“I was so eager to be loved.” Kerry Katona needs no introduction and in her own words, ‘you hear before you see her!’. Through highs and lows, husbands and children, she’s been gracing our reality TV screens for almost twenty years! So, in this, your final episode* in this series of the Reality of Reality TV, Fleur East speaks openly and honestly to one of our absolute Queens of reality TV. They talk giving birth on TV, Celeb Big Brother rejections, winning I’m A Celebrity, This...

“Perri starts crying and walking around like an elderly lady... .” Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely are from Diversity, the dance group that famously beat Susan Boyle in the final of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009. The best pals chat to Fleur East about their humble beginnings dancing in shopping centres and why they chose to flaunt their incredible dance moves on national TV. You’ll discover what it was like coming of age in the public eye with paps, tabloid journos and haters, to their life now...

“I never wanted to be famous, I wanted to be rich.” Vicky Pattison burst onto our screens in the raucous Geordie Shore. She quickly became the nation’s favourite reality star when she was crowned Queen of the Jungle in 2015, with her hilarious blend of no filter Geordie honesty. In this episode, the self-confessed reality tv show addict, chats to Fleur East about having sex on TV, how she outgrew Geordie Shore, why she fears she’ll never have a private life now she’s spent so much time in...

“When you were washing your backside you gave Fleur the soap!” Harry Redknapp is best known for his footballing credentials, but in 2014 he found a whole new fan base when he was crowned King of The Jungle. In this episode, Fleur East is reunited with her I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! campmate and bestie. She chats to Hazza about how his experience in the jungle has transformed his life from a grumpy ex-football manager, to a grandad who’s now #LovingLife. You’ll discover how the...

“The X-Factor was the last resort for us.” JB Gill is best known for being in JLS, one of the UK’s biggest boy bands of all time. The lads were famously catapulted into superstardom courtesy of their time on the X-Factor. In this episode, Fleur East discovers how the show, what JB describes a “crash course in the music industry”, was the last resort for the band, the cringe moment when JB bumped into Adele, how he handles paps and fans and why you’ll never catch JB being late. JB, who’s...

“...I can’t speak out...for fear of never working in TV again.” Vas J Morgan is a magazine editor and activist, who made his name on the hit reality show The Only Way Is Essex. In this episode*, Vas reveals to host Fleur East, his fear of being blacklisted by the TV industry, why he felt that TOWIE portrayed him unfairly as a gay, black man, how he didn’t feel supported by the show through his darkest moments, and why it’s about time for reality show producers to start addressing...

“I am savage, but not like that.” Amber Gill is the winner of Love Island 2019, what she describes as a ‘crazy, dramatic holiday’. In this interview, discover what it was like for Amber, to be plucked from her job as a beauty therapist, to spending two whole months on one of the UK’s biggest reality TV shows. Your host Fleur East delves into her life after the show, including Black Lives Matter protesting and more. Amber also talks kissing challenges, deleting instagram, how Caroline Flack...

“I am broke, I need to win £70,000 and I need to win it now!” Alison Hammond made a name for herself on Big Brother way back in 2003. Now a hugely successful TV presenter, she chats to Fleur East about her reality of Reality TV - and there's been quite a few shows that she’s starred in! Like for example her recent stint on Celebs Go Dating where she refused hot dogs and snogs. She also talks about her time in the jungle and how she wasn’t her normal ‘klutzy’ self we’ve grown to adore over...

"Do I swallow that, or be the girl who throws up on national television?" Janet Devlin, a Northern Irish singer/songwriter and The X Factor finalist, joins Fleur East on The Reality of Reality TV* to reveal what taking to the stage as 16-year-old on the biggest music competition in the UK was really like. After years of keeping quiet, Janet opens up about her own mental health struggles, why Hanson's MMMBop makes her sick to her stomach, her relationship with mentor Kelly Rowland and why...

“If you think you’ve been bitchy, guess what girl? You’ve been bitchy!” Honest words from The Vivienne, the first winner of the UK edition of Ru Paul’s Drag Race and your very first guest on The Reality of Reality TV podcast. Your host Fleur East gets the lowdown of what life’s really like being involved in one of the most popular reality TV shows in the world. They talk about the gruelling schedule, why the UK show surprised a lot of Drag Race fans and how drag isn’t all about a gorgeous...

Reality TV, how real is it? Find out when reality show veteran and Hits Radio presenter Fleur East cosies up with fellow stars to revisit their best, worst and most real moments. In this series Fleur speaks to X-Factor finalists and drag race superstars, as well as The Only Way Is Essex cast members and Big Brother heroes. Each conversation is a no holds barred account of the reality of reality tv, direct from those who live and breathe it.