”
flyerboy6
14.And finally: “My friend was a runner-up inThe Real Worldauditions.
They kept asking her if she would ever cheat on her longtime boyfriend.
They pried her with all sorts of steamy scenarios, but she was always a steady ‘no.'”
“Shes pretty sure they didnt pick her because she wouldnt be enough drama.”
alicebraz
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