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Hey, I'm Steph and this is not today. Hi, how are you? We can just pretend that I can hear you. Hey, I'm really excited to talk about the story that I've got for you today because it is unlike anything I've ever talked about and personally I am a big fan of reality

television I know it's kind of trash TV to some people but to me it's a guilty

pleasure but this isn't just about a regular reality television show.

This is about quite possibly one of the most messed up reality television shows that were ever made.

And I find the concept of unethical reality television

extremely interesting, because there are so many people

involved in the making of a reality television show.

And the fact that someone was able to be put through

what we're about to talk about is unbelievable because not only was it that the

showmakers slash producers were really terrible, but also 17 million people tuned in to this TV show

every single week for over a year. They would tune in to watch a man essentially be tortured and it was seen as comedic.

And that had a lot to do with how the show was produced.

It was supposed to be seen as comedic. And we will get more into that as we peel back the layers of this messed up onion.

But I feel like we should just get started because we have a lot to talk about.

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