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Buzz is that TV personality and Dimpy Ganguly, who got married in 2010, are headed for divorce.
According to media reports, Dimpy has been living in Dubai for six months now, with a businessman she is reportedly dating.
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The report adds that the divorce will take place after the elections. Mahajan, however, rubbishes the news, saying, "There is no truth to this ... don’t pay any heed."
Dimpy married Rahul on national television in 2010. She pipped 14 contestants and over 16,500 applicants on Imagine TV's reality show Rahul Dulhania Le Jaayega to marry the son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan.
However, just four months after marriage, trouble started brewing when the Kolkata-based model accused Rahul of "punching, kicking and dragging" her.
However, both of them later sorted out their differences and were back together. They even appeared on a dance reality show. Dimpy had said then, "Our relationship has grown stronger over the years. We have had our share of ups and downs but now we understand each other much more than before and everything is going good."
Dimpy also acted in a TV series called Kahani Chandrakanta Ki.
Rahul has been embroiled in controversies earlier. His first wife, Shweta Singh, divorced him in 2008 citing domestic abuse. He was earlier charged in a drg abuse case.
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Indian entertainer (born 1975)
Rahul Mahajan (born 25 July 1975) is an Indian reality show entertainer and former pilot. He is the son of former union cabinet minister Pramod Mahajan. He appeared as a contestant on reality shows like Bigg Boss 2, Bigg Boss Halla Bol and Bigg Boss 14.
Career
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Rahul participated in Bigg Boss 2 in 2008. He was the finalist of the season. But a couple of days before the Grand Finale, Rahul Mahajan, Raja Chaudhary, Ashutosh Kaushik and Zulfi Syed climbed the wall to get out of the house.[2] Mahajan has participated in Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, the reality show sequel of Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. This show was a swayamvar for Rahul Mahajan, where 17 girls were participating including his would-be bride. Rahul Mahajan married Dimpy Mahajan (née Ganguly), a 25-year-old Bengali model and actress on 6 March 2010.[3] As the previous version of the show (Rakhi Ka Swayamwar) did not culminate in a marriage, the marriage of Dimpy with Rahul was the first one of its kind to be telecast on Indian television with a national audience. Rahul and his wife Dimpy Mahajan had participated in Nach Baliye season 5. He also participated in Bigg Boss alongside her, but both were ultimately eliminated.[4]
In February 2022, he participated in StarPlus's Smart Jodi as Contestant with Natalya.[5]
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Rahul Mahajan is the elder child of former BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and Rekha Mahajan.[6] His sister Poonam Mahajan is a member of parliament from Mumbai North Central and a politician of the BJP.
In July 2006, he became engaged to Shweta Singh whom he knew for 13 years and was with in flying school in US together and also flew for Jet Airways. In December 2007, both filed for a divorce with mutual consent; Shweta filed for divorce after accusing him of domestic violence on 13 December 2007 on grounds of incompatibility and mutual consent of both parties. On 1 August 2008, Rahul Mahajan and his wife were granted a divorce by a Gurgaon court. District Judge Ramendra Jain granted their divorce after both parties mutually agreed on the move.[7]
In 2010, Mahajan married Dimpy Ganguly at the end of Rahul Ka Swayamwar, a TV reality show which staged a swayamvar for him. However, Dimpy left his Worli house after what she has described as violent abuse that involved "punching, kicking and dragging her by her hair". A source said the domestic abuse of Dimpy by Mahajan had started about a month after their national TV wedding.[8]
Rahul Mahajan was married for the third time to Natalya Ilina, an ethnic Russian Kazakh model, on 20 November 2018.[9]
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Bigg Boss 2 (2008)
(Ejected on Day 93)
Chhote Miyan - Jung Nanhe Hasgullon Ki (2008)
Chhote Miyan - Chapter 2 (2009)
Chhote Miyan Bade Miyan (2009)
Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega (2010)
Emotional Atyachar (Season 1) (2010)
Job Time TV (2010)
Jubilee Comedy Circus (2011)
Perfect Bachelor (2011)
Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki (2013)
Nach Baliye 5 (2013)
Nach Baliye: Shriman V/s Shrimati (2013)
Meri Maa... (Mother's Day Special) (2013)
India's Dancing Superstar (2013)
Nach Baliye 6 (2013)
Comedy Nights with Kapil (2014)
Bigg Boss Halla Bol (2015) (Entered on Day 105 & Evicted on Day 126)
Comedy Classes (2015)
Comedy Nights Bachao (S1; E22) (2016)
Cricket, Camera, Action! (2016–17)
Nach Baliye 9 (2019)
Bigg Boss 14 (2020–21) (Entered on Day 65 & Evicted on Day 93)
Smart Jodi (2022)
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She fell in love on a reality TV show, got married on national television in 2010 and rode off into the sunset together with her Prince Charming, in this case, Rahul Mahajan. But, her bubble of happiness didn’t last long as barely 4 months later, there were reports of physical abuse. Dimpy and Rahul filed for divorce in May 2014 and the marriage ended in February 2015, for good.
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And soon, it was the beginning of a new chapter in Dimpy Ganguly’s life with the handsome and charming Dubai-based businessman, Rohit Roy. Want to know how Dimpy found happiness and a second chance at love? Let’s dig in for more on Rohit and Dimpy’s fairy tale love story below.
Recommended Read: 15 Popular Indian TV Actresses Who Got Married A Second Time
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The beginning of something special...
Rohit and Dimpy might have bumped into each other in Dubai, 2013, but they were not just any acquaintances who belonged to the same town, they were childhood friends. During their school days, they even had a crush on each other.
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Although they were together and best of friends, fate didn’t give them a chance to confess their feelings for each other.
Also Read: 5 Bollywood Stars Who Married Their Childhood Friends
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Here’s what Dimpy said in an interview to a leading news daily:
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“We were from different schools and would meet only during fests, but we could never talk about our feelings for each other. And then, I moved on. Strangely, I bumped into him in Dubai in 2013, almost a decade later, and that's when we confessed our feelings to each other. I couldn't believe that the guy who I crushed on, liked me too. The innocent school charm brought us closer, apart from the fact that we belonged to Kolkata. After I moved out of the city, my parents bought a new house which turned out to be just a few kilometres away from Rohit's house. It was as if destiny was trying to bring us together.”
After a successful career and failed marriage, decades later, fate brought them together once again in Dubai.
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This time they didn’t hold back their feelings for each other and that’s when we started seeing a lot of pictures of them together in social media all tagged as #BFF.
An everlasting bond of love and happiness...
Apart from them being in love, there were many things common between them to bind them together, like their Bong connection, the city of Kolkata, and their home, which is just a stone’s throw away from Rohit’s house.
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Also Watch: The Wedding Trailer Of Dimpy Ganguly
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The proposal
Rohit stood by Dimpy when she was going through the toughest phase of her life. So, when he proposed her with a diamond ring from Tiffany & Co. she had to say yes.
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Dimpy shared the most beautiful moment of her life with her fans on Twitter with a beautiful picture of the ring:
She captioned the photo as:
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“He asked and she said "it's 'bout damn time! #engaged"!
Almost a month later, the beautiful dimpled girl tied the knot with Rohit in a beautiful Bengali wedding ceremony held in Kolkata among her friends and family.
Don't Miss: Stunning Pictures Of Dimpy Ganguly’s Second Wedding Will Make You Believe In Fairytales
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Tale of a true gentleman
Like every mother, Dimpy was delighted to share the news of her pregnancy with everyone, but it didn’t go down that well with some and along with congratulations also came the accusations. However, what happened next is something that every woman would want their husbands or boyfriends to learn a lesson from.
Rohit, in his most chivalrous way, shut their mouth with his own tweet that went something like this:
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“Stop spreading your filth around. May be you come from a world where a man doesn’t defend his wife when a stray dog barks at her. But unfortunately, I have had the good fortune of belonging from a place where I have seen family stick together. So if you ask me who I am to interfere, let me tell you you are trying to trash my wife and the mother of my child.”
The fairytale continues…
The couple is now blessed with a cute little angel, Reanna, who undoubtedly has got them both wrapped around her little finger. The pretty mom often shares their cute family moments on her social media accounts. And, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that there is always an overload of cuteness and happiness in them; a happiness that reinstates your belief in happy endings.
You may like: 7 Bollywood Single Moms Who Got Married Again
Whether it’s standing up for each other or having fun with their daughter, Dimpy and Rohit’s love for each other shows through in everything. The beautiful couple is currently relishing in their marital and parental bliss and we hope their relationship grows stronger each day!
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Trouble in Rahul Mahajan's paradise, once again! According to reports, the Bigg Boss season 2 contestant filed for divorce from his Kazakhstani wife, Natalya Ilina, in 2022 after being married for 4 years. An ETimes report claimed that their relationship fell through due to 'compatibility issues'. A source close to Rahul and Natalya revealed to the publication that there have been issues since the beginning.
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The source told ETimes, "Compatibility issues were there between the two since the beginning. However, they stretched their marriage as long as they could. They parted ways last year and filed for divorce.” Reportedly, Rahul is heartbroken as it is his third separation. The source also mentioned that the reality show veteran is coping and moving on despite not being in a great state last year.
However, Rahul denied the news to the same publication and said, "I want to keep my private life private. I would not like to comment on anything. I do not discuss what's happening in my personal life even with my friends... By the way, I'm doing well."
Rahul was 43 years old when he tied the knot with a 25-year-old Natalya. Back in 2020, he revealed to the media that she converted to Hinduism after their marriage. He said in a statement, "I teach her Bhagavad Gita and we read a lot of mythological stuff together."
Rahul, the son of late Union Cabinet minister Pramod Mahajan, was married to a person named Shweta Singh. They tied the knot in 2006, however, their relationship saw an end in 2008. She accused him of domestic violence. Shweta filed a divorce on the grounds of incompatibility.
In 2010, he found love in Dimpy Ganguly on the reality show titled 'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'. They got married immediately but things didn't work out this time, too. Dimpy left Rahul in 2015. The reason was domestic violence and physical abuse. She later married Rohit Roy and has three children.
Three years later, Rahul sealed the deal with Russian-Kazakh model Natalya, on November 30, 2018, as per Hindu rituals.
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Famous television personality, Rahul Mahajan made his first appearance on the television show, Smart Jodi with his wife, Natalya Ilina. The entire nation knows about the not-so-happy past of Rahul Mahajan, who was earlier married to Shweta Singh and Dimpy Ganguly. However, both his marriages ended on a bitter note. But Rahul got lucky the third time as he found his true soulmate in Natalya.
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For the unversed, Rahul Mahajan had tied the knot with Natalya Ilina, who is a Kazakhstan model, on November 28, 2018. However, the wedding was an intimate affair, and Rahul had tried keeping his relationship away from the media glare for the longest time.
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Recently, Rahul and Natalya participated in the reality show, Smart Jodi. The show was telecasted over the weekend. However, Rahul and Natalya's relationship story won every heart. During one of the show segments, Natalya revealed that she was trying to set him up with a girl as he was looking to tie the knot.
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Natalya also shared that she had even tried to set up Rahul with her mother as he was just three years younger to her. To this, Rahul revealed that he has an age gap of eighteen years with her. Rahul shared:
"Her mother is quite young. She is elder to me by four years. So Natalya thought of setting me up with her mom, because the age gap was less. Natalya and I have an age gap of 18 years. I made an idea that she will also look hot when she is of her mother’s age."
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Talking about his previous two marriages, Natalya stated that it didn't matter to her as they were short-lived. It cannot even be considered marriage as they were just a few months old. According to Natalya, marriage is much more profound. Rahul further stated that he would get married fourth time as well, but it would be with Natalya.
On the work front, Rahul and Natalya have participated in the reality show, Smart Jodi!
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Last week has been a study in reality television and how marriages made on reality television, through some ironic twist of fate and a love for being on TV, also come to an end on reality TV.
Rahul Mahajan had supposedly found true love and his betrothed on the Indian version of The Bachelor. Their wedding was part of the show _Rahul Ka Swayamva_r, in which 17 girls tried to win Mahajanâs hand, as all women should aspire to. Letâs not forget that just before Rahul ka Swayamvar, he had been charged with domestic battery by his first wife â pictures of her bruised face and body were pasted across newspapers â following which she divorced him. But Dimpy Ganguly fell for Rahulâs charm, of which, despite many seasons of watching him on the telly, Iâm yet to spot a glimmer.
Following his marriage to Dimpy, the duo set out on a career in reality TV. They danced in two seasons of Nach Baliye. They took part in other spin-offs of American and British reality shows such as Welcome (Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi Ki). Then Dimpy accused Rahul of domestic violence and once again, pictures of Rahulâs wife and her bruises were in the papers. Dimpy supposedly filed for divorce in 2014.
Now, Dimpy is on this season of Bigg Boss, as is Rahul. He is what is called a Challenger, the new set of wild card entries on the show. The only positive about their relationship seems to be that despite being batterer and batteree in a well publicized case of domestic violence, Dimpy and Rahul seem to be extremely friendly and cordial with each other. They donât scream and shout or behave acrimoniously even though it would be understandable if they did.
The only problem is that old habits seem to die hard for Rahul and, no pun intended, he seems to have an addictive personality. Right before Rahul Ka Swayamvar, on his first stint on Bigg Boss, heâd very bravely romanced Abu Salemâs ex girlfriend Monica Bedi and a starlet called Payal Rohatgi. If thereâs anything Rahul does, then it is to keep his options open. This season, despite his wife being present in the same house (even if they are only technically married), Rahul has decided to pursue another contestant, Karishma Tanna, with an ardour that would put the stalker hero of Raanjhanaa to shame. He has been ticked off by Karishma, told to stop trying to buy her affection with money or threaten her into a relationship â all in front of his wife. A wife who spends every episode watching her husband in hot pursuit of another woman who in turn makes no bones that she would rather throw herself under a bus than romance Rahul Mahajan.
In classic jilted spouse mode, Dimpy occasionally blames Karishma for not rejecting Rahulâs overtures adequately and then weeps copiously in her husbandâs arms â while he stands like a statue â every time Karishma is rude to him. If only they could throw in a murder, we could at least pretend we were watching a reality version of Gaslight.
This is a modern day farce like no other. An estranged husband and a wife staying together voluntarily in a house with a bunch of strangers, repeatedly washing their dirty linen and stringing up their dysfunctional marriage in public, with 80 cameras telecasting their every move to televisions every night. Itâs strange what the need for two minutes of fame will encourage you to do to your privacy and self-esteem.
After seeing what good can come of romances made on reality television, one would think that anyone with half a brain would stay far away from repeating that mistake. But I underestimate Bigg Boss 8âs contestants. Theyâre nothing if not true believers of romance and a dash of infidelity. So Upen Patel, who has recently been brought back to the house â did the producers realise watching Rahul and Dimpyâs marital problems doesnât make for the most riveting television? â has decided to become Don Juan.
Within two episodes, he has professed undying love to Karishma Tanna. That sheâs announced that she has a boyfriend in Mumbai is a minor detail. Upen has asked her to marry him and listed at least 20 travel destinations from Venice to Canada to Paris where he will take her, with an ease that should make Cox & Kings contact him as soon as he steps out of the house. A kiss has been exchanged, loving looks have been shared, and much romance is in the air. Iâm wondering what Karishma Tannaâs boyfriend is doing while watching the show, and has he gone on a ticket-buying spree to outdo Upen Patelâs travel plans for his inamorata?
In between all these romances, confessions of love, proposals of marriage, stalking of disinterested women and total destruction of self-esteem and a marriage, thereâs a crude comic interlude as well. That of another contestant, Ali, repeatedly telling Gautam Gulati that he will smooch him. And the latter telling him that heâll wallop Ali if he does so. Of what worth is an Indian TV show if it doesnât have a healthy dose of homophobia thrown in for good measure?
American reality TV should be pleased that itâs found a worthy contender for smarmy television in India. Raise your glasses to our bunch of semi-celebrities who are willing to go to any length for their moment in the reality TV sun.
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New Delhi: The reality TV star and the son of late political hotshot Pramod Mahajan- Rahul Mahajan is reportedly separating from his wife Dimpy Mahajan.
According to reports Rahul Mahajan who got married to Dimpy Mahajan on a television reality show are parting ways. And the reports suggest that the reasons behind the split are Dimpy's closeness with a Dubai-based event management company owner. Rahul Mahajan is reportedly aware of the 'growing bond' between the two.
Dimpy has also shifted her base to Dubai a few months back, leaving Rahul alone in Mumbai. The news of their separation is not new, after just four months of their wedding; Dimpy accused Rahul of physical abuse.
Due to elections, Rahul and Dimpy's martial discord is under wraps. Once the elections are over the announcement is likely to be made.
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in meters- 1.65 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 5” Weight (approx.)in Kilograms- 54 kg
in Pounds- 119 lbs Figure Measurements (approx.)34-25-35 Eye ColourBlack Hair ColourBlack Personal Life Date of Birth25 July 1985 (Thursday) Age (as of 2023)38 Years Birth PlaceKolkata, West Bengal, India Zodiac sign/Sun signLeo NationalityIndian HometownKolkata, West Bengal, India SchoolNot Known CollegeScottish Church College, Kolkata Education QualificationGraduate DebutTV: Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega (2010) FamilyFather- Saibal Ganguly
Mother- Sushmita Ganguly
Sister- Koel Ganguly
Brother- Not Known ReligionHinduism HobbiesDancing Boys, Affairs and More Marital StatusMarried Marriage Date6 March 2009 (with Rahul Mahajan)
27 November 2015 (with Rohit Roy) Affair/BoyfriendRohit Roy (Businessman) HusbandRahul Mahajan (div. 2015)
Rohit Roy (Businessman) ChildrenDaughter- Reanna (b. 2016)
Son- N/A
Some Lesser Known Facts About Dimpy Ganguli
Does Dimpy Ganguli smoke?: Not Known
Does Dimpy Ganguli drink alcohol?: Yes
In 2007, she participated in the beauty pageant ‘Sananda Tilottama’ and became the second runner-up.
In 2008, she participated in the reality show- ‘Bigg Boss’ Season 8.
She also participated in the Gladrags MegaModel & Manhunt contest in 2009.
She got married to Rahul Mahajan on the reality show, ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’, in 2010.
In 2010, she took part in the reality game show ‘Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout.’
In 2011, Dimpy made a breakthrough with the role of Naagin in the TV serial- ‘Kahani Chandrakanta Ki.’
She, along with her ex-husband, Rahul Mahajan participated in the dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye’ Season 5 (2012-2013).
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Dimpy Ganguly, who married Rahul Mahajan on national television via the reality show Rahul Dulhania Le Jaayega, is back on the small screen that made her popular.
This time, however, she is acting in a serial called Kahani Chandrakanta Ki on Sahara One.
Just four months after their much-hyped wedding, there were reports of the marriage being in trouble with Dimpy accusing her husband of getting violent with her. But that, she says Rajul Hegde, is a phase most marriages go through.
Why did you choose to make your acting debut in the Hindi serial Kahani Chandrakanta Ki?
As a child, I loved watching historical and mythological shows because of their grand sets, jewellery, clothes and dialogues. Being part of it now is amazing.
After watching Ramayana and Mahabharata, I would think how lucky these people are to get to wear such lovely costumes. I used to dress up as a kid and enact various characters with my mom's jewellery and sarees.
I have done a couple of Bengali fictions earlier, but when I was offered this role, there was no way I could turn it down. Besides, it's not a negative character like most other nagins.
What is your role in the show?
I play the role of Naagin Jwala, an ichchadaari naagin who is plotting revenge on Daaku Mangal Singh for killing her lover Naag Jeewan, a male serpent.
Did you do any kind of homework for this role?
In the past, Sridevi and Reena Roy have played the role of nagins and have done a wonderful job. I want to recreate the kind of magic they did. So I watched their films and dances to understand the nuance. I have danced for one of the songs in the serial.
Why did it take so long for you to come on television?
I wanted some time to settle down after the way I got married. First, we had to understand each other, take responsibility of the house. I didn't have to do the household chores but I had to supervise things, which was something new for me.
Rahul always encouraged me to work but I needed time and now, after two years, I feel it is the right time to do something for myself. It is hectic shooting for a fiction show but there is a lot of creative satisfaction when you are doing something different and your work is appreciated.
Would you be comfortable doing a reality show like Bigg Boss?
Why not? Actually, I was offered Bigg Boss soon after I got married but I was not comfortable then. In future if I am offered one, I will decide depending on the situation. I have heard lots of stories about the show from Rahul.
Is films the next step?
I want to be an actor, whether it's film, theatre or television.
I just love acting, the medium doesn't matter. I haven't got any serious film offers yet, but I am open to the idea and would love to take it forward.
How has life changed after marriage?
The marriage brought about a lot of changes in my life. I thought it was important to give our marriage some time, considering that the circumstances we tied the knot in weren't normal.
It's good to be a known face but I miss my privacy. I have no complaints because we also get a lot of love from people. I ignore it when I read negative news about us.
So, you didn't get annoyed when things were written about your pregnancy?
Yes, I did, because it was too personal. It is true I was pregnant. But since the doctors advised us not to reveal the news until the first three months, we didn't speak about it.
I don't know how the news got leaked. My bad luck, I suffered a miscarriage after one-and-a-half months. It's a normal thing and I was fine with it.
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Rahul Mahajan (born 25 July 1975) is an Indian reality show entertainer and former pilot. He is the son of former union cabinet minister Pramod Mahajan. He appeared as a contestant on reality shows like Bigg Boss 2, Bigg Boss Halla Bol and Bigg Boss 14.
Career
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Rahul participated in Bigg Boss 2 in 2008. He was the finalist of the season. But a couple of days before the Grand Finale, Rahul Mahajan, Raja Chaudhary, Ashutosh Kaushik and Zulfi Syed climbed the wall to get out of the house.[2] Mahajan has participated in Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, the reality show sequel of Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. This show was a swayamvar for Rahul Mahajan, where 17 girls were participating including his would-be bride. Rahul Mahajan married Dimpy Mahajan (née Ganguly), a 25-year-old Bengali model and actress on 6 March 2010.[3] As the previous version of the show (Rakhi Ka Swayamwar) did not culminate in a marriage, the marriage of Dimpy with Rahul was the first one of its kind to be telecast on Indian television with a national audience. Rahul and his wife Dimpy Mahajan had participated in Nach Baliye season 5. He also participated in Bigg Boss alongside her, but both were ultimately eliminated.[4]
In February 2022, he participated in StarPlus's Smart Jodi as Contestant with Natalya.[5]
Personal life
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Rahul Mahajan is the elder child of former BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and Rekha Mahajan.[6] His sister Poonam Mahajan is a member of parliament from Mumbai North Central and a politician of the BJP.
In July 2006, he became engaged to Shweta Singh whom he knew for 13 years and was with in flying school in US together and also flew for Jet Airways. In December 2007, both filed for a divorce with mutual consent; Shweta filed for divorce after accusing him of domestic violence on 13 December 2007 on grounds of incompatibility and mutual consent of both parties. On 1 August 2008, Rahul Mahajan and his wife were granted a divorce by a Gurgaon court. District Judge Ramendra Jain granted their divorce after both parties mutually agreed on the move.[7]
In 2010, Mahajan married Dimpy Ganguly at the end of Rahul Ka Swayamwar, a TV reality show which staged a swayamvar for him. However, Dimpy left his Worli house after what she has described as violent abuse that involved "punching, kicking and dragging her by her hair". A source said the domestic abuse of Dimpy by Mahajan had started about a month after their national TV wedding.[8]
Rahul Mahajan was married for the third time to Natalya Ilina, an ethnic Russian Kazakh model, on 20 November 2018.[9]
Television
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Bigg Boss 2 (2008)
(Ejected on Day 93)
Chhote Miyan - Jung Nanhe Hasgullon Ki (2008)
Chhote Miyan - Chapter 2 (2009)
Chhote Miyan Bade Miyan (2009)
Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega (2010)
Emotional Atyachar (Season 1) (2010)
Job Time TV (2010)
Jubilee Comedy Circus (2011)
Perfect Bachelor (2011)
Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki (2013)
Nach Baliye 5 (2013)
Nach Baliye: Shriman V/s Shrimati (2013)
Meri Maa... (Mother's Day Special) (2013)
India's Dancing Superstar (2013)
Nach Baliye 6 (2013)
Comedy Nights with Kapil (2014)
Bigg Boss Halla Bol (2015) (Entered on Day 105 & Evicted on Day 126)
Comedy Classes (2015)
Comedy Nights Bachao (S1; E22) (2016)
Cricket, Camera, Action! (2016–17)
Nach Baliye 9 (2019)
Bigg Boss 14 (2020–21) (Entered on Day 65 & Evicted on Day 93)
Smart Jodi (2022)
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With reports of dropping TRPs, the makers of Bigg Boss 8 have decided to use their trump card - the wild card entry, and this time two times over.
Two new faces will enter Bigg Boss house in tonight's episode, and they are Rahul Mahajan's ex-wife Dimpy Mahajan and MTV Roadies ex-contestant Renee Dhyani.
Are these two Bigg Boss 8 wild card contestants?
While, Rahul Mahajan was a participant in the celeb Reality show in season 2, his ex-wife is all set to spice up the 8th season. The ex-couple have been in the news on and off since they exchanged vows on a reality show, Rahul Dulhania Le Jayega - at times for loyalty test at other, domestic violence. In between the duo appeared together on a dance reality show.
Speaking about her impending entry into the Bigg Boss house, Dimpy said, "Bigg Boss is one of the biggest shows on television. I am nervous about how will the show work out for me. While I am familiar with a few of the housemates, they have an advantage over me since they have already been living in the house for over a month now. I am going inside with a positive frame of mind and hopes of making some changes. Let's see how it goes!"
The second wild card entry Renee is best remembered for her short temper and sharp tongue on Roadies. the small time actress is known to pick fights and use abusive language liberally.
However, upon coming to Bigg Boss, Renee has a completely different agenda - to change this image about herself! Renee hopes to showcase her true self which according to her is much different from what people have perceived her to be for all these years. However, it remains to be seen if her aggressive image will make her renewed efforts seem like a complete waste or if the contestants will give her a wholehearted chance to showcase her good side.
Said Renee on her entry, "I am extremely excited to be a part of Bigg Boss Season 8. I have been observing the contestants and their journey and hope to come across as a breath of fresh air for the viewers. I know about the image that viewers have of me and I am looking forward to showcasing my true personality and change all the preconceived notions. I am looking forward to making a lot of great memories and hope that the viewers will support me for this venture that I have undertaken!"
Earlier, speculations were rife that British adult star Shanti Dynamite would enter the house, but now the audience will have to settle down with dainty damsel Dimpy and sharp-tongued Renee.
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Love and marital life seem to be turbulent spots for Mahajan. A source close to development spoke to The Times of India and said, "Compatibility issues were there between the two since the beginning. However, they stretched their marriage as long as they could. They parted ways last year and filed for divorce." The couple has not issued an official statement yet.
Mahajan's failed conquests of love
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Mumbai,March 07: Rahul Mahajan’s hunt for a perfect bride on TV is over as the reality show star picked Bengali girl Dimpy Ganguly to tie the knot in true Bollywood style.
Mahajan, who has had a troubled past with drug abuse charges and an acrimonious marriage and divorce from childhood friend Shweta Singh, hopes that it is a "happily ever after" for him.
Mahajan chose 21-year-old Dimpy, a model and dancer, over Nikunj Malik, 25, and Harpreet Chhabra, 20, on reality TV show ’Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’ broadcast by NDTV Imagine.
Rahul decided to go ahead with his wedding despite the recent death of his uncle Praveen Mahajan, who was convicted for killing his politician father Pramod Mahajan in 2006.
The Bengali-style wedding was held in a luxurious Mumbai suburban hotel on Saturday night and the couple wore outfits designed by famous fashion designers Ashley Rebello, Neeta Lulla and Vikram Phadnis.
Rahul (34), who is facing drug abuse charges, had requested a Delhi court for releasing his passport so that his wife and he could spend their honeymoon in the Maldives.
"It’s a great feeling. I am both excited and nervous. I really believe marriages are made in heaven and this time I’ll give whatever I have to make my wife happy. It is going to be happily ever after," he had said. Dimpy, who was a favourite due to her "crackling chemistry" with Rahul, said she was always confident of being ’Mrs. Mahajan’ as she knows how to handle the media better than the other contestants.
New Mrs Rahul Mahajan wants him to enter politics
Rahul Mahajan`s newlywed wife Dimpy Ganguly, whom he married on a highly-watched and much talked about reality show, wants her husband to pursue a political career like his father, late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, rather than be in show business.
"I really want him (Rahul) to pursue a political career," Dimpy told reporters here Saturday night after exchanging wedding vows with Rahul on ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’.
To this, 35-year-old Rahul said: "I`ll first manage my home and once that is settled, I`ll manage the country."
Rahul has earlier participated in reality show ‘Bigg Boss’ too.
Dimpy, 21, is a model and actress by profession. She pipped other finalists Nikunj Malik, 25 and Harpreet, 21, apart from over 16,500 applicants from across the country to be Rahul`s wife. And the Bengali lass says she will continue to work after marriage as well.
"Rahul doesn`t want me to be a housewife. So I`ll work. But I don`t know yet what I will be doing," said Dimpy, who was sporting a red wedding outfit designed by Neeta Lulla, the traditional `mangal sutra` in her neck and vermillion on her forehead.
Rahul had vowed to marry a girl on national TV and he kept his promise by doing so with the Kolkata-based girl, despite the recent death of his uncle Praveen Mahajan, who was convicted for killing his politician father Pramod Mahajan in 2006.
The duo will be registering their marriage Tuesday in Bandra here.
Rahul`s mother Rekha Mahajan was present during the lavish wedding and blessed the couple. His father`s photograph was also placed at the marriage venue.
Dimpy`s family members as well as several TV celebrities attended the glitzy event at the Leela Kempinski Hotel here
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Rahul Mahajan has always been the talk of the town, and mainly for all the wrong reasons. Whether it was his involvement in the drug abuse case or he being an abusive husband to his ex-wife Shweta Singh, a controversial Bigg Boss inmate or an eligible bachelor luring 17 would-be brides on the reality show ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’, in which he got hitched to Dimpy Ganguly on 7th March 2010. But it seems there is already some trouble in paradise. His second wife Dimpy Ganguly has accused him of domestic violence, which was also the reason for his first marriage breaking down.
The son of the slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, Rahul’s personal life seems to have been through many ups and downs. With his marriage on the rocks, Ganesha, with the help of Vedic Astrology, takes a look at Rahul’s Kundali and predicts his future and compatibility with wife Dimpy Ganguly-Mahajan.
Rahul Mahajan Surya Kundali
Astrological observations
Rahul’s Sun is in Cancer.
Venus, Saturn and Mercury are in Gemini. Venus is in Rahu’s Constellation- Ardra.
Jupiter is retrograde.
Currently, Ketu the planet that plays major role in separation is transiting over Venus the significator of wife.
Astrological Predictions
Rahul is very emotional. Hence, the need for an emotional union is high. Although he may be taking his own time to decide on the right match, powerful Mercury placed with Venus pushes him to think logically about the right kind of partner, and Saturn the planet that signifies delays is also with Venus so he may take a little time to decide on the relationship, still because Venus is in Rahu’s constellation and Rahu is the planet that creates illusions, he falls for someone and later feels as if a dream is over !
Ketu signifies spirituality and separation both. Ketu’s transit through Ardra Constellation over Natal Venus, which is in Rahu’s Constellation- Ardra, is creating a disillusioned situation in his life wherein, again he may find that the partner is incompatible or they don’t gel well.
Ganesha strongly feels that as Mercury is in it’s own sign Gemini with Saturn and Venus in Rahul’s Natal chart, he may finally come across someone mature in case if he comes across third match in the future and may stabilize. Time till March 2011 is quite decisive and rather turbulent for Rahul’s relationship with Dimpy. Estrangement is most likely.
Unconventionality, illicit activities and legal matters may bother him till the said period at least, because of Ketu’s transit through Rahu’s Constellation. Anything that’s out of the rule or out of the custom should be avoided else Rahul may face problems (if he indulges into any such activities).
Good luck and may Lord Ganesha bless Rahul and Dimpy.
To Get Your Personalized Solutions, Talk To An Astrologer Now!
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Reality show star Rahul Mahajan, who got married in a TV programme, was on Tuesday allowed by a Delhi court to get back his passport to go to the Maldives on honeymoon.
Outside the courtroom, Mahajan said, “I am very happy with the outcome. I just want to pack my bags and leave.”
The court, however, made it clear the relief would not be used as an extension of the show, including shootings by him.
“Mahajan shall give an undertaking that his visit shall be a private visit and in no way extension of the show... there shall be no shooting done at Maldives between March 9 and 31,” the court said.
He was also asked by Additional Sessions Judge J.P.S. Malik to give an affidavit that his marriage contracted on March 6 was a bonafide and not for purpose of the TV show.
As the conditions for release of his passport, the court directed Mahajan, son of slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan to get his marriage registered under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act within two months, apart from depositing Rs 5 lakh each as fixed deposit and a personal bond immediately.
Mahajan, 35, got married on Saturday to 21-year-old Dimpy Ganguly, a model and dancer, on TV reality show ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’.
During arguments, prosecutor Ahmed Khan opposed Mahajan’s plea saying the kind of reality show in which he participated and contracted the marriage should not be encouraged as they leave a bad impression on the minds of young viewers.
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Frankly, I was very busy with my other television as well as off-screen dance shows. Also, I am selective about my work and after doing one reality show, I wasn’t quite sure if I would like to be part of another, even if it was in the same format. Fortunately, when the producers approached me with Nach Baliye 4, I felt certain about taking it up.
I think Hussain has been an experienced host and a very good one that, while I am a novice at the job. When it came to doing homework for my role, I just opted to be at ease with myself rather than trying to imitate any established anchors.
Now that you have been a participant as well as the show host, which one do you find more appealing?
Honestly, both roles have their pros and cons. As a host, it is very tiring since I have to shoot for two episodes a day. But on the other hand, as a performer, there is a constant pressure to not just practise every day, but also give your best shot on the final day within just three minutes.
I am not trying to be politically correct but I think it is too early to predict winners at this stage. And this is not only because we are still far away from the D-day, but also because the results in every episode have been fluctuating.
Unlike last year where certain teams, like that of Sanjeeda and me, were never in the danger zone, this time the patterns are random. A team that gathers jury and audience popularity in one episode is seen in the danger zone in the next episode. I think we will have to wait till time discloses the winners.
As a matter of fact, yes. All the three members of the jury — Karisma Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Farah Khan — are independent in their judgement. They stick to their point of views without getting affected by each other’s opinion. This is definitely a great advantage for the participants as well as the show.
Apart from Nach Baliye 4, do we see you being a part of any other reality show in the near future?
Well, I am someone who takes things as they come. Though I have been getting quite a few offers for various reality shows, so far nothing has got me excited.
As a viewer, I find Bigg Boss very entertaining. Rahul Mahajan was my favourite since he is funny, even stupid at times, but always a pleasure to watch. However, being a participant would be a different ball game. I am an extremely restless person and to stay in a confined zone without any contact with my mother, Sanjeeda and friends sounds an extremely difficult task. May be few years down the line, if and when I mellow down, I can opt for participating in the show.
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What all can you do for the one you love? We bring to you one couple who does everything for each other. The much talked about Jodi of STAR Plus’ Nach Baliye-5 Rahul and Dimpy Mahajan is one couple that can always bring a smile to anyone’s face.
During the shoot on the first episode Rahul was asked what made him come and take part in the celebrity dance reality show to which Rahul confessed that he can’t dance at all but he has come on the show only for his wife Dimpy who loves dancing. The couple has been married for three years are very excited to be on the show and are looking forward to experiment on different dancing forms.
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This week saw yet another reality show coming to an end.
There are reality shows created to attract family audiences. There are some that aim to pull at your heartstrings to send SMS. There are some that are mere clones of international shows.
And then there are those that are created so that you can laugh and have a good time. A show with so many morons, you are spoilt for choice. Swayamwar is that one show.
I try to catch it whenever I have the time, it’s that good. So, here’s the concept. There is one celebrity, and he/she/it is wooed by suitors, who get eliminated week after week, till the celebrity chooses her life partner. It began with Rakhi Sawant.
Are you kidding me? Rakhi Sawant and marriage are parallel lines. However, I was surprised that the channel found enough such guys, to make a reality show of. I didn’t expect much from the contestants. If you are on a show wooing to marry Rakhi, I wouldn’t expect you to be a Noble laurete. They did their bit, sang and danced for her, and ran errands and did cute things, and finally she chose this bald guy called Eelesh. This Eelesh guy had a business in Canada, and probably loads of cash. After marriage, there were reports that the dude had defrauded loans in Canada. To the shock of the entire nation, the two of them split.
Then came Rahul Mahajan. Whose claim to fame was being caught with cocaine, beating up his ex-wife, and featuring on Big Boss. I was not very surprised that there were women wanting to marry him – rich, dumb guys are a lucrative lot. Rahul Mahajan clearly loved every minute of it, his smile betraying the sheer joy he received in seeing ten girls woo him. He finally married some chick called Dimpy. A few months later, there were these totally shocking reports of Rahul beating her up and kicking her out of his house.
This time, there was Ratan. I don’t know who she is, apparently some famous TV actress. She is not hot, not even close. Dressed awkwardly and blessed with histrionic abilities of a peepal tree, she looks like the last person one would want to marry. But then, there are the suitors.
All of them from UP and Bihar, each of them looking like pedophiles or closet serial killers. They went about the motions, singing for her, and dancing for her, and digging new depths of tackiness with every episode. There is so much dumbness flying around, it is impossible to miss. Finally, she chose one of the guys, and they smiled as flowers fell from above.
I wonder who they will take next season (Oh yes, there will be another season). Barely being able to conceal my anticipation, I have made a list of eligible bachelors for the next season, and duly mentioned why their candidature deems your kind consideration.
Baba Ramdev: Firstly, there is the R factor (Rakhi, Rahul, Ratan, Ramdev) that works in his favour. There is no doubt left in anyone’s mind that Baba Ramdev is in for the big things in Indian politics. A teetotaler devoid of any bad habits, Baba Ramdev is an ideal candidate, a person deeply rooted in our rich culture. The girl marrying him is ensured of a long, fertile life, thanks to the cures Baba has for cancer, AIDS, homosexuality etc. There’s no need to cook regularly as well, as Baba has shown he prefers ‘fast’ food. The recently purchased island in Scotland is yet another clincher.
Ravinder Jadeja: In the dowry market, a cricketer is a BMW. The bride is ensured of lot of time spent together, as the groom will be busy for only a month a year (and max two months, if the team qualifies for the Champions’ League). He has shown he has a keen head over his shoulders, as the bargaining for higher pay episode showed. Firmly committed and grounded, Jadeja is not the kind to run away from responsibilities. He never runs. Not even when there are three fucking runs needed when India is chasing Australia.
Rahul Gandhi: A few weeks back, just while Manmohan Singh convinced the nation through a press interview that he was not a lameduck PM, Digvijay Singh announced that Rahul is ready to become the PM. If being a cricketer is a BMW in the marriage market, being a Gandhi family son is Ravana’s Pushpa Vimana itself. Impeccably dressed in white, Rahul is no stranger to the camera. He is on the TV everyday, entering homes of the poor, wiping their tears and hugging them – a reality show producer’s wet dream. It could also be the perfect platform for the 2014 Prime Ministerial candidature, and the Congress party could sponsor the show, changing their election symbol – to make it a hand, with mehendi applied to it.
Santhakumaran Psychopanth: Our own Sreesanth needs a homely girl from God’s own country. He needs someone to tell him to relax, someone to tell him that sledging at the batsman, even if he is from Bangladesh, could result in 24 runs an over. He needs a calming influence so that he doesn’t blow away matches with his weird antics. As a person, he is first rate, albeit a little over-enthusiastic. But that can be controlled, as there have been instances when players got irritated with him, slapped him, and then called him their brother the next week. Nothing serious.
Mukesh Khanna: Way back in 1989, a 27 year old Mukesh Khanna stormed into the lives of Indians as the 137 year old Bheeshm Pitamah. While in the serial Bheeshm swore to the heavens never to marry, Mukesh Khanna, known to be an actor who took his roles seriously, did not marry in real life. It would be the ultimate scoop if the channel could get Bheeshm himself to a Swayamwar. They could get him to dress up in his Bheeshm attire as well, for that added effect. Here, one must not forget that Khanna is more than just Bheeshm – he is Shaktimaan. India’s first superhero, and the world’s first Superhero with a paunch. As Shaktimaan, Khanna protected the nation from missiles, evil emperors, and natural disasters every Saturday at 11 AM. Surely the man needs to settle down with a homely wife, it’s about time.
Lalit Modi: Lalit Modi is a total dude. He floated the IPL singlehandedly, earned billions, and when caught, flew to another country, and sent a 10,000 page reply that was carried in four huge cartons. From there, he formed the Sri Lankan Premier League, forcing the BCCI to piss in its pants, and ban the tournament from taking place. Modi guarantees a life of extravagance, and his love for fast cars and exotic ties makes him a valuable candidate. But more than everything, if he is signed for the show, he could do the organizing himself. Get each suitor sponsored by a corporate houses, and introduce Karbonn Kamaal Catch and DLF Maximums in the show.
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Former Bigg Boss contestant and son of former BJP leader late Pramod Mahajan, Rahul Mahajan has tied the knot for the third time with Kazakhstan model Natalya Ilina. Rahul was married twice before and hopefully will be third time lucky. Rahul and Natalya got hitched in a private ceremony that was attended by only 25 members comprising of close family and friends. They got married on November 20 at a temple in Malabar Hills.
When Rahul’s ex-wife and former Bigg Boss contestant Dimpy Ganguli was asked to comment on the marriage by a leading daily, she said, “Hope he really finds happiness this time around like I have. Many congratulations to the newlyweds.” She also applauded him for his courage and optimism for the institution of marriage even after undergoing two broken marriages. However, she hoped that this marriage will not end in domestic violence.
RECOMMENDED READ: Ex-Bigg Boss contestant Rahul Mahajan gets married the third time; ties the knot with Kazakhstan model Natalya Ilina
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="647"] Rahul Mahajan and Natalya Ilina at their wedding[/caption]
Since both his former wives, pilot Shweta Singh and Dimpy had alleged physical abuse and domestic violence which ended in divorce, Dimpy was quick to add, “People can change you know. For the sake of both, I really hope all that (domestic violence) doesn't happen. It's the worst thing one can do to another.”
[caption id="attachment_171038" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Dimpy Ganguly and Rahul Mahajan at their wedding[/caption]
Rahul who is 43, told a leading tabloid that he knows Natalya, 25, since more than a year but only started dating recently. He told the daily candidly that family life and peace of mind is his and his wife’s top priority.
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About
Famous for his appearances on Indian reality television programs such as Nach Baliye, Bigg Boss, Comedy Circus, and Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki, he is also well known as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party-affiliated Mahajan political family.
Before Fame
Before rising to reality television fame, he trained to be a pilot.
Trivia
He met his second wife while starring in an Indian reality series called Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega; the show is similar to the American program The Bachelor.
Family Life
The son of Rekha Mahajan and one-time Union Minister Pramod Mahajan, he grew up with a sister named Poonam (who went on to serve Mumbai North Central's constituency in the Indian Parliament). Following a two-year marriage to Shweta Singh, he was briefly married to fashion model Dimpy Ganguli; both unions ended with allegations of domestic abuse.
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After former Bigg Boss contestant Rahul Mahajan announced his third wedding with Kazakhstan model Natalya Ilina on November 20, his ex-wife Dimpy Mahajan took to social media to share throwback pics of her second wedding with Rohit Roy on her third anniversary.
"And I would choose you in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I would find you, and I would choose you! Happy anniversary baby! #happy3rd," she wrote.
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Also read | Rahul Mahajan on third marriage: My previous marriages happened in a hurry
Dimpy and Rohit became parents to a cute baby girl Reanna in June 2016.
Dimpy accused her first husband Rahul of domestic violence after nearly four years of her wedding. She had got married to him on reality show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega.
"My previous two marriages happened in a hurry. There was no time to think and though both Shweta and Dimpy are wonderful individuals, we were not not compatible. Over the last few years, I realised that I don't want to be in a relationship for the sake of it. I don't want to be with someone where there is no way forward. With Natalya, I discovered true companionship and also, there's no room for long arguments or differences between us," Rahul had said about his failed marriages.
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Even though my parents and I grew up in vastly different media climates - in fact, there was no television when they were growing up - I have come to inhabit a not unhappy compromise between their choices in television consumption and mine. My father is a Nat Geo fan and my mother does not mind the occasional soap so long as it does not descend into brainlessness. On my part, Indian television programme is no longer kosher. I have burnt myself enough times with Indian TV to restrict myself to Netflix and its cousins. The only place where my parents and I have found common ground is Zindagi, the line-up of serials from Pakistan whose superior content is reminiscent to my parents of Doordarshan's early days.
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There is one show, however, which draws daggers in the house, and that is Bigg Boss. My mother is an unabashed fan for reasons I cannot entirely fathom. She is an extremely decent woman: my mother is, a doctor who is famous for her generosity among her patients. It baffles me how she can so consummately enjoy a show which is premised on malice, shrewdness and backbiting. Since we all sit together for dinner, we end up watching the same thing on TV. Invariably, these days, it is Bigg Boss.
So I was there when Karishma and Gautam nearly came to blows, and I was there when Sonali slapped Ali. It is easy to dismiss the show offhand as my more cerebral friends tend to do. It is staged; it is only a showcase for a bunch of losers; it is all for TRPs; and so on. While all of those are legitimate reasons, they also reek of elitism. My main problem with the show is different: nowhere else on television is naked negativity celebrated with such aplomb as it is on Bigg Boss. Last week, the makers of the show decided to extend it beyond its usual run time, with a new segment called "Halla Bol". This entailed the entry of five new contestants, some of whom had stayed in the Bigg Boss house in earlier seasons, with the promise that anyone - even the newcomers - could now win the coveted crown. Farah Khan replaced Salman Khan as host and in her first appearance, cracked jokes, behaved as a teacher, and said not entirely nice things about the participants. It was all in the comic spirit that the show should aim for, so one hoped that maybe, just maybe we would have something better to look forward to.
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Sonali Raut apparently liked her without make-up exit. We don't know if to agree or disagree with her.
But the very next day, a Monday, there was a big fight between Sambhavana and Dimpy. Sambhavana is one of the newcomers and was part of an earlier season too. She has a sharp tongue and had made it clear right from the time she entered the house that she would target Dimpy. Dimpy, one of the old-timers, was once married to Rahul Mahajan who also entered the house and enjoys the visible support of Sambhavana. (The first reason one feels awkward about the show is that one can so readily narrate, in spite of oneself, what transpires in it. That one has followed the unpleasant shenanigans of a bunch of paid actors is not merely bad for the soul but also brings into question one's creative consumption choices.)
On Monday's episode Sambhavana hurled a shoe at Dimpy. I came to know of this later, when all the old-timers nominated Sambhavana for her behaviour. The nomination itself, where every contestant takes three names he or she thinks should be eliminated from the house, is an exercise in dramatic aggression. It's done openly so the person you nominate sits before you. If that person happens to be someone like Sambhavana, you face all the humiliation and embarrassment that comes with speaking your mind when said speech gets on her wrong side. I don't get it. I know these people are being paid for living inside the house, and I know that the makers of the show put them in these antagonistic situations to boost viewership. But what is it that drives the show, and has helped it attain such high popularity, is a question that has not received proper consideration.
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Dimpy Ganguli was crying rivers after Sambhavana Seth threw a shoe at her.
Suppose I am an actor struggling in Mumbai. (To imagine what this can mean, watch Anurag Kashyap's just-released Ugly.) I am in dire need of money because I haven't had any work for months. I get a call from Bigg Boss and I am promised a daily remuneration of, say, five lakh rupees to make an appearance on the show. The condition is I will have to behave like a feral dog inside the house. I will be expected to fight others for the slightest reason and every once in a while, create a ruckus that should increase blood pressures. I take up the offer, of course. Not only do I desperately need the money, being a feral dog is child's play. I am an actor after all.
Now consider this: this hypothetical scenario does not apply to anyone who comes on the show. True, none of the contestants are A-listers but none of them are on the road either. Even a Sambhavana Seth has a steady supply of roles in Bhojpuri films. Why then do they parade themselves in such blatantly inappropriate fashion? Most people who come on the show have had the distant gaze of (minor) stardom protect them until they entered the house. Once inside, everything, including their dignity, is taken from them. If the audience knew you as a harmless nobody before you came on the show, chances are they will think poorly of you after it. Yes, they will think of you, for Bigg Boss becomes a point of discussion during the months it runs, not to mention the faux intimacy one feels with the its participants because reality TV. But if recognition is what you are after, without consideration for what colour that recognition is, I am not sure we are on the same page.
Sure, this argument is not always true. For every Rahul Mahajan who comes across as an alcoholic for the permanent dazed look in his eyes, there is a Praneet Bhatt who vindicates himself in the public's eyes and confirms he has nothing in common with the diabolical Shakuni he played on Star Plus' Mahabharat. But the show's format is such that the "good guys" do not last. In fact, contestants are egged on to deliberately bring out their bad sides.Upen Patel was repeatedly told by guests to the show that he was not seen enough and that he should "do" more. This "doing" can involve anything from flirting to picking fights. Patel, after months of dithering, started complying with such requests in the weeks before his exit. (Ironically, he exited.)
Poor Upen Patel was chucked out of the Bigg Boss house in a surprise elimination.
As for me, I have sworn myself off Bigg Boss. Again. It happens every season. Every season I go through the four steps of grief - I kid you not. It starts with denial. I tell myself that maybe Gautam is not such a lost case after all. Maybe Diandra's friendship will redeem him. Maybe Puneet will show himself to be the father figure he is so clearly marked to be. All to no effect. When I realise that I have been summarily exploited, have had my emotions run through the grinder, I switch to anger. I can't believe that I have led myself into thinking, again, that these beautiful men and women are not who they appear to be. It's both irritating and humbling to realise how foolish one can be when it comes to TV, and how gullible. By now, the beautiful faces have slid into persistent rancour and abuse. I cannot take it anymore and I begin to slide into depression, or something like it. This is when I refuse to sit for dinner until we watch something palatable.
Diandra Soares kept changing her hair colours and for Gautam Gulati, we can say his "feelings".
As for acceptance, the final stage, that I never reach, curiously. I don't know why but every season I approach the show with fresh optimism. I tell myself this one might be better. There might be less discord; some genuine friendships may blossom; relationships won't prove to be so brittle. It's only a show, I know, but I am just a fool who has high hopes for Indian TV. And so I grieve, properly.
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About
Notable for competing in such Indian modeling contests as Sananda Tilottama and Gladrags MegaModel Manhunt, Mahajan is also known for her participation in the eighth season of the popular reality television series Bigg Boss.
Before Fame
She received an English degree from the Scottish Church College.
Trivia
By early 2015, she had close to forty thousand Twitter followers.
Family Life
She married politician and television personality Rahul Mahajan in an episode of the Indian reality TV show Rahul Ka Swayamwar. The marriage quickly ended in divorce.
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Attention seeker: Nupur Mehta has relished the attention she has received from the media recently
The media attention lavished on Nupur Mehta, an actress you wouldn't remember from any film you've ever seen, as she fluttered her false eyelashes and tried very hard to look upset at being linked to the cricket honey trap scandal, was yet another reminder of how little it takes to become famous in a world where shimmer blurs out substance.
With headline news increasingly starting to resemble Bigg Boss episodes, you don't have to achieve anything to become an instant celebrity. It was Rakhi Sawant who first cracked the code.
Television news channels, she figured out, are in desperate need of viewers to stay ahead in ratings wars in a crowded marketplace. She made her private life a national spectacle to whet their insatiable appetite for the comic theatre of the gutter.
After her, came the deluge. Dimpy Ganguly married Rahul Mahajan (the male Rakhi Sawant) on reality television and then had news television hyperventilating about her 'divorce'.
Poonam Pandey just had to announce that she would do the Full Monty if Team India lifted the World Cup to make a splash on prime-time news and on the front pages of newspapers.
Dolly Bindra became an instant hit by dominating the fourth season of Bigg Boss with her foul mouth.
And just in case you have forgotten, Mumbai-based DJ Jenny D appeared on a poster that went viral with just a diaphanous tricolour cloth 'to protect her modesty'.
She did it last Independence Day to promote the cause of women's emancipation. With specimens such as these, do women need abusive men to feel like filth?
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Remember Rahul Mahajan’s ex-wife Dimpy Ganguly? Yes the same one who got married to Rahul after winning NDTV Imagine’s Swyamvar season 2. Well, as you all know, she tied the knot in November last year to her long term boyfriend, Rohit Roy, a Dubai-based structural engineer.
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Remember Rahul Mahajan’s ex-wife Dimpy Ganguly? Yes the same one who got married to Rahul after winning NDTV Imagine’s Swyamvar season 2. Well, as you all know, she tied the knot in November last year to her long term boyfriend, Rohit Roy, a Dubai-based structural engineer.
Recommended Read: 11 Bollywood Couples Who Broke Up After Staying In A Live-In Relationship
The ex-Bigg Boss season 8 contestant has been in the news so far due to her ugly divorce, alleged affair allegations and domestic violence. However, Dimpy Ganguly is back in action and trending, this time for all the right reasons! This Bengali beauty has just taken to Instagram to share her swoon-worthy wedding pics. And let us tell you, these classy black and white pics will turn even the strongest of hearts mushy once they see the romance oozing out of them. The couple looks so much in love and Dimpy looks happier than ever!
Take a look and decide for yourself:
Also See: 5 Fabulous Reasons To Add Black And White Photographs To Your Colourful Wedding Album
Recommended Read: Steal The Look- TV Actress Sanaya Irani's Wedding Jewellery That Every Bride Will Fall In Love With
Recommended Read: Crazy Monkey Wedding: Unseen Pictures Of Karan And Bipasha, Straight From Their Wedding Photographer
Well, we do wonder what her ex-husband Rahul Mahajan’s reaction would be after seeing Dimpy’s pic. We hope it’s as same as ours because who does not like seeing two people united in the sacred bond of love and marriage for an eternity!
Images Courtesy: Dimpi Ganguly Instagram
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The depressing reality of reality television – Aparna Mudi
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I am an optimist. Well, on most days I am. And reality TV plays the true leveller in my rather rose-coloured vision I have of my life and things around.
With little time to watch television, I catch up on most of the episodes on the World Wide Web. And it’s easy. Many of the TV channels have online feed of their shows, which makes it easier to just selectively watch the episodes you like.
But what depresses me is what is shown on reality television. Now, these shows are supposed to be unscripted, hence the emotions are likely to be real. So if these emotions are real then we have a relatively dark future. Programmes like ‘Bigg Boss’ show stars cramped in a house for weeks turn on each other, scheme, plot, be malicious and be rude. Turns out that most people think that’s entertainment. Twitter hash tags about the show are trending. It’s all over Facebook, and scandals are rife. It is as if the audience is deriving some strange sadistic pleasure in watching others behaving that way.
ALSO READ: Why do people love Salman Khan?
The worst is that the people in the show don’t seem to mind the insults they face. It is not just in shows like ‘Bigg Boss’ where participants are put into an unnatural situation and thereafter filmed to be presented to an audience. Herein lies a big grouse — it’s not really reality if what the audience gets to watch are snippets of the show that are carefully edited out by the producers to only present the drama, which is sometimes misleading. There have also been claims of the situations being script generated. Such claims can be backed by how relationships that have started on television have never worked after the shows have gotten over. Fights that have started out in these shows have ended with the shows ending too. Whether it is ‘Rakhi ka Swayamvar’, ‘Bigg Boss’ or ‘Bachelorette India’, the shows promote and use celebrities who have failed in their respective careers and are looking for a jumpstart.
Music, dance and other talent competitions have (at least on screen) started humiliating the contestants a little less over the past few years. It’s probably because of the ‘n’ number of cases where the participants have committed suicide or gone into depression. It does not, however, change the fact that the humiliation remains, and the shows try to portray a shortcut to success. True, many of these kids are talented and do get the kind of exposure that is unprecedented. Some local unknown talent and talent groups have indeed gotten more shows and recognition than it was possible in traditional method before. Then there are thousands who believe that standing on stage and being approved by a set of qualified or unqualified judges is the only way to make or break their career.
Being shouted at in an adventure reality show, or flaunting your most private moments and relationships on TV has become a national pastime. The competition and the obvious lies are accepted and justified as “all is fair to win” attitude of these people. It is something that many impressionable kids imbibe easily and apply to their lives. Easy to just put a disclaimer and shirk off all the responsibility.
ALSO READ: Building anticipation, Bollywood’s new fad
Loud, crass, incompetent people like Rakhi Sawant, Dolly Bindra, Rahul Mahajan, Sambhavana Seth, Pooja Mishra, Imam Siddiqui have become stars overnight with the advent of these shows. They have glamorised materialism and vulgarity for the sake of TRPs and winning the show. The audience laps it up.
The idea of principles, morals and decency has no place on Indian television anymore. It has become a fight for who can create the bigger hungama. It’s apparently a lesser predicament for censor board to show these men and women use all the dirt on each other than to show couples kissing (lest some khap panchayat somewhere rules that that’s what is causing all the rapes).
“Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic involved. A lot of them just want to be reality TV-type people who don`t do anything,” says Katy Perry.
It is probably a reflection of the times we live in.
This article was first published on zeenews.com
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Rahul Mahajan (born 25 July 1975) is an Indian reality show entertainer and former pilot. He is the son of former union cabinet minister Pramod Mahajan. He appeared as a contestant on reality shows like Bigg Boss 2, Bigg Boss Halla Bol and Bigg Boss 14.
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Rahul participated in Bigg Boss 2 in 2008. He was the finalist of the season. But a couple of days before the Grand Finale, Rahul Mahajan, Raja Chaudhary, Ashutosh Kaushik and Zulfi Syed climbed the wall to get out of the house.[2] Mahajan has participated in Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, the reality show sequel of Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. This show was a swayamvar for Rahul Mahajan, where 17 girls were participating including his would-be bride. Rahul Mahajan married Dimpy Mahajan (née Ganguly), a 25-year-old Bengali model and actress on 6 March 2010.[3] As the previous version of the show (Rakhi Ka Swayamwar) did not culminate in a marriage, the marriage of Dimpy with Rahul was the first one of its kind to be telecast on Indian television with a national audience. Rahul and his wife Dimpy Mahajan had participated in Nach Baliye season 5. He also participated in Bigg Boss alongside her, but both were ultimately eliminated.[4]
In February 2022, he participated in StarPlus's Smart Jodi as Contestant with Natalya.[5]
Personal life
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Rahul Mahajan is the elder child of former BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and Rekha Mahajan.[6] His sister Poonam Mahajan is a member of parliament from Mumbai North Central and a politician of the BJP.
In July 2006, he became engaged to Shweta Singh whom he knew for 13 years and was with in flying school in US together and also flew for Jet Airways. In December 2007, both filed for a divorce with mutual consent; Shweta filed for divorce after accusing him of domestic violence on 13 December 2007 on grounds of incompatibility and mutual consent of both parties. On 1 August 2008, Rahul Mahajan and his wife were granted a divorce by a Gurgaon court. District Judge Ramendra Jain granted their divorce after both parties mutually agreed on the move.[7]
In 2010, Mahajan married Dimpy Ganguly at the end of Rahul Ka Swayamwar, a TV reality show which staged a swayamvar for him. However, Dimpy left his Worli house after what she has described as violent abuse that involved "punching, kicking and dragging her by her hair". A source said the domestic abuse of Dimpy by Mahajan had started about a month after their national TV wedding.[8]
Rahul Mahajan was married for the third time to Natalya Ilina, an ethnic Russian Kazakh model, on 20 November 2018.[9]
Television
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Bigg Boss 2 (2008)
(Ejected on Day 93)
Chhote Miyan - Jung Nanhe Hasgullon Ki (2008)
Chhote Miyan - Chapter 2 (2009)
Chhote Miyan Bade Miyan (2009)
Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega (2010)
Emotional Atyachar (Season 1) (2010)
Job Time TV (2010)
Jubilee Comedy Circus (2011)
Perfect Bachelor (2011)
Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki (2013)
Nach Baliye 5 (2013)
Nach Baliye: Shriman V/s Shrimati (2013)
Meri Maa... (Mother's Day Special) (2013)
India's Dancing Superstar (2013)
Nach Baliye 6 (2013)
Comedy Nights with Kapil (2014)
Bigg Boss Halla Bol (2015) (Entered on Day 105 & Evicted on Day 126)
Comedy Classes (2015)
Comedy Nights Bachao (S1; E22) (2016)
Cricket, Camera, Action! (2016–17)
Nach Baliye 9 (2019)
Bigg Boss 14 (2020–21) (Entered on Day 65 & Evicted on Day 93)
Smart Jodi (2022)
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Mumbai: Bigg Boss 8 fans brace yourselves for another wild card entry on the show. And no it’s not British adult star Shanti Dynamite, this time the show will see Rahul Mahajan’s estranged wife Dimpy Ganguly making a wild card entry.
The names of the wildcard entries will be revealed on Friday, November 7. Apart from Dimpy, MTV Roadies contestant Renee Dhyani will also be making a wildcard entry on the show.
Dimpy’s entry will be very interesting because, her husband Rahul was also a contestant on the second season of the show. The show’s ratings topped the charts that year because of Rahul’s popularity.
Dimpy is also no stranger to reality shows. The former model was a contestant on ‘Swayamvar Season 2: Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega’, where she instantly connected with her husband Rahul Mahajan, and the duo tied the knot on the show.
It will be quite interesting to see how Dimpy settles in on the hit show.
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Bigg Boss 8, which merged into Bigg Boss Halla Bol!, was the eighth season of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss, which premiered on TV channel Colors from 21 September 2014[1][2] and concluded on 3 January 2015 with five final contestants.[3] Bigg Boss is the Indian edition of Big Brother.[4] Salman Khan returned as the host of the series for the fifth time[5][6][7][8] and Snapdeal was chosen to be the new presenting sponsor after the end of Colors' five-year deal with Vodafone India for the series.[9]
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Dimpy Ganguly and her husband Rohit Roy will become parents for the third time. They already have a daughter and a son.
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In the photo, Dimpy is seen holding her son in her arms while Reanna kisses her baby bump. Dimpy opted for a long floral dress, kept her hair loose, wore earrings and had sunglasses on her head. She smiled looking at her daughter as she held her. The picture was clicked outdoors with several buildings seen in the backdrop.
Sharing the post, Dimpy wrote, "To me, the most gratifying and fulfilling love I have ever experienced is the love I have received from my babies. That selflessly selfish yet selfishly selfless kind, when they can't help but only think of you in their happiest, saddest, angriest, sleepiest, crankiest, hungriest moments, making you feel like some magical being and putting you on an almost god-like pedestal that can solve all the problems in their world, is what gives me a purpose every single day, to be a better person, to see the world with hopeful eyes even in the darkest of times, to let go of all that's painful and just be happy that regardless of what judgements the world might pass about me, I will always be their 'mum'."
She added, "How I know this? Because I'm still like that with mine. Can't believe very soon this love will become x3! Happy mother's day to all the lovely girl mums, boy mums, furry mums, friend mums, dads who are also mums and basically anyone who is willing to open their hearts to responsibly give and receive a love that's this big in magnitude in the UAE and all over the world. #uaemothersday #mothersday #mothers #momofthree."
Dimpy and Rohit tied the knot in November 2015. While Reanna was born in June 2016, they became parents to Aryaan in 2020. earlier, Dimpy was married to Rahul Mahajan. They got divorced in 2015 after five years of marriage.
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'I teach her Bhagavad Gita and we read mythological stuff'
Rahul disclosed that his wife decided to convert to Hinduism after their marriage. He said, "I always tell her that the husband and wife's relationship should be like Shiv and Parvati. We keep them as our idols in our relationship." "I teach her Bhagavad Gita and we read a lot of mythological stuff together," he added.
'We are like two tracks of the railway'
Rahul, who recently appeared on the ongoing season of Bigg Boss, stated, "We are like two tracks of the railway. We do not interfere in each other's matters too much and give each other space." "We maintain the balance so that our marriage is on the right track." To recall, Rahul and Natalya got married in 2018.
A brief about Rahul's past marriages
Rahul's first wife was Shweta Singh whom he knew for 13 years before tying the knot in 2006. The couple got divorced within two years of getting married. In 2010, he appeared in Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaega, and married Dimpy Ganguly on the television show. The two got divorced in 2015. Both Shweta and Dimpy had accused Rahul of physical abuse.
He punched, kicked, dragged me: Rahul's ex-wife Dimpy
Even though Rahul has never confessed to the allegations, both his marriages ended after he was accused of domestic violence. Dimpy had alleged in 2010 that Rahul had punched, kicked and dragged her by the hair at his house in Mumbai. She subsequently left the house and filed for divorce.
Rahul on his failed marriages: 'We were not compatible'
Opening up about his previous two marriages, Rahul had said in one of his past interviews, "My previous two marriages happened in a hurry. There was no time to think and though both Shweta and Dimpy are wonderful individuals, we were not compatible."
Rahul has featured in several TV shows
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Indian celebrities having a swayamvar on national television is not a new trend. Earlier, the swayamvars of various known names including Rakhi Sawant, Mallika Sherawat, Rahul Mahajan, and Shehnaaz Gill took place on TV. Now, the latest buzz suggests that another celebrity might soon be looking for a bride on a reality show.
Well, we're talking about Mika Singh. Reportedly, the singer is excited about his swayamvar and is going to charge an insane amount for it. There are rumours that he has charged a whopping amount of Rs 50 crore to be a part of the show. Yes, you read that right!
Revealing the same, a source informed ETimes, "When approached Mika Singh asking price is 50 crores for the participation in the show". However, the singer is yet to confirm the same.
According to reports, the show's concept is similar to the previous swayamvars. It is expected to premiere within a few months. Looks like Mika too will follow the footsteps of Rakhi Sawant and Ratan Rajput. He will reportedly just get engaged on the show and will take his relationship further once the show ends.
Interestingly, after the show, both Rakhi and Ratan broke engagements with their partners as things didn't turn out as expected. We wonder what the future holds for Mika.
Well, the singer is looking forward to his swayamvar. Revealing the same, a source informed TOI, "Mika is really excited to be a part of the show. Contestants participating in the show will be from across the country".
Talking about previous swayamvars, only Rahul Mahajan ended up getting married to Dimpy Ganguly on the show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega in 2010. After being together for around four years, the duo got divorced in 2015.
Mallika Sherawat had chosen Vijay Singh as her life partner. After the show, they dated each other for a while and parted ways within a year.
Pakistani actress and Bigg Boss 4 contestant Veena Malik too was supposed to have a swayamvar, back in 2012. The promos were out too, however, the show was called off after Imagine TV decided to shut shop.
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After Rakhi Sawant, it is Rahul Mahajan's turn to try his luck at a swayamvar. The former Bigg Boss housemate has 15 beautiful women to choose from for his reality show, Rahul Dulhania Le Jayega, on NDTV Imagine.
Before the show premieres on February 1, we take a look at the women who will compete for Rahul's love.
Nikunj Malik
Age: 25
Hails from: Faridabad, Haryana
An accessory designer, Nikunj has done her Masters in accessory design and fashion management from NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology). She has worked with established companies like Wills Lifestyle and Lee Cooper.
Nikunj was accepted into a PhD program at IIM Ahmedabad but she decided against it, as she did not want to study for at least six years.
Nikunj loves dogs, and has five pets.
Age: 28
Hails from: Pune, Maharashtra
Mrinmai has done her Masters in Arts from Pune's Fergusson College but is a model by profession. She has won many beauty pageants in Pune.
She is the only child, as she lost her younger brother in an accident.
She finds Rahul very endearing and hopes to get to know him better.
Age: 22
Hails from Mohali, Punjab
Mani is a freelance anchor. She has completed her graduation from the Government College for girls, Chandigarh.
She is very good at mimicry.
Just before she was to leave for the show, her grandmother passed away. She was in two minds whether to continue with her plans when her brother -- knowing how keen she was to marry Rahul -- encouraged her to go ahead and be a part of the show.
Age: 21
Hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Rashmi is a post graduate student in Mass Communication. She is a news anchor by profession and one of her most proud moment's in life was when her first news bulletin went on air.
Rashmi makes friends easily and likes surfing social-networking sites on the internet.
She admires the way Rahul coped with the personal tragedy of his father's assassination.
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Reality TV contestant Pradhyuman Maloo has been accused of domestic violence, according to a Hindustan Times report. Maloo appeared on Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking, a show in which matchmaker Sima Taparia tried to set up arranged marriages between young Indians. While Taparia did not manage to find him a suitable match, Season Two of the show saw Maloo getting back with his then-girlfriend, Ashima Chauhaan. Chauhaan and Maloo later got married; now, however, Chauhaan has lodged an FIR against both Maloo and his family, accusing them of physical and emotional abuse and of blackmailing her family.
In Season One, Maloo famously rejected 150 women’s proposals, with the show highlighting his high standards and “superficiality” in his search for his dream life partner. When the show first introduces him, Taparia says she knew the family for several years: “they’re lovely people, and a very good cultured family.” She laments his “high expectations” — something women on the show are called “picky” for. “The boy is good, he’s fair, he’s tall, and a very handsome guy, a good-natured guy,” Taparia ultimately concludes.
The first thing Maloo says about Chauhaan when the show first introduces her is “She dresses really well.”
Indian Matchmaking has already been heavily criticized for its benign approach towards the classism, casteism, colorism, and sexism that are in-built into the arranged marriage process. Its hands-off treatment of obvious instances of stereotypical rhetoric and coercive pressure on women was perhaps meant to depict the arranged marriage scene for what it is — but it’s hard to ignore the fact that many of these were framed as entertaining little quirks. And that’s a problem.
Perhaps the most infamous example of this is Rahul Mahajan, a reality TV star who appeared in multiple shows before starring in his own, Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, where several women competed to win his hand in marriage. He ultimately married model Dimpy Mahajan in 2010, in a wedding that was telecast nationally. But here’s the catch: he had already been accused of domestic violence at the time by his ex-wife Shweta Singh. His second marriage ended similarly, with Dimpy Mahajan filing for divorce and accusing him of domestic violence.
As recently as February of last year, he appeared on the show Smart Jodi with his current, and third, wife.
Another Bigg Boss contestant, Shalin Bhanot, was accused of domestic violence and dowry harassment by his ex-wife, Dalljiet Kaur. He then participated in Bigg Boss 16, and pursued another contestant afterthe divorce. When Tina Dutta, the contestant he was interested in, asked him about the allegations, he called them “funny.” “If something wrong happens, it’s always the boy’s fault,” he told her, brushing off the allegations.
Related on The Swaddle:
Sajid Khan’s ‘Bigg Boss’ Participation Shows How Reality TV Whitewashes #MeToo Accused
The pattern, moreover, seems to apply across reality shows all over the world. Married At First Sight participant Aimee Collins previously called out dating and romance reality shows after she was paired with a man charged with domestic violence. Domestic violence survivors also called out to the same show for failing to recognize abusive patterns in one of the show’s contestants’ behavior toward another; the show exec, however, that the network didn’t consider the dynamic to be violent.
Several Korean reality shows, like Oh Eun-young’s Report: Marriage Hell, Teenage Parents, We cha-cha-cha, Between Marriage and Divorce, and We Got Divorced 2 have all also been heavily criticized for featuring explicit domestic physical and emotional abuse between partners, sometimes in front of their children, ultimately ending in reconciliation.
This seems to be a particular problem with reality TV where dating and romance are key axes of the drama. Studies have found that reality TV often has more “relational aggression” — or behaviour harming a social environment — than other genres. One study found the “role congruity theory” to be at play, wherein viewers of reality TV positively evaluated aggressive behaviour from men on the shows, since it conforms to their social expectations of men’s behaviour in general. Researchers have also expressed concern that reality shows like Love Island normalize domestic abuse. “The dynamics of reality TV shows, where conflict is encouraged by introducing jealousy and intrigue, legitimises defences such as ‘they deserved it,’ which can cause questionable behaviour to spiral on these shows,” wrote researchers Nathan Birdsall and Scott Keay in The Conversation.
Clearly, reality TV — especially dating and romance shows — walk a fine line between platforming and endorsing the worst of masculinity. “TV profiting off abusive behavior is not new… more often than not, it is the most caustic, reprehensible of personalities that often become reality stars who leverage their clout beyond just entertainment. The ascension of Donald Trump to the U.S, Presidency is a case in point: reality TV makes for powerful social and cultural clout. It is a vehicle to gain cultural mileage and a get-out-of-jail-free card for inexcusable behavior,” The Swaddle noted earlier.
In the case of Indian Matchmaking, the messaging around masculinity is that being handsome and coming from a “good cultured family” are enough to make prospective grooms a catch; for prospective brides, on the other, the admonishment is to always “compromise,” “adjust,” and “lower expectations.” When men’s entitlement and superficiality is played off as men being men, and is indeed the highlight of the show, the messaging at play is insidious: The characteristics that look like red flags are really quirks that must be rewarded with more attention and interest instead.
Masculinity doesn’t have to be this way, and it isn’t funny, entertaining, or quirky only when it encompasses selectiveness, objectification, or entitlement. But when the “reality” version of masculinity on offer is often riddled with red flags and warning signs, it’s not only harmful to feminist discourse, but also to men themselves. But given the fact that domestic violence allegations have not stopped reality shows from inviting the same men back on their shows — arguably because of the allegations adding more drama — reality TV is complicit in a harmful hetero-patriarchal culture that’s a disservice to everyone, including men.
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New Delhi: Reality shows celebrity and former pilot Rahul Mahajan and his wife Natalya Ilina are reportedly headed for divorce after five years of marriage. Rahul and Natalya tied the knot in 2018.
According to a report in ETimes, the couple filed for divorce last year, and they had compatibility issues since the beginning of their marriage. “Compatibility issues were there between the two since the beginning. However, they stretched their marriage as long as they could. They parted ways last year and filed for divorce,” ETimes quoted its source as saying.
When asked about the same, Rahul Mahajan told ETimes, "I want to keep my private life private. I would not like to comment on anything. I do not discuss what's happening in my personal life even with my friends... By the way, I'm doing well."
Rahul’s friend also told ETimes that he was shattered after the breakup and is doing fine now. "He is getting back to life. He was not in a great state the last year. Now, he is hoping to find love. He has also decided to not talk about his personal life due to his past experiences."
Natalya was Rahul's third wife. He was earlier married to Dimpy Ganguly (2010-2015) and Shweta Singh (2006-2008).
Rahul has worked in many reality shows, including 'Bigg Boss', 'Nach Baliye' and his swaymvar titled ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’. His second wife Dimpy had participated in the swaymvar and they both got married on the show. The soon filed for divorce and Dimpy also accused Rahul of domestic violence.
Rahul's first wife Shweta Singh was a pilot and they both were in same flying school in US and worked with Jet Airways together.
Rahul appeared onscreen with his wife Nayalya in 'Smart Jodi', the reality show on married couples on Star Plus.
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SwayamvarCreated bySOLDirected byGagan deep bijraniyaPresented byRam Kapoor (2009-2010)
Hiten Tejwani (2011)StarringRakhi Sawant (2009)
Rahul Mahajan (2010)
Ratan Rajput (2011)
Veena Malik (cancelled)Country of originIndiaNo. of seasons4ProductionProduction locationsFateh Garh Palace, Udaipur (2009-2010)
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Asst nitesh choudharyRunning timeApprox. 45 minutesProduction companyImagine TVOriginal releaseNetworkImagine TVRelease29 June 2009 ( ) –
3 July 2011 (2011-07-03)
Swayamvar is a reality television show, where the contestants perform tasks and woo the hopeful bride/groom in return for their hand in marriage.[1] It started airing in India with the Swayamvar Season 1 in 2009 and followed that with Swayamvar Season 2 (2010). In February 2011, Imagine TV announced the launch of the Swayamvar Season 3.
The Swayamvar Season 3 started airing on Imagine TV from 30 May 2011. The winner of Ratan Ka Rishta will get the bride/groom of the season's hand in marriage.
The new series sees a new host and a new location for the show. The new host is television actor, Hiten Tejwani, while the new location for the TV show is Shiv Vilas Palace in Jaipur,Rajasthan.
Ram Kapoor
Season 1 and 2 (2009-2010)
Hiten Tejwani
Season 3 (2011)
Ram Kapoor also appeared in Season 3 as a part-time host, whenever Hiten Tejwani was unable to appear for the show.
Rakhi Sawant
Season 1 (2009)
Rahul Mahajan (Reality TV Personality)
Season 2 (2010)
Ratan Rajput
Season 3 (2011)
Veena Malik
Season 4 (Cancelled as the channel got shut)
The winner of the first season of Swayamvar was Elesh Parujanwala, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The season was aired from 29 June 2009 to 2 August 2009. Manas Katyal and Chitiz Jain of New Delhi were the two other finalists, while Manmohan Tiwari of Rishikesh and Luv Khanna of New Delhi came 4th and 5th respectively, in the competition.
The prospective bride for Swayamvar Season 1 was Bollywood dancer, actress, model and talk show host Rakhi Sawant. The first season was hosted by Ram Kapoor.
This was the only season where the winner did not marry the prospective bride. They got engaged during the finale and later split up after a couple of months. Rakhi Sawant later went on to host the highly controversial[citation needed] show Rakhi Ka Insaaf, while Elesh Parujanwala went on to appear in another highly controversial[citation needed] show, Pati Patni Aur Woh, alongside his then partner, Rakhi Sawant.
Manas Katyal, one of the finalists, went on to appear as a contestant on Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, while Manmohan Tiwari went on to become a television actor and starred in many shows and TV serials including Armanon Ka Balidaan-Aarakshan and Jamunia.
The winner of the second season of Swayamvar was Dimpy Ganguly from Kolkata. This season was aired from February to April, 2010. Nikunj Malik of Faridabad and Harpreet Chabra of New Delhi were the 2 other finalists.
The prospective groom for Swayamvar Season 2 was reality TV personality and the son of Pramod Mahajan, Rahul Mahajan. The second season was also hosted by Ram Kapoor.
Dimpy Ganguly, the winner of the show, later, went on to become a contestant of Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout. She was eliminated in the first round of the show. Rahul Mahajan has gone on to appear in the hit reality show Comedy Circus. Both of them appeared in Bigg Boss 8 spin-off Halla Bol after separation to spice things up
Nikunj Malik, one of the finalists, went on to become an actress and has appeared in many TV shows including Geet (TV series).
The winner was announced in the final episode entitled "Faisle Ki Raat". The prospective bride for Swayamvar Season 3 was Ratan Rajput, who is best known for her lead roles in the Indian soap Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as Laali, a poor village girl, who was sold by her parents. In the Indian television soap Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi she played Ruchi Sharma, one of three daughters who are forced to start a new life in Mumbai. She belongs to Patna and came to Mumbai to roam in the city. She had been called by a director and she had an audition and was selected for the new serial. This Swayamvar came to conclusion on 3 July 2011. Ratan chose Abhinav Sharma as her groom and they got engaged. Though the couple haven't married, they announced that they are engaged. The relationship has since fallen apart.
The promo for season 4 titled Swayamvar Veena ka Vivah[2] were out but the show never went on floor as the channel was shut down. Pakistani actress Veena Malik was signed up for her Swayamvar.[3]
Rakhi Sawant was the prospective bride of the first season. After the show, she caused huge controversy by splitting with the winner of the show, Elesh Parujanwala.
Rakhi Sawant is a dancer and actress, who has appeared in such films as Main Hoon Na and Dil Bole Hadippa!. She has also appeared in reality shows such as Nach Baliye and Bigg Boss.
Rakhi Sawant is also very well known as the host of controversial chat show Rakhi Ka Insaaf. This show became prominent when a participant committed suicide after Rakhi had made comments about him, which made him lose his self-confidence.
Rahul Mahajan was the prospective groom of the second season. After the show, there had been reports that he had beaten his newly wedded wife Dimpy Mahajan. But, these proved to be false.
Rahul Mahajan is the son of prominent politician, Pramod Mahajan, who came to fame, when his father was shot by his uncle. Rahul Mahajan has been married once before to Shweta Singh, but they were divorced in 2008.
Rahul Mahajan has appeared on many reality shows including Bigg Boss and Comedy Circus.
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Dimpy, who is now leading happy married life with husband and daughter reacted to Rahul's wedding. She spoke to SpotBoye.com and wished him well. When she was informed about his third marriage, she laughed but later congratulated the couple. She said, "I am glad to know that! And hope he really finds happiness this time around... like I have done. Many Congratulations to the newlyweds."
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Dimpy Ganguly, who is currently in France, further added that she hopes Natalya isn't subjected to domestic violence."People can change you know. For the sake of both, I really hope all that doesn't happen. It's the worst thing one can do to another," she said.
Both marriages of Rahul Mahajan ended with accusations of domestic violence. His first wife Shweta was his childhood friend and the two knew each other for 13 years. She had accused him of physically abusing her. The couple got separated in December 2007, and were granted divorce in 2008.
In the same year, Rahul Mahajan participated in Bigg Boss 8, where closer to grand finale, he tried to escape the house and was thrown out of the show. He was linked to starlets like Payal Rohatgi and Monica Bedi on Bigg Boss.
Rahul Mahajan got married to Dimpy Ganguly on national TV in 2010 on reality show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega. The couple got divorced four years later on February 25, 2014, after his second wife accused him of kicking, punching and beating her up.
Also read: Bigg Boss star Rahul Mahajan, 43, ties the knot with 25-year-old model
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When Rahul’s ex-wife and former Bigg Boss contestant Dimpy Ganguli was asked to comment on the marriage by a leading daily, she said, “Hope he really finds happiness this time around like I have. Many congratulations to the newlyweds.” She also applauded him for his courage and optimism for the institution of marriage even after undergoing two broken marriages. However, she hoped that this marriage will not end in domestic violence.
RECOMMENDED READ: Ex-Bigg Boss contestant Rahul Mahajan gets married the third time; ties the knot with Kazakhstan model Natalya Ilina
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Since both his former wives, pilot Shweta Singh and Dimpy had alleged physical abuse and domestic violence which ended in divorce, Dimpy was quick to add, “People can change you know. For the sake of both, I really hope all that (domestic violence) doesn't happen. It's the worst thing one can do to another.”
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Rahul who is 43, told a leading tabloid that he knows Natalya, 25, since more than a year but only started dating recently. He told the daily candidly that family life and peace of mind is his and his wife’s top priority.
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She said that the only people who mattered to her back then were the ones who were around her and not the people hiding behind fake names. She said, “To me, the only people who matter are the ones around me, not the ones who are hiding behind fake names or fake IDs. Even if I know somebody, who is a real person, but has no contribution in my life. As a celebrity, you just grow a thick skin. There is no other way. You cannot make everybody happy. I stopped thinking about it a long time ago. I just look out for my peace, my happiness and my world.”
Dimpy didn’t want to give any importance to her past and said, “Many times, people urge me to speak up, talk about it, but… why? Talking about it would take up some time. I would have to invest some time, and give importance to something that is completely immaterial to me.”
The reality TV show personality did many TV shows as well. But post the divorce, she cut off from everything. Dimpy said back then, “The initial years were hard because I had to start from scratch. I relocated and we started everything fresh. So it was hard. The only way to do it was to completely disconnect. That’s why there was a period of complete silence from my life. I didn’t want to talk to anybody, I didn’t want to do anything. Even though I had time, I didn’t take up any project. I just wanted some time to heal and to figure out my way ahead, start a new life. Once I was in a happy space again, then I came out. I made friends, I did things that I used to do.”
Dimpy back then decided to stay away from everyone, even her parents. About the same, she said, “So, there was a time when I trusted nobody. Not even trusting, I moved away from everybody… including my own parents. We were in touch… but what I was going through, what I was thinking… they had no idea. I was dealing with a lot and I wasn’t ready to talk. It was not easy for them. So, I made that choice of moving away.”
Dimpy found a friend, philosopher and guide with her now husband Rohit Roy back then. She said, “Rohit was my olive branch from everything that I was going through. At that point, my only friend, philosopher, guide and confidante… everything was Rohit. It was easier than having too many opinions, I only had one source from where I could draw my inspiration from. There was only one person, who knew everything about me and that made it a lot easier. If I had a lot of people around, it would have only created confusion. If you get hit by anything, you don’t have to bounce right then. Take time to heal. At that time, trust only your doctor and nobody else.”
When asked about how she decided that she can spend her life with Rohit, Dimpy replied, “There was not much thinking into it. I met him and something just felt right. Whether it was pure luck or instinctive, I can’t point a finger towards one thing that made me trust him. I still can’t. I met him and I felt he is the person I need to trust. There was no other thought.”
The former model and actress got married to Rahul Mahajan in Rahul Ki Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, did shows like Nach Baliye 5, Bigg Boss 8, Kahani Chandrakanta Ki and many others. The couple had many ugly disputes and differences. Dimpy had accused Rahul of domestic violence after a few months of marriage, which made them file for divorce. She stayed away from the limelight post her bitter divorce in 2015.
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Television actor Rahul Mahajan, who got married to model Dimpy Ganguly amid much fanfare back in 2010, is on the verge of separation from his model wife.
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Television actor Rahul Mahajan, who got married to model Dimpy Ganguly amid much fanfare back in 2010, is on the verge of separation from his model wife.
Mahajan had tied the knot with Ganguly in the reality show "Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayenge". But now, it has emerged that the duo's marriage has hit a rough patch, and the model is now involved with a Dubai-based businessman.
Ganguly is said to have been staying away from Mahajan for about a year now, and has shifted to Dubai to stay close to her boyfriend, who is allegedly a former lover.
"It seems Dimpy knew her current boyfriend even before her marriage to Rahul. She eventually realised that she has fallen out of love with her husband. Even Rahul is aware of the relationship. The two have been staying separately for almost a year now. Dimpy relocated to Dubai around six months back. Though they participated in a couple dance reality show last year, it was all hogwash," The Times of India quoted a friend of the couple.
Another friend stated that the tension in the couple's relationship is known to all of their friends but the duo is expected to file for divorce only after the ongoing elections.
When confronted with the news, Mahajan apparently played down the news and said he is busy with elections.
This has not been the first time that reports of tension between the duo have surfaced. Soon after Mahajan and Dimpy's marriage, the model had come out, accusing the former of physical abuse publicly, though they reconciled later.
Incidentally, Mahajan's first wife Shweta Singh had also accused him of domestic violence for seeking separation back in 2008.
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As per reports, Rahul Mahajan is separating from his third wife, Natalya Ilina, who is a Kazakhstan model by profession. In addition, the actor also addressed
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Popular television actor, Rahul Mahajan often hits the headlines for his personal life. Once again, rumours of his divorce from his third wife, Natalya Ilina surfaced on the internet. For the unversed, Rahul tied the knot for the third time with a Kazakhstan model, Natalya on November 20, 2018, in an intimate affair in Mumbai, with the presence of only a few close friends and family members in attendance. Since then, the adorable couple has been enjoying the best of their married lives. Now, reports suggest that Rahul has parted ways with Natalya after being in marital bliss for four years.
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Rahul Mahajan gets divorced from his thrid-wife, Natalya Ilina?
As per a report in the ETimes, a source close to the couple, Rahul Mahajan, and his third wife, Natalya Ilina revealed that the duo has filed for divorce due to compatibility issues in 2022. However, it is unclear whether their divorce has been finalised. The source also mentioned that Rahul is completely shattered by the same and said:
"Compatibility issues were there between the two since the beginning. However, they stretched their marriage as long as they could. They parted ways last year and have filed for divorce. He was absolutely shattered after the break up. Now he is doing fine. He is getting back to life. He was not in a great state the last year. Now, he is hoping to find love. He has also decided to not talk about his personal life due to his past experiences."
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Rahul Mahajan and Natalya Ilina's reaction to their divorce rumours
Recently, in a short conversation with the ETimes, Rahul was asked about the divorce rumours with his wife, Natalya. To this, he mentioned, "I want to keep my private life private. I would not like to comment on anything. I do not discuss what's happening in my personal life even with my friends." However, he also added, "By the way, I'm doing well." On the other hand, Natalya preferred to keep shut about the same.
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For the unversed, Rahul Mahajan was earlier married to Shweta Singh, after knowing her for 13 years. But Rahul and Shweta parted ways in 2008. Two years later, in 2010, he exchanged wedding vows with Dimpy Ganguly on a television show, Swayamvar. However, things went topsy turvy in Rahul and Dimpy's marriage, and she filed a case against him in 2014 for physically abusing her. After his divorce from Dimpy, Rahul entered the marital journey for the third time with his current wife, Natalya IIina in 2018.
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When Rahul and Natalya talked about their companionship
In 2022, Rahul Mahajan and his estranged wife, Natalya Ilina participated in the reality show, Smart Jodi. In one of the show's episodes, Natalya was heard saying that Rahul's marriage with Shweta Singh and Dimpy Ganguly, doesn't matter to her as it was a short-term relationship. Natalya also mentioned that marriage holds a special meaning to her. In the same episode, Rahul added to his wife's thoughts and said that if he had to marry for the fourth time, then that would also be with Natalya. In another interview with the Bombay Times, Rahul had talked about his experience with his previous two partners, Shweta Singh and Dimpy Ganguly. He also mentioned that they were not compatible, and his then-current wife, Natalya, and he have discovered new companionship.
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Reality television shows instantly grab attention, they feed on and encourage the behavior that thrives on gossip and finding out what the man next door or even in a luxury house is thinking and doing. Reality shows peep unashamedly in the human relationships, and from the comfort of an armchair in front of a television set one can dissect and comment on the actions and reactions of the people who are taking part in the serial. One serial that grabbed attention of public for weeks on end and generated a lot interest was a show aired a few years back. It was called ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’, based on the ancient practice of Swyamwar the show featured one bridegroom to be Rahul Mahajan and several beautiful ladies, who try to convince him to marry them. The final episode actually pictuarized the real marriage between Rahul Mahajan and the girl he picked up from several beauties, Dimpy Ganguly. The whole country watched the marriage being performed in front of television cameras. The couple left the sets of the show with blessing of everyone who hoped that they live happily ever after; however, our hopes are dashed because now the newspapers are full of news of Rahul Mahajan’s divorce.
A well known television station started, a few years back, a successful reality serial called ‘Swayamyar‘. One celebrity was picked up for each season to be the main star of the show; he or she has to pick up a life partner from the number of contestants who also take part in the show. In Season 1 Rakhi Sawant was the main star and she selected one person from the parade of good looking and talented young who did their best to attract her. She got engaged in the television. In Season 2 Rahul Mahajan was the main attraction, he had to select one girl out 15 beautiful, young and talented girls, who came from all parts of India hoping to be his bride. After weeks of judging, interacting and dating Rahul selected Dimpy Ganguly from Bengal as his bride. The marriage was performed in front of television camera full of pomp and glory related to marriages in India. There were Sangeet and Mehdi ceremonies where famous actresses from the television series danced to the lilting tunes of wedding songs. While the rest of the country watched with bated breath, Rahul came with a Barat, married his dream girl and took her away, with fond blessings from the rest of us that they both should live happily in their home.
The story is so much like a fairy tale where the prince picks up his Cinderella and they lived happily ever after that we forgot that there are no fairy tale marriages in real life. The story of Rahul Mahajan and his bride Dimpy Ganguly, unlike a fairy tale marriage, took an ugly turn when reports emerged in the press only two months after the wedding that there were deep differences between the couple. Dimpy left her husband’s house and went to live with her parents. There were rumors of abusive physical assault and Dimpy even displayed on the television her scared arms. However, Rahul managed to get her back and she came back to live with her husband. Television cameras captured the whole story again. The rest of us were happy that the loving couple is back in their love nest, but again rumors of disenchantment and abusive behavior continued and it is now reported that the couple has finally decided to separate by mutual consent. By now everyone is tired with this off and on marriage and there were no television cameras to flash it to be the rest of the country.
Rahul and Dimpy have filed divorce papers and asked the court to waive away six months’ reconciliation period that is generally given to estranged couple to make one more reconciliation attempt before seeking final legal separation. It is reported that Dimpy wants to settle down overseas and is in the hurry to finish the relationship quickly; she has already lived separately from Rahul for months. However, the court refused to grant an immediate divorce and asked the couple to attempt reconciliation for the last time before approaching the court for a final verdict. The divorce papers were filed in the court on May 2014, both Rahul and Dimpy have to wait a few months more before their divorce becomes final.
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Star Plus is coming up with an off-beat reality show concept titled ‘Smart Jodi’. The viewers will witness 10 celebrity couples coming together to explore the dynamics of their relationship through the show. The latest couple to join the list is Rahul Mahajan and his wife Natalya Ilina.
Rahul Mahajan, who rose to fame with his stint in Bigg Boss 2 has been a part of several television reality shows. has had an exciting life. Rahul was first seen in ‘Bigg Boss 2’ and since then he has been making appearances on the show in almost every season.
Rahul also had a swayamvar show in his name titled Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega. The reality show was a sequel to Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. Rahul married Dimpy Ganguly from the show and the wedding was shown on national television. Before Dimpy, Rahul was married to Shweta Singh. Rahul’s marriage with Dimpy didn’t last long and he then tied the knot for the third time with Natalya Ilina in 2018. Natalya is an ethnic Russian Kazakh model.
Along with Rahul Mahajan and Natalya, popular YouTuber Gaurav Taneja and Ritu Rathi have also been roped in for the show.
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Rahul Mahajan’s ex-wife Dimpy reacted on his third marriage with Natalya Ilina. Former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Rahul got married to the Kazakhstani model on 20th November in a private ceremony. In a recent interview, Dimpy Ganguly has offered her heartiest congratulations to the newlyweds. Dimpy, who re-married a few years ago, said, 'I am glad to know that! And hope he really finds happiness this time around...like I have done.' Talking about Rahul's history of domestic violence, Dimpy said that people are capable of change and she is hopeful that it won't happen with Natalya.
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Yuvraj Singh’s Biopic Announced | Bhushan Kumar & Ravi Bhagchandka Join Forces
The life and career of the legendary Yuvraj Singh is coming to the big screen! Bhushan Kumar, the music mogul behind T-Series, and producer Ravi Bhagchandka are teaming up to bring Yuvraj’s inspiring journey to life in an exciting new biopic. From his iconic six sixes in a single over to his courageous battle against cancer, this film promises to be an emotional and thrilling ride.
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Rakhi Highlights: Genelia, Tamannaah Bhatia & Other Celebs Share Touching and Fun Moments from Their Celebrations
Genelia's playful Rakhi fight with her younger brother is a relatable moment for every elder sister. Tamannaah Bhatia shared her feelings of missing her brother this Rakhi, saying, "Pamper me soon." Chitrangda's hilarious Rakhi post for her brother brought a smile to many, while Sanjay Dutt penned a heartfelt note for his sisters Priya and Anju. Celebrities like Sunny Deol, Sonam Kapoor, and Huma Qureshi also shared their Rakhi celebrations. Shweta Singh Kriti touched hearts with a moving Rakhi video dedicated to her late brother Sushant, which quickly went viral and left SSR's fans emotional. Which celeb’s Rakhi post resonated with you the most? Share your views in the comments below!
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Stars Send Independence Day Greetings: Abhishek Bachchan, Allu Arjun & Others Join Festivities, Adnan Sami Gets Trolled
India is celebrating its 78th Independence Day with much fervor and patriotism. Bollywood celebrities have joined in the celebrations, with stars like Allu Arjun, Akshay Kumar, and Adnan Sami sharing heartfelt messages. Abhishek Bachchan, Anushka Shetty, and Prabhu Deva also extended their greetings. Additionally, Sonal Chauhan, Diana Penty, and Bhagyashree attended various Independence Day events. Adnan Sami, who surrendered his Pakistani citizenship and acquired Indian citizenship in 2016, posted a rendition of 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti' to mark the occasion. While his performance was well-received by many fans, a few negative comments were also posted.
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Comedian Munawar Faruqui Apologises for Offensive Joke About Konkani People
Munawar Faruqui has released a video apologising for his controversial joke about Konkani people. The remarks he made during a recent comedy show in Taloja sparked significant outrage online, leading many internet users to criticise him for the distasteful joke. In response to the backlash, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane issued a video threatening to send Faruqui to Pakistan. Faruqui’s apology, stating, "I want to apologise and say sorry to all," comes amid renewed controversy. This incident is not Faruqui’s first run-in with backlash; in 2021, he faced criticism for allegedly mocking Hindu deities and spent a month in prison before being granted bail.
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Dimpy Ganguli Birthday: Dimpy came into the limelight after getting married in Swayamvar, then all dreams were shattered in a few moments
He is one of those stars who dreamed a lot, but it did not take time for those dreams to shatter. We are talking about Dimpy Ganguly, whose birthday is today.
Dimpy Ganguli Unknown Facts
Born on 25 July 1988 in Kolkata, West Bengal, Dimpy Ganguly is famous for her beauty. However, even today, his discussion is more about his marriage in Swayamvar. This marriage, which took place in front of everyone in the tv world, had made Dimpy famous in every household, but it did not take time for her dreams to be shattered. In the Birthday Special, we are introducing you to the untouched aspects of Dimpy Ganguly's life.
Let us tell you that Dimpy Ganguly came into the limelight
when she married rahul Mahajan during the year 2010 through the reality show 'Rahul Dulhania Le Jayenge'. It was rahul Mahajan's Swayamvar, in which he chose Dimpy as his life partner after talking to all the girls across the country. This marriage on the tv world had shown golden dreams to many people, but for Dimpy it was no less than a nightmare. Shortly after, she separated from rahul Mahajan and got divorced in february 2015. Dimpy had accused rahul of domestic violence and assault.
Then settled their family with Rohit
After divorcing rahul Mahajan in february 2015, Dimpy Ganguly married Dubai-based businessman Rohit Roy. About seven months after the marriage, on june 20, daughter Riyana was born to Dimpy and Rohit. However, Dimpy was also trolled on social media regarding this matter.
When Dimpy shared her photo with her baby bump, then people trolled her for being pregnant before marriage. Some people even called him 'Gold Digger'. However, her husband Rohit Roy always stood by Dimpy's side on this issue. Now Dimpy and Rohit have two children. After daughter Riyana, Dimpy gave birth to a son, whom she named aryan Roy.
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In July 2006, rahul got engaged to Shweta Singh whom he knew for 13 years and was with in flying school in US together and also flew for the Jet Airways. In December 2007, both filed for a divorce with mutual consent.
Rahul Mahajan and Shweta Singh
Rahul married girlfriend Natalya in a hush-hush wedding ceremony at a temple in Malabar Hill. The ceremony was attended by close family members. Rahul met her current wife through common friends. The two, who have known each other for the past one-and-a-half year started dating three months ago.
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The show will be hosted by BIGG BOSS fame Rahul Mahajan. In the past Rahul Mahajan has been part of popular reality show like Swayamvar and also judged a kid comedy reality show ‘Chote Miyan’ on a leading Hindi GEC.
The show will have twelve contenders vying for the position of Perfect Bachelor. The candidates will be made to live in a large house and will be given tasks to perform on which they will be judged. Four girls will also live with them in the same house. Each girl will embody different qualities that make up attractive women. These four girls will live in a huge room close to the boys’ dormitory.
Elaborating on the concept of the show Zubin Driver, Group Creative Director, Network 18 Group & CEO, Cell 18 said, “Ever since Cell18 entered in television production we have constantly tried to offer viewers newer concepts which have never been brought to Marathi television before. As a reality show format, there is no similar show thus far in India similar to Perfect Bachelor. The show relies on allowing audiences to vote for the most eligible bachelor. I am confident that audiences will be engaged with Perfect Bachelor.”
Commenting on Rahul Mahajan as host of the show, Mr. Driver further added, “Rahul is well known face on television and blends well with the concept of the show. He is an ideal choice for us as the audiences like him and connect to him easily.”
Cell 18 has approached names like Neha Pendse, Sai Lokur and Shruti Marathe as judges for the show. The show has been adopted by the Cell18 team and will be supervised by Harish Tiwari & Zubin Driver.
Perfect Bachelor is expected to go on air by end of December and will be a bi-weekly show.
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Rahul Mahajan has had a very controversial married life in the past. After two failed marriages, the former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant married Kazakh model Natalya Ilina in 2018 in a private ceremony. The couple made their first public appearance on the reality show ‘Smart Jodi’ and they seem to have won hearts already.
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Popular television personality Rahul Mahajan has had a very controversial married life in the past. After two failed marriages, the ex-Bigg Boss contestant married Kazakh model Natalya Ilina in 2018 in a private ceremony away from the media glare.
Did Natalya actually try to set Rahul up with her mom?
Credit: Rahul Mahajan, Instagram
The couple made their first public appearance on the reality show Smart Jodi and they seem to have won hearts already. On the show, Natalya shared how she was actually trying to set him up with her mother, but ended up marrying him instead.
She said, “So what happened, basically, I was trying to set him up with a friend. He had this idea of getting married again. He was looking for a bride. Once upon a time, I even tried to set him up with my mom.”
To which Rahul said, “Her mother is quite young. She is four years older than me. So, Natalya thought of setting me up with her mom because the age gap was less. Natalya and I have an age gap of 18 years.” Natalya added that her mother is quite hot, to which Rahul responded, “I made an idea that she will also look hot when she is of her mother’s age.”
Credit: Rahul Mahajan, Instagram
On being asked if he will get married for the fourth time, Rahul said, “Yes, I will marry for the fourth time…with Natalya once again. The channel will get us married.”
Natalya’s take on marriage
Credit: Natalya Ilina Mahajan, Instagram
Talking about Rahul’s failed marriages with Shweta Singh and Dimpy Ganguly, she said, “His two previous marriages were very short. It didn’t bother me much because it was more like a short-term relationship than a marriage for him. Just in a few months of marriage, you can’t call it a marriage. And even in a few years of marriage, it’s not a marriage. Marriage is something deeper.”
Smart Jodi is Natalya’s first reality show and she’s already impressed the audience with her charm. The show gives the couples a chance to work with their life partners, relive the moments of their marriage and create memories.
Lead Image Credit: Rahul Mahajan, Instagram
Read iDiva for the latest in Bollywood, fashion looks, beauty and lifestyle news.
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Rahul Mahajan said in the interview, “I have therapists who are helping me deal with my feelings. There’s too much stigma around seeking help through therapy in India, but I see no shame in doing that.” “It is like a big earthquake took place in my life. The tremors are still somewhere there. There is a lot of trauma, but life goes on. You’ve no choice but to be strong. I still have love and respect for her. The love never dies. I’m not in touch with her and I don’t even know where she is. But love doesn’t go away just like that,” he added.
Rahul also said he is scared to meet someone and fall in love as he is emotionally unavailable for the moment. He also called himself unfit and said he needed healing.
Rahul Mahajan on rumours of him wanting a child
Reports had previously claimed that Rahul and Natalya ended their marriage as he wanted a child. Clarifying the speculations, Rahul also said, “I did not want baby ever in this relationship, we never tried. Only Dimpy and I tried having a baby and we had a miscarriage. Natalya and I did not have plans for a baby and neither did I ever desire it. I am 48, I don't want a baby now.” He added, “I have never paid a single rupee as an alimony in any of my divorces. All of my divorces have been by mutual agreement.”
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For the unversed, Rahul was previously married to pilot Shweta Singh apart from reality-show participant Dimpy Ganguly, with their marriage telecasted on the television as well on show Rahul Ka Swayamvar. Speaking on his previous two marriages, Rahul told a leading daily, “I’ve had big weddings before, but those relationships didn’t last.”
Meanwhile, talking about her wife, Rahul stated, I’ve known Natalya for a year and a half, even though we got close recently. She wants to start her own business, but I’ll go with whatever she has decided to do. Family life and peace of mind is important,” further adding that despite the age difference, Natalya and he look good together. “I am 6’2” and she is 5’10”,” he quipped. Apparently, Rahul did not want to get hitched in a grand ceremony this time.
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Bigg Boss 8 has decided to bring in more drama by introducing reality show veterans as the new wild card entrants. Rahul Mahajan's estranged wife Dimpy and former Roadies contestant Renee Dhyani entered the house to spice things up.
The show's season 8, which went on air almost a month ago, has failed to create waves and thus, a drop in its ratings has been noticed. The new contestants who have already appeared in other reality shows are all set to bring in the necessary drama to grab more eyeballs. Rahul was a participant in the celeb reality show in season 2, and now Dimpy is expected to indulge in similar drama that earlier made her estranged husband a household name.
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The duo has been in the news on and off since they exchanged vows on a reality show, Rahul Dulhania Le Jayega, - at times for loyalty test on each other or reports of domestic violence. The duo also appeared together on dance reality show Nach Baliye. Dimpy was a cheerful contestant on Rahul Dulhania Le Jayega, where she competed with more than a dozen girls to be chosen by Rahul as his bride.
Dimpy has been keeping her fingers crossed regarding her stay inside the Bigg Boss house. Meanwhile, Renee was known for her short temper and sharp tongue on Roadies. The starlet was warned for the excessive usage of abusive language on the show.
Renee is expected to offer some low-brow drama, as her USP. Renee hopes to display her true self. She says that she is much different from what people have perceived her to be for all these years.
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Rahul Mahajan is an entertainer - in no time he became a darling of the Indian reality show brigade.
From being a first timer in 'Bigg Boss 2' to now becoming a reality star and participating in the upcoming dance show 'Nach Baliye season 5'.
Rahul came into focus of the media when his father, politician Pramod Mahajan, was shot dead. There were rumours that Rahul might follow his father's footsteps.
But Rahul had a flare for television and grabbing headlines.
Rahul's tryst with abused substance saw him being hospitalised just a month after his father's death.
He then got married to his childhood sweetheart Shweta Singh, but divorced her within 15 months.
Indian television saw the potential in Rahul as an entertainer and thus a reality star was born in 2008.
Rahul Mahajan entered the controversial reality show Big Boss in 2008. He did everything possible for the camera and tried to woo two other inmates Payal Rohatgi & Monica Bedi.
After his Bigg Boss stint, Mahajan was a judge on 'Chhote Miyan', a children's stand-up comedy reality show.
Then was a reality show that clinched him the title of reality star.
Rahul participated in 'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega', the reality show where he could choose a wife for himself.
His marriage to Dimpy Mahajan on reality television created history by being the first couple to marry on Indian reality television.
However, in four months the marriage was in doldrums, with Dimpy alleging that Rahul beat her up regularly. She even went to the extend of holding a gun to her head in one of their fights.
And now...the couple - Rahul and Dimpy Mahajan - are participating in the dance reality show 'Nach Baliye season 5'.
Considering his success run with reality shows it is very likely that he might strike gold this time, too.
He has the ability to sway the audiences and keep the ratings going for the shows.
For sure the couple's dancing skills will be tested, but what will get take them to the top - controversies or dance skills?
In terms of dance, Rahul sure does have competition with other contestants who have already shown their expertise.
‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 5’ winner Gurmeet Choudhary with wife Debina Bonerjee and runner –up Rashmi Desai with hubby Nandish Sandhu will challenge Rahul on the dance floor.
‘Dance India Dance Little Champs’ host Jay Bhanushali will be seen along with wife TV actress Mahie Gill. ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ fame Karan Mishra with his newly wedded wife Nisha Rawa will also shake a leg.
All the best Rahul we sure hope you get the TRP's soaring.
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Rahul Mahajan, popularly known for his stint in reality shows like 'Bigg Boss' and 'Swayamvar' has finally broken silence on his divorce with Natalya Ilina. Earlier, he has refrained himself from speaking on his divorce with Natalya. Now, he has finally come forward to speak on his third divorce. He has confirmed the news and said that his 'soul has been torn'.
Speaking to ETimes, Rahul said it is like a 'big earthquake' in his life and tremors are still somewhere there. ''There is a lot of trauma, but life goes on. You’ve no choice but to be strong.''
Talking about discussing his personal life openly, he said that he may not show it but he is very sensitive. ''Also, I’ve never discussed my personal life, from my father's death till date,'' he said.
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On being asked about what went wrong in his marriage with her, he said that if he speak about it, it will be a one-sided story and it will be biased. ''I still have love and respect for her. The love never dies. I’m not in touch with her and I don’t even know where she is But love doesn’t go away just like that.''
He even revealed that he never paid even a single rupee as an alimony in his divorces with Shweta Singh, Dimpy Ganguly and Natalya Ilina.
Speaking about his failed marriages, he said that he never grew up thinking that he would get divorced multiple times. No one wants relationships to end. It is painful. My soul has been torn. Sometimes relationships do not work and it is beyond your scope.''
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Rahul Mahajan rose to fame in 2008 during his stint in the second season of Bigg Boss. He stayed over 90 days in the BB House and was one of the top contenders of the season. The season was hosted by Shilpa Shetty, which was won by Ashutosh Kaushik.
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The 39-year-old, son of late politician Pramod Mahajan, is currently a participant on the dance based show 'Nach Baliye' with wife Dimpy Ganguly. Rahul said these reality shows have always come to him as a life-saver.
"I have a very different career in TV. I think nobody has ever got so many opportunities. I became popular with 'Bigg Boss', got my life partner without spending a single penny from my pocket.
Went to honeymoon when I was judging 'Comedy Circus' and now Dimpy and I are doing 'Nach Baliye'. So, I can say that my expenses are being managed by reality shows," Rahul said.
The couple, who tied the knot on the reality show 'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega', were in the Capital recently to hunt for the 12th pair for the fifth season of Star Plus' celebrity dance show 'Nach Baliye'.
Rahul, who is from a non-dancing background, credited his wife for being a good dancer but admitted he is having a tough time learning the various dance forms.
"I was a pilot before and have never tried to dance. When I got the opportunity to be a part of 'Nach Baliye' and told my mother about it, she started to laugh. She said I have been doing everything which nobody in my family has ever done.
"I am learning many new dance forms here but I must say they are really taxing. It's because of Dimpy that we are managing good scores everytime. Had I been asked to participate alone in the show, I would have been eliminated on the very first day," he said.
Rahul recently paid a tribute to his father on the show, with whom he shared a very close bond. In the act, Rahul takes Dimpy down the memory lane on the song 'Kitni baatein' from 'Lakshya'.
The touching performance brought tears to the eyes of all contestants and judges.
"When I came on the show, I didn't know that dance could actually make it easy for me to express my feelings without saying anything. But, this act was not aimed at gaining marks or votes. It was just a tribute to my father. We actually chose the song 'Papa Kehte Hain' but it didn't work out at the end," he said.
Asked whether he would like to follow his late father's footsteps and join politics, Rahul said, "No, I don't feel like. It's something which I will never do."
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In 2008, Rahul Mahajan entered the reality show “Bigg Boss 2” and was ejected on Day 93. Following that, he appeared in several television shows including “Chhote Miyan – Jung Nanhe Hasgullon Ki” (2008), “Chhote Miyan – Chapter 2” (2009), and “Chhote Miyan Bade Miyan” (2009). He also participated in “Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega” in 2010.
In 2013, Rahul was seen in various shows like “Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki”, “Nach Baliye 5”, and “India’s Dancing Superstar”. He continued his television journey with appearances in “Nach Baliye 6” and “Comedy Nights with Kapil” in 2014. In 2015, Rahul participated in “Bigg Boss Halla Bol” and was evicted on Day 126. He also appeared in shows like “Comedy Classes” and “Comedy Nights Bachao”.
Rahul continued to make television appearances in shows such as “Cricket, Camera, Action!” from 2016 to 2017. In 2019, he participated in “Nach Baliye 9”. His most recent television appearances include “Bigg Boss 14” in 2020-2021, where he entered on Day 65 and was evicted on Day 93, and “Smart Jodi” in 2022.
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Ans. Rahul Mahajan was born on 25 July 1975 in Ambajogai, Maharashtra, India. As of 2024, he is 48 years old.
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There were reports last year that reality TV couple Rahul and Dimpy Mahajan were expecting their first child together. Dimpy confirmed the news, but informed that she suffered a miscarriage.
"It is true I was pregnant. But since doctors advise you to not reveal the news until the first three months, we didn't speak about it. But I don't know how this news leaked. Unfortunately I suffered a miscarriage in the very first month. It's a normal thing and I am fine," Dimpy told IANS on phone from Mumbai.
Dimpy married Rahul on national television in 2010. She pipped 14 contestants and over 16,500 applicants on Imagine TV's reality show "Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega (Swayamvar Season 2)" to marry the son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan.
However, just four months after marriage, trouble started brewing when the Kolkata-based model accused Rahul of "punching, kicking and dragging" her. However, both of them later sorted out their differences and were back together. Dimpy says after two years, their bond has become much stronger.
"Our relationship has grown stronger over the years. We have had our share of ups and downs but now we understand each other much more than before and everything is going good," she said.
Meanwhile, Dimpy is set to make her small screen debut as Naagin Jwala on Sahara One's "Kahani Chandrakanta Ki" and says she is really excited about the show.
"I am playing a naagin (female serpent) in the show and I am really excited about it. Historical and mythological shows have always fascinated me. As a child I loved watching such shows because of their grand sets, clothes, jewellery and being part of it now is amazing," she said.
But carrying the costume and jewellery is not easy, says Dimpy.
Another reason behind her taking up this show was to clear the misconceptions that Bengalis can't speak pure Hindi.
"There is a misconception that Bengali people can't speak proper Hindi and what can be better than to be a part of a show like this and to prove people wrong. All the dialogues in this show are in pure Hindi language," she said.
So what kept you away from small screen for so long?
"The way we got married, I wanted some time to settle down, we had to understand each other more. Rahul always encouraged me to be a part of TV industry but I needed time and now after two years I feel it's time that I do something for myself," she said.
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Rahul Mahajan, who rose to fame with his stint in Bigg Boss 2 has been a part of several television reality shows. has had an exciting life. Rahul was first seen in ‘Bigg Boss 2’ and since then he has been making appearances on the show in almost every season.
Rahul also had a swayamvar show in his name titled Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega. The reality show was a sequel to Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. Rahul married Dimpy Ganguly from the show and the wedding was shown on national television. Before Dimpy, Rahul was married to Shweta Singh. Rahul’s marriage with Dimpy didn’t last long and he then tied the knot for the third time with Natalya Ilina in 2018. Natalya is an ethnic Russian Kazakh model.
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Big Boss 14: In yet another interesting twist to this season of Big Boss, the reality show hotstar Rahul Mahajan made an entry into the house as a challenger along with other former contestants. In the past, Rahul who has a larger than life image and got involved in controversies several times from accusations of domestic violence by his former wives Shweta Singh and Dimpy Ganguly. Also Read: Noted Marathi And Hindi Actor Ravi Patwardhan Passes Away His political career derailed even before it could pick up after he was held in a drug scandal related to consuming and distributing drugs at the official residence of his slain father in a late night party. After all this, Rahul has taken to spirituality and got married to a Russian named Natalya Ilina Mahajanin 2018. Natalya Ilina happens to be 18 years younger than him. Rahul, who had participated in the show in 2008, revealed to ETimes, that Natalya has converted to Hinduism. He was quoted as saying that the couple is like two tracks of the railway. “We do not interfere in each other’s matters too much and give each other space. We are not even too apart from each other. But we maintain the balance so that our marriage is on the right track,” said. His wife is a Russian and converted to Hindu, revealed the reality TV star. “I always give her the reference of Lord Shiva and Parvati. I always tell her that the husband and wife’s relationship should be like Shiv and Parvati. We keep them as our idols in our relationship. I teach her Bhagavad Gita and we read a lot of mythological stuff together. I feel you really need a good destiny to find a perfect partner and family," added Mahajan. Mahajan also stressed that this time he would like to stay away from women in the Bigg Boss 14 house unlike in the past. Rahul said, "I am happily married to Natalya Ilina and want to steer clear of all the women in the house. I am done with link-ups and don’t want any more fake friendships in the house."
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The final episode of Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega fetched an average TVR of 4
Rahul Mahajan, who became a familiar name in Indian households with his antics on reality show, Bigg Boss on Colors, may not have exactly set television ratings on fire; but has definitely helped Imagine get a head start.
The final episode, which saw Rahul Mahajan end his bride hunt and tie the knot with Dimpy Ganguly, had more than 1.42 crore viewers (C&S, 4+, NWE) tuning in on March 6, Saturday, as per aMap. The show recorded an average TVR of 4 and ran for three hours and 15 minutes.
Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega was the most watched property on television in that time band. Zee TV managed to garner a TVR of 2.1 cumulatively with its shows, Yahan Mein Ghar Ghar Kheli and Dance India Dance. Colors' shows, National Bingo Night and Uttaran fetched the channel a TVR of 1.4 during the same time band.
Because of the controversy in the previous season, about the actual wedding, or the absence thereof, between Rakhi Sawant and the chosen bridegroom, there was disappointment among the viewers. This time however, the channel had assured the viewers, through its promotions, that it would be different. "The reality element of the show has diminished and viewers are clearly watching it because of the 'masala' factor," observes Atrayee Chakraborty, director, planning sciences, Lintas Media Group.
Rakhi Ka Swayamvar, which was telecast in the middle of last year, propelled Imagine's GRPs and became the highest grosser on the channel. The finale of the show recorded an average TVR of 6.3. It even beat shows such as Sach Ka Saamna and Dance India Dance last year.
Nikhil Madhok, vice-president, marketing, communication and brand management, Imagine, believes that the concept has generated massive buzz. Because the novelty factor was lower this time, the channel had a different programming strategy.
Unlike the last season, the show was aired six times a week instead of five times; besides, there were repeat telecasts. "We had the main telecast at 8 pm for the smaller towns and a repeat at 11 pm for the metro audiences. This dual slotting helped us achieve high cumulative viewership, more than what we got for the first season," Madhok claims.
The viewership analysis by aMap shows that after its launch, the show failed to retain interest. It picked up in between, only to dip again, but gathered interest towards the end. The show garnered a TVR of 2.4 on the launch date. On the final day, it fetched Imagine 40 GRPs, double that of launch day.
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Remember, squeaky-voice, dimple-faced Dimpy Ganguly [earlier Mahajan] from Bigg Boss Season 8? Dimpy, who hails from Kolkata and is a former model, is all set to get married again to long-time boyfriend, Rohit Roy, who is a Dubai-based structural engineer, on November 27 of this year. An elated Dimpy confirmed the news to TOI by informing about plans for her roka, which is to be held in the first week of November.
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Remember, squeaky-voice, dimple-faced Dimpy Ganguly [earlier Mahajan] from Bigg Boss Season 8? Yes, the ex-wife of politician and socialite, Rahul Mahajan. (READ: 5 Celebrity Couples Who Dragged And Shamed Their Partners In Media). Dimpy, who hails from Kolkata and is a former model, is all set to get married again to long-time boyfriend, Rohit Roy, who is a Dubai-based structural engineer, on November 27 of this year.
Trending now: Bollywood’s Only Transgender Actress Bobby Darling Ready To Tie The Knot With Her Prince Charming
An elated Dimpy confirmed the news to TOI by informing about plans for her roka, which is to be held in the first week of November. She also told how she met Rohit, who is actually her childhood school time crush, again in 2013 in Dubai of all places where they both confessed their feelings for each other:
On October 12 this year, Rohit proposed to Dimpy with a commitment ring and she promptly said yes!
Our celebs do have a knack of going all out when it comes to proposals. Read here: Touching Private Proposal Moments Of Bollywood Couples
The Bengali actress recently posted a picture of her engagement ring from Tiffany & Co. on Twitter and Instagram with the caption #Engaged.
Images Courtesy: @dimpy_g (Instagram)
Rohit had been with her when she was going through a difficult phase in her life, her divorce with Rahul Mahajan. He stood by her at all the times and even remained unfazed when both Dimpy and Rahul entered the Bigg Boss house (READ: Celebrities Who Found Love in The Bigg Boss House), in its eigth season last year, amidst their divorce proceedings.
Rahul and Rohit, as Dimpy informed, know each other and have met on several occasions.
Which other actresses flashed their big rocks? Know here: 8 Bollywood Actresses Showing Off Their Engagement Rings
Dimpy came into limelight when she took part in a television show called Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega where Rahul chose her as his life partner. The two got married in 2010. However, trouble started brewing immediately with Dimpy filing a case against Rahul for domestic violence. The two separated in 2014, but remain to be on cordial terms.
Dimpy is not the only one to be physically abused: 6 Bollywood Celebs Who Were Physically Abused By Their Partners
In fact, when Dimpy was asked whether she would be inviting Rahul, her ex-husband to her wedding, here is what she has to say:
“I never thought about that, but now that you ask, why not? I believe in appreciating good things in a person and relationship. We were two different people trying too hard to make the marriage work, but it fell apart. Neither of us was at fault.
Well, we hope Dimpy finds her happy ending this time with Rohit Roy. And, for all the latest updates regarding her upcoming November wedding, do keep watching this space.
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Have you ever wondered why were you born on this planet? Did you? I did. Often, and not always in a vacant or in a pensive mood. Being reflective comes to me naturally you know and a certain Mr. Rahul Mahajan just acted as a catalyst.So, why were you born on this beautiful planet? The…
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Have you ever wondered why were you born on this planet? Did you? I did. Often, and not always in a vacant or in a pensive mood. Being reflective comes to me naturally you know and a certain Mr. Rahul Mahajan just acted as a catalyst.
So, why were you born on this beautiful planet? The answer, as of now, appears simple- to see Mr. Rahul Mahajan getting married on national television. No, that only does not suffice for an answer. The precision lies in accepting the fact that we were all born on earth (and that too before 2012!!) only to be a witness as to how Rahul Mahajan comforts a suitable “dulhan” on her non completion of a dance by saying, “Mein poora seduced ho gaya tha…“.
In case you think am being sarcastic, you are absolutely wrong. Come on guys! give the poor soul “another” chance. You have to empathize with him when he says that through this swayamvar (the nomenclature is problematic since he is lookinf for a vadhu) he has learnt that an in India marriages work out not only between two individuals but two families. So what he is learning it the second time around and with charges of domestic violence plastered on his overburdened head?? We can give him a benefit of doubt right? after all Chetan Bhagat’s book on the Indian marital scenario was yet to be released when Rahul started his selection for the perfect Dulhaniya.
And the Girls! Wow! mind blowing! amazing. Just when you thought Rakhi Sawant was the epitome of everything Women Liberation asked you to be- think again and think twice (Arunabh don’t whine, there could not have been a better poetic justice to your brilliant line!) because these girls are the true flagbearers of everything an ideal, modern Indian woman should be (cat fights included). They will sing for Rahul, dance for Rahul and become BJP woman wing members just for Rahul. And look at their tenacity- one claims to be in love with Rahul for ten years. Who the eff told that true love was dead? Jago Bharatiya nari. Because, you can screw your knowledge of Indian mythology by saying “Rahul ki Radha to mein hi banoongi” in spite of the fact that Radha-Krishna never got married and it was Rukmini who stole the show. But then again she is the modern Indian woman who doe the latak-matak-jhatak to capture the attention of her man. Doesn’t our literary and cinematic tradition provide for it? Didn’t Meena Kumari do the full swing in Sahib, Biwi, Gulam? Detractors, please! be rational.
Also thank you NDTV Imagine. thanks for producing such shows which provide the perfect foil for such bonding in this ruthlessly competitive planet. And a special mention for the editors of the show. The selection of background music- amazing, mind blowing, fantastic (nosy twang).
Also, Rahul I know what an inspiration you are for a certain Mr. Vikram Seth. I am sure you are aware that he is coming up with the sequel for “A Suitable Boy” tentatively called “A Suitable Girl” in the near future.
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Editors’ Note W
e think one of the strengths of this book is that it features contributors from around the world who explore a television genre that is an international phenomenon. As part of this phenomenon, reality producers tweak their shows to appeal to distinct customs or language in each country where a program will air. So the British version of what became American Idol in the USA contained distinctive British elements that were eliminated from the US version. In analysing this international television genre, we think our readers will benefit from hearing authors discuss reality television in their own distinctive voices. One of our chapters, for instance, probes the ethical duties of television producers to respect the cultural and ethical values of viewers in the countries where those mostly European producers are importing reality shows to non-Western viewers. So if our book’s analysis suggests respect dictates ethical authenticity, we think its words should, too. Therefore, readers will encounter both “amongst” and “among” and “whilst” and “while” depending on where the author lives. We think preserving regional language is the most authentic and respectful way to treat authors – and readers – in a collection that raises ethical issues.
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Foreword: The Morality of Amoral TV James Poniewozik
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he easy answer to the question: “Is reality TV ethical?” is “of course not.” For starters, reality TV shows – like fictional TV, or any TV series produced commercially – are products. They are a response to economic conditions (the desire among networks, for instance, to fill hours of TV cheaply and to put on shows that will draw an audience). In this sense, it’s as pointless to ask whether reality TV – or any TV genre – is “ethical” as to ask whether running shoes or indexed mutual funds are ethical. That is, sure, they may have ethical effects, but ethics generally don’t enter into their creation. It’s also worth noting that asking “is reality TV ethical?” is about as answerable a question as: “Are books ethical?” Reality TV can encompass anything from teen-pregnancy shows to cooking competitions to shows about addiction to documentary serials to travel and home-design series – everything from Morgan Spurlock’s 30 Days to ABC’s 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show. Arguably, the most widely agreed on definition of “reality TV” is “non-fiction television of which I personally disapprove.” The broader sense of the question really falls more along the lines of: “Does reality TV make us bad people?” Does it send bad messages, does it encourage immorality, does it coarsen social standards, is there shame attached into making, participating in and watching it? Here, the common and quick answer is, “of course” – and the makers of reality TV are the last to discourage it. There is, after all, no more common way to sell a reality show than by suggesting that TV has once again Finally Gone Too Far This Time, or by inviting fans to jeer against an Ultimate Bad Guy, like Simon Cowell or Gordon Ramsay. If there is one thing that reality TV fans generally agree on, it’s that they should be ashamed of themselves for watching it. All of which is to say that to discuss the ethics of reality TV as a yes-or-no, black-and-white question is the most common way of treating the issue, and
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the least useful. On the other hand, if you consider that reality TV – like any product or narrative – has ethics, and ask what those ethics are, the question is much more intriguing, and the results more complicated and surprising. Maybe the most important distinction is between the ethics of reality TV and the ethics in reality TV. The former is a question of whether reality TV shows are made honestly, for instance, or whether they treat their participants in a morally responsible manner. The second is a question of whether they communicate a sense of ethics in their narratives and whether they assume, or even prompt, an ethical response from their audience. The former is important, but in a more narrow sense. There are plenty of examples of disingenuousness in reality TV: there’s misleading editing to create conflict and suspense, and there’s “frankenbyting,” the trick of splicing together quotes from different contexts to make participants say what the producers need them to. (This does not mean, by the way, that audiences are oblivious to the manipulation; half the spectator sport of watching many reality shows, for instance, is second-guessing the editing and misdirection.) More egregiously, reality shows can create dangerous situations or at least encourage them, whether by plying house-guests with booze or making entertainment out of addiction or extreme weight-loss competitions. But reality show participants are still a relatively small segment of the workforce; whether your reality programming is “ethical” in this sense is probably a lesser question – in terms of absolute human effects – than, say, whether the restaurants you get takeout from are ethical toward their employees. The reality TV audience is a much bigger group, and the messages this audience receives from reality TV are much more complex, as are the ways in which viewers receive and interpret them. When it comes to the messages embedded in their narratives and the reactions they assume on the part of the audience, many supposedly depraved reality shows are, in fact, among the most moralizing series on TV. A classic case-in-point is the ur-reality competition on broadcast TV, Survivor. Superficially, its premise is amoral in the extreme: You lie, manipulate and betray your teammates to win. Self-preservation is the prime value – “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast” – and, as many finalists have argued to the Tribal Council, it is its own justification: It’s “playing the game,” and therefore acceptable and admirable. But that analysis only examines Survivor as a game. It’s more than that: it’s a spectator sport, viewed by millions of people, and the series depends upon those people to have a strong moral investment in and reaction to the story in order to stay involved. Each season involves heated arguments – on and off-screen – about what it really means to “deserve” to win. Seasons are
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often structured as moral experiments (tribes have been divided by gender, age and race or ethnicity) or as morality plays (e.g. the “Heroes vs. villains” season). The show has long recognized not just the winners of seasons but “fan favorites,” a nod to the idea that the audience will sympathize with players they believed to have lost honorably. Survivor, in other words, assumes that you, the audience member, have an independent system of moral values that is most likely different from the one rewarded by the game, and that that conflict is at least part of what makes the season engaging. That a work of pop culture should make that kind of assumption shouldn’t surprise us – and when it comes to “higher” genres like fiction, it doesn’t. If Mad Men or Boardwalk Empire depicts sexism, or violence, or self-destructive behavior, it’s nuanced story-telling. But if a reality show does the same thing, it’s immoral, misanthropic or bigoted. We assume that the audiences of HBO or FX dramas (or for that matter, readers of Crime and Punishment or Lolita) can empathize with the protagonists without wanting to emulate them; we assume they can maintain a critical distance from the narratives and perceive ironies between the characters’ words and their actions. Why? Because we assume that someone who watches Breaking Bad is smarter, more mature – better – than someone who watches Jersey Shore. Scratch a criticism of reality TV, and often enough you’ll find a criticism of the reality-TV audience. Often too, its provocative premise is 90 percent of the battle for a reality show. Some celebrate fame for its own sake (Keeping Up With the Kardashians), others valorize the kind of blue-collar workers who rarely show up on sitcoms anymore (Deadliest Catch). Many are based on offensive or morally questionable premises – Joe Millionaire, for instance, or Toddlers and Tiaras – but they also require a strong and diverse response to create the arguments that keep the shows alive. Mike Darnell and Lauren Zalaznick may not be the Swifts and Twains of our age, but much effective reality TV is really satire boiled down to one extreme gesture. It takes a commonplace piety and skewers it: that team spirit is the key to winning (Survivor), that everyone has a special talent (American Idol, in particular the audition rounds), that success goes to the deserving (The Real Housewives of Pretty Much Anywhere). Whether reality TV is good TV – that is another question, with as many answers as there are shows. The concept of goodness, however, is alive and well, and the subject of eager debate, among the reality audience. The viewers of reality TV are among the first to cite the genre as evidence that our culture is going to hell. But the controversy, argument and snark that reality TV inspires are vital proof that we have not arrived there yet.
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Introduction: Reality TV Matters Wendy N. Wyatt and Kristie Bunton
Popular Culture and Reality TV Demand Ethical Analysis
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he Ethics of Reality TV is a book about popular culture, and – not surprisingly – we think pop culture should be taken seriously. Why? Consider the following reasons. First, popular culture is, well, popular. It attracts mass audiences like no other kind of culture. In his study of a favorite pop culture text, American Idol, Christopher Bell noted that the show draws more than 25 million viewers per episode. This is equal to the combined populations of Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and it exceeds the population of Australia.1 For the first time in 2010, “worldwide viewers watched more reality TV and entertainment shows than dramas and TV series,”2 and reality shows consistently dominate ratings. In the summer of 2010, for example, 15 of the top 20 highest-rated American programs (for viewers 18 to 49 years old) were reality shows.3 We think any cultural product with this kind attention-getting power should be taken seriously. Second, pop culture can and should be accepted and appreciated as “real” culture. Some of the first scholars to study pop culture saw it as “low” culture with little value. In the late 1930s, for example, Frankfurt School theorist Max Horkheimer declared: “What today is called popular entertainment is actually demands evoked, manipulated, and, by implication, deteriorated by the cultural industries. It has little to do with art, least of all where it pretends to be such.”4 Although the Frankfurt School made important contributions to our understanding of communication, this wholesale rejection of pop culture takes an elitist perspective (even as Frankfurt School theorists fought against
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elitism) that we reject. Instead, we think any cultural artifact – whether it represents “high” culture, “low” culture, or something in between – should be taken seriously because it tells us something about the actual culture in which we live. Third, pop culture is, or can be, entertaining. But it isn’t just entertainment. It is ideologically, socially and economically oriented, and it is “an extension of the people from whom it springs and for whom it is created.”5 In other words, popular culture can tell us a lot about ourselves. As Jeffrey Bineham noted, the texts and artifacts of popular culture “are constantly telling us how to think, how to dress, how to talk, what vocations are significant, and what we should do politically and economically; in sum, they tell us who to be.”6 We think any message with this kind of power to illuminate and influence us should be taken seriously. Finally, pop culture has ethical implications. As the ten chapters in this book will show, the texts of reality TV are ethically laden, and they matter in ways that have real influence on our ethical lives. Popular culture works to shape the minds and souls of those of us who consume it. Therefore, the claim that reality TV is “just entertainment” or “nothing more than low culture” is really just a way of avoiding serious consideration of an increasingly important form of communication, and it’s a way of letting reality TV off the ethical hook. Reality television – like all communication – helps shape the way we view and interact with the world, helps make that world meaningful, and even helps construct that world. As James Carey so eloquently stated: “Communication is a symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired and transformed.”7 When we watch reality TV, we are taking part in a ritual that – strange as it may sound – helps bring reality to life. Yes, reality TV may be showing us the reality around us, but it’s also helping us create our reality. After all, as Carey said, reality itself is “a vast production, a staged creation – something humanly produced and humanly maintained” through communication.8 Clearly, anything with the power to construct reality should be taken seriously.
Reality TV is Complicated In this book, therefore, we seriously consider reality television and the ethical questions it raises. We deliberately avoid condemning reality television. That’s too ethically lazy to do, and even if it weren’t, reality TV is far too complex to justify a blanket condemnation. In the Foreword to this book, Time magazine television critic James Poniewozik wrote “to discuss the ethics of reality
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television as a yes-or-no, black-and-white question is the most common way of treating this issue, and the least useful.” He went on to say: “On the other hand, if you consider that reality TV – like any product or narrative – has ethics, and ask what those ethics are, the question is much more intriguing, and the results more complicated and surprising.” We think that’s exactly what this book will show: that the ethical analysis of reality television is complicated and surprising. While we recognize that there is a reality TV genre, we think it’s unwise to evaluate all of the ethical issues that reality TV raises on the level of genre alone. Reality television is a complex, broad and evolving genre that resists easy definition. Most of us recognize as reality TV the contest shows such as Project Runway, The Amazing Race and American Idol, but we can see those shows have little in common with family-oriented narratives like Jon and Kate Plus 8, 19 Kids and Counting or Little People, Big World, which we know are not similar to shows about offbeat occupations like Pawn Stars, Ice Road Truckers or Cake Boss. If we try to compare the self-improvement shows like What Not to Wear, Shedding for the Wedding and Biggest Loser with the philanthropy shows like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Three Wishes or Secret Millionaire, we easily see how hard it can be to decide exactly what makes something a reality show. This book demonstrates an important point: reality television as a genre is complicated and cannot be analyzed as if it were a monolithic programming category. As if the complexity created by a genre that encompasses such a broad variety of program types were not enough, complexity is further created within individual reality programs. That complexity arises because the programs use different techniques and emphasize different approaches. Some reality shows are nearly fiction. They are manipulated and edited in ways that twist the very reality they purport to present. At times, the “real” events they depict seem orchestrated with a heavier hand than the most melodramatic of soap operas. (The Bachelor, with its exaggerated dates and sensationalized relationships that never culminate in an actual marriage, is a ready example of such a fictionalized reality show.) Some reality shows are nearly journalism or documentary. They tell stories in a straightforward way about the lives of real people that traditional television news outlets have failed to show us and that socially responsible journalists ought to present to the communities they serve. (The informational look at a polygamous family provided by Sister Wives is an example.) Furthermore, complexity among reality TV shows varies from season to season and participant to participant. In the UK, for instance, the 2007 season of Celebrity Big Brother generated a firestorm of public criticism, international news coverage, advertiser defection and government disapproval when
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participants, stirred up by the boorish reality celebrity Jade Goody, repeatedly made racist remarks about the manners, accent and appearance of their fellow participant, the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty. Despite this obvious lapse into ethically unacceptable stereotyping and exploitation by the program, all seasons of Celebrity Big Brother cannot automatically be classified as unethical. Each season and each participant requires ethical analysis. Any reality program and its participants can be simultaneously ethical and unethical, just as any television news story or daily soap opera can be. Media texts, including reality TV, are marked by complexity that demands thoughtful ethical scrutiny. Because reality TV is complex in all these ways, the ethical questions probed in this book apply differently to different reality programs and participants. For example, the questions Madeleine Esch poses in her chapter about privacy can be applied differently to reality celebrity Bethenny Frankel when viewing her as a participant in The Real Housewives of New York City, as the title figure in Bethenny Getting Married, as a new parent in Bethenny Ever After, or as a contestant in Dancing with the Stars. That’s just one ethical topic applied to one perennial reality participant. We also think the complexity of reality TV demands that the chapters in this book not be read in isolation from one another. Reading only Bastiaan Vanacker’s chapter on commercialization or Deni Elliott’s chapter on democracy building, for example, gives only part of the picture. A sophisticated understanding of the ethics of reality TV requires a wide-ranging understanding. In other words, the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts. Reading this book as a coherent whole and comparing the chapters with one another will help build the broad understanding needed for a mature analysis of reality TV’s ethics. For instance, Mira Desai’s chapter on imposing cultural values and Gareth Palmer’s on community are significant on their own, but a richer understanding of the issues emerges from comparing the two. We think we’ve covered some of the most important ethical issues in this book, but we’re sure there are others – those that the genre has already uncovered and those that new shows will inevitably bring to the surface. Our hope is that this book will help foster thoughtful analysis of existing and newly emerging ethical issues as well as encourage sophisticated consumption (and, ideally, creation) of reality TV. We’ll come back to that idea at the end of the book, after our chapters have posed what we think are the crucial questions about the ethics of reality television. But now, let’s get to the questions.
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Notes 1 Christopher A. Bell, American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television (Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland, 2010). 2 Pascale Paoli-Lebailly, “Reality TV, Entertainment Viewing Surpasses Drama in 2010,” Rapid TV News, 28 March 2001. www.rapidtvnews.com. 3 Bill Carter, “Tired of Reality TV but Still Tuning In,” New York Times, 13 September 2010, B4. 4 Max Horkheimer, “Art and Mass Culture.” In Critical Theory: Selected Essays, trans. Matthew J. O’Connell (New York: Continuum Publishing Company, 1999) 288. 5 Bell, American Idolatry, 16. 6 Jeffrey L. Bineham, “The Construction of Ethical Codes in the Discourse and Criticism of Popular Culture.” In Communication Ethics, Media & Popular Culture, Phyllis M. Japp, Mark Meister and Debra K. Japp (eds) (New York: Peter Lang 2007) 14. 7 James W. Carey, Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society, rev. edn (New York: Routledge, 2009) 23. 8 Ibid., 24.
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Flourishing: Reality TV and a Life of Ethical Excellence Christopher Meyers
All the best stories are true.1
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r better yet: all the best stories tell truths. Good stories often capture and convey aspects of us and our moral lives far beyond what logical analysis could ever hope to touch.2 The best stories, thus, are inherently normative: they can make our lives better, both through what they teach us and in how they enrich our lives with their beauty. Stories, even the best ones – the technically best, the rhetorically best, the emotively best – can also, of course, make our lives much worse. They can create or exacerbate bigotry and xenophobia. They can dumb us down. They can scare us into inaction or, worse, into taking dreadful action – recall General Colin Powell’s great story before the United Nations Security Council in 2003, which provided the Bush Administration’s (purported) justification for invading Iraq. Stories can be told through a wide range of media – oral narratives, plays, songs, novels, newspaper accounts, film and reality TV – and there is no inherent moral difference among them. Theatre can be exploitive and demeaning – consider myriad live sex shows – or raise us to the heights of a William Shakespeare, Eugene O’Neill or Tony Kushner. Television, similarly,
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can appeal to our basest instincts (think Temptation Island, The Swan and Joe Millionaire) or challenge us intellectually, emotionally and politically (think The Wire, All in the Family and West Wing). The task given to me with this chapter is to try to determine whether watching reality TV is consistent with a life of ethical excellence or areté.3 For reality TV to be so consistent, it has to satisfy three criteria: (i) it has to contribute to (or at least not undercut) the elements that contribute to excellence; (ii) it cannot cause undue harm; and (iii) it cannot treat persons with disrespect. My conclusion: reality TV is not inconsistent with areté; that is, reality TV, in its current form at least, does not significantly violate either of the central ethical conditions (avoid harm and respect persons), nor – assuming one has balance in one’s life – does it essentially corrupt any of the elements. In fact, I take the conclusion a step further: Some reality TV actually contributes to an ethical life in the same way other good narratives do, namely, by directly promoting three of the elements: learning, sociality and pleasurable play. Excellence, however, certainly falls along a continuum with respect both to a life’s overall flourishing and to the individual elements that contribute to it. Thus, while some shows detract from areté – either by promoting conditions that diminish flourishing or by treating others as mere means – as long as, again, there is sufficient balance, watching even those shows does not wholly corrupt one’s excellence. Reality TV does not corrupt one’s excellence because our lives are always in development, moving (one hopes) toward a more excellent state and because very few reality shows will completely fall on one end of the continuum or the other – Pawn Stars is no Iron Chef America, but at least it is better than Jersey Shore,4 which also has at least some redeeming features. The bulk of reality shows reside in the middle, partly contributing to and partly detracting from a flourishing life. Hence, one more time, balance: “It is better to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken.”5 That reality shows fall on a continuum of flourishing features is part of the reason I think my analysis here has only modest practical import. I do not suggest, for example, that those shows that fall below some mid-point moral criterion should be subjected to social censure, or at least no censure beyond that provided by a marketplace that can choose to shun them. Rather, I see the argument’s primary value as contributing to efforts to increase media literacy, a principal research goal of at least one of this book’s editors:6 The better evaluative tools we have, the better choices we can make and the better we can be at guiding others, especially parents, to make good viewing choices. Those familiar with the Western tradition in moral theory will recognize I do not rely on a single theoretician. Rather, I use a method of moral reasoning7
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that incorporates the insights from the three major camps: (i) Immanuel Kant’s respect for the inherent value of moral rules, especially, here, his “Kingdom of Ends” formulation of the categorical imperative (never treat persons as a mere means, or tool, for the benefit of others, but always as absolutely valuable “ends in themselves”); (ii) John Stuart Mill’s utilitarian exhortation to act so as to promote the greatest aggregate pleasure, particularly higher or intellectual pleasure; and (iii) Aristotle’s virtue theory with its call to each of us to develop our character, to strive for moral and intellectual excellence. One last introductory point is that how one characterizes “reality television” certainly influences the analysis. Should, for example, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (a show celebrating the antics of a family famous, seemingly, for being famous) be included in the same conceptual category as, say, Mythbusters (which humorously uses a scientific method to test the plausibility of various urban and Hollywood myths)? Both are non-fiction television programs that ostensibly reflect unfiltered, if not unedited, reality and neither relies on professional actors. They are otherwise, however, far apart in content, structure and quality. Whereas one might wish for an analytic or conceptual definition of reality TV, one that would provide a neat method for clear distinctions, the subject matter simply makes that implausible; the range of types of shows is too wide (and is being expanded almost weekly). My definition, thus, is sociological or descriptive;8 it appeals to how people – producers, critics, journalists, participants and viewers – refer to it. Namely: Reality TV is at least largely unscripted, normally relies on untrained actors, and purports to provide a narrative of ordinary life. This liberal definition also avoids the straw person of focusing only on the worst; a more inclusive definition – keeping Mythbusters9 alongside Kardashians – captures the diverse mix and complexity of the genre. The more inclusive definition is thus both fairer and, it turns out, more sympathetic to reality TV. Within the array of programs that qualify, some morally enhance while others demean, and persons’ lives are made ethically better when they partake of the former and avoid the latter, or at least when they more frequently do so. Getting to this conclusion requires some foundational work. First, I provide an argument for the relative values of higher and lower pleasures; second, I claim that persons have a duty to strive for arête; and third, I give a brief description of the full set of elements that contribute to areté, with a discussion of how they must in turn be guided by character and practical wisdom. With these elements in place, I then return to show that reality TV can promote some of those conditions, while not fully contradicting any. The last step is to test watching reality TV against the ethical conditions (avoid harm and respect persons), from which I conclude, again, that done in moderation, reality TV is not inconsistent with an excellent life.
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Higher and Lower Pleasures In line with the utilitarian tradition, I take all pleasure to be good, as long as it does not violate the ethical conditions. However, as Mill makes clear, some pleasures are better than others; namely, the higher, intellectual, pleasures are better than the lower, the physical. The higher pleasures are exemplified in many of the elements that make up areté, and they help create the mental capacities necessary for practical wisdom, via which appreciation of those elements is made possible. In short, they are the features that distinguish persons from other animals. The argument for this (admittedly elitist) view comes from well-known passages in Mill’s Utilitarianism: Human beings have faculties more elevated than the animal appetites, and when once made conscious of them, do not regard anything as happiness which does not include their gratification. . . It is quite compatible with the principle of utility to recognise the fact that some kinds of pleasure are more desirable and more valuable than others. . . If I am asked, what I mean by difference of quality in pleasures, or what makes one pleasure more valuable than another. . . there is but one possible answer. Of two pleasures, if there be one to which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure. . . [Thus] it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.10 Much of reality TV gets its appeal through stimulation of the lower pleasures, through erotic titillation, voyeurism and a vicarious amusement with characters’ sexual, alcoholic and violent antics. Contrast this with activities that stimulate physical and mental pleasure – say a great meal with fine, smart friends. Paraphrasing Mill’s argument, those who know and appreciate both kinds of pleasure, those who are essentially experts on the subject, know the latter to be a better pleasure, “and if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.” Further, even if for whatever reason one does not immediately experience the intellectual pleasures as better, one’s capacity for flourishing has been enhanced, as per the argument above. I am not saying, mind you, that physical pleasures are inherently degrading or debased; life would not be as rich, as excellent, without great sex, good
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wine and hot fudge sundaes. But a life devoted only, or even mainly, to the physical is incomplete.
A Normative Approach to Flourishing Mill expands upon the “higher pleasures” argument in On Liberty, where he shows how human enhancement, “development,” occurs through the exercise of such intellectual activities. These produce, he says, “different experiments of living,” in which, the human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. He gains no practice either in discerning or in desiring what is best... It is not by wearing down into uniformity all that is individual in themselves, but by cultivating it and calling it forth, within the limits imposed by the rights and interests of others, that human beings become a noble and beautiful object of contemplation. . . Having said that individuality is the same thing with development, and that it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well-developed human beings, I might here close the argument: for what more or better can be said of any condition of human affairs, than that it brings human beings themselves nearer to the best thing they can be?11 Despite these eloquent exhortations to self-cultivation, Mill’s moral theory provides at best a weak duty of self-improvement: personal development makes us better people, more interesting, and better able thereby to push society forward. But we have every right to choose to be “ape-like,” mere imitators of others.12 The most that can be said is that the processes by which development emerges – “He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision”13 – are also the tools by which we develop the wisdom and judgment needed to more accurately determine which options, in any given scenario, are more likely to produce aggregate pleasure. I thus add to Mill’s arguments W. D. Ross’s dictum that we in fact have a strong prima facie duty of self-improvement: “Some [duties] rest on the fact that we can improve our own condition in respect of virtue or of intelligence.”14 From this combination I get my theoretical starting point: persons
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should strive to enhance their lives so as to achieve areté. Our lives are better, richer, fuller and we thrive more, when we develop our physical and mental capacities to their greater potential. Without this normative conception of flourishing, the moral analysis of reality TV, or of any form of entertainment for that matter, would be pretty straightforward: as long as some, any, people enjoy it, as long as no one is significantly harmed by it, and as long as it does not treat others as mere means, it is morally good. I argue, however, that we also have a duty to strive for more excellent lives, to (again quoting Ross) “improve our own condition in respect of [among other things] virtue or of intelligence.” Doing so not only provides us with (higher) pleasure, but it also endows us with the discernment to more wisely improve our moral relations with others and to thereby improve society. Now, the harm and respect caveats are potentially major obstacles to ethically approving of reality TV. As I will argue below, however, even though many shows violate one or both of these conditions, none appear to do so in a way that would make the shows unethical. But that conclusion does not settle the question. The character approach outlined here stresses that a full understanding of our moral lives requires going beyond such impact on others; we need also to evaluate how watching reality TV contributes to or detracts from our own characters.
Flourishing Characterized What, then, are the conditions that produce flourishing lives? I provide the full list for a number of reasons. First, the elements are open to interpretation, with such evaluation potentially affecting the subsequent conclusions about areté and reality TV. My version is based on Aristotle’s, on contemporary literature on happiness, and on wise friends’ and colleagues’ comments. Any given reader, however, might disagree with my reasoning. Second, such disagreement should emerge only after careful reflection on what makes for a life of excellence – a worthy exercise in its own right. Third, even if the reader were to fully embrace my list, she or he might disagree with the relationship between the various elements and reality TV, again potentially producing a different overall conclusion. That said, I move through the full list pretty quickly, later coming back to a much more developed analysis of the three most relevant to the discussion at hand: learning, sociality and playing. I also divide them into what philosophers call necessary, sufficient and enhancing conditions, i.e. respectively,
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those that must be present for excellence, those that are not necessary, but on their own satisfy all the elements, and those that are neither necessary nor sufficient, but can enhance persons’ lives in often profound ways. Furthermore, with all these conditions, there is an assumption of adequate material circumstances and good fortune. In short, one cannot engage in any of what follows unless one has a roof over one’s head, food in one’s mouth (and in one’s children’s), and at least minimal health. By the same token, one has to have adequate luck: For there is required [for happiness], as we said, not only complete virtue but also a complete life, since many changes occur in life, and all manner of chances, and the most prosperous may fall into great misfortunes in old age, as is told of Priam in the Trojan Cycle; and one who has experienced such chances and has ended wretchedly no one calls happy.15
Necessary Conditions MM
Social relations: having friends to share good conversation, good food and drink; to play with; to support and to be supported by.
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Challenge and achievement: establishing goals, or being thrust into a taxing circumstance, and working hard to overcome the obstacles and to succeed.16
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Learning: being committed to enhancing one’s knowledge and skills, whether done formally or informally.
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Contemplation: thinking more about life’s meaning and value than about political ambition or about how to procure a wider flat-screen television.
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Play: engaging in physical play, intellectual play, emotional play, sexual play – done pleasurably, freely and for its own sake, with no goal of producing a secondary outcome (though it often does enhance, and thus overlap with, social relations).
Sufficient Conditions MM
Work: being engaged by work, real work, that challenges, makes us better, teaches us, and connects us with others; i.e. it satisfies each of the necessary elements. Because, however, for most humans,
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work is instrumental only (assuming it is even available) – i.e. it is a means to, rather than a reason for, living – the type of work described here cannot be a necessary condition. MM
Family: reveling in the great love, joy, pride and sorrow that come with family relations. Those relations are often amply rich with intellectual and character-enhancing components, and can thereby be a sufficient criterion. They cannot, however, be a necessary one because one can achieve all those components through friendships.17
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Spirituality: embracing that there is much beyond our narrow frame of reference, whether that is obtained through a religious reality, or experienced in the wonders of artistic expression, or appreciated through the sublimity of nature grasped while knee deep in a trout stream.18 Because such experiences need not include a social element and are generally not perceived as playful, spirituality is not a sufficient condition, even if it often challenges, teaches and motivates contemplation.
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Resources: having a minimal level is, as discussed above, a necessary condition; beyond that, resources – particularly money – provide opportunities, opportunities for more contemplation, more play, more learning and more access to great art and trout streams. Money alone cannot make one happy,19 but it can sure as heck make getting there easier and more fun.
A life of excellence and flourishing, thus, is one lived actively and fully; it is rich with ongoing educational opportunities, challenges (including challenging work), critical contemplation and play; and it is filled with fine companions. These elements, though, must also be guided by two other conditions: character and practical wisdom. Character means being committed to an honourable existence; that is, being habituated to virtue, to seeking and living by the mean between excess and deficiency, as dictated by the circumstances attached to the individual and the situation, and as expressed in a life of honesty, benevolence, non-malevolence, respecting others, courage, fidelity, perseverance, fairness and personal accountability. Practical wisdom, or phronesis, is the discerning judgment gained through rational reflection upon experience and the teaching of others. Such judgment
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helps one to better choose from among the many competing options in life (including watching reality TV), to evaluate what is in fact the mean between extremes in given cases (how much reality TV should one watch?), and to more accurately predict the consequences of one’s choices (what gets left undone while one watches?). While the acquisition of practical wisdom is never complete – one can always gain new insights from new experiences and critical reflection – on Aristotle’s account, one cannot be virtuous, and thus one cannot flourish, unless one has some (undefined and probably indefinable) minimum. All this once again reinforces the point that none of the elements of areté is reducible to an either/or. Rather, one can be more or less virtuous and wise, and, through them, more or less social, playful, etc. An excellent life is always in development: Assuming one has the right kind of commitment, has adequate material conditions, is sufficiently fortunate, and has at least a minimal level of practical wisdom, one’s life is continually progressing. That commitment entails hard work, a striving for ever more wisdom and better habituated virtue.
Reality TV and a Flourishing Life The requirement for the hard work needed for continuing development might seem to force the conclusion that reality TV is inconsistent with an excellent life. While it is obviously pure speculation, my reading of Aristotle and Mill is that they would both reach that conclusion, given their respective arguments about education (already detailed, above) and given the distinction they each draw between animals and humans – animals cannot, they say, be happy because they cannot contemplate and because they cannot be active and free choosers. Aristotle makes this clear in his discussion of why contemplation is necessary for excellence: “The other animals have no share in happiness, being completely deprived of [rationally critical] activity. For while the whole life of the gods is blessed, and that of men too in so far as some likeness of such activity belongs to them, none of the other animals is happy, since they in no way share in contemplation.”20 Watching reality TV, Aristotle and Mill would likely say, is equivalent to an animal’s level of cognition. It thus fails the test of contemplation and thus is inconsistent with an excellent life. That conclusion seems to me too elitist. Most devotees of particular shows and characters (and certainly all those preoccupied by them) are critically and actively engaged with the story line – with how their favorite characters work to overcome obstacles, with how antagonists make favorites’ lives more
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difficult, with the struggles of characters’ love lives.21 While that level of critical engagement is obviously limited, it is certainly beyond that of animals and, to my mind, meets the minimal condition necessary for contemplation. Thus, watching reality TV – assuming the ethical conditions – is not inconsistent with an excellent life.
Reality TV as Enhancing Areté That tepid conclusion – that reality TV is not inconsistent with excellence – in fact does not go far enough. Some watching of some reality TV can enhance excellence, in particular through the conditions of learning, sociality and play. In this section I thus give more detailed accounts of each and show their link to reality TV.22
Learning The “lifelong learning” movement has become almost a cliché, but its roots are found in philosophically sophisticated notions of moral maturity, character development and an ethical life. Examples abound,23 but I will stick with this paper’s two main theoretical sources. In Aristotle’s case, we get the argument that young children are not capable of genuine reasoning;24 they need to have their intellectual skills refined through teaching and practice and their moral virtues developed through role-modelling and habituation. In other words, education is indispensible to both the intellectual and moral virtues that are necessary for a developed character. Similarly, and given his own upbringing25 no surprise, Mill was adamant about the importance of learning for personal development and cultivation of one’s fullest self.26 For instance, in On Liberty – a book putatively dedicated to urging that people should largely be left to their own devices – he stresses education’s importance throughout: In the Introduction he (disturbingly) concludes “despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians,” given their uneducated and “backward” condition;27 in Chapter 3, he discusses the demanding tools28 needed for proper reasoning (tools available only after extensive education); and in Chapter 5, he both insists that free persons can have their liberty properly constrained when they are uninformed about a particular concern or threat,29 and that education should be compulsory.30 If, as suggested above, our lives are always in development, if we are never fully “cultivated,” then we should never stop learning. It is clear some
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reality TV is educational, if often in a playful way. Instances range from nature shows, to cooking competitions, to home improvement programs. One of my favorites is Mythbusters, where one can learn everything from the fact that elephants really are afraid of mice, to the plausible idea that torpedoes were used in the thirteenth century, to the notion that it’s safe to yodel in avalanche-prone country. In short, reality TV plainly can motivate learning and it thereby provides a key element of excellence.
Sociality Aristotle’s familiar characterization of humans as political (and rational) animals was meant to stress our social nature; we cannot be complete as humans, let alone achieve areté, without social relations. The view is also now widely accepted in psychological literature on happiness, as summarized by Luigino Bruno: There has been increasing appreciation within psychology of the fundamental importance of supportive interpersonal relationships for well-being and happiness. This dimension is so important that some theorists have defined ‘relatedness’ as a basic human need that is essential for wellbeing. In particular within the so-called ‘eudaimonic’ approach, many authors see a universal association between the quality of relationships and subjective well-being.31 When they are richly connected with others, people are happier (both dispositionally and as part of a deeper contentment), less lonely and feel a greater satisfaction in life. This is why sociality is a necessary condition of a flourishing life, and, as noted above, watching reality TV has become, for many, a very social activity. As of this writing, 10,816,947 people have “liked” Jersey Shore’s Facebook page, through which they also “friend” one another and “converse” over the show’s minutiae. Through all this they “come together,” cementing old and creating new friendships. The scare quotes indicate how these social activities diverge from their pre-network equivalents, but, however different, the activities are still unquestionably social. The sociality created by reality TV is in fact like that created through being sports fans. Complete strangers feel wholly connected to one another only because they are rooting for the same team (and are alienated from, even hostile to, the opposition’s players and fans). While such sociality may lack the richness and active contemplation of deep friendships,32 assuming other, richer, interpersonal relations exist in our lives, there is no plausible exclusion
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of reality TV as a potentially important contributor to the sociality needed for flourishing.
Playing Again, Aristotle: “To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself. . . seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously. Relaxation, then, is not an end; for it is taken for the sake of activity.”33 As with all features of flourishing, balance is crucial; too much playing disrupts the efforts needed for achievement of the other conditions, but some activity done simply for the fun of it, with no external purpose, makes life better. I break from Aristotle in that I do not think “amusement” need be done (only) so “that one may exert oneself. . . for the sake of activity.” Rather, play is an end in itself – fun for fun’s sake – but also a means to other goods, including learning, connecting with nature, enhancing relationships and making for more productive work. But precisely because play is not otherwise productive, it is all the more critical that participation in it not violate the central ethical conditions. Play done at others’ expense, that intentionally hurts others, or is achieved only by demeaning others, is still conceptually play, but because it is done viciously, it reduces the player’s virtue and thereby detracts from a flourishing life. As I will argue below, some reality TV seems to rely upon the humiliation of others. Play done only, or even primarily, with that as its goal is thus not consistent with contributing to flourishing.
Avoiding Harm and Respect for Others So, watching even the more crass versions of reality TV is not inconsistent with an ethical life; some shows can even contribute to it, assuming a balanced life and assuming, in all cases, the principles of harm avoidance and respect are not violated. Violation of these ethical conditions would defeat any flourishing enhancement. But that caveat is also messy. How much harm is too much? How disrespectfully must persons be treated? What would count as genuine balance? There is no cookie-cutter answer to any of these questions, but the easiest is the balance question because its answer will always be contextual, dictated by the individual’s circumstances, capacities and opportunities. That is, the answer will be, can only be, revealed through a practically wise analysis of that individual and her or his context. Someone who is leading a reasonably
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active, virtuous, socially rich life can no doubt “afford” some brain-dead reality TV time, just as that person can afford time watching How I Met Your Mother, or pouring over baseball stats, or reading trashy books. The person without such a life probably has bigger things to worry about than her or his fascination with some reality TV show or star. On the harm question, reality TV shows cannot cause their participants significant physical, emotional or economic harm, unless they genuinely consent to that threat because any associated flourishing afforded to viewers would be built on the backs – maybe quite literally – of those participants. I will expand on the “genuine consent” criterion in the respect argument, below; by “significant,” I mean such harm that a reasonable group of persons (e.g. a jury) would deem to be profound enough as to warrant compensation, for instance in the form of restitution. The question of harm to viewers is much more problematic. While there is plenty of noise on the topic, 34 genuine scholarship showing a causal relationship between reality TV and individual or social harms is pretty thin. If such a connection can in fact be established, one would, I assume, appeal to a standard process of moral reasoning to determine whether the harms are significant enough to warrant the sorts of restrictions already in place for shows with age-inappropriate sexuality or violence (e.g. time of day and cable versus broadcast). On the respect question, much of reality TV clearly uses persons as a means. Many shows entice people to bare their worst behaviours and character flaws to millions through such enticements as a potential mate, fame or fortune and viewers clearly revel in these participants’ misdeeds and misfortunes. That is, participants are distinctly used both for producers’ profit and for viewers’ entertainment. Even talent competition shows like American Idol have a built-in tension between humiliating some participants and revelling in the achievements and skill of others. But recall Kant’s dictum is against using persons as mere means. He recognized that we justly use one another all the time; our relationships typically include some transactional aspect. For example, we use a grocery check-out clerk to purchase our goods or a bank teller to manage our financial transactions; students use faculty to learn and faculty use students for a paycheck; romantic partners use one another for intimacy, sexual gratification and financial stability. These relationships, however, do not violate the dictum as long as all participants genuinely consent to the activity. That is, we use persons as mere means when they are either coerced into the transaction, when they do not have adequate information to be able to freely choose, or when they could not coherently consent.35 Much of the concern over reality TV is that it uses people in such a degrading manner that it is hard to imagine how they could have genuinely
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consented. How could one freely choose to debase oneself so, to submit oneself to the humiliation offered up by someone like Simon Cowell?36 But such denigration exists across the reality TV spectrum. For example, Jennifer L. Pozner discusses a contestant on The Bachelor:37 a vegetarian [who] described eating meat for the first time in 12 years just because Andrew Firestone (star of “The Bachelor’s” third season) fed it to her. ‘My stomach will never be the same,’ she said, grateful for the crumbs. After she got the heave-ho, she batted her big brown eyes at the camera and moaned: ‘You wanna see a girl that’s crushed, you got her.’38 Pozner’s general thesis, in fact, is that much of reality TV’s structure is built around the humiliation of women. So, again, how could one freely choose to be so humiliated? The answer is it does not matter how you or I feel about participating in the activity. As this book’s chapter on exploitation also notes, as long as reality participants know what they are getting into and they are not coerced, their participation is freely undertaken. That the humiliating structure is so apparent speaks to participants’ being adequately informed,39 and since enticement cannot be reasonably seen as coercion, participation is sufficiently voluntary. In other words, even if the vast majority of us might think the choices degrading, the mere means standard is not violated. From the perspective of the viewer, however, getting pleasure from the humiliation of others can never admit of a virtuous mean: Not every action nor every passion admits of a mean; for some have names that already imply badness, e.g. spite, shamelessness, envy and in the case of actions adultery, theft, murder; for all of these and suchlike things imply by their names that they are themselves bad and not the excesses or deficiencies of them. It is not possible, then, ever to be right with regard to them; one must always be wrong.40 I do not, though, know of any shows where humiliation is the entire focus; even those that promote it, also depend on glee at other characters’ eventual successes. Or even the same person’s – recall Susan Boyle’s appearance on the British reality TV show, Britain’s Got Talent. The audience began with some pretty foul shout-outs about her plain appearance, a reaction that quickly turned to avid appreciation for her amazing voice. For whatever reason, reality producers seemingly assume their audience wants some such humiliation, as it is a common element in otherwise good shows – see, for example, Pawn Stars’ treatment of Chumlee, who is often
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the subject of putdowns. Again, the structure of most reality TV programs depends on the tension between humiliation and praise, which places the burden on the virtuous viewer, who can, and should, essentially “work around” those ethical problems, focusing on the playful or educational or social aspects of a show while also being repulsed by the humiliation.41 We thus have the full argument for this chapter’s thesis: reality TV is not only consistent with an ethical life; some watching of some of it can enhance one’s life. This conclusion, though, should not be read as an exhortation to run to the nearest couch and grab the remote. Even in those cases where reality TV does enhance, it does not do so in a unique way; all its contributions to flourishing can no doubt be obtained, by most of us,42 in other, more effective ways. But as an occasional break? As long as that occurs within an otherwise balanced life, I see no justified proscription.
Notes 1 David Shields, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010), 52. 2 Shields, Reality Hunger: “In our hunger for all things true, we make the facts irrelevant. . . [Truth] is that which had been made luminous, undeniably authentic by having been found and taken up, always at a cost, from deeper, more shared levels of the life we all really live” (pp. 86, 47). For a deeper illumination of this point see Martha C. Nussbaum, Love’s Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990). 3 “Areté,” for the ancient Greeks, was sometimes synonymous with the rich, extended, flourishing life (“eudaimonia”) that represented humans’ fullest individual achievement, and sometimes presented as one of the conditions of eudaimonia. For simplicity’s sake, I will use “areté,” “excellence,” “flourishing,” as different terms for a life lived to its best and fullest, i.e. for a eudaimonic life. 4 Pawn Stars portrays a family-run pawn shop in Las Vegas and includes considerable historical commentary (driven by the items customers bring in); Iron Chef America is a cooking competition in which master chefs are given an hour to turn the “mystery ingredient” into five gourmet plates; and Jersey Shore is an MTV product that follows eight strangers brought together in a single house in New Jersey, with particular attention paid to melodrama and sexuality. 5 This well-known quotation is routinely attributed to Aristotle (see, for example, http://philosophical-quotes.com/657.html), but I could not find its original source; either way, it is an eloquent expression of the need for balance.
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6 Wendy N. Wyatt, “The Ethical Obligations of News Consumers,” in Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach, ed. Christopher Meyers (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010) 283–95. 7 For a fuller account of that method, see Christopher Meyers, “Re-Appreciating W. D Ross: Naturalizing Prima Facie Duties and a Proposed Method,” Journal of Mass Media Ethics 26, no. 4 (2011, 316–31). 8 For an explanation of the differences between conceptual and descriptive definitions, see Michael Davis, “Why Journalism is a Profession,” in Meyers, Journalism Ethics, 91–102. 9 I characterize Mythbusters (and similarly structured shows, e.g. Pawn Stars, Dancing with the Stars, American Pickers) as unscripted because, even though the voiceover is clearly scripted and the general approach to the “experiments” is planned out, more than half of the televised portion is spontaneous activity and reactions. 10 John Stuart Mill, “Utilitarianism,” in Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy, ed. Steven M. Cahn (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 896–9. Mill no doubt relied on Aristotle’s similar arguments here. See, for example, Book I, Section 3 of Nicomachean Ethics: “Now each man judges well the things he knows, and of these he is a good judge. And so the man who has been educated in a subject is a good judge of that subject, and the man who has received an all-round education is a good judge in general. Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life. . . And it makes no difference whether he is young in years or youthful in character; the defect does not depend on time, but on his living.” [I use the W. D. Ross translation (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), in part because it is available online. See: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen. html] 11 John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, ed. Currin V. Shields (Indianapolis, IN: BobbsMerrill, 1956), 68, 71, 76–7. 12 Mill, On Liberty, 69. 13 Ibid. 14 William David Ross, The Right and The Good (Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing, 1988), 21. Kant also, if somewhat confusingly, appeals to an imperfect duty of self-improvement. See H. J. Paton, The Moral Law (London: Hutchinson and Co, 1972), 84ff. 15 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, I.9. 16 As Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother to John Quincy Adams put it (in a 1780 letter to her son): “It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.” See Abigail Adams, “Quotes,” GoodReads Inc., 2001. http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1479.Abigail_Adams 17 Kant, for example, lived most of his adult life largely separate from family (until his sister came to live with him in his final years). He lived, though, a
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rich social life, as, essentially, the life of the party. See Manfred Kuehn, Kant: A Biography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002). 18 See Immanuel Kant, Observations on the Beautiful and the Sublime, trans. John T. Goldthwait (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004), in which he describes an overwhelming sense of terror at the power of nature, tempered against the realization of the transcendent capacity of human reason. 19 Luigino Bruno, “The Happiness of Sociality. Economics and Eudaimonia: A Necessary Encounter,” Rationality and Society 22 (2010): 383–406. 20 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, X. 8. See also Mill’s references to “barbarians” and to “ape-like” imitation, cited in footnotes [26 and 10] respectively. 21 I am grateful to Richard Collins for this argument. 22 My sense is the other elements are not promoted through reality TV, but I again encourage the reader to reflect on this. 23 Three are Bertrand Russell, Education and the Good Life (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1970); Martha Nussbaum, Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1997); and Amy Gutman, Democratic Education, rev. edn (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999). 24 Aristotle also, infamously, thought the same of women and slaves (i.e. conquered non-Greeks): “For the slave has no deliberative faculty at all; the woman has, but it is without authority, and the [male] child has, but it is immature.” Aristotle, Politics, I. 13, trans. Benjamin Jowett (Chelmsford, MA: Courier Dover Publications, 2000). Available at The Internet Classics Archive (online). http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html 25 See John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, Bartleby.com: Harvard Classics (online). http://www.bartleby.com/25/1/. 26 See also Robin Haack, “Education and the Good Life,” Philosophy 56 (1981): 289–302. 27 John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 14. Here he also says, “for the same reason we may leave out of consideration those backward states of society in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage.” 28 The tools include using “observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and. . . firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision.” Mill, On Liberty, 71. 29 See the “bridge-walker” example in Mill, On Liberty, 117. 30 “Consider, for example, the case of education. Is it not almost a self-evident axiom that the state should require and compel education, up to a certain standard, of every human being who is born its citizen?” Mill, On Libery, 128. Mill makes a similar point, this time directed at parents, in Principles of Political Economy, 7th edn, Book V, Chapter 11, William J. Ashley ed. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909). Available at http://www.econlib. org/library/Mill/mlP73.html.
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31 Bruno, “The Happiness of Sociality,” 394–5. 32 Because of that relative superficiality, the activities may promote unreflective loyalty, even fanaticism. See Noam Chomsky: “For one thing, [spectator sports] are a great way to build up chauvinism – you start by developing these totally irrational loyalties early in life, and they translate very nicely to other areas. [Such loyalties are] training for subordination to power, and for chauvinism.” Noam Chomsky, Peter Rounds Mitchell and John Schoeffel, Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky (New York: The New Press, 2002) 100. 33 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, VII. 6. 34 See, for example, “Is Reality TV Harmful?” BBC News online. 1 September 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3607482.stm. 35 For example, it would be incoherent to choose to be enslaved, since one cannot freely choose to forfeit one’s freedom. 36 Cowell was the producer of American Idol and one of its earliest, and by far, harshest judges. 37 The Bachelor is one of many similar shows in which multiple people vie for the hand of the show’s star. 38 Jennifer Pozner, Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV (Berkeley: Seal Press, 2010) 54. 39 One might be able to plausibly argue that participants in early reality TV shows did not have enough information to genuinely consent. Given how ubiquitous the shows are now, however, anyone who agrees to participate surely knows what he or she is getting into. 40 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, II. 6. 41 One could also, of course, encourage the producers to at least reduce that element or, if it gets bad enough, simply stop watching. 42 An exception would be persons who are significantly disabled and incapable of, for example, active physical interaction with others.
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Stereotypes: Reality TV as Both Creator and Confronter Kristie Bunton
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ince 2002, television viewers have enjoyed episodes of the ABC network’s reality dating contest, The Bachelor, in which provocatively styled young women prance before a hunky man supposedly seeking true love. As any Bachelor season unfolded, viewers saw nearly interchangeable “bachelorettes” gather around the patio of the bachelor’s mansion for a nightly cocktail party at which they vied for time alone with the eligible man. Viewers could expect to see an innocent Southern belle, an outdoorsy brunette, and a vixen intent on mowing down her competition to capture the man. Viewers also could expect to see the bachelor progress from woman to woman, stopping between cuddles to tell the cameras – and the viewers – how “well” he was getting to know the “real” Ashley or Jenna, and how he remained committed to finding his ideal wife. Each episode ended with a ceremony at which the bachelor bestowed roses on women he wanted to pursue and the program’s host asked rejected women to depart immediately. In January 2011, ABC restored Brad Womack to the bachelor mansion. He was infamous as the only bachelor ever to reject every contestant presented
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to him. After explaining the therapeutic “work” he’d since done to become ready for love and apologizing to the two finalists he had humiliated three years before, Womack was whisked out to the mansion’s entrance. There 30 new women, eager for his attention, paraded before him. He kissed or squeezed each Barbie-like beauty, and the fourteenth Bachelor contest was under way. Are women and men this desperate to marry? Most young women don’t serve themselves up as readily available sex objects to chauvinists like Womack, do they? How can viewers be entertained by reality television’s repeated presentations of rigidly defined, outdated gender roles? Reality television must be guilty of stereotyping. Yes, and no. However many stereotypes some reality television programs present, all reality television is not the same. Reality is a broad genre that includes everything from Bachelor-style dating contests to talent contests such as American Idol, real estate series such as House Hunters, soap opera-style squabbles such as Jersey Shore, shows about offbeat occupations such as Cake Boss, and shows about unusual families such as Sister Wives. The stereotypes these reality programs suggest are not all the same, nor are they equally harmful to reality show participants or viewers. To flatly say reality television unethically stereotypes people is to stereotype reality television. It is more accurate to say some reality television unethically stereotypes some people, while some reality television challenges some stereotypes. For instance, during January 2011, while ABC’s The Bachelor persistently presented outdated gender role stereotypes, the network’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition quietly countered them. The show, which since its 2003 debut has selected worthy families and built them new homes in a week, visited Savannah, Georgia, to help Carmen and Jim Simpson, who struggled to care for a child with a severe physical condition. The Simpsons wanted to “pay forward” the program’s generosity, so they offered the show a list of other deserving people. They described a friend who couldn’t afford a diamond engagement ring. The program provided a ring, and during a clothing drive where the show addressed the Simpsons’ desire to collect coats for needy people, this bachelor eagerly asked his intended to marry him. She said yes. They hugged, kissed and celebrated. By Bachelor standards, this couple weighed too much and wore discount-store clothes, and they stood in a community hall full of donations. But this program demonstrated that pudgy, plain people enjoy romance, too. The next week, while the bachelor and his all-white bevvy of beauties again cavorted on lavish dates, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition debunked more stereotypes. The show’s big orange bus rolled to Augusta, Georgia, where
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viewers met Earnie Graham, whose home repair had abruptly ended with her brother’s death. But rather than hear a sob story about single parenting, viewers saw an African-American mother and two children who were happy and involved in their community, with nary a mention of an absent father. Because of Graham’s devoted Girl Scouts volunteer work, the show invited an all-female crew to demolish her old house. Armed with sledge hammers and axes, these women attacked the house – and drove the crane swinging the wrecking ball, too. This family and these construction workers provided a notable contrast to the passive beauties languishing on the bachelor’s couch. One network. One month. Two equally long-running reality shows. The message for viewers? Mixed. The Bachelor stereotyped pretty people, while Extreme Makeover: Home Edition embraced ordinary people. Clearly, reality television is a complex source of messages about the identities of contemporary people, and some of those messages foster stereotypes, while others do not. Reality television is a polysemic text open to multiple interpretations, and the stereotypes it contains deserve ethical analysis.
The Ethical Critique of Reality TV Stereotypes Reality television’s use of stereotypes suggests two primary ethical questions: (i) do reality producers have a duty not to cast and edit their shows in ways that foster stereotypes? (ii) do reality viewers have a duty not to accept the stereotypes some reality programs contain? To answer these questions, an application of duty-based ethical principles seems appropriate, and any duty-based analysis begins with the foundational work of eighteenth-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant. For Kant, ethical decisions must be rooted in a person’s good will, which is the only thing that is always and uniquely a moral good. “A good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes – because of its fitness for attaining some proposed end: it is good through its willing alone – that is, good in itself.”1 Decisions cannot be motivated by self-interest or by possible consequences, but by the good will that dictates performing ethical duty – the same ethical duty in all cases. This principle of acting universally to fulfil duty is widely known as Kant’s categorical imperative: “Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a universal law of nature.”2 In the act of performing a universal duty, people – described by Kant as “rational beings” who are “an object of reverence” – must be respected as ends in themselves. This corollary to Kant’s categorical imperative is thus: “Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the
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person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end.”3 Two twentieth-century philosophers enhance the duty-based principles ideas of Kant. First, Scottish philosopher W. D. Ross suggests that seven prima facie duties, rather than one universal duty, may be applied to decide an ethical question. These self-evident duties are fidelity (keeping promises), reparation (righting wrongs), gratitude (repaying benefits by conveying benefits to others), non-maleficence (doing no harm), justice (fairly distributing burdens and benefits), beneficence (doing good to others) and self-improvement (fostering one’s own wisdom and goodness). In any situation, one of the duties will rise to the level of “absolute obligation” and trump the others, thus dictating the ethical decision.4 Second, US political philosopher John Rawls adds the important principle that an ethical outcome is one derived from the duty of protecting the interests of the most vulnerable stakeholder in a situation.5 Whether created by program producers or enjoyed by viewers, stereotypes on reality television cannot survive the scrutiny of these duty-based ethical principles. Producers and viewers can hardly be motivated by good will in the Kantian sense when they actively foster false impressions of groups of people for ratings or profit, or when they are entertained by the misrepresentation of others. Nor can creating stereotypes or being entertained by them be universalized; no rational person would suggest that stereotypes be employed in every media message. As well, no ethical argument can be made for using people as means to an end – whether that end is the profit and recognition that may accrue to producers or the entertainment that may be afforded to viewers – through stereotyping. Furthermore, creating stereotypes or being entertained by them cannot be said to fulfill the prima facie duties set out by W. D. Ross. In fact, using stereotypes does wrong, creates harm and unfairly burdens the people who are objects of stereotyping, as well as promotes a failure of self-improvement in the people who create or are entertained by the stereotypes. Finally, the most vulnerable stakeholder in the reality television stereotyping situation would seem to be the person who shares the identity characteristics of those who are stereotyped by the program but who has not volunteered to participate in a program that depicts those characteristics stereotypically. Taking into account the interests of that person would dictate not using the stereotypes, which undermine the ability of people to act autonomously when others apply media-depicted stereotypes to them. That ethical critique, then, can be used to assess how reality television and its viewers foster or debunk stereotypes.
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Reality TV Creates a New Cast of Characters Rather than simply offer stereotypes, reality television often provides entertaining messages about who comprises our communities and how they behave. In April 2009, when Susan Boyle stepped to the Britain’s Got Talent microphone, the acerbic judge Simon Cowell wasn’t the only person who had to change his mind about who’s got talent. Thanks to a YouTube video, millions of people worldwide saw a dowdy Scottish villager who possessed a soaring voice that would sell millions of albums over the next two years. As it did in vaulting Boyle onto the world stage, reality television erases lines between what is public and private and who is ordinary or celebrity.6 For example, in a society that pressures parents to be perfect, reality TV viewers don’t have to worry theirs are the only children who throw bedtime tantrums. Supernanny viewers see ordinary parents failing to put their children to bed calmly and on time. This dose of parenting reality is no small thing. For decades television has provided an unrealistic stream of images about families, perpetuating a false nostalgia for what family historian Stephanie Coontz calls a “way we never were.”7 Supernanny, by comparison, suggests it’s acceptable for parents to recognize they need help learning to raise their children. Whether depicting struggling parents or shy Scottish singers, reality television often presents people who have been ignored by mainstream entertainment. Reality television sometimes has been more diverse and used more real lives and language than has fictional television.8 “Whether its subject is kids from New Jersey, adolescent mothers or commercial fisherman, reality TV has discovered new faces, new idioms, new modes of being.”9 For instance, after its 1992 debut, MTV’s The Real World was lauded for being among the first US television shows to fairly depict a gay man. The 1994 series shattered gay stereotypes by including Pedro Zamora, who “grabbed the show’s spotlight and educated its young viewers about what it was like to live with AIDS.”10 Similarly, the fashion reality show Project Runway also has challenged stereotypes about sexual orientation, race and ethnicity. The show’s would-be fashion designers and its judges don’t particularly care about anyone else’s identity characteristics. They care whether a contestant can produce creative clothing. Thus, the show presents a diverse world rarely seen on mainstream fictional television.11 On 19 Kids and Counting, viewers glimpse another world rarely shown on fictional television: that of an evangelical Christian family. Viewers may smile
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at the antics of all the children who crowd Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s Arkansas house, but the show never encourages viewers to make fun of the family. Rather, the show neutrally presents the Duggars’ religious and patriotic values, and offers viewers information about a community often treated as fodder for jokes. Similarly, Sister Wives offers a straightforward look into the rarely seen world of polygamy by featuring Kody Brown, his four wives and 16 children. Meanwhile, What Not to Wear uses humor to feature women of all ages whose wardrobes are laughably unfashionable. It’s true that the show’s fashion experts insist the women assemble a formulaic new wardrobe by shopping at stores with which the program has sponsorship arrangements, but those experts never suggest the women diet, exercise excessively, or have plastic surgery. Whether plump or petite, the women are treated to flattering clothing, hairstyles and makeup. Yes, What Not to Wear plays on the belief that all women clamor to be made over, but at least the program shows all women, not just stick-thin bachelorettes. These examples suggest reality television programs are capable of incorporating a Kantian respect for persons in general and for persons who might be different from television viewers. No matter how different or similar a person’s characteristics to those of the viewer, all people are nevertheless worthy of respect just because they are human.
Reality TV Casts and Edits for Stereotypes Despite these encouraging presentations of ordinary, under-represented people, reality television programs also have presented and reinforced stereotypes of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic class and other identity characteristics. Media activist Jennifer Pozner suggests these stereotypes are “endemic, even necessary”12 to some reality shows. Pozner and other critics say the stereotyping begins with casting, when reality producers deliberately choose participants for stock roles.13 For instance, producers of The Real World have been accused of casting predictable characters such as the naïve, small-town, white person and the street-savvy, urban, African American person who will inevitably clash before becoming fast friends. Thus, critics say The Real World has suggested through casting and editing that racism is a recurring characteristic of rural conservatives but never of urban liberals and that racism can be overcome simply by developing friendships across racial lines.14
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Reality television may not provide stereotypical lines for actors to deliver, as would a scripted show, but producers do influence participants’ behavior on these “unscripted” shows. Producers feed ideas to participants before recording on-camera monologues, and producers reward or punish particular behaviors by giving participants basic supplies or extra treats. Contestants confined to the Big Brother house or marooned on the Survivor island care a lot about items the shows’ producers distribute, and thus contestants quickly figure out which of their actions get more goodies. Too, because producers control post-production editing of the programs, they can heighten the drama by emphasizing stereotypes that clash.15 Sex-role stereotypes are among the most frequent reality television stereotypes, and The Bachelor is as good – or bad – an example as any. Critics suggest the show perpetuates stereotypes of the man as all-powerful sexual predator and the woman as gold digger disguised as helpless damsel.16 The Bachelor is not alone in this regard. Most reality dating shows present a patriarchal man and a delicate princess awaiting his rescue. These depictions represent outdated ideas about gender that stem from hundreds of years’ worth of depictions of women and men. Visual imagery in Western society at least since the Renaissance has presented women as passive sexualized objects artfully displayed for the male gaze.17 The Bachelor formula is no different. A parade of almost identical long-haired, tautly toned and exceedingly thin yet large-breasted women is arrayed before one man. The bachelor dictates the dating activities while the “bachelorettes” – and yes, these girlish women are labeled with this diminutive title – provocatively display themselves to attract his attention. This is hardly assertive twenty-firstcentury womanhood. Instead, it perpetuates an outdated princess myth, in which “the mythmaking machines of media and marketing persistently tie ideal femininity and attractiveness to a very specific mode of sexuality, one that involves exhibitionism and a submissive appeal to the male gaze, without any consideration of the girl’s own interests, ideas, or sense of well-being.”18 Furthermore, the “bachelorette” women epitomize a stereotypical ideal female body that is “both slender and voluptuous” – and therefore “practically a physical impossibility” without plastic surgery. 19 Dating contest shows such as The Bachelor don’t just stereotype women. They also present a “limiting vision of masculinity.”20 The bachelor must be tall and chiseled in the masculinity as muscularity mode, and he is encouraged to be sexually voracious. He is expected to be physically intimate with every contestant in his season-long hunt. That the woman he ultimately selects will be submissive goes without saying. No Bachelor aspires to be a house husband or full-time father. No, ma’am. This man will take care of his little woman. No matter that Americans’ views about marriage are changing
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dramatically today. In the world of The Bachelor, marriage is organized along traditionally rigid gender lines.21 (Of course, that presumes The Bachelor actually marries his princess. Few ever have.) To be fair, pause for a moment to assess The Bachelorette. Some viewers have suggested the spinoff program counters sex-role stereotypes by placing the woman in The Bachelor’s position of power to select a mate. Those viewers are wrong. As Pozner points out, the spin-off fails in several ways to meaningfully reverse stereotypical roles. First, the woman cast as The Bachelorette must have been publicly rejected by a bachelor who didn’t pick her at the end of his series; a bachelor, by comparison, is selected to star in the series on his own merits. Second, women who compete for The Bachelor’s attention routinely are presented as cat-fighting competitors, while men who vie for The Bachelorette “are usually shown palling around with one another, chugging beer and male-bonding over The Bachelorette’s hot bod.”22 Third, while The Bachelor is encouraged to become physically intimate with as many female contestants as possible during his series, The Bachelorette has been chided on her own program, as well as on talk shows and by bloggers, for even the slightest of physical intimacies, as in an instance in which the program host asked a Bachelorette to justify kissing more than one man during the multi-week series. Finally, when men are dumped by The Bachelorette, they typically are asked about their career plans; one contestant even ended up being offered a job on an entertainment news show. Women who are spurned by The Bachelor, by contrast, are shown weeping brokenheartedly as they are driven away from the mansion.23 In sum, then, The Bachelorette may be starring in her own reality series, but she remains a passive, sexualized princess, while the men she dates remain powerful and aggressive. So much for turning the stereotyping tables. Reality programs such as The Bachelor and The Bachelorette that cast for sex-role stereotypes or edit events to emphasize stereotypical conflict, fail the Kantian ethical test of respecting persons as worthwhile ends in themselves. Furthermore, the persistent use of these outmoded stereotypes promotes the failure of any self-improvement of the sort that W. D. Ross said was a duty of the ethical person. A reasonable viewer hardly can be improved by spending time watching shallow, old-fashioned stereotypes.
Reality TV Perpetuates Symbolic Annihilation At least Bachelor and Bachelorette viewers have experience interacting with the opposite sex and can competently compare the shows’ stereotypes to
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those experiences. Where reality TV stereotypes become more troubling is in connection to race and ethnicity, where many viewers lack experience interacting with people of differing backgrounds. By their total absence, The Bachelor suggests people of color don’t matter. The powerful, desirable male has always been white, and the fraction of female contestants who have been anything other than white were usually rejected early in the season.24 The Bachelor presents a curiously white world to viewers in a country where one in seven new marriages is inter-racial or interethnic, where mixed-race people represent one of the fastest growing demographic segments, and where citizens recently elected a president of mixed race.25 The Bachelor typifies the concept of symbolic annihilation. Symbolic annihilation suggests groups of people who are not presented or who are severely under-represented by television may be mentally erased from viewers’ thoughts and therefore dismissed as unimportant to the larger culture. For years, racial and ethnic minority groups have been among the people most frequently symbolically annihilated by television. Complicating their symbolic annihilation is their stereotyping. When these same underrepresented minority group members are presented on television, they have frequently been misrepresented, or stereotyped. Certainly this occurs on reality television. “As reality shows are some of the only places viewers regularly see people of color on TV, their imagery takes on greater significance,” Pozner writes.26 Mainstream broadcast networks do not include people of racial or ethnic minority status on their dating shows, thus perpetuating as “reality” a “white beauty yardstick” to which people of color literally can never measure up, even “in a country that, statistically speaking, is getting darker all the time.”27 Cable networks, which target smaller, more specific audience groups, feature people of color on dating reality shows but often in stereotypical ways. Pozner argues, for instance, that VH1’s Flavor of Love revived damaging racist stereotypes of African Americans nearly 100 years after minstrel shows perpetrated them. The show arrayed 20 young, single African American women in front of the has-been rapper Flavor Flav, who was at least 25 years their senior. He then literally objectified the women by replacing their given names with nicknames, usually chosen to relate to their body parts, and slapping those labels on their breasts or buttocks. He furthered the racist stereotyping by requiring contestants to cook fried chicken and clean disgusting household messes. Yet the Flavor of Love women fought over this man who lacked any obvious qualities that would make him a Bachelor-like prize.28 In their backbiting and outrageousness, the “flavorettes” – and yes, the show called them this – epitomized the “crazy black woman” stereotype applied to other African American women on reality television contests. After
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participating on The Apprentice, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth became the best known “crazy black woman” on reality television, but one pops up each season on America’s Next Top Model.29 In the case of the “flavorettes,” the “crazy black woman” behaviour resulted in a spin-off show – Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School – designed to class them up.30 In a television world that features few realistic, complex African American female characters, this kind of racist stereotyping is clearly unethical. Racist stereotyping is unethical when it happens to men of color, too. Flavor Flav is a caricature of the shiftless black man, as is Teeny, the unemployed, freeloading brother of American Idol singer Fantasia, whose life and family featured in the VH1 reality show Fantasia for Real that debuted late in 2010.31 The Real World has been criticized for stereotyping African American men as sexually violent.32 Washington Post television writer Paul Farhi suggests most reality programs consistently stereotype African American men as “the Bad Black Guy.” This stereotype is magnified by the symbolic annihilation of African American men. Because so many white men are seen on reality television, they get to be courageous, smart, ignorant, silly, sexy or funny. “You’d never make the same assumption about African American men, for the simple reason that it’s hard to see diversity when there’s only one black man per show. The rigid tokenism of reality programs – call it the ‘one black guy at a time’ rule – magnifies the behaviour of the BBG, giving him metaphoric power,” Farhi writes.33 In the rare instance a reality show includes two African American men, it has been accused of stereotyping one as the “integrated” or “acceptable” black man and the other as the “hood” or “unacceptable” black man.34 Clearly, racist stereotypes perpetuated by reality producers and consumed by viewers fail the Kantian tests of good will and respect for persons. These pernicious stereotypes also fail Ross’ duties not to harm people, to fairly distribute burdens and benefits, to do good to others, and to foster one’s own wisdom and goodness. Additionally, these stereotypes unfairly burden the people about whom viewers may assume the stereotypes they’ve seen on television are accurate. Those people likely qualify as the most vulnerable stakeholders Rawls suggested are deserving of ethical consideration.
Why Stereotypes on Reality TV Matter Fictional television entertainment stereotypes people by identity characteristics in each of the same potentially harmful ways reality television does, and so does non-fictional television news. So why does stereotyping on reality television particularly merit examination?
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First, people watch a lot of reality television. In 2010, the typical US television viewer saw 34 hours of television a week. Many viewers, especially those under age 50, spent many of those hours on reality programs. In 2010, no fictional entertainment program ranked in the ten highest-rated programs among all US television viewers, but one reality program – Undercover Boss – did.35 US television networks aired almost 600 different prime-time reality programs between 2000 and 2010,36 and some observers contend reality is the most popular television genre in the world.37 Stereotypes on reality television are consumed by millions of viewers. Second, “reality” is a powerful label that raises the expectation of accuracy among viewers.38 “Even though many people who watch it say, ‘Oh, I know it’s sort of made up’, there’s something about the fact that it’s called reality that somehow still gives it a different sense of credibility that people aren’t willing to give a sitcom or a drama,” notes media literacy expert Andrea Quijada.39 Stereotypes seem more troubling when they’re labelled “real.”40 Third, reality programs too often use a single character to represent a racial or ethnic minority community. This combination of symbolic annihilation and misrepresentation can mislead viewers. Washington Post columnist Clarence Page points out that “when viewers are fed a steady diet of stereotypes, stereotypes create a reality all their own,” especially in a society where racial division persists.41 Finally, and most importantly, stereotypes on reality television matter because they can be a potent agent of social learning. Television “plays a significant role in how audiences shape their racially stratified and gendered world,” providing “a means for members of different social, cultural and ethnic groups to learn about each other.”42 Reality television conveys stereotypes about those groups. Whether those stereotypes are believable is not of as much concern as the fact that even unrealistic stereotypes may influence viewers’ perceptions.43 Social psychology studies conclude that people activate stereotypes automatically and quickly, often without even being conscious of doing so.44 Furthermore, social psychologists find that people who are asked to generate stereotypes about groups of people easily produce significantly more negative stereotypes than positive ones, and that people are much more likely to automatically invoke negative stereotypes about people or communities they don’t know.45 The problem is that stereotypes don’t just describe identity characteristics. They exploit and prescribe those characteristics in judgemental ways. While it is a natural cognitive function to compress complex ideas to manage what would otherwise be a cognitive overload, that compression – which becomes the stereotype – is not neutral. It is distorted, magnifying some characteristics and minimizing others. “Stereotypes usually fail to reflect the richness
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of the subculture and ignore the realities from which the images come.”46 Stereotypes reflect value judgements, letting the holder of the stereotype exploit the traits of some people in a group to judge other people in that group. In this way, stereotyped people are judged by the values laden in the stereotype, and others will begin to expect those people will behave as the stereotype dictates.
An Ethical Approach to Reality TV Stereotypes Rather than judging one another based on stereotypes, people could learn from one another by sharing their stories. The philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah suggests that “evaluating stories together is one of the central human ways of learning to align our responses to the world.”47 Indeed, Appiah proposes that the central ethical responsibility people have to one another as fellow inhabitants of a planet that is home to six billion other people is simply getting used to one another. He writes: “I am urging that we should learn about people in other places, take an interest in their civilizations, their arguments, their errors, their achievements, not because that will bring us to agreement, but because it will help us get used to one another.”48 He encourages people to engage in cross-cultural conversations that will show them what they share with one another. After all, he concludes, “when the stranger is no longer imaginary, but real and present, sharing a human social life, you may like or dislike him, you may agree or disagree; but if it is what you both want, you can make sense of each other in the end.”49 For Appiah, this kind of cross-cultural understanding is an ethical duty. Appiah’s idea of cross-cultural inquiry as an ethical duty is not new and likely is influenced by his understanding of the ancient Greeks. As philosopher Martha Nussbaum points out, the Greeks argued that “we should not allow differences of nationality or class or ethnic membership or even gender to erect barriers between us and our fellow human beings.”50 Immanuel Kant’s duty-based ethical principles that emph
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Editors’ Note W
e think one of the strengths of this book is that it features contributors from around the world who explore a television genre that is an international phenomenon. As part of this phenomenon, reality producers tweak their shows to appeal to distinct customs or language in each country where a program will air. So the British version of what became American Idol in the USA contained distinctive British elements that were eliminated from the US version. In analysing this international television genre, we think our readers will benefit from hearing authors discuss reality television in their own distinctive voices. One of our chapters, for instance, probes the ethical duties of television producers to respect the cultural and ethical values of viewers in the countries where those mostly European producers are importing reality shows to non-Western viewers. So if our book’s analysis suggests respect dictates ethical authenticity, we think its words should, too. Therefore, readers will encounter both “amongst” and “among” and “whilst” and “while” depending on where the author lives. We think preserving regional language is the most authentic and respectful way to treat authors – and readers – in a collection that raises ethical issues.
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Foreword: The Morality of Amoral TV James Poniewozik
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he easy answer to the question: “Is reality TV ethical?” is “of course not.” For starters, reality TV shows – like fictional TV, or any TV series produced commercially – are products. They are a response to economic conditions (the desire among networks, for instance, to fill hours of TV cheaply and to put on shows that will draw an audience). In this sense, it’s as pointless to ask whether reality TV – or any TV genre – is “ethical” as to ask whether running shoes or indexed mutual funds are ethical. That is, sure, they may have ethical effects, but ethics generally don’t enter into their creation. It’s also worth noting that asking “is reality TV ethical?” is about as answerable a question as: “Are books ethical?” Reality TV can encompass anything from teen-pregnancy shows to cooking competitions to shows about addiction to documentary serials to travel and home-design series – everything from Morgan Spurlock’s 30 Days to ABC’s 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show. Arguably, the most widely agreed on definition of “reality TV” is “non-fiction television of which I personally disapprove.” The broader sense of the question really falls more along the lines of: “Does reality TV make us bad people?” Does it send bad messages, does it encourage immorality, does it coarsen social standards, is there shame attached into making, participating in and watching it? Here, the common and quick answer is, “of course” – and the makers of reality TV are the last to discourage it. There is, after all, no more common way to sell a reality show than by suggesting that TV has once again Finally Gone Too Far This Time, or by inviting fans to jeer against an Ultimate Bad Guy, like Simon Cowell or Gordon Ramsay. If there is one thing that reality TV fans generally agree on, it’s that they should be ashamed of themselves for watching it. All of which is to say that to discuss the ethics of reality TV as a yes-or-no, black-and-white question is the most common way of treating the issue, and
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the least useful. On the other hand, if you consider that reality TV – like any product or narrative – has ethics, and ask what those ethics are, the question is much more intriguing, and the results more complicated and surprising. Maybe the most important distinction is between the ethics of reality TV and the ethics in reality TV. The former is a question of whether reality TV shows are made honestly, for instance, or whether they treat their participants in a morally responsible manner. The second is a question of whether they communicate a sense of ethics in their narratives and whether they assume, or even prompt, an ethical response from their audience. The former is important, but in a more narrow sense. There are plenty of examples of disingenuousness in reality TV: there’s misleading editing to create conflict and suspense, and there’s “frankenbyting,” the trick of splicing together quotes from different contexts to make participants say what the producers need them to. (This does not mean, by the way, that audiences are oblivious to the manipulation; half the spectator sport of watching many reality shows, for instance, is second-guessing the editing and misdirection.) More egregiously, reality shows can create dangerous situations or at least encourage them, whether by plying house-guests with booze or making entertainment out of addiction or extreme weight-loss competitions. But reality show participants are still a relatively small segment of the workforce; whether your reality programming is “ethical” in this sense is probably a lesser question – in terms of absolute human effects – than, say, whether the restaurants you get takeout from are ethical toward their employees. The reality TV audience is a much bigger group, and the messages this audience receives from reality TV are much more complex, as are the ways in which viewers receive and interpret them. When it comes to the messages embedded in their narratives and the reactions they assume on the part of the audience, many supposedly depraved reality shows are, in fact, among the most moralizing series on TV. A classic case-in-point is the ur-reality competition on broadcast TV, Survivor. Superficially, its premise is amoral in the extreme: You lie, manipulate and betray your teammates to win. Self-preservation is the prime value – “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast” – and, as many finalists have argued to the Tribal Council, it is its own justification: It’s “playing the game,” and therefore acceptable and admirable. But that analysis only examines Survivor as a game. It’s more than that: it’s a spectator sport, viewed by millions of people, and the series depends upon those people to have a strong moral investment in and reaction to the story in order to stay involved. Each season involves heated arguments – on and off-screen – about what it really means to “deserve” to win. Seasons are
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often structured as moral experiments (tribes have been divided by gender, age and race or ethnicity) or as morality plays (e.g. the “Heroes vs. villains” season). The show has long recognized not just the winners of seasons but “fan favorites,” a nod to the idea that the audience will sympathize with players they believed to have lost honorably. Survivor, in other words, assumes that you, the audience member, have an independent system of moral values that is most likely different from the one rewarded by the game, and that that conflict is at least part of what makes the season engaging. That a work of pop culture should make that kind of assumption shouldn’t surprise us – and when it comes to “higher” genres like fiction, it doesn’t. If Mad Men or Boardwalk Empire depicts sexism, or violence, or self-destructive behavior, it’s nuanced story-telling. But if a reality show does the same thing, it’s immoral, misanthropic or bigoted. We assume that the audiences of HBO or FX dramas (or for that matter, readers of Crime and Punishment or Lolita) can empathize with the protagonists without wanting to emulate them; we assume they can maintain a critical distance from the narratives and perceive ironies between the characters’ words and their actions. Why? Because we assume that someone who watches Breaking Bad is smarter, more mature – better – than someone who watches Jersey Shore. Scratch a criticism of reality TV, and often enough you’ll find a criticism of the reality-TV audience. Often too, its provocative premise is 90 percent of the battle for a reality show. Some celebrate fame for its own sake (Keeping Up With the Kardashians), others valorize the kind of blue-collar workers who rarely show up on sitcoms anymore (Deadliest Catch). Many are based on offensive or morally questionable premises – Joe Millionaire, for instance, or Toddlers and Tiaras – but they also require a strong and diverse response to create the arguments that keep the shows alive. Mike Darnell and Lauren Zalaznick may not be the Swifts and Twains of our age, but much effective reality TV is really satire boiled down to one extreme gesture. It takes a commonplace piety and skewers it: that team spirit is the key to winning (Survivor), that everyone has a special talent (American Idol, in particular the audition rounds), that success goes to the deserving (The Real Housewives of Pretty Much Anywhere). Whether reality TV is good TV – that is another question, with as many answers as there are shows. The concept of goodness, however, is alive and well, and the subject of eager debate, among the reality audience. The viewers of reality TV are among the first to cite the genre as evidence that our culture is going to hell. But the controversy, argument and snark that reality TV inspires are vital proof that we have not arrived there yet.
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Introduction: Reality TV Matters Wendy N. Wyatt and Kristie Bunton
Popular Culture and Reality TV Demand Ethical Analysis
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he Ethics of Reality TV is a book about popular culture, and – not surprisingly – we think pop culture should be taken seriously. Why? Consider the following reasons. First, popular culture is, well, popular. It attracts mass audiences like no other kind of culture. In his study of a favorite pop culture text, American Idol, Christopher Bell noted that the show draws more than 25 million viewers per episode. This is equal to the combined populations of Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and it exceeds the population of Australia.1 For the first time in 2010, “worldwide viewers watched more reality TV and entertainment shows than dramas and TV series,”2 and reality shows consistently dominate ratings. In the summer of 2010, for example, 15 of the top 20 highest-rated American programs (for viewers 18 to 49 years old) were reality shows.3 We think any cultural product with this kind attention-getting power should be taken seriously. Second, pop culture can and should be accepted and appreciated as “real” culture. Some of the first scholars to study pop culture saw it as “low” culture with little value. In the late 1930s, for example, Frankfurt School theorist Max Horkheimer declared: “What today is called popular entertainment is actually demands evoked, manipulated, and, by implication, deteriorated by the cultural industries. It has little to do with art, least of all where it pretends to be such.”4 Although the Frankfurt School made important contributions to our understanding of communication, this wholesale rejection of pop culture takes an elitist perspective (even as Frankfurt School theorists fought against
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elitism) that we reject. Instead, we think any cultural artifact – whether it represents “high” culture, “low” culture, or something in between – should be taken seriously because it tells us something about the actual culture in which we live. Third, pop culture is, or can be, entertaining. But it isn’t just entertainment. It is ideologically, socially and economically oriented, and it is “an extension of the people from whom it springs and for whom it is created.”5 In other words, popular culture can tell us a lot about ourselves. As Jeffrey Bineham noted, the texts and artifacts of popular culture “are constantly telling us how to think, how to dress, how to talk, what vocations are significant, and what we should do politically and economically; in sum, they tell us who to be.”6 We think any message with this kind of power to illuminate and influence us should be taken seriously. Finally, pop culture has ethical implications. As the ten chapters in this book will show, the texts of reality TV are ethically laden, and they matter in ways that have real influence on our ethical lives. Popular culture works to shape the minds and souls of those of us who consume it. Therefore, the claim that reality TV is “just entertainment” or “nothing more than low culture” is really just a way of avoiding serious consideration of an increasingly important form of communication, and it’s a way of letting reality TV off the ethical hook. Reality television – like all communication – helps shape the way we view and interact with the world, helps make that world meaningful, and even helps construct that world. As James Carey so eloquently stated: “Communication is a symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired and transformed.”7 When we watch reality TV, we are taking part in a ritual that – strange as it may sound – helps bring reality to life. Yes, reality TV may be showing us the reality around us, but it’s also helping us create our reality. After all, as Carey said, reality itself is “a vast production, a staged creation – something humanly produced and humanly maintained” through communication.8 Clearly, anything with the power to construct reality should be taken seriously.
Reality TV is Complicated In this book, therefore, we seriously consider reality television and the ethical questions it raises. We deliberately avoid condemning reality television. That’s too ethically lazy to do, and even if it weren’t, reality TV is far too complex to justify a blanket condemnation. In the Foreword to this book, Time magazine television critic James Poniewozik wrote “to discuss the ethics of reality
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television as a yes-or-no, black-and-white question is the most common way of treating this issue, and the least useful.” He went on to say: “On the other hand, if you consider that reality TV – like any product or narrative – has ethics, and ask what those ethics are, the question is much more intriguing, and the results more complicated and surprising.” We think that’s exactly what this book will show: that the ethical analysis of reality television is complicated and surprising. While we recognize that there is a reality TV genre, we think it’s unwise to evaluate all of the ethical issues that reality TV raises on the level of genre alone. Reality television is a complex, broad and evolving genre that resists easy definition. Most of us recognize as reality TV the contest shows such as Project Runway, The Amazing Race and American Idol, but we can see those shows have little in common with family-oriented narratives like Jon and Kate Plus 8, 19 Kids and Counting or Little People, Big World, which we know are not similar to shows about offbeat occupations like Pawn Stars, Ice Road Truckers or Cake Boss. If we try to compare the self-improvement shows like What Not to Wear, Shedding for the Wedding and Biggest Loser with the philanthropy shows like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Three Wishes or Secret Millionaire, we easily see how hard it can be to decide exactly what makes something a reality show. This book demonstrates an important point: reality television as a genre is complicated and cannot be analyzed as if it were a monolithic programming category. As if the complexity created by a genre that encompasses such a broad variety of program types were not enough, complexity is further created within individual reality programs. That complexity arises because the programs use different techniques and emphasize different approaches. Some reality shows are nearly fiction. They are manipulated and edited in ways that twist the very reality they purport to present. At times, the “real” events they depict seem orchestrated with a heavier hand than the most melodramatic of soap operas. (The Bachelor, with its exaggerated dates and sensationalized relationships that never culminate in an actual marriage, is a ready example of such a fictionalized reality show.) Some reality shows are nearly journalism or documentary. They tell stories in a straightforward way about the lives of real people that traditional television news outlets have failed to show us and that socially responsible journalists ought to present to the communities they serve. (The informational look at a polygamous family provided by Sister Wives is an example.) Furthermore, complexity among reality TV shows varies from season to season and participant to participant. In the UK, for instance, the 2007 season of Celebrity Big Brother generated a firestorm of public criticism, international news coverage, advertiser defection and government disapproval when
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participants, stirred up by the boorish reality celebrity Jade Goody, repeatedly made racist remarks about the manners, accent and appearance of their fellow participant, the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty. Despite this obvious lapse into ethically unacceptable stereotyping and exploitation by the program, all seasons of Celebrity Big Brother cannot automatically be classified as unethical. Each season and each participant requires ethical analysis. Any reality program and its participants can be simultaneously ethical and unethical, just as any television news story or daily soap opera can be. Media texts, including reality TV, are marked by complexity that demands thoughtful ethical scrutiny. Because reality TV is complex in all these ways, the ethical questions probed in this book apply differently to different reality programs and participants. For example, the questions Madeleine Esch poses in her chapter about privacy can be applied differently to reality celebrity Bethenny Frankel when viewing her as a participant in The Real Housewives of New York City, as the title figure in Bethenny Getting Married, as a new parent in Bethenny Ever After, or as a contestant in Dancing with the Stars. That’s just one ethical topic applied to one perennial reality participant. We also think the complexity of reality TV demands that the chapters in this book not be read in isolation from one another. Reading only Bastiaan Vanacker’s chapter on commercialization or Deni Elliott’s chapter on democracy building, for example, gives only part of the picture. A sophisticated understanding of the ethics of reality TV requires a wide-ranging understanding. In other words, the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts. Reading this book as a coherent whole and comparing the chapters with one another will help build the broad understanding needed for a mature analysis of reality TV’s ethics. For instance, Mira Desai’s chapter on imposing cultural values and Gareth Palmer’s on community are significant on their own, but a richer understanding of the issues emerges from comparing the two. We think we’ve covered some of the most important ethical issues in this book, but we’re sure there are others – those that the genre has already uncovered and those that new shows will inevitably bring to the surface. Our hope is that this book will help foster thoughtful analysis of existing and newly emerging ethical issues as well as encourage sophisticated consumption (and, ideally, creation) of reality TV. We’ll come back to that idea at the end of the book, after our chapters have posed what we think are the crucial questions about the ethics of reality television. But now, let’s get to the questions.
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Notes 1 Christopher A. Bell, American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television (Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland, 2010). 2 Pascale Paoli-Lebailly, “Reality TV, Entertainment Viewing Surpasses Drama in 2010,” Rapid TV News, 28 March 2001. www.rapidtvnews.com. 3 Bill Carter, “Tired of Reality TV but Still Tuning In,” New York Times, 13 September 2010, B4. 4 Max Horkheimer, “Art and Mass Culture.” In Critical Theory: Selected Essays, trans. Matthew J. O’Connell (New York: Continuum Publishing Company, 1999) 288. 5 Bell, American Idolatry, 16. 6 Jeffrey L. Bineham, “The Construction of Ethical Codes in the Discourse and Criticism of Popular Culture.” In Communication Ethics, Media & Popular Culture, Phyllis M. Japp, Mark Meister and Debra K. Japp (eds) (New York: Peter Lang 2007) 14. 7 James W. Carey, Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society, rev. edn (New York: Routledge, 2009) 23. 8 Ibid., 24.
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Flourishing: Reality TV and a Life of Ethical Excellence Christopher Meyers
All the best stories are true.1
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r better yet: all the best stories tell truths. Good stories often capture and convey aspects of us and our moral lives far beyond what logical analysis could ever hope to touch.2 The best stories, thus, are inherently normative: they can make our lives better, both through what they teach us and in how they enrich our lives with their beauty. Stories, even the best ones – the technically best, the rhetorically best, the emotively best – can also, of course, make our lives much worse. They can create or exacerbate bigotry and xenophobia. They can dumb us down. They can scare us into inaction or, worse, into taking dreadful action – recall General Colin Powell’s great story before the United Nations Security Council in 2003, which provided the Bush Administration’s (purported) justification for invading Iraq. Stories can be told through a wide range of media – oral narratives, plays, songs, novels, newspaper accounts, film and reality TV – and there is no inherent moral difference among them. Theatre can be exploitive and demeaning – consider myriad live sex shows – or raise us to the heights of a William Shakespeare, Eugene O’Neill or Tony Kushner. Television, similarly,
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can appeal to our basest instincts (think Temptation Island, The Swan and Joe Millionaire) or challenge us intellectually, emotionally and politically (think The Wire, All in the Family and West Wing). The task given to me with this chapter is to try to determine whether watching reality TV is consistent with a life of ethical excellence or areté.3 For reality TV to be so consistent, it has to satisfy three criteria: (i) it has to contribute to (or at least not undercut) the elements that contribute to excellence; (ii) it cannot cause undue harm; and (iii) it cannot treat persons with disrespect. My conclusion: reality TV is not inconsistent with areté; that is, reality TV, in its current form at least, does not significantly violate either of the central ethical conditions (avoid harm and respect persons), nor – assuming one has balance in one’s life – does it essentially corrupt any of the elements. In fact, I take the conclusion a step further: Some reality TV actually contributes to an ethical life in the same way other good narratives do, namely, by directly promoting three of the elements: learning, sociality and pleasurable play. Excellence, however, certainly falls along a continuum with respect both to a life’s overall flourishing and to the individual elements that contribute to it. Thus, while some shows detract from areté – either by promoting conditions that diminish flourishing or by treating others as mere means – as long as, again, there is sufficient balance, watching even those shows does not wholly corrupt one’s excellence. Reality TV does not corrupt one’s excellence because our lives are always in development, moving (one hopes) toward a more excellent state and because very few reality shows will completely fall on one end of the continuum or the other – Pawn Stars is no Iron Chef America, but at least it is better than Jersey Shore,4 which also has at least some redeeming features. The bulk of reality shows reside in the middle, partly contributing to and partly detracting from a flourishing life. Hence, one more time, balance: “It is better to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken.”5 That reality shows fall on a continuum of flourishing features is part of the reason I think my analysis here has only modest practical import. I do not suggest, for example, that those shows that fall below some mid-point moral criterion should be subjected to social censure, or at least no censure beyond that provided by a marketplace that can choose to shun them. Rather, I see the argument’s primary value as contributing to efforts to increase media literacy, a principal research goal of at least one of this book’s editors:6 The better evaluative tools we have, the better choices we can make and the better we can be at guiding others, especially parents, to make good viewing choices. Those familiar with the Western tradition in moral theory will recognize I do not rely on a single theoretician. Rather, I use a method of moral reasoning7
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that incorporates the insights from the three major camps: (i) Immanuel Kant’s respect for the inherent value of moral rules, especially, here, his “Kingdom of Ends” formulation of the categorical imperative (never treat persons as a mere means, or tool, for the benefit of others, but always as absolutely valuable “ends in themselves”); (ii) John Stuart Mill’s utilitarian exhortation to act so as to promote the greatest aggregate pleasure, particularly higher or intellectual pleasure; and (iii) Aristotle’s virtue theory with its call to each of us to develop our character, to strive for moral and intellectual excellence. One last introductory point is that how one characterizes “reality television” certainly influences the analysis. Should, for example, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (a show celebrating the antics of a family famous, seemingly, for being famous) be included in the same conceptual category as, say, Mythbusters (which humorously uses a scientific method to test the plausibility of various urban and Hollywood myths)? Both are non-fiction television programs that ostensibly reflect unfiltered, if not unedited, reality and neither relies on professional actors. They are otherwise, however, far apart in content, structure and quality. Whereas one might wish for an analytic or conceptual definition of reality TV, one that would provide a neat method for clear distinctions, the subject matter simply makes that implausible; the range of types of shows is too wide (and is being expanded almost weekly). My definition, thus, is sociological or descriptive;8 it appeals to how people – producers, critics, journalists, participants and viewers – refer to it. Namely: Reality TV is at least largely unscripted, normally relies on untrained actors, and purports to provide a narrative of ordinary life. This liberal definition also avoids the straw person of focusing only on the worst; a more inclusive definition – keeping Mythbusters9 alongside Kardashians – captures the diverse mix and complexity of the genre. The more inclusive definition is thus both fairer and, it turns out, more sympathetic to reality TV. Within the array of programs that qualify, some morally enhance while others demean, and persons’ lives are made ethically better when they partake of the former and avoid the latter, or at least when they more frequently do so. Getting to this conclusion requires some foundational work. First, I provide an argument for the relative values of higher and lower pleasures; second, I claim that persons have a duty to strive for arête; and third, I give a brief description of the full set of elements that contribute to areté, with a discussion of how they must in turn be guided by character and practical wisdom. With these elements in place, I then return to show that reality TV can promote some of those conditions, while not fully contradicting any. The last step is to test watching reality TV against the ethical conditions (avoid harm and respect persons), from which I conclude, again, that done in moderation, reality TV is not inconsistent with an excellent life.
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Higher and Lower Pleasures In line with the utilitarian tradition, I take all pleasure to be good, as long as it does not violate the ethical conditions. However, as Mill makes clear, some pleasures are better than others; namely, the higher, intellectual, pleasures are better than the lower, the physical. The higher pleasures are exemplified in many of the elements that make up areté, and they help create the mental capacities necessary for practical wisdom, via which appreciation of those elements is made possible. In short, they are the features that distinguish persons from other animals. The argument for this (admittedly elitist) view comes from well-known passages in Mill’s Utilitarianism: Human beings have faculties more elevated than the animal appetites, and when once made conscious of them, do not regard anything as happiness which does not include their gratification. . . It is quite compatible with the principle of utility to recognise the fact that some kinds of pleasure are more desirable and more valuable than others. . . If I am asked, what I mean by difference of quality in pleasures, or what makes one pleasure more valuable than another. . . there is but one possible answer. Of two pleasures, if there be one to which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure. . . [Thus] it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.10 Much of reality TV gets its appeal through stimulation of the lower pleasures, through erotic titillation, voyeurism and a vicarious amusement with characters’ sexual, alcoholic and violent antics. Contrast this with activities that stimulate physical and mental pleasure – say a great meal with fine, smart friends. Paraphrasing Mill’s argument, those who know and appreciate both kinds of pleasure, those who are essentially experts on the subject, know the latter to be a better pleasure, “and if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.” Further, even if for whatever reason one does not immediately experience the intellectual pleasures as better, one’s capacity for flourishing has been enhanced, as per the argument above. I am not saying, mind you, that physical pleasures are inherently degrading or debased; life would not be as rich, as excellent, without great sex, good
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wine and hot fudge sundaes. But a life devoted only, or even mainly, to the physical is incomplete.
A Normative Approach to Flourishing Mill expands upon the “higher pleasures” argument in On Liberty, where he shows how human enhancement, “development,” occurs through the exercise of such intellectual activities. These produce, he says, “different experiments of living,” in which, the human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. He gains no practice either in discerning or in desiring what is best... It is not by wearing down into uniformity all that is individual in themselves, but by cultivating it and calling it forth, within the limits imposed by the rights and interests of others, that human beings become a noble and beautiful object of contemplation. . . Having said that individuality is the same thing with development, and that it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well-developed human beings, I might here close the argument: for what more or better can be said of any condition of human affairs, than that it brings human beings themselves nearer to the best thing they can be?11 Despite these eloquent exhortations to self-cultivation, Mill’s moral theory provides at best a weak duty of self-improvement: personal development makes us better people, more interesting, and better able thereby to push society forward. But we have every right to choose to be “ape-like,” mere imitators of others.12 The most that can be said is that the processes by which development emerges – “He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision”13 – are also the tools by which we develop the wisdom and judgment needed to more accurately determine which options, in any given scenario, are more likely to produce aggregate pleasure. I thus add to Mill’s arguments W. D. Ross’s dictum that we in fact have a strong prima facie duty of self-improvement: “Some [duties] rest on the fact that we can improve our own condition in respect of virtue or of intelligence.”14 From this combination I get my theoretical starting point: persons
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should strive to enhance their lives so as to achieve areté. Our lives are better, richer, fuller and we thrive more, when we develop our physical and mental capacities to their greater potential. Without this normative conception of flourishing, the moral analysis of reality TV, or of any form of entertainment for that matter, would be pretty straightforward: as long as some, any, people enjoy it, as long as no one is significantly harmed by it, and as long as it does not treat others as mere means, it is morally good. I argue, however, that we also have a duty to strive for more excellent lives, to (again quoting Ross) “improve our own condition in respect of [among other things] virtue or of intelligence.” Doing so not only provides us with (higher) pleasure, but it also endows us with the discernment to more wisely improve our moral relations with others and to thereby improve society. Now, the harm and respect caveats are potentially major obstacles to ethically approving of reality TV. As I will argue below, however, even though many shows violate one or both of these conditions, none appear to do so in a way that would make the shows unethical. But that conclusion does not settle the question. The character approach outlined here stresses that a full understanding of our moral lives requires going beyond such impact on others; we need also to evaluate how watching reality TV contributes to or detracts from our own characters.
Flourishing Characterized What, then, are the conditions that produce flourishing lives? I provide the full list for a number of reasons. First, the elements are open to interpretation, with such evaluation potentially affecting the subsequent conclusions about areté and reality TV. My version is based on Aristotle’s, on contemporary literature on happiness, and on wise friends’ and colleagues’ comments. Any given reader, however, might disagree with my reasoning. Second, such disagreement should emerge only after careful reflection on what makes for a life of excellence – a worthy exercise in its own right. Third, even if the reader were to fully embrace my list, she or he might disagree with the relationship between the various elements and reality TV, again potentially producing a different overall conclusion. That said, I move through the full list pretty quickly, later coming back to a much more developed analysis of the three most relevant to the discussion at hand: learning, sociality and playing. I also divide them into what philosophers call necessary, sufficient and enhancing conditions, i.e. respectively,
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those that must be present for excellence, those that are not necessary, but on their own satisfy all the elements, and those that are neither necessary nor sufficient, but can enhance persons’ lives in often profound ways. Furthermore, with all these conditions, there is an assumption of adequate material circumstances and good fortune. In short, one cannot engage in any of what follows unless one has a roof over one’s head, food in one’s mouth (and in one’s children’s), and at least minimal health. By the same token, one has to have adequate luck: For there is required [for happiness], as we said, not only complete virtue but also a complete life, since many changes occur in life, and all manner of chances, and the most prosperous may fall into great misfortunes in old age, as is told of Priam in the Trojan Cycle; and one who has experienced such chances and has ended wretchedly no one calls happy.15
Necessary Conditions MM
Social relations: having friends to share good conversation, good food and drink; to play with; to support and to be supported by.
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Challenge and achievement: establishing goals, or being thrust into a taxing circumstance, and working hard to overcome the obstacles and to succeed.16
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Learning: being committed to enhancing one’s knowledge and skills, whether done formally or informally.
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Contemplation: thinking more about life’s meaning and value than about political ambition or about how to procure a wider flat-screen television.
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Play: engaging in physical play, intellectual play, emotional play, sexual play – done pleasurably, freely and for its own sake, with no goal of producing a secondary outcome (though it often does enhance, and thus overlap with, social relations).
Sufficient Conditions MM
Work: being engaged by work, real work, that challenges, makes us better, teaches us, and connects us with others; i.e. it satisfies each of the necessary elements. Because, however, for most humans,
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work is instrumental only (assuming it is even available) – i.e. it is a means to, rather than a reason for, living – the type of work described here cannot be a necessary condition. MM
Family: reveling in the great love, joy, pride and sorrow that come with family relations. Those relations are often amply rich with intellectual and character-enhancing components, and can thereby be a sufficient criterion. They cannot, however, be a necessary one because one can achieve all those components through friendships.17
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Spirituality: embracing that there is much beyond our narrow frame of reference, whether that is obtained through a religious reality, or experienced in the wonders of artistic expression, or appreciated through the sublimity of nature grasped while knee deep in a trout stream.18 Because such experiences need not include a social element and are generally not perceived as playful, spirituality is not a sufficient condition, even if it often challenges, teaches and motivates contemplation.
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Resources: having a minimal level is, as discussed above, a necessary condition; beyond that, resources – particularly money – provide opportunities, opportunities for more contemplation, more play, more learning and more access to great art and trout streams. Money alone cannot make one happy,19 but it can sure as heck make getting there easier and more fun.
A life of excellence and flourishing, thus, is one lived actively and fully; it is rich with ongoing educational opportunities, challenges (including challenging work), critical contemplation and play; and it is filled with fine companions. These elements, though, must also be guided by two other conditions: character and practical wisdom. Character means being committed to an honourable existence; that is, being habituated to virtue, to seeking and living by the mean between excess and deficiency, as dictated by the circumstances attached to the individual and the situation, and as expressed in a life of honesty, benevolence, non-malevolence, respecting others, courage, fidelity, perseverance, fairness and personal accountability. Practical wisdom, or phronesis, is the discerning judgment gained through rational reflection upon experience and the teaching of others. Such judgment
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helps one to better choose from among the many competing options in life (including watching reality TV), to evaluate what is in fact the mean between extremes in given cases (how much reality TV should one watch?), and to more accurately predict the consequences of one’s choices (what gets left undone while one watches?). While the acquisition of practical wisdom is never complete – one can always gain new insights from new experiences and critical reflection – on Aristotle’s account, one cannot be virtuous, and thus one cannot flourish, unless one has some (undefined and probably indefinable) minimum. All this once again reinforces the point that none of the elements of areté is reducible to an either/or. Rather, one can be more or less virtuous and wise, and, through them, more or less social, playful, etc. An excellent life is always in development: Assuming one has the right kind of commitment, has adequate material conditions, is sufficiently fortunate, and has at least a minimal level of practical wisdom, one’s life is continually progressing. That commitment entails hard work, a striving for ever more wisdom and better habituated virtue.
Reality TV and a Flourishing Life The requirement for the hard work needed for continuing development might seem to force the conclusion that reality TV is inconsistent with an excellent life. While it is obviously pure speculation, my reading of Aristotle and Mill is that they would both reach that conclusion, given their respective arguments about education (already detailed, above) and given the distinction they each draw between animals and humans – animals cannot, they say, be happy because they cannot contemplate and because they cannot be active and free choosers. Aristotle makes this clear in his discussion of why contemplation is necessary for excellence: “The other animals have no share in happiness, being completely deprived of [rationally critical] activity. For while the whole life of the gods is blessed, and that of men too in so far as some likeness of such activity belongs to them, none of the other animals is happy, since they in no way share in contemplation.”20 Watching reality TV, Aristotle and Mill would likely say, is equivalent to an animal’s level of cognition. It thus fails the test of contemplation and thus is inconsistent with an excellent life. That conclusion seems to me too elitist. Most devotees of particular shows and characters (and certainly all those preoccupied by them) are critically and actively engaged with the story line – with how their favorite characters work to overcome obstacles, with how antagonists make favorites’ lives more
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difficult, with the struggles of characters’ love lives.21 While that level of critical engagement is obviously limited, it is certainly beyond that of animals and, to my mind, meets the minimal condition necessary for contemplation. Thus, watching reality TV – assuming the ethical conditions – is not inconsistent with an excellent life.
Reality TV as Enhancing Areté That tepid conclusion – that reality TV is not inconsistent with excellence – in fact does not go far enough. Some watching of some reality TV can enhance excellence, in particular through the conditions of learning, sociality and play. In this section I thus give more detailed accounts of each and show their link to reality TV.22
Learning The “lifelong learning” movement has become almost a cliché, but its roots are found in philosophically sophisticated notions of moral maturity, character development and an ethical life. Examples abound,23 but I will stick with this paper’s two main theoretical sources. In Aristotle’s case, we get the argument that young children are not capable of genuine reasoning;24 they need to have their intellectual skills refined through teaching and practice and their moral virtues developed through role-modelling and habituation. In other words, education is indispensible to both the intellectual and moral virtues that are necessary for a developed character. Similarly, and given his own upbringing25 no surprise, Mill was adamant about the importance of learning for personal development and cultivation of one’s fullest self.26 For instance, in On Liberty – a book putatively dedicated to urging that people should largely be left to their own devices – he stresses education’s importance throughout: In the Introduction he (disturbingly) concludes “despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians,” given their uneducated and “backward” condition;27 in Chapter 3, he discusses the demanding tools28 needed for proper reasoning (tools available only after extensive education); and in Chapter 5, he both insists that free persons can have their liberty properly constrained when they are uninformed about a particular concern or threat,29 and that education should be compulsory.30 If, as suggested above, our lives are always in development, if we are never fully “cultivated,” then we should never stop learning. It is clear some
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reality TV is educational, if often in a playful way. Instances range from nature shows, to cooking competitions, to home improvement programs. One of my favorites is Mythbusters, where one can learn everything from the fact that elephants really are afraid of mice, to the plausible idea that torpedoes were used in the thirteenth century, to the notion that it’s safe to yodel in avalanche-prone country. In short, reality TV plainly can motivate learning and it thereby provides a key element of excellence.
Sociality Aristotle’s familiar characterization of humans as political (and rational) animals was meant to stress our social nature; we cannot be complete as humans, let alone achieve areté, without social relations. The view is also now widely accepted in psychological literature on happiness, as summarized by Luigino Bruno: There has been increasing appreciation within psychology of the fundamental importance of supportive interpersonal relationships for well-being and happiness. This dimension is so important that some theorists have defined ‘relatedness’ as a basic human need that is essential for wellbeing. In particular within the so-called ‘eudaimonic’ approach, many authors see a universal association between the quality of relationships and subjective well-being.31 When they are richly connected with others, people are happier (both dispositionally and as part of a deeper contentment), less lonely and feel a greater satisfaction in life. This is why sociality is a necessary condition of a flourishing life, and, as noted above, watching reality TV has become, for many, a very social activity. As of this writing, 10,816,947 people have “liked” Jersey Shore’s Facebook page, through which they also “friend” one another and “converse” over the show’s minutiae. Through all this they “come together,” cementing old and creating new friendships. The scare quotes indicate how these social activities diverge from their pre-network equivalents, but, however different, the activities are still unquestionably social. The sociality created by reality TV is in fact like that created through being sports fans. Complete strangers feel wholly connected to one another only because they are rooting for the same team (and are alienated from, even hostile to, the opposition’s players and fans). While such sociality may lack the richness and active contemplation of deep friendships,32 assuming other, richer, interpersonal relations exist in our lives, there is no plausible exclusion
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of reality TV as a potentially important contributor to the sociality needed for flourishing.
Playing Again, Aristotle: “To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself. . . seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously. Relaxation, then, is not an end; for it is taken for the sake of activity.”33 As with all features of flourishing, balance is crucial; too much playing disrupts the efforts needed for achievement of the other conditions, but some activity done simply for the fun of it, with no external purpose, makes life better. I break from Aristotle in that I do not think “amusement” need be done (only) so “that one may exert oneself. . . for the sake of activity.” Rather, play is an end in itself – fun for fun’s sake – but also a means to other goods, including learning, connecting with nature, enhancing relationships and making for more productive work. But precisely because play is not otherwise productive, it is all the more critical that participation in it not violate the central ethical conditions. Play done at others’ expense, that intentionally hurts others, or is achieved only by demeaning others, is still conceptually play, but because it is done viciously, it reduces the player’s virtue and thereby detracts from a flourishing life. As I will argue below, some reality TV seems to rely upon the humiliation of others. Play done only, or even primarily, with that as its goal is thus not consistent with contributing to flourishing.
Avoiding Harm and Respect for Others So, watching even the more crass versions of reality TV is not inconsistent with an ethical life; some shows can even contribute to it, assuming a balanced life and assuming, in all cases, the principles of harm avoidance and respect are not violated. Violation of these ethical conditions would defeat any flourishing enhancement. But that caveat is also messy. How much harm is too much? How disrespectfully must persons be treated? What would count as genuine balance? There is no cookie-cutter answer to any of these questions, but the easiest is the balance question because its answer will always be contextual, dictated by the individual’s circumstances, capacities and opportunities. That is, the answer will be, can only be, revealed through a practically wise analysis of that individual and her or his context. Someone who is leading a reasonably
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active, virtuous, socially rich life can no doubt “afford” some brain-dead reality TV time, just as that person can afford time watching How I Met Your Mother, or pouring over baseball stats, or reading trashy books. The person without such a life probably has bigger things to worry about than her or his fascination with some reality TV show or star. On the harm question, reality TV shows cannot cause their participants significant physical, emotional or economic harm, unless they genuinely consent to that threat because any associated flourishing afforded to viewers would be built on the backs – maybe quite literally – of those participants. I will expand on the “genuine consent” criterion in the respect argument, below; by “significant,” I mean such harm that a reasonable group of persons (e.g. a jury) would deem to be profound enough as to warrant compensation, for instance in the form of restitution. The question of harm to viewers is much more problematic. While there is plenty of noise on the topic, 34 genuine scholarship showing a causal relationship between reality TV and individual or social harms is pretty thin. If such a connection can in fact be established, one would, I assume, appeal to a standard process of moral reasoning to determine whether the harms are significant enough to warrant the sorts of restrictions already in place for shows with age-inappropriate sexuality or violence (e.g. time of day and cable versus broadcast). On the respect question, much of reality TV clearly uses persons as a means. Many shows entice people to bare their worst behaviours and character flaws to millions through such enticements as a potential mate, fame or fortune and viewers clearly revel in these participants’ misdeeds and misfortunes. That is, participants are distinctly used both for producers’ profit and for viewers’ entertainment. Even talent competition shows like American Idol have a built-in tension between humiliating some participants and revelling in the achievements and skill of others. But recall Kant’s dictum is against using persons as mere means. He recognized that we justly use one another all the time; our relationships typically include some transactional aspect. For example, we use a grocery check-out clerk to purchase our goods or a bank teller to manage our financial transactions; students use faculty to learn and faculty use students for a paycheck; romantic partners use one another for intimacy, sexual gratification and financial stability. These relationships, however, do not violate the dictum as long as all participants genuinely consent to the activity. That is, we use persons as mere means when they are either coerced into the transaction, when they do not have adequate information to be able to freely choose, or when they could not coherently consent.35 Much of the concern over reality TV is that it uses people in such a degrading manner that it is hard to imagine how they could have genuinely
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consented. How could one freely choose to debase oneself so, to submit oneself to the humiliation offered up by someone like Simon Cowell?36 But such denigration exists across the reality TV spectrum. For example, Jennifer L. Pozner discusses a contestant on The Bachelor:37 a vegetarian [who] described eating meat for the first time in 12 years just because Andrew Firestone (star of “The Bachelor’s” third season) fed it to her. ‘My stomach will never be the same,’ she said, grateful for the crumbs. After she got the heave-ho, she batted her big brown eyes at the camera and moaned: ‘You wanna see a girl that’s crushed, you got her.’38 Pozner’s general thesis, in fact, is that much of reality TV’s structure is built around the humiliation of women. So, again, how could one freely choose to be so humiliated? The answer is it does not matter how you or I feel about participating in the activity. As this book’s chapter on exploitation also notes, as long as reality participants know what they are getting into and they are not coerced, their participation is freely undertaken. That the humiliating structure is so apparent speaks to participants’ being adequately informed,39 and since enticement cannot be reasonably seen as coercion, participation is sufficiently voluntary. In other words, even if the vast majority of us might think the choices degrading, the mere means standard is not violated. From the perspective of the viewer, however, getting pleasure from the humiliation of others can never admit of a virtuous mean: Not every action nor every passion admits of a mean; for some have names that already imply badness, e.g. spite, shamelessness, envy and in the case of actions adultery, theft, murder; for all of these and suchlike things imply by their names that they are themselves bad and not the excesses or deficiencies of them. It is not possible, then, ever to be right with regard to them; one must always be wrong.40 I do not, though, know of any shows where humiliation is the entire focus; even those that promote it, also depend on glee at other characters’ eventual successes. Or even the same person’s – recall Susan Boyle’s appearance on the British reality TV show, Britain’s Got Talent. The audience began with some pretty foul shout-outs about her plain appearance, a reaction that quickly turned to avid appreciation for her amazing voice. For whatever reason, reality producers seemingly assume their audience wants some such humiliation, as it is a common element in otherwise good shows – see, for example, Pawn Stars’ treatment of Chumlee, who is often
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the subject of putdowns. Again, the structure of most reality TV programs depends on the tension between humiliation and praise, which places the burden on the virtuous viewer, who can, and should, essentially “work around” those ethical problems, focusing on the playful or educational or social aspects of a show while also being repulsed by the humiliation.41 We thus have the full argument for this chapter’s thesis: reality TV is not only consistent with an ethical life; some watching of some of it can enhance one’s life. This conclusion, though, should not be read as an exhortation to run to the nearest couch and grab the remote. Even in those cases where reality TV does enhance, it does not do so in a unique way; all its contributions to flourishing can no doubt be obtained, by most of us,42 in other, more effective ways. But as an occasional break? As long as that occurs within an otherwise balanced life, I see no justified proscription.
Notes 1 David Shields, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010), 52. 2 Shields, Reality Hunger: “In our hunger for all things true, we make the facts irrelevant. . . [Truth] is that which had been made luminous, undeniably authentic by having been found and taken up, always at a cost, from deeper, more shared levels of the life we all really live” (pp. 86, 47). For a deeper illumination of this point see Martha C. Nussbaum, Love’s Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990). 3 “Areté,” for the ancient Greeks, was sometimes synonymous with the rich, extended, flourishing life (“eudaimonia”) that represented humans’ fullest individual achievement, and sometimes presented as one of the conditions of eudaimonia. For simplicity’s sake, I will use “areté,” “excellence,” “flourishing,” as different terms for a life lived to its best and fullest, i.e. for a eudaimonic life. 4 Pawn Stars portrays a family-run pawn shop in Las Vegas and includes considerable historical commentary (driven by the items customers bring in); Iron Chef America is a cooking competition in which master chefs are given an hour to turn the “mystery ingredient” into five gourmet plates; and Jersey Shore is an MTV product that follows eight strangers brought together in a single house in New Jersey, with particular attention paid to melodrama and sexuality. 5 This well-known quotation is routinely attributed to Aristotle (see, for example, http://philosophical-quotes.com/657.html), but I could not find its original source; either way, it is an eloquent expression of the need for balance.
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6 Wendy N. Wyatt, “The Ethical Obligations of News Consumers,” in Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach, ed. Christopher Meyers (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010) 283–95. 7 For a fuller account of that method, see Christopher Meyers, “Re-Appreciating W. D Ross: Naturalizing Prima Facie Duties and a Proposed Method,” Journal of Mass Media Ethics 26, no. 4 (2011, 316–31). 8 For an explanation of the differences between conceptual and descriptive definitions, see Michael Davis, “Why Journalism is a Profession,” in Meyers, Journalism Ethics, 91–102. 9 I characterize Mythbusters (and similarly structured shows, e.g. Pawn Stars, Dancing with the Stars, American Pickers) as unscripted because, even though the voiceover is clearly scripted and the general approach to the “experiments” is planned out, more than half of the televised portion is spontaneous activity and reactions. 10 John Stuart Mill, “Utilitarianism,” in Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy, ed. Steven M. Cahn (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 896–9. Mill no doubt relied on Aristotle’s similar arguments here. See, for example, Book I, Section 3 of Nicomachean Ethics: “Now each man judges well the things he knows, and of these he is a good judge. And so the man who has been educated in a subject is a good judge of that subject, and the man who has received an all-round education is a good judge in general. Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life. . . And it makes no difference whether he is young in years or youthful in character; the defect does not depend on time, but on his living.” [I use the W. D. Ross translation (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), in part because it is available online. See: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen. html] 11 John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, ed. Currin V. Shields (Indianapolis, IN: BobbsMerrill, 1956), 68, 71, 76–7. 12 Mill, On Liberty, 69. 13 Ibid. 14 William David Ross, The Right and The Good (Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing, 1988), 21. Kant also, if somewhat confusingly, appeals to an imperfect duty of self-improvement. See H. J. Paton, The Moral Law (London: Hutchinson and Co, 1972), 84ff. 15 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, I.9. 16 As Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother to John Quincy Adams put it (in a 1780 letter to her son): “It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.” See Abigail Adams, “Quotes,” GoodReads Inc., 2001. http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1479.Abigail_Adams 17 Kant, for example, lived most of his adult life largely separate from family (until his sister came to live with him in his final years). He lived, though, a
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rich social life, as, essentially, the life of the party. See Manfred Kuehn, Kant: A Biography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002). 18 See Immanuel Kant, Observations on the Beautiful and the Sublime, trans. John T. Goldthwait (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004), in which he describes an overwhelming sense of terror at the power of nature, tempered against the realization of the transcendent capacity of human reason. 19 Luigino Bruno, “The Happiness of Sociality. Economics and Eudaimonia: A Necessary Encounter,” Rationality and Society 22 (2010): 383–406. 20 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, X. 8. See also Mill’s references to “barbarians” and to “ape-like” imitation, cited in footnotes [26 and 10] respectively. 21 I am grateful to Richard Collins for this argument. 22 My sense is the other elements are not promoted through reality TV, but I again encourage the reader to reflect on this. 23 Three are Bertrand Russell, Education and the Good Life (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1970); Martha Nussbaum, Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1997); and Amy Gutman, Democratic Education, rev. edn (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999). 24 Aristotle also, infamously, thought the same of women and slaves (i.e. conquered non-Greeks): “For the slave has no deliberative faculty at all; the woman has, but it is without authority, and the [male] child has, but it is immature.” Aristotle, Politics, I. 13, trans. Benjamin Jowett (Chelmsford, MA: Courier Dover Publications, 2000). Available at The Internet Classics Archive (online). http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html 25 See John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, Bartleby.com: Harvard Classics (online). http://www.bartleby.com/25/1/. 26 See also Robin Haack, “Education and the Good Life,” Philosophy 56 (1981): 289–302. 27 John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 14. Here he also says, “for the same reason we may leave out of consideration those backward states of society in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage.” 28 The tools include using “observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and. . . firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision.” Mill, On Liberty, 71. 29 See the “bridge-walker” example in Mill, On Liberty, 117. 30 “Consider, for example, the case of education. Is it not almost a self-evident axiom that the state should require and compel education, up to a certain standard, of every human being who is born its citizen?” Mill, On Libery, 128. Mill makes a similar point, this time directed at parents, in Principles of Political Economy, 7th edn, Book V, Chapter 11, William J. Ashley ed. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909). Available at http://www.econlib. org/library/Mill/mlP73.html.
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31 Bruno, “The Happiness of Sociality,” 394–5. 32 Because of that relative superficiality, the activities may promote unreflective loyalty, even fanaticism. See Noam Chomsky: “For one thing, [spectator sports] are a great way to build up chauvinism – you start by developing these totally irrational loyalties early in life, and they translate very nicely to other areas. [Such loyalties are] training for subordination to power, and for chauvinism.” Noam Chomsky, Peter Rounds Mitchell and John Schoeffel, Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky (New York: The New Press, 2002) 100. 33 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, VII. 6. 34 See, for example, “Is Reality TV Harmful?” BBC News online. 1 September 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3607482.stm. 35 For example, it would be incoherent to choose to be enslaved, since one cannot freely choose to forfeit one’s freedom. 36 Cowell was the producer of American Idol and one of its earliest, and by far, harshest judges. 37 The Bachelor is one of many similar shows in which multiple people vie for the hand of the show’s star. 38 Jennifer Pozner, Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV (Berkeley: Seal Press, 2010) 54. 39 One might be able to plausibly argue that participants in early reality TV shows did not have enough information to genuinely consent. Given how ubiquitous the shows are now, however, anyone who agrees to participate surely knows what he or she is getting into. 40 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, II. 6. 41 One could also, of course, encourage the producers to at least reduce that element or, if it gets bad enough, simply stop watching. 42 An exception would be persons who are significantly disabled and incapable of, for example, active physical interaction with others.
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Stereotypes: Reality TV as Both Creator and Confronter Kristie Bunton
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ince 2002, television viewers have enjoyed episodes of the ABC network’s reality dating contest, The Bachelor, in which provocatively styled young women prance before a hunky man supposedly seeking true love. As any Bachelor season unfolded, viewers saw nearly interchangeable “bachelorettes” gather around the patio of the bachelor’s mansion for a nightly cocktail party at which they vied for time alone with the eligible man. Viewers could expect to see an innocent Southern belle, an outdoorsy brunette, and a vixen intent on mowing down her competition to capture the man. Viewers also could expect to see the bachelor progress from woman to woman, stopping between cuddles to tell the cameras – and the viewers – how “well” he was getting to know the “real” Ashley or Jenna, and how he remained committed to finding his ideal wife. Each episode ended with a ceremony at which the bachelor bestowed roses on women he wanted to pursue and the program’s host asked rejected women to depart immediately. In January 2011, ABC restored Brad Womack to the bachelor mansion. He was infamous as the only bachelor ever to reject every contestant presented
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to him. After explaining the therapeutic “work” he’d since done to become ready for love and apologizing to the two finalists he had humiliated three years before, Womack was whisked out to the mansion’s entrance. There 30 new women, eager for his attention, paraded before him. He kissed or squeezed each Barbie-like beauty, and the fourteenth Bachelor contest was under way. Are women and men this desperate to marry? Most young women don’t serve themselves up as readily available sex objects to chauvinists like Womack, do they? How can viewers be entertained by reality television’s repeated presentations of rigidly defined, outdated gender roles? Reality television must be guilty of stereotyping. Yes, and no. However many stereotypes some reality television programs present, all reality television is not the same. Reality is a broad genre that includes everything from Bachelor-style dating contests to talent contests such as American Idol, real estate series such as House Hunters, soap opera-style squabbles such as Jersey Shore, shows about offbeat occupations such as Cake Boss, and shows about unusual families such as Sister Wives. The stereotypes these reality programs suggest are not all the same, nor are they equally harmful to reality show participants or viewers. To flatly say reality television unethically stereotypes people is to stereotype reality television. It is more accurate to say some reality television unethically stereotypes some people, while some reality television challenges some stereotypes. For instance, during January 2011, while ABC’s The Bachelor persistently presented outdated gender role stereotypes, the network’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition quietly countered them. The show, which since its 2003 debut has selected worthy families and built them new homes in a week, visited Savannah, Georgia, to help Carmen and Jim Simpson, who struggled to care for a child with a severe physical condition. The Simpsons wanted to “pay forward” the program’s generosity, so they offered the show a list of other deserving people. They described a friend who couldn’t afford a diamond engagement ring. The program provided a ring, and during a clothing drive where the show addressed the Simpsons’ desire to collect coats for needy people, this bachelor eagerly asked his intended to marry him. She said yes. They hugged, kissed and celebrated. By Bachelor standards, this couple weighed too much and wore discount-store clothes, and they stood in a community hall full of donations. But this program demonstrated that pudgy, plain people enjoy romance, too. The next week, while the bachelor and his all-white bevvy of beauties again cavorted on lavish dates, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition debunked more stereotypes. The show’s big orange bus rolled to Augusta, Georgia, where
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viewers met Earnie Graham, whose home repair had abruptly ended with her brother’s death. But rather than hear a sob story about single parenting, viewers saw an African-American mother and two children who were happy and involved in their community, with nary a mention of an absent father. Because of Graham’s devoted Girl Scouts volunteer work, the show invited an all-female crew to demolish her old house. Armed with sledge hammers and axes, these women attacked the house – and drove the crane swinging the wrecking ball, too. This family and these construction workers provided a notable contrast to the passive beauties languishing on the bachelor’s couch. One network. One month. Two equally long-running reality shows. The message for viewers? Mixed. The Bachelor stereotyped pretty people, while Extreme Makeover: Home Edition embraced ordinary people. Clearly, reality television is a complex source of messages about the identities of contemporary people, and some of those messages foster stereotypes, while others do not. Reality television is a polysemic text open to multiple interpretations, and the stereotypes it contains deserve ethical analysis.
The Ethical Critique of Reality TV Stereotypes Reality television’s use of stereotypes suggests two primary ethical questions: (i) do reality producers have a duty not to cast and edit their shows in ways that foster stereotypes? (ii) do reality viewers have a duty not to accept the stereotypes some reality programs contain? To answer these questions, an application of duty-based ethical principles seems appropriate, and any duty-based analysis begins with the foundational work of eighteenth-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant. For Kant, ethical decisions must be rooted in a person’s good will, which is the only thing that is always and uniquely a moral good. “A good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes – because of its fitness for attaining some proposed end: it is good through its willing alone – that is, good in itself.”1 Decisions cannot be motivated by self-interest or by possible consequences, but by the good will that dictates performing ethical duty – the same ethical duty in all cases. This principle of acting universally to fulfil duty is widely known as Kant’s categorical imperative: “Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a universal law of nature.”2 In the act of performing a universal duty, people – described by Kant as “rational beings” who are “an object of reverence” – must be respected as ends in themselves. This corollary to Kant’s categorical imperative is thus: “Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the
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person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end.”3 Two twentieth-century philosophers enhance the duty-based principles ideas of Kant. First, Scottish philosopher W. D. Ross suggests that seven prima facie duties, rather than one universal duty, may be applied to decide an ethical question. These self-evident duties are fidelity (keeping promises), reparation (righting wrongs), gratitude (repaying benefits by conveying benefits to others), non-maleficence (doing no harm), justice (fairly distributing burdens and benefits), beneficence (doing good to others) and self-improvement (fostering one’s own wisdom and goodness). In any situation, one of the duties will rise to the level of “absolute obligation” and trump the others, thus dictating the ethical decision.4 Second, US political philosopher John Rawls adds the important principle that an ethical outcome is one derived from the duty of protecting the interests of the most vulnerable stakeholder in a situation.5 Whether created by program producers or enjoyed by viewers, stereotypes on reality television cannot survive the scrutiny of these duty-based ethical principles. Producers and viewers can hardly be motivated by good will in the Kantian sense when they actively foster false impressions of groups of people for ratings or profit, or when they are entertained by the misrepresentation of others. Nor can creating stereotypes or being entertained by them be universalized; no rational person would suggest that stereotypes be employed in every media message. As well, no ethical argument can be made for using people as means to an end – whether that end is the profit and recognition that may accrue to producers or the entertainment that may be afforded to viewers – through stereotyping. Furthermore, creating stereotypes or being entertained by them cannot be said to fulfill the prima facie duties set out by W. D. Ross. In fact, using stereotypes does wrong, creates harm and unfairly burdens the people who are objects of stereotyping, as well as promotes a failure of self-improvement in the people who create or are entertained by the stereotypes. Finally, the most vulnerable stakeholder in the reality television stereotyping situation would seem to be the person who shares the identity characteristics of those who are stereotyped by the program but who has not volunteered to participate in a program that depicts those characteristics stereotypically. Taking into account the interests of that person would dictate not using the stereotypes, which undermine the ability of people to act autonomously when others apply media-depicted stereotypes to them. That ethical critique, then, can be used to assess how reality television and its viewers foster or debunk stereotypes.
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Reality TV Creates a New Cast of Characters Rather than simply offer stereotypes, reality television often provides entertaining messages about who comprises our communities and how they behave. In April 2009, when Susan Boyle stepped to the Britain’s Got Talent microphone, the acerbic judge Simon Cowell wasn’t the only person who had to change his mind about who’s got talent. Thanks to a YouTube video, millions of people worldwide saw a dowdy Scottish villager who possessed a soaring voice that would sell millions of albums over the next two years. As it did in vaulting Boyle onto the world stage, reality television erases lines between what is public and private and who is ordinary or celebrity.6 For example, in a society that pressures parents to be perfect, reality TV viewers don’t have to worry theirs are the only children who throw bedtime tantrums. Supernanny viewers see ordinary parents failing to put their children to bed calmly and on time. This dose of parenting reality is no small thing. For decades television has provided an unrealistic stream of images about families, perpetuating a false nostalgia for what family historian Stephanie Coontz calls a “way we never were.”7 Supernanny, by comparison, suggests it’s acceptable for parents to recognize they need help learning to raise their children. Whether depicting struggling parents or shy Scottish singers, reality television often presents people who have been ignored by mainstream entertainment. Reality television sometimes has been more diverse and used more real lives and language than has fictional television.8 “Whether its subject is kids from New Jersey, adolescent mothers or commercial fisherman, reality TV has discovered new faces, new idioms, new modes of being.”9 For instance, after its 1992 debut, MTV’s The Real World was lauded for being among the first US television shows to fairly depict a gay man. The 1994 series shattered gay stereotypes by including Pedro Zamora, who “grabbed the show’s spotlight and educated its young viewers about what it was like to live with AIDS.”10 Similarly, the fashion reality show Project Runway also has challenged stereotypes about sexual orientation, race and ethnicity. The show’s would-be fashion designers and its judges don’t particularly care about anyone else’s identity characteristics. They care whether a contestant can produce creative clothing. Thus, the show presents a diverse world rarely seen on mainstream fictional television.11 On 19 Kids and Counting, viewers glimpse another world rarely shown on fictional television: that of an evangelical Christian family. Viewers may smile
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at the antics of all the children who crowd Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s Arkansas house, but the show never encourages viewers to make fun of the family. Rather, the show neutrally presents the Duggars’ religious and patriotic values, and offers viewers information about a community often treated as fodder for jokes. Similarly, Sister Wives offers a straightforward look into the rarely seen world of polygamy by featuring Kody Brown, his four wives and 16 children. Meanwhile, What Not to Wear uses humor to feature women of all ages whose wardrobes are laughably unfashionable. It’s true that the show’s fashion experts insist the women assemble a formulaic new wardrobe by shopping at stores with which the program has sponsorship arrangements, but those experts never suggest the women diet, exercise excessively, or have plastic surgery. Whether plump or petite, the women are treated to flattering clothing, hairstyles and makeup. Yes, What Not to Wear plays on the belief that all women clamor to be made over, but at least the program shows all women, not just stick-thin bachelorettes. These examples suggest reality television programs are capable of incorporating a Kantian respect for persons in general and for persons who might be different from television viewers. No matter how different or similar a person’s characteristics to those of the viewer, all people are nevertheless worthy of respect just because they are human.
Reality TV Casts and Edits for Stereotypes Despite these encouraging presentations of ordinary, under-represented people, reality television programs also have presented and reinforced stereotypes of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic class and other identity characteristics. Media activist Jennifer Pozner suggests these stereotypes are “endemic, even necessary”12 to some reality shows. Pozner and other critics say the stereotyping begins with casting, when reality producers deliberately choose participants for stock roles.13 For instance, producers of The Real World have been accused of casting predictable characters such as the naïve, small-town, white person and the street-savvy, urban, African American person who will inevitably clash before becoming fast friends. Thus, critics say The Real World has suggested through casting and editing that racism is a recurring characteristic of rural conservatives but never of urban liberals and that racism can be overcome simply by developing friendships across racial lines.14
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Reality television may not provide stereotypical lines for actors to deliver, as would a scripted show, but producers do influence participants’ behavior on these “unscripted” shows. Producers feed ideas to participants before recording on-camera monologues, and producers reward or punish particular behaviors by giving participants basic supplies or extra treats. Contestants confined to the Big Brother house or marooned on the Survivor island care a lot about items the shows’ producers distribute, and thus contestants quickly figure out which of their actions get more goodies. Too, because producers control post-production editing of the programs, they can heighten the drama by emphasizing stereotypes that clash.15 Sex-role stereotypes are among the most frequent reality television stereotypes, and The Bachelor is as good – or bad – an example as any. Critics suggest the show perpetuates stereotypes of the man as all-powerful sexual predator and the woman as gold digger disguised as helpless damsel.16 The Bachelor is not alone in this regard. Most reality dating shows present a patriarchal man and a delicate princess awaiting his rescue. These depictions represent outdated ideas about gender that stem from hundreds of years’ worth of depictions of women and men. Visual imagery in Western society at least since the Renaissance has presented women as passive sexualized objects artfully displayed for the male gaze.17 The Bachelor formula is no different. A parade of almost identical long-haired, tautly toned and exceedingly thin yet large-breasted women is arrayed before one man. The bachelor dictates the dating activities while the “bachelorettes” – and yes, these girlish women are labeled with this diminutive title – provocatively display themselves to attract his attention. This is hardly assertive twenty-firstcentury womanhood. Instead, it perpetuates an outdated princess myth, in which “the mythmaking machines of media and marketing persistently tie ideal femininity and attractiveness to a very specific mode of sexuality, one that involves exhibitionism and a submissive appeal to the male gaze, without any consideration of the girl’s own interests, ideas, or sense of well-being.”18 Furthermore, the “bachelorette” women epitomize a stereotypical ideal female body that is “both slender and voluptuous” – and therefore “practically a physical impossibility” without plastic surgery. 19 Dating contest shows such as The Bachelor don’t just stereotype women. They also present a “limiting vision of masculinity.”20 The bachelor must be tall and chiseled in the masculinity as muscularity mode, and he is encouraged to be sexually voracious. He is expected to be physically intimate with every contestant in his season-long hunt. That the woman he ultimately selects will be submissive goes without saying. No Bachelor aspires to be a house husband or full-time father. No, ma’am. This man will take care of his little woman. No matter that Americans’ views about marriage are changing
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dramatically today. In the world of The Bachelor, marriage is organized along traditionally rigid gender lines.21 (Of course, that presumes The Bachelor actually marries his princess. Few ever have.) To be fair, pause for a moment to assess The Bachelorette. Some viewers have suggested the spinoff program counters sex-role stereotypes by placing the woman in The Bachelor’s position of power to select a mate. Those viewers are wrong. As Pozner points out, the spin-off fails in several ways to meaningfully reverse stereotypical roles. First, the woman cast as The Bachelorette must have been publicly rejected by a bachelor who didn’t pick her at the end of his series; a bachelor, by comparison, is selected to star in the series on his own merits. Second, women who compete for The Bachelor’s attention routinely are presented as cat-fighting competitors, while men who vie for The Bachelorette “are usually shown palling around with one another, chugging beer and male-bonding over The Bachelorette’s hot bod.”22 Third, while The Bachelor is encouraged to become physically intimate with as many female contestants as possible during his series, The Bachelorette has been chided on her own program, as well as on talk shows and by bloggers, for even the slightest of physical intimacies, as in an instance in which the program host asked a Bachelorette to justify kissing more than one man during the multi-week series. Finally, when men are dumped by The Bachelorette, they typically are asked about their career plans; one contestant even ended up being offered a job on an entertainment news show. Women who are spurned by The Bachelor, by contrast, are shown weeping brokenheartedly as they are driven away from the mansion.23 In sum, then, The Bachelorette may be starring in her own reality series, but she remains a passive, sexualized princess, while the men she dates remain powerful and aggressive. So much for turning the stereotyping tables. Reality programs such as The Bachelor and The Bachelorette that cast for sex-role stereotypes or edit events to emphasize stereotypical conflict, fail the Kantian ethical test of respecting persons as worthwhile ends in themselves. Furthermore, the persistent use of these outmoded stereotypes promotes the failure of any self-improvement of the sort that W. D. Ross said was a duty of the ethical person. A reasonable viewer hardly can be improved by spending time watching shallow, old-fashioned stereotypes.
Reality TV Perpetuates Symbolic Annihilation At least Bachelor and Bachelorette viewers have experience interacting with the opposite sex and can competently compare the shows’ stereotypes to
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those experiences. Where reality TV stereotypes become more troubling is in connection to race and ethnicity, where many viewers lack experience interacting with people of differing backgrounds. By their total absence, The Bachelor suggests people of color don’t matter. The powerful, desirable male has always been white, and the fraction of female contestants who have been anything other than white were usually rejected early in the season.24 The Bachelor presents a curiously white world to viewers in a country where one in seven new marriages is inter-racial or interethnic, where mixed-race people represent one of the fastest growing demographic segments, and where citizens recently elected a president of mixed race.25 The Bachelor typifies the concept of symbolic annihilation. Symbolic annihilation suggests groups of people who are not presented or who are severely under-represented by television may be mentally erased from viewers’ thoughts and therefore dismissed as unimportant to the larger culture. For years, racial and ethnic minority groups have been among the people most frequently symbolically annihilated by television. Complicating their symbolic annihilation is their stereotyping. When these same underrepresented minority group members are presented on television, they have frequently been misrepresented, or stereotyped. Certainly this occurs on reality television. “As reality shows are some of the only places viewers regularly see people of color on TV, their imagery takes on greater significance,” Pozner writes.26 Mainstream broadcast networks do not include people of racial or ethnic minority status on their dating shows, thus perpetuating as “reality” a “white beauty yardstick” to which people of color literally can never measure up, even “in a country that, statistically speaking, is getting darker all the time.”27 Cable networks, which target smaller, more specific audience groups, feature people of color on dating reality shows but often in stereotypical ways. Pozner argues, for instance, that VH1’s Flavor of Love revived damaging racist stereotypes of African Americans nearly 100 years after minstrel shows perpetrated them. The show arrayed 20 young, single African American women in front of the has-been rapper Flavor Flav, who was at least 25 years their senior. He then literally objectified the women by replacing their given names with nicknames, usually chosen to relate to their body parts, and slapping those labels on their breasts or buttocks. He furthered the racist stereotyping by requiring contestants to cook fried chicken and clean disgusting household messes. Yet the Flavor of Love women fought over this man who lacked any obvious qualities that would make him a Bachelor-like prize.28 In their backbiting and outrageousness, the “flavorettes” – and yes, the show called them this – epitomized the “crazy black woman” stereotype applied to other African American women on reality television contests. After
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participating on The Apprentice, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth became the best known “crazy black woman” on reality television, but one pops up each season on America’s Next Top Model.29 In the case of the “flavorettes,” the “crazy black woman” behaviour resulted in a spin-off show – Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School – designed to class them up.30 In a television world that features few realistic, complex African American female characters, this kind of racist stereotyping is clearly unethical. Racist stereotyping is unethical when it happens to men of color, too. Flavor Flav is a caricature of the shiftless black man, as is Teeny, the unemployed, freeloading brother of American Idol singer Fantasia, whose life and family featured in the VH1 reality show Fantasia for Real that debuted late in 2010.31 The Real World has been criticized for stereotyping African American men as sexually violent.32 Washington Post television writer Paul Farhi suggests most reality programs consistently stereotype African American men as “the Bad Black Guy.” This stereotype is magnified by the symbolic annihilation of African American men. Because so many white men are seen on reality television, they get to be courageous, smart, ignorant, silly, sexy or funny. “You’d never make the same assumption about African American men, for the simple reason that it’s hard to see diversity when there’s only one black man per show. The rigid tokenism of reality programs – call it the ‘one black guy at a time’ rule – magnifies the behaviour of the BBG, giving him metaphoric power,” Farhi writes.33 In the rare instance a reality show includes two African American men, it has been accused of stereotyping one as the “integrated” or “acceptable” black man and the other as the “hood” or “unacceptable” black man.34 Clearly, racist stereotypes perpetuated by reality producers and consumed by viewers fail the Kantian tests of good will and respect for persons. These pernicious stereotypes also fail Ross’ duties not to harm people, to fairly distribute burdens and benefits, to do good to others, and to foster one’s own wisdom and goodness. Additionally, these stereotypes unfairly burden the people about whom viewers may assume the stereotypes they’ve seen on television are accurate. Those people likely qualify as the most vulnerable stakeholders Rawls suggested are deserving of ethical consideration.
Why Stereotypes on Reality TV Matter Fictional television entertainment stereotypes people by identity characteristics in each of the same potentially harmful ways reality television does, and so does non-fictional television news. So why does stereotyping on reality television particularly merit examination?
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First, people watch a lot of reality television. In 2010, the typical US television viewer saw 34 hours of television a week. Many viewers, especially those under age 50, spent many of those hours on reality programs. In 2010, no fictional entertainment program ranked in the ten highest-rated programs among all US television viewers, but one reality program – Undercover Boss – did.35 US television networks aired almost 600 different prime-time reality programs between 2000 and 2010,36 and some observers contend reality is the most popular television genre in the world.37 Stereotypes on reality television are consumed by millions of viewers. Second, “reality” is a powerful label that raises the expectation of accuracy among viewers.38 “Even though many people who watch it say, ‘Oh, I know it’s sort of made up’, there’s something about the fact that it’s called reality that somehow still gives it a different sense of credibility that people aren’t willing to give a sitcom or a drama,” notes media literacy expert Andrea Quijada.39 Stereotypes seem more troubling when they’re labelled “real.”40 Third, reality programs too often use a single character to represent a racial or ethnic minority community. This combination of symbolic annihilation and misrepresentation can mislead viewers. Washington Post columnist Clarence Page points out that “when viewers are fed a steady diet of stereotypes, stereotypes create a reality all their own,” especially in a society where racial division persists.41 Finally, and most importantly, stereotypes on reality television matter because they can be a potent agent of social learning. Television “plays a significant role in how audiences shape their racially stratified and gendered world,” providing “a means for members of different social, cultural and ethnic groups to learn about each other.”42 Reality television conveys stereotypes about those groups. Whether those stereotypes are believable is not of as much concern as the fact that even unrealistic stereotypes may influence viewers’ perceptions.43 Social psychology studies conclude that people activate stereotypes automatically and quickly, often without even being conscious of doing so.44 Furthermore, social psychologists find that people who are asked to generate stereotypes about groups of people easily produce significantly more negative stereotypes than positive ones, and that people are much more likely to automatically invoke negative stereotypes about people or communities they don’t know.45 The problem is that stereotypes don’t just describe identity characteristics. They exploit and prescribe those characteristics in judgemental ways. While it is a natural cognitive function to compress complex ideas to manage what would otherwise be a cognitive overload, that compression – which becomes the stereotype – is not neutral. It is distorted, magnifying some characteristics and minimizing others. “Stereotypes usually fail to reflect the richness
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of the subculture and ignore the realities from which the images come.”46 Stereotypes reflect value judgements, letting the holder of the stereotype exploit the traits of some people in a group to judge other people in that group. In this way, stereotyped people are judged by the values laden in the stereotype, and others will begin to expect those people will behave as the stereotype dictates.
An Ethical Approach to Reality TV Stereotypes Rather than judging one another based on stereotypes, people could learn from one another by sharing their stories. The philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah suggests that “evaluating stories together is one of the central human ways of learning to align our responses to the world.”47 Indeed, Appiah proposes that the central ethical responsibility people have to one another as fellow inhabitants of a planet that is home to six billion other people is simply getting used to one another. He writes: “I am urging that we should learn about people in other places, take an interest in their civilizations, their arguments, their errors, their achievements, not because that will bring us to agreement, but because it will help us get used to one another.”48 He encourages people to engage in cross-cultural conversations that will show them what they share with one another. After all, he concludes, “when the stranger is no longer imaginary, but real and present, sharing a human social life, you may like or dislike him, you may agree or disagree; but if it is what you both want, you can make sense of each other in the end.”49 For Appiah, this kind of cross-cultural understanding is an ethical duty. Appiah’s idea of cross-cultural inquiry as an ethical duty is not new and likely is influenced by his understanding of the ancient Greeks. As philosopher Martha Nussbaum points out, the Greeks argued that “we should not allow differences of nationality or class or ethnic membership or even gender to erect barriers between us and our fellow human beings.”50 Immanuel Kant’s duty-based ethical principles that emph
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“I play Rahul’s sister in the show, who will help him choose the right girl for himself and I have already shot for four day,” said Seth. Seth also mentioned that she would keep shooting for them on-and-off, as she will be visible in a couple of episodes.
The channel's sources too confirmed Seth’s appearance on the show, “Many other actors will appear as friends and family members of Rahul on the show.” The officials, however, rubbished reports of Raveena Tondon too being on the show. “No, Raveena is definitely not on the show,” said the source.
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Band, Baja and an extravaganza of pomp and celebration which was witnessed by the audience from telly world celebrities and viewers across their TV sets as Baraatis, Dimpy Ganguly and Rahul Mahajan got married on the second edition of a reality show which helped people meet their life partner!
'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega' which had Rahul Mahajan the well-known face of small screen and son of famous BJP politician late Pramod Mahajan taking up the titular role in the search for his Dulhaniya. The show witnessed girls competing to charm their way to get married to Rahul. In the end, it was Dimpy Ganguly who emerged victorious in making her way to Rahul's life as her wife.
From Dulhaniya to Divorce:
Although debated to be scripted and staged throughout, the story of Dimpy and Rahul seemed to be one like that of a fairy-tale. But, cracks in this otherwise perfect story started to appear soon enough and within months reports of friction between the couple started making the round. Things soon took a turn for worse when Dimpy finally left Rahul's house with bruise marks all over the body, vowing never to return.
Dimpy was Punched, Kicked and Dragged
Explaining the torture she has to go through, Dimpy told Mumbai mirror how she was physically abused. A report by Mumbai Mirror read, 'Rahul beat her up early on Thursday morning after waking her up to know the contents of a message that had just beeped on her phone. Since the phone had the key-pad lock on, Rahul was unable to operate it.'
When she asked him to let her sleep, he fumed with rage and began hitting her. She told that he punched, kicked and dragged her by her hair. As the situation was getting out of control, Dimpy ran away with her phone and hid under the staircase. She called her friends and her father at 3 AM in the morning as soon as her father reached, she packed and left.
Dimpy also quoted that during another fight, she was taken to gunpoint. "He is a nice guy, but when he loses it, there is no telling what he might do." Ex Mrs Mahajan quoted.
Interestingly enough, while Mr Mahajan continued to refuse any such incident on his part and ensuring everything to be normal. As per reports, his divorce from his first wife Shweta Singh, in 2008, also happened because of the domestic violence. And in the same way, a love that was witnessed by every household in India, a story that inspired many lovers, came to an end.
New beginnings for Dimpy Ganguly
After her toxic relationship with Rahul Mahajan came to an end, she got married to Dubai-based businessman, Rohit Roy. They are parents of a sweet little girl named Reanna.
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New Delhi: In the last one decade, controversial show Bigg Boss has definitely given us some controversial contestants. One of them is, Rahul Mahajan who is also son of former union cabinet minister, Pramod Mahajan. The big news is that Rahul got married for the third time in Bengaluru in a private ceremony. Rahul Mahajan got married to model Natalya Ilina from Kazakhstan. As per news in TOI, ceremony took place at a temple in Malabar Hills. Rahul Mahajan was earlier married to Dimpy, who he met during a reality show. PICS: Dimpy Ganguly celebrates Birthday in South Africa with daughter Reanna & hubby Rohit Roy! Rahul Mahajan married Dimpy Ganguly in a reality show in the year 2010 however the two got divorced five years later in 2015 Talking about his marriage, Rahul said, “I wanted to keep the marriage low-key. In fact, I didn’t want to talk about it for at least one year, as this is my third marriage and I don’t want people to start gossiping again. I was planning to inform everyone about it on my first wedding anniversary, but clearly, that did not happen.” pic credit: Twitter pic credit: Twitter pic credit: Twitter Speaking on his two failed marriages, Rahul told TOI, “My previous two marriages happened in a hurry. There was no time to think and though both Shweta and Dimpy are wonderful individuals, we were not not compatible. Over the last few years, I realised that I don’t want to be in a relationship for the sake of it. I don’t want to be with someone where there is no way forward. With Natalya, I discovered true companionship and also, there’s no room for long arguments or differences between us.” Rahul Mahajan’s first marriage was with Shweta Singh who was pilot by profession. He was seen in Bigg Boss season 2. We wish a happy married life to Rahul and Natalya.
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An industry source says, "Most reality shows are rigged and the contestants are told what to do. Production houses go to any extent to get the maximum TRPs for their shows. Sadly, there's no element of reality. Everything is stage-managed."
Now, it is alleged that the makers of celebrity dance reality show Nach Baliye, which is supposed to feature real-life couples, have been auditioning several men to be paired opposite actress Sana Saeed. She, however, denies the buzz. "I already do have a boyfriend and as far as Nach Baliye is concerned, we are only in talks right now," she adds.
hitlist recalls some reality shows that have often reeked of pretension and orchestrated drama...
Drastic steps
Telly actors Megha Gupta and Naman Shaw teamed up for the fourth season of Nach Baliye and managed to win the runners-up title. The hit jodi, which seemed to be madly in love while performing together on stage, parted ways soon after the show. Later, rumours rolled out that the duo had faked their relationship to participate in the celeb reality show as Megha was then apparently involved with a director.
Co-stars of TV show Kasturi, Karan Patel and Amita Chandekar took part in the same dance show as a "couple". But soon after their eviction, Karan's claim that Amita was never his girlfriend set tongues wagging. He said their relationship was "a misunderstanding that had been allowed to go on for too long".
True or false?
Ashmit Patel and Veena Malik's PDA bordering on obscenity on Bigg Boss 4 became the talk of the town. The Pakistani actress would often claim that her love for Ashmit was real. However, when the show ended, they went their separate ways. However, in an interview, Veena was quoted saying that they had both decided to take their "friendship" to another level, but things didn't work out and she was the one who decided to call it quits. "If I had given massage to Ashmit, he did the same for me. I washed his clothes too. What we had was emotional connect and never did anything for the camera," she had said.
The same edition had a lot more drama to offer to the audience. TV actress Sara Khan's beau Ali Merchant, also an actor, made a sudden entry into the Bigg Boss house after she was linked to Ashmit. The duo then got married on the show, which their close friends said was done at a payment of Rs 50 lakh to up the show's TRP, but the channel denied the allegations. Two months later, when Sara was eliminated, news trickled in about them getting divorced. Interestingly, Ali confirmed the "wedding farce" saying, "I got married on TV for publicity." However, Sara said: "That marriage may be for publicity for him, but not for me."
Knot real
Celebs like Mallika Sherawat and Rakhi Sawant found 'prospective partners' on national television, courtesy The Bachelorette India - Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika and Rakhi Ka Swayamvar.
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Rahul Mahajan has had a very controversial married life in the past. After two failed marriages, the former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant married Kazakh model Natalya Ilina in 2018 in a private ceremony. The couple made their first public appearance on the reality show ‘Smart Jodi’ and they seem to have won hearts already.
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Popular television personality Rahul Mahajan has had a very controversial married life in the past. After two failed marriages, the ex-Bigg Boss contestant married Kazakh model Natalya Ilina in 2018 in a private ceremony away from the media glare.
Did Natalya actually try to set Rahul up with her mom?
Credit: Rahul Mahajan, Instagram
The couple made their first public appearance on the reality show Smart Jodi and they seem to have won hearts already. On the show, Natalya shared how she was actually trying to set him up with her mother, but ended up marrying him instead.
She said, “So what happened, basically, I was trying to set him up with a friend. He had this idea of getting married again. He was looking for a bride. Once upon a time, I even tried to set him up with my mom.”
To which Rahul said, “Her mother is quite young. She is four years older than me. So, Natalya thought of setting me up with her mom because the age gap was less. Natalya and I have an age gap of 18 years.” Natalya added that her mother is quite hot, to which Rahul responded, “I made an idea that she will also look hot when she is of her mother’s age.”
Credit: Rahul Mahajan, Instagram
On being asked if he will get married for the fourth time, Rahul said, “Yes, I will marry for the fourth time…with Natalya once again. The channel will get us married.”
Natalya’s take on marriage
Credit: Natalya Ilina Mahajan, Instagram
Talking about Rahul’s failed marriages with Shweta Singh and Dimpy Ganguly, she said, “His two previous marriages were very short. It didn’t bother me much because it was more like a short-term relationship than a marriage for him. Just in a few months of marriage, you can’t call it a marriage. And even in a few years of marriage, it’s not a marriage. Marriage is something deeper.”
Smart Jodi is Natalya’s first reality show and she’s already impressed the audience with her charm. The show gives the couples a chance to work with their life partners, relive the moments of their marriage and create memories.
Lead Image Credit: Rahul Mahajan, Instagram
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Mahajan, who has had a troubled past with drug abuse charges and an acrimonious marriage and divorce from childhood friend Shweta Singh, hopes that it is a "happily ever after" for him.
Mahajan chose 21-year-old Dimpy, a model and dancer, over Nikunj Malik, 25, and Harpreet Chhabra, 20, on reality TV show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega broadcast by NDTV Imagine.
Rahul decided to go ahead with his wedding despite the recent death of his uncle Praveen Mahajan, who was convicted for killing his politician father Pramod Mahajan in 2006.
The Bengali-style wedding was held in a luxurious Mumbai suburban hotel and the couple wore outfits designed by famous fashion designers Ashley Rebello, Neeta Lulla and Vikram Phadnis.
The 34-year-old, Rahul, who's facing drug abuse charges, had requested a Delhi court for releasing his passport so that his wife and he could spend their honeymoon in Maldives.
"Its a great feeling. I am both excited and nervous. I really believe marriages are made in heaven and this time I'll give whatever I have to make my wife happy. It is going to be happily ever after," Rahul had said.
Dimpy, who was a favourite due to her "crackling chemistry" with Rahul, said she was always confident of being 'Mrs Mahajan' as she knows how to handle the media better than the other contestants.
"We both share a better chemistry and Rahul knows that I am the most genuine out here. Moreover, since I am already a known face in Kolkata I believe I can manage media attention much better after becoming his wife," Dimpy said.
The 15 prospective brides were shortlisted from across the length and breadth of the country through an extensive audition process out of which Nikunj, Dimpy and Harpreet were the top three finalists.
Rahul, who confessed about his "hardships" amid the media glare after his father's death, his involvement in drug case and his divorce on the show, thinks that this time marriage will bring love and stability which he always wanted.
"All the bad times are a thing of the past and I am not going to let my past affect my present. I am ready to settle down in life and finally be happy. I have gone through a lot and now it is my time," he said.
The show, however, has had its share of controversies.
Businesswoman Maureen Wadia has slapped a show cause notice on Dimpy for breaking an exclusive contract with Gladrags and taking part in the reality show.
After the wedding, Rahul is ready to explore showbiz.
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Notable for competing in such Indian modeling contests as Sananda Tilottama and Gladrags MegaModel Manhunt, Mahajan is also known for her participation in the eighth season of the popular reality television series Bigg Boss.
Before Fame
She received an English degree from the Scottish Church College.
Trivia
By early 2015, she had close to forty thousand Twitter followers.
Family Life
She married politician and television personality Rahul Mahajan in an episode of the Indian reality TV show Rahul Ka Swayamwar. The marriage quickly ended in divorce.
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Rahul Mahajan (born 25 July 1975) is an Indian reality show entertainer and former pilot. He is the son of former union cabinet minister Pramod Mahajan. He appeared as a contestant on reality shows like Bigg Boss 2, Bigg Boss Halla Bol and Bigg Boss 14.
Career
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Rahul participated in Bigg Boss 2 in 2008. He was the finalist of the season. But a couple of days before the Grand Finale, Rahul Mahajan, Raja Chaudhary, Ashutosh Kaushik and Zulfi Syed climbed the wall to get out of the house.[2] Mahajan has participated in Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, the reality show sequel of Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. This show was a swayamvar for Rahul Mahajan, where 17 girls were participating including his would-be bride. Rahul Mahajan married Dimpy Mahajan (née Ganguly), a 25-year-old Bengali model and actress on 6 March 2010.[3] As the previous version of the show (Rakhi Ka Swayamwar) did not culminate in a marriage, the marriage of Dimpy with Rahul was the first one of its kind to be telecast on Indian television with a national audience. Rahul and his wife Dimpy Mahajan had participated in Nach Baliye season 5. He also participated in Bigg Boss alongside her, but both were ultimately eliminated.[4]
In February 2022, he participated in StarPlus's Smart Jodi as Contestant with Natalya.[5]
Personal life
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Rahul Mahajan is the elder child of former BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and Rekha Mahajan.[6] His sister Poonam Mahajan is a member of parliament from Mumbai North Central and a politician of the BJP.
In July 2006, he became engaged to Shweta Singh whom he knew for 13 years and was with in flying school in US together and also flew for Jet Airways. In December 2007, both filed for a divorce with mutual consent; Shweta filed for divorce after accusing him of domestic violence on 13 December 2007 on grounds of incompatibility and mutual consent of both parties. On 1 August 2008, Rahul Mahajan and his wife were granted a divorce by a Gurgaon court. District Judge Ramendra Jain granted their divorce after both parties mutually agreed on the move.[7]
In 2010, Mahajan married Dimpy Ganguly at the end of Rahul Ka Swayamwar, a TV reality show which staged a swayamvar for him. However, Dimpy left his Worli house after what she has described as violent abuse that involved "punching, kicking and dragging her by her hair". A source said the domestic abuse of Dimpy by Mahajan had started about a month after their national TV wedding.[8]
Rahul Mahajan was married for the third time to Natalya Ilina, an ethnic Russian Kazakh model, on 20 November 2018.[9]
Television
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Bigg Boss 2 (2008)
(Ejected on Day 93)
Chhote Miyan - Jung Nanhe Hasgullon Ki (2008)
Chhote Miyan - Chapter 2 (2009)
Chhote Miyan Bade Miyan (2009)
Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega (2010)
Emotional Atyachar (Season 1) (2010)
Job Time TV (2010)
Jubilee Comedy Circus (2011)
Perfect Bachelor (2011)
Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki (2013)
Nach Baliye 5 (2013)
Nach Baliye: Shriman V/s Shrimati (2013)
Meri Maa... (Mother's Day Special) (2013)
India's Dancing Superstar (2013)
Nach Baliye 6 (2013)
Comedy Nights with Kapil (2014)
Bigg Boss Halla Bol (2015) (Entered on Day 105 & Evicted on Day 126)
Comedy Classes (2015)
Comedy Nights Bachao (S1; E22) (2016)
Cricket, Camera, Action! (2016–17)
Nach Baliye 9 (2019)
Bigg Boss 14 (2020–21) (Entered on Day 65 & Evicted on Day 93)
Smart Jodi (2022)
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The second season of Bigg Boss saw two couples, and both involved the same man. Rahul Mahajan, who was rumored to be in a relationship with Payal Rohatgi even before the season started continues his romance with Payal before shifting to Monica Bedi in the later months. How he could manage to attract two women in less than three months is beyond our understanding. The relationships died natural deaths after the season ended. Now Rahul is married to Dimpy Mahajan, thanks to another reality show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, while Payal is engaged to wrestler Sangram Singh, who was seen in the last season of Bigg Boss.
Image courtesy: Deccan Chronicles
While there was no open revelation about it, it was quite visible that the Polish-German model Claudia Ciesla and Mr India Pravesh Rana were getting comfortable in each other’s presence. However, once the show ended, we heard no news about them. One more story that made rounds during this season was the one-sided love of Kamaal Rashid Khan, who refused to eat until Claudia said I love you to him, which by the way never happened, and he was caught red-handed eating in the kitchen when he thought everyone was asleep.
Had the season stuck to its original contestants, there would either be no couples or some with same sexes, because on the day it was premiered, only Shakti Kapoor went inside with 12 ladies and one transgender. However, the wild card entries brought in both entertainment and chemistry inside the house. While Amar Upadhyay was seen hitting on Vida Samadzai in the house, Akashdeep Saighal (also known as Sky) and Pooja Bedi too became a couple after the season, the one that is still going strong. Also, Mahek Chahal got proposed by her best friend Danish Khan, right before the results were announced. Sadly, the couple could not hold its engagement for long.
While it was a speculation that models Niketan Madhok and Karishma Kotak were involved when they went inside the Bigg Boss house, she was later involved with television actor Vishal Karwal, who was rumored to be with fellow contestant Sana Khan. Apparently, Vishal and Karishma are still going strong. Santosh Shukla was seen trying to impress Aashka Goradia, but that didn’t materialise.
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Rahul Mahajan's hunt for a perfect bride on TV is over as the reality show star picked Bengali girl Dimpy Ganguly to tie the knot in true Bollywood style.
Mahajan, who has had a troubled past with drug abuse charges and an acrimonious marriage and divorce from childhood friend Shweta Singh, hopes that it is a “happily ever after” for him.
Mahajan chose 21-year-old Dimpy, a model and dancer, over Nikunj Malik, 25, and Harpreet Chhabra, 20, on reality TV show ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega' broadcast by NDTV Imagine.
Rahul decided to go ahead with his wedding despite the recent death of his uncle Praveen Mahajan, who was convicted for killing his politician father Pramod Mahajan in 2006.
The Bengali-style wedding was held in a luxurious Mumbai suburban hotel on Saturday night and the couple wore outfits designed by famous fashion designers Ashley Rebello, Neeta Lulla and Vikram Phadnis.
Rahul (34), who is facing drug abuse charges, had requested a Delhi court for releasing his passport so that his wife and he could spend their honeymoon in the Maldives.
‘Great feeling'
“It's a great feeling. I am both excited and nervous. I really believe marriages are made in heaven and this time I'll give whatever I have to make my wife happy. It is going to be happily ever after,” he had said. Dimpy, who was a favourite due to her “crackling chemistry” with Rahul, said she was always confident of being ‘Mrs. Mahajan' as she knows how to handle the media better than the other contestants.
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Maha Hope Rahul M, as a person and as a personality, is in no ways as entertaining as Rakhi Sawant. This explains why I didnt follow the program in the US as I had done for RS ki Swayamvar. However while sporadically watching the season finale , I finally became conscious of the show’s significance in the cosmic scheme of things. As comely lasses danced in choreographed fashion to “Kabse aayi hai teri dulhe raja” type songs in a manner that could not be any more “reality” trying desperately to be the choice of a man with a liking for the “Coke side of life” once discovered alongside a dead family confidante , hailing from a family that has more skeletons in their cupboard than that would be found under the fields of Panipat, and with a, to put it politely, a dodgy history with women I came to the realization that this is not, as some feel, a new low in Indian TV history. On the contrary, this was a Coelhian message of hope and inspiration, at the same level of surreality as Jackie Shroff’s exhortation to use “Musli power” , directed at people with less-than-perfect line items in their marital resumes (like use of controlled substances, wife having “accidents riding his bike“) who despair of ensnaring a living female for the rest of their miserable lives.
Yes you can.
All you need is to get a reality show, preferably titled “Villainiya Dulhaniya Le Jayenge”. And then even a Dumpy you can have a Dimpy.
Swami Ever-Happy In the prescient movie “Teesri Aankh” Sunny Deol, who is known for exercising all muscles and glands except the lachrymal one, distraught at the proliferation of hidden cameras tearfully said “Kahaan chupayenge humare ma behenon ko?” Forget ma and behen, even our holy folk are no longer safe from the malignancy of extreme zooms. I mean here is this man, who had treated a disciple for her “wheezing problems” ( a side-effect of asthma where people find difficulty in blowing) , being given some seva (English translation: being serviced) in return for being cured (“Being true devotee, I offered my services like feeding and massaging him regularly in his room”) and this pesky camera just had to insert its telephoto lens inside this intensely spiritual bonding and give it a naughty subtext. I think Swami Every-Happy and ace politician Randy Tricycle should both do something about this menace, having fallen victims themselves in the last few months. On the subject of massages and other exercises that cause wheezing, here is a picture I took in the course of my travels in CR Park.
Sex Baba: Move over Desi Baba. The real deal is here. What I particularly liked about this fine soul is this line, in the best tradition of the Uncertainty principle: [Link] “I am 99% innocent.” , a refreshing change from the “I am 100% innocent” disingenuity one is used to hearing. Note to self: Next time wife catches me checking someone out I shall say “I am 99% innocent”. I suggest you do too.
Pakistan ban: An angry Pakistan board decided to unleash their khunnas on every major Pakistani player, an action as likely to be taken back as a Mamata Banerjee resignation. Last heard, administrative sanction was taken retro-actively by sending Inzamam to Oxford to do his PhD in post-modern literary criticism.No not to punish Inzi but to punish the British.
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MUMBAI: Rahul Mahajan is one of the most popular faces on small screen.
Son of a famous BJP politician, late Pramod Mahajan, Rahul Mahajan rose to fame after participating in the popular reality show Bigg Boss in 2008. He was a finalist on season 2 of the show.
Post Bigg Boss, he participated in another reality show called Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega. It was his Swayamvar show, which was a sequel of Rakhi Sawant Ka Swayamwar. 17 girls participated in the show, competing to charm their way to get married to Rahul. In the end, Dimpy Ganguly emerged victoriously and ultimately got married to him.
ALSO READ: Bigg Boss 14: Rahul Mahajan grabbing headlines inside the house; his ex-wife Dimpy Ganguly chills with family in Dubai; PICS INSIDE
Though many thought that the show was scripted and staged, the story of Dimpy and Rahul seemed to be one like that of a fairy-tale. However, their fairy tale love story did not last long as reports of friction between them began to surface. Dimpy Ganguly finally left Rahul Mahajan’s house with bruise marks all over the body, vowing never to return. She later spoke about the domestic violence she endured at the hands of him during a conversation with Mumbai Mirror. She said, “Rahul beat her up early on Thursday morning after waking her up to know the contents of a message that had just beeped on her phone. Since the phone had the key-pad lock on, Rahul was unable to operate it.”
Further, she alleged that the problems started after her insistence on appearing for her second-year exam. The reality TV star was not happy with her trips to Kolkata for the same. She said that whenever he would get angry, he would get physical. Dimpy Ganguly said, “One such fight got so out of hand that I had to call my mother-in-law. Later he was angry that I had involved his mother in the affair.” The publication reported, “The bruises on her thighs, hands, and forehead were raw, throbbing. She feared for her life, her father’s life, who was at that very moment sitting with the man who had been beating her up.” At one point, Rahul Mahajan pointed a gun at her, as per the report. Dimpy said, “He is a nice guy, but when he loses it, there is no telling what he might do.”
However, Rahul continues to refuse any such incident on his part and ensuring everything to be normal.
Talking about Dimpy, she later tied the knot with Dubai-based businessman Rohit Roy.
Keep reading this space for more updates.
ALSO READ: Disheartening! This is WHAT Rahul Mahajan had to express on Shehnazz Gill's condition post-visiting Sidharth Shukla’s residence
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