" messaged me on fb asking me to do the show," they wrote. "Ī commenter in the same Facebook post cosigned the allegations against TLC. "The sad part is they basically told my mom on the phone tonight this year is a bunch of paid actors," Priscilla wrote. The show also allegedly hires actors instead of real people. There's nothing wrong with gorja's but when you put a show together and put a particular race or culture it should be 100% that race or culture." "Second season I would say 90 percent were and then it just went straight downhill from there. "Well the first season yes I can say there were a few real Gypsy," she clarified on her Facebook. In fact, according to Priscilla, many of the people featured on the show are actually "gorjas," or outsiders. Many people on the show aren't actually from the Romani or Irish Traveler community.Īlthough the show is supposed to be a candid view of "travelers," not all the participants featured on the show are from either nomadic ethnic group. Below, seven more ways My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding isn't what you think. "Now isn't that pitiful I'm so ashamed that I even did the show." "Basically told me if I would just get married it didn't matter who it was it didn't have to be legal just so they had something to put on TV," she wrote. How big are reality star salaries? Jason Tartick breaks it down with Us Weekly editors.Īlthough TLC was accused of glorifying negative stereotypes on the series, it wasn't until a 2014 Facebook post by Season 1 participant Priscilla Kelly that fans learned the extent producers went to get their specific narrative, which included hiring actors and even yes, faking weddings.
It's the type of hot mess that people just can't look away from. The TLC show, which focuses on two ethnic nomadic communities, Romanis, and Irish Travelers, exposes viewers to over-the-top wedding dresses, teen brides, and trailer park fighting matches.
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People who watch a lot of reality TV know that some of the plots and storylines can be a little fake, but My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding takes it to a whole new level.