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I'm not sure that reality show people are actually that dim. They certainly manage to get themselves noticed and go on to other successful and lucrative careers.
I know quite a lot about TOWIE members, (don't ask!). Several came from jobs in city banking, plumbing, law firms, firefighter just to name a few. Maybe some were previously dim waitresses, or electricians but they recognised how to turn their lives around and make their fortunes. One or two have gone on to do university courses.
Carol V is a strange one because she came from academia in the first place.
Though I did note yesterday in Waterstones that she produces her own Maths for kids series, ages 3 -11, so is still using those skills.
You’re probably right. I don’t watch those reality progs so all I know about the people involved is what I see in the media or on TV trailers. They all seem very similar though, huge great grinning teeth, pumped up lips, enhanced bits and pieces and weird eyebrows. They all seem to want a certain “look”.