Heart disease, breast cancer and auto accidents are no longer the greatest threat to the health of America's women, reality television is. Yes, Ladies keep taking your vitamins, and getting Pap smears and buckling your seat belt but, if you truly value your life...stay the hell away from MTV, VH1, and Dancing With The Stars!
Early last year, Ryan Jenkins mangled his ex-wife like an over cooked steak at a backyard bbq, then tiny, Chilean Snookie (The Jersey Shore) received a career-making sucker punch on MTV's Jersey shore. In 2010 Rodney Alcala, a former contestant on The Dating Game was convicted of raping and murdering four women and kidnapping and murdering a twelve-year old. And BEFORE winning his episode of the Dating Game, bachelor number 1 served a 34-month sentence for raping an eight-year old girl. Before, not after-so it's no surprise that his bachelorette refused to honor her date even though a chaperon would be present the entire time.
Now, reality show PRODUCER Bruce Beresford Redman (Pimp My Ride and Survivor) is being held in Mexico on suspicion of strangling his wife during a lovely magical make up honeymoon. We've always suspected that the first step in getting cast on some of these shows is taking and failing the MMPI test. Personality disorder? Narcissistic? Borderline? Come right in! Sociopath?! Why, you get a spin-off all your own. But, Sneaky wonders if reality TV is actually toxic that the madness is actually starting to seep over into the production staff. How many times can you stop a fist fight between Flavor Flav and Vanilla Ice, before you start taking your work home? Your work and a strong desire to flip over a table a la Real Housewives of New Jersey?
Reality TV is crafted and manipulated to make their subjects seem like some one we know. So, as the numbers, names, and pictures mount we can't pretend it's not happening. It's partially why we tune in. Train wrecks are so new millenium...what we're seeing now is a maiden tied to the railroad tracks. Maiden Vs. Speeding Train. We all know how that one turns out. And if we miss it , we can catch it later on The Soup.
