Similar to ‘WAGS’ in its essence, ‘Basketball Wives’ follows the lives and drama involved in being married to famous basketball players. Unfortunately for the show’s producers, in an astonishing interview, former cast member Matt Barnes claimed that the show is entirely fake.
His claims were backed up by Tanya Young, who was equally unsupportive of the show’s creators. Unsympathetically fake.
The City
Whitney Port was a famous character from the reality show 'The Hills' and eventually got her own spin-off show in 'The City'. She went to live in New York City and would routinely get into various dramatic scenarios throughout her day.
While the show was essentially real in terms of the people involved, many of its events were either staged or forced by the production. Staged and fake.
The Simple Life
There’s nothing quite like watching rich socialites try to live like the rest of us. This was the premise behind 'The Simple Life', which put Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie in situations that forced them to do actual work.
While the show was real in the sense that the girls did work a lot, Hilton admitted that most of their reactions were exaggerated for entertainment value. Exaggerated and fake.
The Bachelor/The Bachelorette
Like many reality TV shows that revolve around finding love, both 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette' are mostly scripted. There have been many rumors of producers basically working behind the scenes to create much of the drama on the show.
Everything from casting to the eventual rose ceremony is predetermined, and producers of the show are in control from start to finish. This one would not get a rose from us as it is completely and utterly fake!
Storage Wars
The number one rule about reality TV shows is that you never want to anger one of the show’s cast to the point of wanting to destroy the show. When David Hester, host of 'Storage Wars' was fired, he went to the press and claimed much of the show was fake.
In response, the network sued him, and he was recently forced to pay roughly $122,692 in legal costs. The show was fake, but amounts of cash were very real.