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How The Viall Files Became Meet the Press for Reality TV
Nick Viall’s podcast transcended Bachelor Nation to comprise the wide world of unscripted scandal.
On his podcast, The Viall Files, the former Bachelor dove all the way into Bravo’s big, nasty lagoon and came back with pearls: a play-by-play of what happened the night Ariana Madix found evidence of Tom Sandoval’s affair, courtesy of Ariana’s bestie Bradley Kearns; what amounted to Charli Burnett’s exit interview as she quit VPR; memories of a one-on-one interaction with Sandoval when the two starred on Special Forces together. As the hyperreality of social media fills what used to be downtime between seasons, Viall and his co-hosts debate Bethenny Frankel’s union push from all sides and acknowledge the humanity of the people withstanding drama for content. For example, I’ve recently had the pleasure of interviewing Lindsay Hubbard from Summer House and Olivia from Southern Charm — both shows that I have seen but haven’t been a regular viewer of.
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