IF they call it reality TV it must be real otherwise they wouldn’t be allowed, conclude the unintelligent. Which is why they’re fully invested in these obviously scripted shows:
At Home With The Furys
Tyson Fury isn’t just a mountainous thug – he’s a mountainous thug who has a family and mental health. Consequently his Netflix series is full of tear-jerking, relatable moments that are definitely off-the-cuff, and not the result of a cowering director requesting Tyson try that again, maybe with less swearing at his kids. All of whom are called Prince.
Married At First Sight
You can’t fake drama like this. It would have surely been impossible for production to predict that the bloke who came in saying his type is ‘a blonde bombshell’ would cheat on his wife of three weeks with the self-proclaimed blonde bombshell who just arrived at the dinner party. No, you can’t fake it, though you can hide certain legally actionable details.
The Only Way Is Essex
If there’s one characteristic that unites the fake-tanned, fake-nailed, boob-jobbed and Botoxed residents of Essex, it’s keeping it real. None of them can tolerate falsity in any form, which is why its stars would never allow any kind of scriptwriting and come up with every single one of those memorable lines themselves, like vajazzled Oscar Wildes.
(Keeping Up With) The Kardashians
There is no way you could keep a series on air for 18 years, with multiple spin-offs, if it was scripted. Wouldn’t you end up just re-using the same old pregnancy scares, cheating scandals and fish-out-of-water moments, but with different cast members? That’s why everything about the Kardashians must be true to life.
Made in Chelsea
What’s happening between BooBoo and Chumley is absolutely real, so don’t be fooled by their impeccable make-up and the obvious continuity errors. Posh people are just better than you, and that’s why their big, dramatic confrontations always happen while sitting calmly in a well-lit ski chalet and not while horribly geeked in a nightclub toilet.
