Celebrity Survivor!?! And what happened to _______ show? Plus news and recommendations
Dear newsletter friends,
Some personal news: TikTok finally learned what I like to watch, and now I can’t stop scrolling through videos. So I’ll be doing that for the rest of the year.
Seriously: I have two reviews I’m working on for you, plus a story about The Amazing Race 33, plus my best-of-2021 story. But TikTok is calling!
The good part is I am learning a lot, from life hacks to things about reality TV.
For example, I updated this story about how Survivor cast members go to the bathroom after hearing a player tell a horrifying story from her season.
Survivor & Celebrity Survivor
My recap:
The big question that I had after seeing responses on social media:
The big news:
Questions, answers, and news
Distressing news
The Daily Beast reported that RuPaul’s Drag Race season 4 winner Sharon Needles “terrorized a 15-year-old superfan” and “was physically abusive” and “encouraged self-harm”
A jury found former TLC star Josh Duggar guilty of “two counts of downloading and possessing child pornography,” as USA TODAY reported. He’ll be sentenced later and faces 40 years in prison, plus monetary fines.
🤩 I recommend
This podcast, which I’ll probably write more about but is both a satisfying investigation into a mystery and surprising in other ways
This show, for some truly spectacular holiday decor
This show and its entire third season, which concluded this week
These things, if you need gift ideas for reality TV fans or just want to buy yourself a present
That’s everything for this week—and lots more to come next week, in what may be the final newsletter of the year. I hope you have a great weekend!
best,
Andy
🌄 This is Reality in Focus issue 270, first sent Dec. 10, 2021, and it wants more Instant Hotel this instant!
💻 This newsletter is hand-crafted in Florida by me, Andy Dehnart, and is supported in part by reality blurred patrons and paid subscribers to this newsletter. I’m grateful for them. If you can—or have a healthy expense account!—consider becoming a patron or upgrading your newsletter subscription.
💌 If you like this newsletter, forward it to a friend! If you're that friend, you can subscribe here!
✅ Bookmark realityblurred.com and visit daily for the latest of my reality TV news analysis, reviews, and commentary.
📷 Photo of a Christmas tree in a mall by Risus Livium