Go through the old photo albums of the stars and you’ll see a bunch of clean-shaven, well-dressed guys who look more at home playing golf and sipping lattes than being in the woods.

The characters also find themselves in situations written by producers with “bleeps” inserted for added effect, even though they’re not even swearing.

The people are real and so are the interactions, but the encounters are all arranged beforehand.

Before filming begins, any item to be sold to the shop is cleaned and vetted. Then the customer signs a consent form.

Rick also always has a friend who is an expert on the item at hand. Surprised?

It’s all about finding that perfect home. Except the families have already bought one by the time they film an episode.

Those other houses are just there for viewing pleasure, and most of the interactions are staged.

We feel cheated!

Like any show that aims to attract viewers, most scenes on Jersey Shore were exaggerated or staged – like Vinny and Pauly’s fight in Italy.

Nicole LaValle wasn’t even known as “Snooki” up until a friend suggested it as a joke and it stuck.

Honestly, we’re not surprised at all by this.

Theresa Caputo’s knowledge of her clients is all based on her doing research on social media.

While there have been a lot of psychics on TV, this one is pure scripted entertainment.

Those characters on screen are exactly that. The whole rough and tumble personality is just actors doing their part to make the show believable.

Even those supposedly dangerous situations are arranged and scripted.

The Jenner “home” was empty and used as a stand-in until it got sold in 2018. The family drama likes to spice things up a bit too, going so far as using Twitter to broadcast “fights” between family members.

Then you’ve got marriage proposals that were staged…etc. Is anything about these folks even real?

It’s not the victims who contact the producers. The one who applies is the catfisher, who is then investigated, signs some papers, and agrees to some editing and scripting.

Then the hosts pretend to seek out the truth.

They’re all playing a role.

The haggling prices on the show are determined in advance. Thank the guests for that.

The locations are found by the producers who send investigators to do some searching a month before filming.

And “Hobo Jack,” (Jack Sophir) isn’t a hobo. The man is a collector with multiple buildings.

It’s a show about really nice cakes that seem to always surprise the customer. But the reality is that the cake’s design is discussed before filming.

No one is willing to pay so much for a cake that they’ve never seen.

Still, it’s impressive to watch these creations come to life.

That scale contestants use is there for the viewers. The actual weigh-in happens two days before and all the drama and acting are added in later for maximum effect.

There are also rumors that the medical staff aren’t properly credentialed.

The show’s penchant for creating drama is causing problems for the fishing industry.

The TV fishing crews make money from producers allowing them to price out the regular fishermen making it harder for others to make a living. Not to mention they edit storylines to make situations so much worse on TV.

One of the most popular reality shows to hit cable TV got sued by its own star.

David Hester, called “The Mogul,” claimed producers planted valuable items to make it appear that the lockers contained real valuable stuff.

They reached a settlement but no one admitted nor denied the accusations.

Most viewers know the show is mostly made in the editing room. It’s the contestants who aren’t exactly in the know.

They spill everything in front of the camera where the editors can pick and choose the juiciest bits before turning these stories to their advantage for the sake of drama on screen.

Dropping a real truck into icy waters would be a waste of money, so they used miniature models for some of those shots.

Cast members also admit to the show being scripted, with characters purposefully portrayed as good and bad for the screen.

We’re disappointed!

You can’t really match people on a show and expect them to live happily ever after. In fact, most participants end up divorced.

Dramatic storylines and scripts have producers picking who ends up where, with each scene carefully written for the short-term, not the long-run.

Jonathan and Drew Scott do have backgrounds in real estate, but all they do for the show is smile and pose for photos. Most of the work is done by real contracting crews.

Even clients act as if they already have a home under contract before appearing on the show.

The really good singers and the truly bad ones have been picked months in advance, so all those people waiting in line have no idea they’re not really contenders (at least not anymore).

The singing is real though!

The problem is that the two stars who claim to have met at the airport turned out to have been together for at least a year, even having a baby together. The father even had a public intoxication record. Not exactly conservative.

Another Amish couple was found to have already been divorced.

None of the “stars” were devout Amish who wanted to leave their ways and explore the big city.

Jaremi Lee Carey, runner up of the show’s fourth season, was offered a redemption story arc.

He went on to claim that producers would goad him and other contestants into saying ridiculous things before editing to make it seem like he and the other contestants had drama going on.

The audience still gets to decide who will win, but the singers who get on stage are pre-planned.

Low Cut Connie revealed that he was approached to compete on the show as the producers had already scouted him. The show even asked him to do very specific songs in his style for his audition.

The US version faced controversy after a former contestant, Ben Starr, said that before signing, they had to agree to be fictionalized.

Producers would splice in bits of dialogue to spice things up a bit and contestants were at the mercy of the writing and editing teams.

The original Jersey Shore was scripted and staged to perfection so it’s no surprise that the reunion sequel is pretty much the same.

All the drama and surprises on the show were set up and rehearsed.

The reality series about professional wrestling is, much like pro wrestling, mostly fake.

The drama behind the women’s personal lives was written just like their wrestling storylines, even playing into their WWE timelines.

Pro wrestling twins Nikki and Brie Bella continue the drama on Total Divas, a show that’s mostly scripted and written alongside their wrestling story arcs.

Everything is pre-planned and written for the sake of entertainment.

Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey shared their newly married life with viewers, with Jessica’s “dumb blonde” persona becoming a hit with viewers.

But she eventually revealed that they just had fun with the show until she and Nick began having marital problems.

Ozzy, Sharon, Jack, and Kelly were the most dysfunctional family on MTV two decades ago. The show often depicted the family arguing but, of course, all was revealed to be scripted.

The family and producers planned everything ahead of time before shooting.

John Tapper and the team take on failing bars and restaurants, reimagining and remolding them for a grand opening.

Except events are staged to make restaurants look worse than they actually are.

Most of the bars and restaurants also go back to their old names and decorations after filming.

Judge Judy’s on-screen persona was all for show.

Sure, she’d listen to the case including the defendant and plaintiff, but the actual cases were already ruled on before the show even began.

Judy Sheindlin’s actions were all for entertainment.

The Brown family is supposed to be a newly discovered family whose members were born and raised wild.

But the Brown’s neighbors shared that the family were residents at the Icy Strait Lodge in Hoonah, Alaska.

Others came forward to say that the home used was strictly for filming too. They weren’t exactly what the show claimed they were.