With actors and writers on strike, will reality TV stars soon join them?
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00:00Some reality TV stars are suggesting that they should go on strike alongside SAG-AFTRA and WGA
00:06members. Recently, Real Housewives of New York's Bethany Frankel took to social media to discuss
00:10the mistreatment of unscripted talent and suggest ways to prevent increased exploitation.
00:15Reality stars are the stepchildren, the losers, the mules, the packhorses,
00:21the ones that the entertainment industry is going to rely on right now to carry the
00:26water and do the heavy lifting when real stars, real A-list Hollywood is on strike.
00:32Frankel advocated that talent earn a minimum of $5,000 per episode, receive a 10% raise each
00:37season, and make an additional 10% of their talent fee any time their season re-airs.
00:42She has enlisted the help of two high-profile attorneys who shared that within the past month
00:46have been contacted by about 50 stars who are willing to join their fight.
00:50Concerns about being underpaid and mistreated have previously been brought up by cast members
00:54of Love is Blind, Married at First Sight, Love Island, and more.
00:57Vanderpump Rule star Lisa Vanderpump said the move to unionize reality TV stars would
01:02definitely change the business, but not for the better.
01:04Quote, one of the great things about reality shows is that they've always been able to be
01:08produced for less money than scripted shows, Vanderpump said, and I don't really understand
01:12how you can have a union for people that are normally plucked out of obscurity.