Rich and Daily: The ‘Dark Side’ of ‘The Bachelor’ | 6
Even the Rich
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🗓️ 25 August 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
So how real is reality TV? In the new Vice docuseries “Dark Side of the 2000s,” two members of the production staff and a contestant from “The Bachelor” are spilling all the behind-the-scenes tea. They’re fessing up about the extreme lengths show producers go to, to score reality gold, which includes psychologically manipulating contestants and plying them with alcohol. This exposé shows the reality franchise in a whole different light…or is it a whole new darkness?
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| 0:00.0 | So, Brooke, as all of our Richies know, we have an appropriate, not at all over the top |
| 0:05.4 | level of love for some quality reality television. |
| 0:08.4 | Yep, that's very clearly true. |
| 0:10.4 | Listen, I mean, where else can you see someone find love, get in a screaming match, and flip |
| 0:15.6 | a table all in under an hour, you know? |
| 0:17.6 | Only at our sleepovers. |
| 0:19.0 | Exactly. |
| 0:20.0 | But, you know, we always wonder just how real reality television really is. |
| 0:24.8 | And now, in a new docu-series on Vice, we're getting some answers. |
| 0:28.8 | Our producers from the Bachelor are opening up about the wild and, frankly, questionable |
| 0:33.0 | things that they would do behind the scenes to create reality TV gold. |
| 0:36.6 | Yeah, and not only does this put the Bachelor in a new light, but it might also give some |
| 0:41.1 | credence to the allegations that have been made by a former Real Housewives of New York |
| 0:45.2 | cast member against NBC in Bravo. |
| 0:48.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.2 | From the latest on crazy reality TV secrets to all the other celebrity drama, there is |
| 0:53.5 | so much to cover, which is why we have our Daily Show Rich and Daily. |
| 0:57.4 | Every day, we share the latest news that has the entertainment world abuzz until you |
| 1:00.8 | exactly what we think about it. |
| 1:02.4 | You're about to hear the latest episode where we talk all about the behind-the-scenes |
| 1:06.1 | dealings at the Bachelor. |
| 1:07.7 | For the latest entertainment news, be sure to follow Rich and Daily on Apple Podcasts, Amazon |
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