12 People Who Deeply Regret Their Stints on Reality TV

Imagine, if you will… You want to be famous so badly, but you don’t really want to do all that frivolous “honing your craft with years and years of hard work” bullshit. So reality TV starts looking pretty enticing. The drama, the high stakes challenges, the possibilities of a massive cash prize, or maybe even everlasting love! It can all be yours, if you’re willing to play the game. Which we know you are. You’re “in it to win it” and you’re “not here to make friends!” Just once, we’d like to see a reality show contestant claim that they’re here to make all the friends!

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If only every reality show contestant’s time on their respective shows ended with a rose. Sadly, for some, it ended with a lifetime of regret! It’s near impossible to look at that through rose-colored glasses. Could it be that a too-good-be-true path to fame and fortune was in fact too good to be true? These 13 people with stints on reality television got way more than they bargained for, and deeply regret signing their lives away.