You’ve probably heard stories for years about how fake HGTV’s House Hunters and House Hunters International are. There are plenty of stories online about how the homebuyers have already settled on a house before the cameras start rolling. The producers film them touring two other “reject” homes to make it look like they’re deciding among three options.
But this story, written by an expat living in Cork, Ireland, takes the cake. The producers arranged for movers to empty her existing apartment so they could get footage of her pretending to see it for the first time.
That’s right. She wasn’t moving. She wasn’t looking for an apartment. She wasn’t even new to Cork! She’d been living there for six damn years.
How crazy is that?!
Huzzah! That just adds to my already existing disdain for that show. That is insane. You would have to pay me copious amounts of money to move out of my house for tv.
Right?! I cannot imagine going to all that trouble just to be on TV unless you were trying to promote your biz by having it mentioned/appear on TV. Which gives me an idea. LOL, just kidding 🙂
It is hard to imagine ANY reality show not being scripted. If you just accept that before watching, you can sit back, enjoy your wine and enjoy the scenery, what another country has to offer. Just remember, it’s a TV show. Everything is planned in advance.