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How REAL is reality?

Written by Segololo from the blog TeleSegolic View Vision on 18 May 2009
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I am a huge fabulosity follower, yep – Kimora Lee Simmons – way of life. And being overly in love with her show “Kimora: Life in the fab lane” I read an article about her pregnancy to fiancée Djimon Hounsou, our brother from Benin. He swears that Kimora is the most “down to earth”, “low maintenance woman” he has dated… I couldn’t help but laugh at that statement, because it raised two questions – Who has Djimon been dating? Has Djimon seen Kimora’s reality show or read her book? 

preggy kimmy
Preggy Kimora and Djimon

I started making comparisons to other reality shows that I spent hours oodling – Are the Kardashian kids and mother really that mean and snubbish to the father(What IS that guy’s name?)? Is he also that dof ? Are Candy Girls really that eager to be the “IT girl” in a music video or whatever they get paid for? Is the debutart Jade in America’s Next Top Model really that annoying?Is the “mean and horrid” partner on The Amazing Race that cruel to their partner? 

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ANTM Jade

Are the Girls of the playboy mansion really that friendly towards each other and the other playmates? Is the cheated on black girlfriend really that “violent” and “abusive” to their cheating husband in Cheaters?Does she even want to go ahead with a humiliating confrontation? Were The Newlyweds really that happy and lovely when the cameras were not rolling? How much reality do we see in reality shows? Was the camera button being off that got them the title the Divorcee’s? 

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Girls of the Playboy Mansion

Would I still watch Kimora if she was not so dramatic and hilarious on her show? I love those shows when she’s getting ready for an event and changes a million times then stands in her 350 square meter walk-in-wardrobe filled with gazillion clothes and says “I have no clothes! I have nothing to wear, guys!” Is she really that comfortable in her nakedness like that ? Does she “pray” and “talk to Jesus” that often? 

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Kimora talking to Jesus... lmao!

Does she really have 7 or so assistants? Does she promote everyone from assistant to Director in the Phat farm company? And do they do everything? She asks them to do the weirdest things for her – stuff I do not expect a Director to do!! Does she travel with a fleet of cars and an entourage of all her Directors? How come we never see Djimon but Russel is all over the show? 

How do they film these “reality shows”? Think about it, do these stars, some not stars, have cameras following them everywhere? Are we “seeing” reality? How much of the “drama” and over-the-top behaviours of some reality show debutarts real? How much of it is edited to get the ratings higher and sell another season? How much of the recorderd material on the show taken off as “junk” cause it didn’t have controversy? 

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Ming Lee, Kimora Lee and Aoki Lee Simmons walking the runway...

One thing for sure; the drama and hilarity on these shows keep me coming back. So even if it was all not there, I know I would still love to see Aoki Lee; that kid is gonna be big. Oops! She already is – with her own line of clothes already! AND she is real – no acting there! AND I am eagerly waiting for Kendra’s show in June… When is Britney or Rihanna getting their own reality show contracts?



50 Comments

Molilo
18 May 2009 10:45

Due to my LSM status all I can say is beautiful legs Miss Simmons

myname
18 May 2009 10:53

For sho Molilo. ...

Segololo
18 May 2009 10:54

Molilo, haaaaai maaan!! you watch ANTM!!! I know you do, Its on wresltemania channel... what used to be free on etv...

LM
18 May 2009 11:02

I know I would still love to see Aoki Lee: I love this kid to bits, she is a mini Kimora on the boom right there!!! Ming is such a reserved sweetie! I must say I'm addicted to KLS's fab lane, I watch almost every marathon they air...

Eish Sego, anything pre-recorded will never be real real.

Molilo
18 May 2009 11:06

Talk about wrestlemania,
My take on reality TV is, it is not entirely reality, 
I also ask myself coz more often than not those ppl on ANTM never make flaws.
When they wake do they always know cameras are there?
If my life was caught on camera with me not knowing then u will see what reality TV should be, not our "so called reality TV".
I used to watch survivor etc, my question was always how do camera crew know where will the people be, unless it is rehearsed? 

Brown Shuga
18 May 2009 11:13

I LOVE KIKI & her 2 babies!!!

Cande
18 May 2009 11:16

I think your manager should have taken your TVSA password as well BS, let me read the article. I have missed Sego's writing

Ngqesta
18 May 2009 11:20

Must say, am also an addict when it comes to KLS. I would love to see what kind of teenagers with her two kids turn out to be with a mother like that.  By low maintenance Djimon probably means she has enough money to pay her way out, hence she is low maintenance on him. I don't know it its just me but I just have no idea how that guy handles Kimora...he seems all subdued and quiet. But in overall....I just love the show and her life

Mathaz
18 May 2009 11:29

I think Reality TV is not scripted but not entirely real.  I am hooked up on Keeping up with the K family, come to think of it, i never saw Kris fighting with Bruce. Candy Girls is an example of scripted reality TV.

Beyonce
18 May 2009 11:39

Sego: I was thinking the same last night whilst watching 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and  "Candy Girls"... there is no way these shows are REALITY, these people have a script ( more like Days of our lives). They choose waht is going to happen in each episode, ever wondered why there is always a 'theme' for every episode?

Mnximn... abo KimK and them.. always in heavy make up whilst frying eggs in the morning :) , now tell me what isso real about that???

Again that excuse of a husban called Bruce, slipped in one interview and revealed that they have a New House where they live, that Ugly white one is just for recordings... You do the math!

Also, Snoops show is wacky for me... there is no way that Snoop and Co can live in that shady house, my guess is they just use that one for the show's recordings as well...

I can go on and on and on about these ppl :(


Brown Shuga
18 May 2009 11:44

Bey, why did Tyson Beckford have a child with that dumb woman? And why the hell is he so cold towards the child? He wasnt moved when the child cried, didnt even hug him! Kim's mom is the ACTRESS n that show. Uyabora shem

Beyonce
18 May 2009 12:00

BS- I have no idea my guess is he just wanted a mixed child lol, mncimn that woman's face is scary: she looks old, and she cracks me when she 'talks' black :)

Segololo
18 May 2009 12:02

which woman? gimme a name so I can google...

Sdudla
18 May 2009 12:03

I love Kimora, she is really entertaining but I don't think she's as "friendly" to her staff as she appears on the show. She didn't waste time in firing BJ and James after they went job-hunting at Sean John and whatever happened to poor sweet Mallory?

As for Bruce (Jenner), I think he's one of those long-suffering hubbies who just go with whatever wifey says after all, he is surrounded by a bunch of women with strong personalities so who would blame him for resorting to toy helicopters? I don't understand why the Kardashian girls (incl Kris) have to fight so much, I guess they have to give their show a bit of juice. Now Khloe wants a DNA test=more drama.

amaCandy girls wona, hhayi suka! How does Danielle allow her employees to treat he like that? I can't stand that terrible Terricka! I love Olivia but I don't understand how you move from being Booker T's daughter and an MBA graduate to being a video vixen. Okay I need to get a life, I watch too much TV. 

Sdudla
18 May 2009 12:08

which woman? gimme a name so I can google...

@ Segololo: It's April Roomer/Roamer or sumthing like that..

faraimagic
18 May 2009 12:10

kiki X
18 May 2009 12:13

@ Segololo, now i am convinced u love Kim as much as i love Tupac Amaru Shakur.

Wena BS, i only have 1 baby. LOL kwa kwa kwa kwa

KK 2008
18 May 2009 12:47

Hey B...I was also wondering about Snoop's home and his plastic white chairs (The way I hate those things....Please get proper garden chairs!!!!) but maybe u are right that they are merely "shooting" in those homes however on that Forbes list of rich hip hop what what they featured the very house!!! So maybe it is true afterall...Maybe wifey don't have taste!!! 
BS, I also found it a bit weird how Tyson Beckford behaved towards his son. I think it is the cameras, he is not himself with the son or he was picking up on the baby mama's desperation. I don't care whether you are Tyson Beckford or not but there is no way in hell I will be asking any man to donate his sperm to have a sibling for my son!!! NXA!!!
Sdudla, I have seen many black women make that mistake in business and allow employees (or friends) pull them by the nose...compared to the women I know, Danielle is better and there is hope!!!
That Aoki Lee is fierce. I think she is going to make Kim tear her hair out!!! attitude galore!!! It is amazing how genetics work...the other girl (is it Ming Lee) is so much like her dad...cool, calm and collected!! I bet u the next baby that Kimora has is going to be so HOT!!! Hope it is a boy!!!!

Segololo
18 May 2009 13:24

Aoki is fierce!! love love love her to bits... Ming is what I hope princess K will be... lol!

Toxic
18 May 2009 14:23

Add Dirty Dancing UK, Stylista, Project Runway and Supernanny to your list Sego.

Love Kimora as well. Can never get enuff of watchin Kim's face and i'm glad they are going to cover the issue of Khloe not looking like the rest of them cause i've been wondering ever since i saw her.

As for Cande Girls, they should be ashamed for running a promo that gave the impression that Tyson was gon propose. Kante they cut the sentence in half! Tyson looked uncomfortable when April said she wanted another child last nite. Woman says to Danielle she doesn't have time for a relationship and yet in the same episode she's hintin at marriage and another baby????? Mnciim.

to answer your question, i think there's a lotta script in reality TV.....it would be another big brother otherwise.

Snoop's show: i dont watch. Smthing nje doesn't appeal to me.

Toxic
18 May 2009 14:26

The playgirls bona.....that whole red paint over a dead body act and calling Hugh to witness a death scene was lame. Eintlik i don't particularly love the girls. I'm not their target market i guess and that's why i'll probs give Kendra's show a miss.

Love Dr 90210....have such a huge crush on Dr Matlock.

Beyonce
18 May 2009 14:29

Guys can we please talk about Khanyi and Mandla lol . Are they really broke or is it just the Media?? lol

Forgive me writer, I just had to ask this question

Beyonce
18 May 2009 14:32

Oh Toxy.. Dr Matlok is haaat man

Sdudla
18 May 2009 14:41

Ooh Dr Matlock, the playa deluxe. I love how he's so unapologetic about his love for women, all women any, women. Okay, make that beautiful women. 

I can't watch the Girls Next Door/Playboy mansion.. Hef is just too creepy for words!

Ngqesta
18 May 2009 14:41

What I don't understand is....how on earth did Kris end up in the position that she is in with her daughters...I mean she is literally sucking up to them for affection...and they diss her so hard....especially Khloe.....Is it a case of Kris over-compensating for their father's loss. As for Bruce....one thing I like about him is that he makes his point.....might play with hi helicopters afterwards...but he certainly makes sure that his take is known...oh and I just love the way he loves Kris...he just lets her be...which in some cases might be mistaken as a sign of weakness.

Toxic
18 May 2009 14:47

Hef is just too creepy for words!

Yeah man!

Izolo he was looking at his brother's girlfriend like he wouldn't mind tappin that ass.....still like him though!

Toxic
18 May 2009 14:49

Izolo he was looking at his brother's girlfriend like he wouldn't mind tappin that ass.....still like him though!

*Dr Matlock

Sdudla
18 May 2009 14:56

 @ Toxic: There's one episode (don't know if that's the one you saw yesterday) where Matlock did some work on his brother and the bro's fiancee. Yho, the way he was looking at the girlfriend afterwards wasn't just an innocent admiration of his handiwork. 

Plus they were staying at his house while recovering from surgery (he was so comfortable going into their b/room) and I just told myself that Dr Matlock must be getting some of that ass.

Beyonce
18 May 2009 15:07

What work did he do Sdudla? on the bro and fiance

Toxic
18 May 2009 15:08

Sdudla, that's the one! She was in a black bikini covered in a shawl and Matlock was like, TAKE IT OFF and he looked really pleased with what he saw...too pleased. That whole thing looked like a scene out of one of those gang-bang movies.

Molilo
18 May 2009 15:12

Ya ne

awelani
18 May 2009 15:13

and the Dishless are voiceless...... **sigh**

Toxic
18 May 2009 15:27

Running in Heels.....eish how can i forget this. Add it to your list Sego.

Sdudla
18 May 2009 15:28

@Ms Beyonce: He gave the brother a 6/12 pack (I'll neva look @ a brotha with an LL Cool J 6 pack the same way again) and I think he gave the bro's girlfriend a liposuction and a Brazilian butt augmentation. I can't remember if he gave her a breast augmentation as well. I watched the episode a few months ago.

@Toxic: why are you making me laugh kangaka? You just made me visualise Dr Matlock and you know I could literally see him salivating and vele he has that big mouth/strong jawline thing going on that reminds me of the Little Red Riding Hood's wolf)

Sdudla
18 May 2009 15:32

Mmm.. Running in Heels. Talitha and her sidekick (I forget the redhead's name) are so pride of their bitchiness. But uSamantha is just too nice. doesn't she know that nice doesn't cut it in the fashion world, especially in the big Apple? I think she should watch the Devil Wears Prada or maybe she's trying to channel (Andy)  Anne Hathaway's character.

Sdudla
18 May 2009 15:33

Oops! meant to say are so proud of their bitchiness..

Toxic
18 May 2009 15:48

I could literally see him salivating and vele he has that big mouth/strong jawline thing going on that reminds me of the Little Red Riding Hood's wolf)

OMG!!!!!!!!!! kakkakakakakakakakakakakakakaka!!!!!! HOME RUN SDUDLA!!!!

Talitha and her sidekick (I forget the redhead's name) are so proud of their bitchiness.

I like Talitha's voice but her arrogance is so off putting. I dont get Samantha either and what's with her nu found obsession over a guy she's kinda seeing?

Cande
18 May 2009 15:54

LOL @ the voiceless dishless

awelani
18 May 2009 15:54

dish-less = voice-less.............that's me :(

Jah Lady
18 May 2009 16:16

HELLO ALL.........

Just passing by and introducing myself............. so hello!

cleve
19 May 2009 10:26

The Candy girls are the worst. The show is so scripted and it's visible. Brooke is not hot!!!!!!! She is actually the leats hottest, especially without make-up she looks horrible. 

Brown Shuga
19 May 2009 11:48

Hello Jah Lady! Welcome

<<<<The Candy girls are the worst. The show is so scripted and it's visible. Brooke is not hot!!!!!!! She is actually the leats hottest, especially without make-up she looks horrible. >>>

They ALL look horrible without make up!! Okay maybe with the exception of Blancha. I love the show though....

Moagisi
19 May 2009 17:19

Oooh, a reality TV support group!! (clapping hands). Hi I'm Moagisi and I lurrrvvve reality tv. Most of it is really as trashy as those Mills & Boon read it in one bus ride books, but I love to watch and Candy Girls and Kardashians are my Sunday night delight. 

Who is annoyed by Terricka if not me? Gosh, she needs to learn 1 single good manner, just one! But that's probably why they cast her, drama mama!

Moagisi
19 May 2009 17:26

Ooh, and is anyone adding Kendra to their list of 'reality' tv? That girl and her cartoon laugh starts 1 June. I think...

Sdudla
19 May 2009 17:32

@BS: I can't make up my mind about Blanca and her Phoenix persona but I like her naive acceptance of the effects of booze on her personality but maybe that's all part of the act.  I also don't understand why Brooke thinks she's the queen bee, she just looks like a normal African-American girl from the hood. 

@Moagisi: As they would say at RAA (Reality Addicts Anon): "Hi Moagisi, we love you Moagisi"... I repeat, I cannot stand that terrible Terricka and you're right. She has no manners whatsoever plus she's a bit jealous of Olivia (her youth, education, so-called priviledge) but then that's part of the entertainment. I guess we wouldn't watch if they were all angelic now would we?

hahaanonymous
19 May 2009 19:43

I absolutely love Kimora no matter what

Lady D
19 May 2009 21:22

i love reality tv,i'm just too lazy to comment! love Kimora

KK 2008
19 May 2009 23:04

Olivia too...why is she putting herself through this? She seems like she does not like her "job"!!! as for Terricka, I just cannot stand her. O a tena maaan!!!!

HARAMBE24
19 May 2009 23:06

LADY D - i cant stand Kimora Lee..she is bitchy nje, just like Jenice Dickensen Miss Plastic Surgery...LOL

Segololo
20 May 2009 11:02

<<I also don't understand why Brooke thinks she's the queen bee, she just looks like a normal African-American girl from the hood. >> love the way you said it... I just can't watch it and couldn't put my finger on why... NOW I know! the bad acting and the almost trying-too-hard to be over-the-top!!

Hariri, Kimora reminds me of you... Drama diva!!! but you know what they say...


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