Real Life

The most popular new craze right now, "reality" shows, where we get to see into the lives of "real" people who have "real" lives. But in reality, these shows are nowhere near real, or nothing like real life. The cast all drive flash cars, own their own shops, clubs and businesses, have expansive designer wardrobes we can only dream of, and are mostly in their early 20's.

What started as an American craze, with shows such as "Laguna Beach" and "The Hills," we are now faced with an army of fake tanned, hair extensions, fake nailed, fakes. And that's not just the girls. These people have been skyrocketed into super stardom. Walk into a room full of people and they will know what The Only Way Is Essex is, they will know about Lauren and Mark's messed up relationship, they will know Joey's cute stupidity.  

We have a society that feeds on celebrity gossip, and now all you have to do to be classed as a celebrity is to be lucky enough to live in the right area and get a film crew following you around. And these people don't even have to be friends with the original cast members, auditions are held every series to find the next star, and then they are fit into the show, manipulated by producers to fit in.

So far in the UK we have "Made in Chelsea," who are all pretentious, I have a hard time believing the situations they find themselves in, randomly deciding to just jet off to luxurious locations and throwing spurr of the moment elaborate parties.

We have "TOWIE," who are too orange to be real. Whenever a star gets too big for their boots they quite, go on some "celebrity" reality show and join a host of other Z-List celebs who are clinging to their 5 minutes of fame. Then a new character just happens to appear, who just happens to "meet" a love interest and be besties with the other characters.

Finally, "Desperate Sousewives," which I have never watched, but I have been told it's worse than the others.

I will admit, as much as I think they are fake, I will watch these shows. And I will bitch about the people, read articles about them, and follow them on Twitter. But just know, these shows are loosely scripted, they are NOT real.