Netflix reality stars those who star in
the online streaming services original
programs documenting purportedly
unscripted real-life situations
reality TV has dominated the
entertainment industry over the last 25
years simply because of the format's
high revenue return potential and simple
production value as of April of this
year a whopping 30 million households
watched the premiere season of Netflix's
loves blind with their other reality
shows like the circle and too hot to
handle following closely behind in
amassing impressive viewership my name
is anthony padilla
and today i'm gonna be remotely sitting
down with netflix reality stars to learn
the truth about having one's life
scrutinized and dissected for
entertainment - these Netflix reality
stars happily embrace their time in the
spotlight or has the relentless scrutiny
from having their life documented for
millions of viewers left them feeling
isolated and
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hey Joey yo what's good Lauren and
Cameron Chloe hi thank you so much for
coming on and teaching me about the
wondrous world of Netflix reality stars
thank you for having me on but I'll pump
to do this we're gonna have a great time
so what do you guys consider yourselves
reality stars the fan favorite regular
people who happens to fall in love on
reality TV I would say just a TV
personality influencer reality star all
these things that like I never had in
mind I was never seeking which reality
show where you want I was on Netflix as
the circle Ilana
don't lie you love peeing in the shower
we were on love is blind which is a
Netflix dating reality TV show I want to
spend the rest of my life with you will
you marry me
so I was on Netflix is too hot to handle
I just feel like I need to release that
sexual tension try me
too hot to handle
I feel like you've got to feel good
getting cast on the show literally
saying that you're too hot I know do you
remember what that audition process was
like with this it was like just come on
in and be yourself and I was like oh
alright that's easy enough and then tell
us about your family your mom your dad
we need you to kind of have a couple of
meetings we need to make sure you're not
serial
serial killer basically so you had a
clean record and that's all it took I
did yeah what do you think it was about
the show that made it so popular it was
the twist ten sexy Singleton's in a
villa and say that they can't have sex
when they love sex they're gonna break
some room why they kick me man cam and I
we didn't try to be characters you were
just ourselves we really say what was on
our mind and I think that that was
refreshing for people didn't knowing the
cameras were rolling constantly affect
your behavior in any way don't get me
wrong you're always aware that there's
cameras there and that it's rolling 24
hours a day but it was never even a
thing of like oh trying to put on a
personality or put on something that's
fake you do kind of just forget the
cameras are there but you're always
wearing if I was getting changed I would
make sure that I had a towel wrap around
the bottom half cuz I thought well I
don't the whole nation same underneath
and we don't want that no I definitely
know I give you what a fright and I was
after the first like third fourth day it
was just like you kind of forget that
they're there and I know that that
sounds crazy but it's like you kind of
get so wrapped into what you're doing
but it's just kind of like they melt
away in some some weird type of way and
I guess you just get used to them I
remember we're in the pods and when the
camera dude was viewing the pod through
this cutout like banged up against the
wall and you're like you're like oh yeah
there's people behind the wall peeping
on me this inspired by right but you
don't think about it on the dates and
then some like little accident like kind
of jogs your memory what was your most
bizarre experience while filming a
reality TV show I think I was a bit
weirded out that there was mics in the
bay
oh yeah you were constantly being
recorded even in the bed while you were
sleeping literally yeah way to make your
name I guess they were monitoring you to
make sure there was there was always
room for Jesus between you and the
person next to you as well yeah I would
say not being able to drop a deuce like
you would watch them like did you have
to ask for permission you would have to
like go into your mic and be like um
excuse me conclude raise the cameras in
the bathroom please and then you would
see it slowly raise up and then even if
I had to go and like I'm a dude who
wants to sit down I want to reflect on
my day I want to man you need at least
20 minutes I want to breathe yeah that
is your self-care okay I get it bro in
there we all been there
ah I don't think I do strapped one time
I was in that freakin place because I'm
like y'all date like they know what's
going on they know what's happening I
don't know if they're turning the mic
off in there
you know I'm eating my diet food my
stomach's killing me that rap was a
bizarre thing for me before we learn
more about the wondrous world of Netflix
reality stars I just want to take a
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now back to learning about the wondrous
world of Netflix reality stars
people often debate if reality TV is in
fact real in any way and they're saying
you know no actually all it is is some
crazy diabolical plan put together by
people in Hollywood to exploit people
and it's all fake
how do you feel about that I think it's
both reality TV is reality TV 10
different personalities chuck him into a
villa you do not need to tell them what
to do it wasn't scripted it wasn't fake
I cried a hand for the times and the
emotions were real they were very raw we
were being filmed 24/7 authentic I think
our experience in reality TV was
definitely very authentic to us and real
but I mean I've definitely seen some
shows where I'm like I know that's not
real thanks Ange the mess that it is so
I definitely think it's both I mean I
think that there is a such thing as
scripted reality so it's kind of like a
planned reality in my situation there
was nothing that was scripted everything
was 100% real a lot of people you know
have found out after the fact that I'm
an actor so they think I get that like
they're like all right nothing was faked
or put on like I don't know how you
could force situations and things we've
given the concept of our show the truth
is it's just actors tend to be the ones
that are confident enough to go out to
auditions and at the same time it's also
saying that actors aren't real people at
all whatsoever ever you can be a real
person and also be an actor and then
document the reality side it doesn't
make sense man I just look at it as like
I get it if I lived somewhere else
besides LA and I casually tune into
shows or something and I saw someone was
an actor I think anyone's natural
instinct at that point is to be like
everything is faked scripted I'm
heartbroken how could this be I'm done
were you nervous as each episode was
finally airing I was yeah we didn't see
it before so we were watching it at the
same time that's the rest of the world
and it's like you remember what happened
but like like we said it had been a year
and a half after all of this that
happened so I'm like
I forget some stuff like hope that
they're gonna edit it like true to who
you are so you never know they could
have tried to edit it and make us seem
like something no yeah every episode was
like you had to keep your relationship
secret for an entire year and a half
yeah that was frustrating yeah because
you wanna you know be proud of your
relationship especially in these this
day and age where you get to post about
your life and stuff and we had to act
single pretty much I can understand how
there would be nerve-racking watching
your relationship unfold for everyone to
see because you know how it ends you
know how the story ends so you're
watching that slowly unfold for everyone
to judge you all it's happening and I
like supporters we're going crazy when I
say someone else people need to be an
FBI did any of these private
investigators figure it out oh yeah I
was a bit worried about them shoving my
ditzy side
you've just gotta be really patient with
me because I'm not the brightest spark
and in the book people can't judge you
and like hate me for that like why are
you so annoying you're so ditzy but I'm
such a lot like a loving person so I
don't care
if I look a little bit did see like I
could hold a conversation and I'm kind
to everyone what more do you want if you
could redo your experience on the show
is there anything that you would change
I wouldn't actually know everything that
happened happen how it was supposed to
and I'm extremely happy with the results
yeah well when you end up in a happy
married relationship I don't think that
you have to change anything there's
nothing I would change no regrets I just
don't like to live with regrets I like
to trust my gut instinct to make the
best decisions I've put in the moment
and even if it's something that doesn't
work out well for me I think that's why
you won honestly you can't live with
regrets man life is too short and
everything puts us on the road to be who
were supposed to be and the experiences
with people that were supposed to have
she genuinely wouldnt I mean but the
first thing that comes to mind is oh I
wouldn't have spoke to Cory and I would
have to completely ignored him because I
now know what would happen but that was
and that was a lesson that I needed to
learn and girls are gonna go through
heartbreaks and that was real I didn't
have the perfect love story in there but
it was a fun relatable one do you feel
like you were always accurately
portrayed on the show or do you feel
like there was any editing that was done
to kind of bring the drama to stir the
pot they captured our personalities but
I definitely think that there was some
editing that made it seem like every
conversation that I was like hey I'm
black you're white which is a real thing
and it is something that we addressed
you know often on the show but best
believe every time we addressed it it
made that edit so while you talked about
race like 0.1% of your conversations it
kind of ends up looking like 10% of your
conversations yeah I thought I'm like
Twitter like love is blind drinking game
like take a shot every time Lauren says
interracial oh you know some people had
something to say about the rap that I
did to Lauren's mom I'm feeling like a
kid with you you're my main chick those
other girls are previews I forgot about
the rap and that was actually the thing
I was probably most nervous of seeing on
the episodes because I was like man they
are gonna edit it in in a cheesy way
yeah and in fact they did exactly that
they chopped the song up in a weird way
and put this bead over it that didn't
match the tempo of the rap and I never
criticized the production and editing
but that was the one thing that I was
like man there was no need for that
Kathryn Hudson wants to know if it was
ever weird to react to things that had
already happened when you're in the
confessional booth it was hard
so they may have happened like the day
before two or three days before and we
had to really like go back to that
moment and we live in and talk about it
like it was just happening are they
getting you to speak about in first
person yeah like we had to be like like
we couldn't say it past tense like it
happened this way no it
it's happening that's got to be weird
you got to change your entire way of
thinking about those experiences as if
you're living in them now right
was there anything you learned about
yourself through your experiences on the
show actually the whole time you thought
you're a spineless I'll let people walk
all over me all the time to be honest
and when I was on the show I think
knowing that there was millions of
people that were going to be watching I
thought I can't let girls think that
it's okay for a guy to treat them like
this have you used what you learn in
essence in your everyday life after the
show like before I went in the show I
was someone who would date guys for fun
sleep with guys for fun I'd have
commitment issues and I'd let people
walk all over me and when I went in the
show I gained respect for myself I
started to love myself I understood
myself and out from the show day-to-day
normal life and I talked to guys I've
got a tick list mm-hmm so you have
higher standards now and you're not
afraid to put your foot down someone
that has a job so being on a hit Netflix
TV show you're bound to have a bunch of
fans what's been your most bizarre fan
interaction there was one guide the
enemy trying to buy my socks or foot
pictures and me being me I was like all
right let's talk about this what's the
offer on the claim I have a confession
I've never told anyone publicly but back
when I first started going on YouTube in
early 2006 you know we were we were
struggling we didn't have money to do to
like buy a film equipment there was no
way to make money on the internet really
at all there was this dude that emailed
me and asked me if he could buy the
socks from this video that I was in and
I was like this is creepy but you know
what name your price
he said $150 and I sold it to him and
that's what helped me buy the first
camera that we are on you think that is
awesome no because you don't want though
who cares bro we all got a story like I
hate when people try to bolt and try to
make themselves sound good like yeah you
were
strugglin homie wanted socks and you
provided the socks in the surgery he
wanted I got what I wanted and you know
I don't blame people for having fans
only accounts because why not right
round hyperships of just giving people
what they want if you get what you want
in return
everyone's happy no shame I agree man I
called my dad up and I was like dad
homie wants to buy socks he's like ask
him what he's offering come on I'm good
I'm yours I would tease him he goes I'd
be a son of a [ __ ] I'd send him a
picture of my big toe and tell them
there's more in it if he made a higher
price you'll get the whole thing what is
it about being a Netflix reality star
that's brought you the most joy probably
just seeing that people find our love
story inspirational saying you know I
was in a dark spot in my life and this
kind of gave me some glimmer of hope
which is even hard for me to believe
that that's possible but I'm thankful
that we could have that type of impact
it certainly wasn't what I anticipated
doing this I was thinking about my own
relationship and yeah I'm happy that
people took that away and felt like it
gave them some hope that they could find
that type of love to I feel like many
people haven't really been able to see a
very healthy relationship grow and you
know blossom from nothing to marriage
and see what a healthy relationship
could look like so I feel like your
guys's relationship it has inspired many
people to understand that they don't
need to settle for less they can find
someone who shows such respect and
admiration for you absolutely I actually
have a parting gift for you both
interviewer shirt in the inverted color
black man I am going to ship this to you
for free
and you know what you're both you're
both gonna share one shirt right now and
it looks good on both you guys fit
perfectly in that one shirt yeah
are you got five seconds a shout-out and
promote anything you want directly in a
camera go my clothes and bronze it on my
Gucci but Chloe Beach I might sagamiko
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Cameron I feel like I understand the
wondrous world of being a Netflix
reality star just a little bit more
thank you after spending the day with
these Netflix reality stars I've learned
just how stressful it can be to have
cameras documenting your every move and
how much courage it takes knowing
millions of people will see and judge
your behavior see you later bye guys
press I like Cameron I gotta ask are you
sitting in a chair or are you on your
knees
yeah sitting on my knees are your knees
bleeding yet I just realized I was like
I don't think he's in a chair there no
well I'm trying to get it framed up to
the kid