The Hills Wasn't Real?

Yes, reality shows are my guilty pleasure. I know what you're thinking, "typical girl." 

Well, when I was about 9 or 10, the Hills had started. I was so into the show, even though i probably should not have been watching it.. To me the girls on the Hills were perfect. They dressed perfectly, their make up was perfect, and they all had boyfriends, which even at 10 I envied. 

There was romance, drama, friendships that you thought would last forever.. it all looked so real, but at the same time I always wondered how their lives were so perfect, or how dramatic some events were. Of course everyone who watched the show would always say, "it isn't real," or "they're actors, it's so obvious," but for some reason I never wanted to believe that. It had given me hope that some one who seemed so normal could have a perfect life with perfect friends, move to LA so easily, and succeeding in fashion (which has always been a dream of mine.) 

Eventually the show ended in 2010. I was 16 at the time. The very last episode of the show revealed that it wasn't true. The last four years had been a lie. I had been so invested in these peoples lives only to find out that it wasn't true. 

Finding this out it made me wonder how they casted the show. Were these people friends already? Did they just pick a bunch of attractive girls, and hot guys? And how much was scripted? It seems as if the guys were more involved in drama than they are in real life. The girls acted pretty much how most groups of girls do, gossiping about each other, but then being so friendly to their face. 

Now when I watch the show it makes perfect sense that most of the dramatic scenes were plotted. Not many people have that much drama in their life. At least no one I know. 

Especially "Speidy." Speidy is Spencer and Heidi Pratt. They call them selves "reality actors." They know how to get more air time. The more dramatic their lives, the more people want to watch them, the more money they receive. 

It's all a game and its all for the money. Spencer had America believing he was a complete psycho path. To the point where he should be in a mental institution. But it was never real, it was to get them more and more money. 

On that note, don't believe anything you see on TV. Reality shows will do anything to keep their viewers invested. The crazier, the better.