Haley is a published author and freelance writer for VICE. With her primary beats in wrestling and pop culture, her bylines include ComicBook, Fightful, Nerds & Beyond and other digital publications.
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How ‘The Girls Next Door’ Helped Destroy Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson’s Friendship
Spin-off competition, conflicting memoirs and years of Playboy Mansion drama turned the former ‘Girls Next Door’ stars against each other.
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21 Years Ago, Kesha Appeared on ‘The Simple Life’ Before She Was Famous
Years before becoming a pop star, Kesha and her family hosted Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie during a 2005 episode of the reality hit.
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TLC 13 Years Ago, TLC Made a Reality Show About Over-the-Top Funerals
‘Best Funeral Ever’ featured Olympic races, Western shootouts and BBQ-themed send-offs in one of TLC’s strangest reality experiments.
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4 Insane Reality Shows From the 2000s That Would Never Get Made Today
From plastic surgery contests to brutal beauty competitions, these reality shows prove just how unhinged 2000s television could be.
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78 Years Ago, One Strange TV Show Helped Invent Modern Reality TV
‘Candid Camera’ turned unsuspecting strangers into entertainment decades before ‘Big Brother,’ ‘Punk’d’ and today’s reality boom.
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5 Famous Actors You Probably Forgot Started on Reality TV
From Emma Stone to Glen Powell, these five Hollywood names got their humble start in Hollywood on reality tv.
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MTV 4 Reality Shows That Gen Z Could (and Should) Make Huge Again
From Room Raiders to Laguna Beach, these throwback reality shows could find a whole new audience with Gen Z.
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Everything We Know About the Death of Hayden Panettiere at 36
Police say no foul play is suspected, while Panettiere’s official cause of death remains pending after she was found unresponsive.
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Fox 21 Years Ago, This Reality Show Was So Controversial It Was Canceled After One Episode
Fox was met with intense backlash by adoption advocates after airing just one episode of ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’
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MTV How The ‘Hills’ Finale Pulled Back the Curtain on Reality TV’s Fakest Era
The Hills was one of MTV’s most-watched reality programs. But when fans began questioning what was real and fake, they went meta.
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The Dark ‘American Idol’ Audition Paula Abdul Said Should Never Have Happened
American Idol was once the biggest reality competition show in the U.S., even attracting Paula Abdul’s stalker.