Fake tan? Check. Fake boobs? Check. Vajazzle? Check. It’s all here on ITV2’s newest show, The Only Way Is Essex. Now before we even start, I’m not even sure I should be writing about it here as the whole thing is so staged it makes you wonder whether or not the onscreen “talent” have an off-switch for when filming ends. Either we can choose to live in a world where reality TV has to be 100% genuine, or we can- in the words of Simon Cowell- “embrace the madness”.
The Only Way Is Essex is absolute trash to the point I’m waiting for Michelle Bass to walk in as the new “classy bird”. Basically, the show follows six typical Essex youths (are you still a “youth” at 25? I’d reckon so) around and films their trials and tribulations. And, if they don’t do anything, the producers invent scenarios for them like in the second series where the whole cast miraculously ends up at the same speed dating event. If you need further proof of the sheer trashiness, here is my favourite “character” Amy, applying a vajazzle to her friend’s crotch.
My God. It’s awful, it’s trashy and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. And I am completely in love with it.
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