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21 Mar 05:50am

Filed under: Jersey Shore, Reality Shows, Snooki, Television, The Only Way Is Essex, The Shire

Fake boobs, tattoos, cat fights, home-wreckers, trips to the mall, visible panty lines, Brazilian waxes, endless domestics and lashings of designer fashions.

Pick me! Pick me! Photo:Brad Hunter

Let’s not beat around the bush, we love reality shows because they’re trashy.

They’re escapist. Like a lazy person’s romance novel, with tattoos and bitch fights - so wrong in absolutely every single way. And that’s what makes them sooo good.

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Ivan says:

11:16pm | 12/07/12

I’m a 26yr old male from Perth, WA . It may be filmed in Sydney but I think this show is a travesty to all citizens of planet earth. I felt like projectile puking just watching the trailer. To whoever watches this ‘program’ and enjoys it.. May god have mercy… Read more »
alank says:

04:22pm | 22/03/12

“Let’s not beat around the bush, we love reality shows because they’re trashy. ” Um..NO…we dont love reality shows. “Everyone wants to walk down the street and peek through the net curtains” - Um..No.. i dont give a damn - the TV execs would say that woudnt they? I’ll tell… Read more »

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