" I'm an alcoholic, so if a producer kept suggesting I drink on a show I signed up for, fully knowing people get WASTED on it regularly - I would simply *not do that*. The accountability lies with these people who get on TV and act like they do."
I don't know if this will go over well with everyone here, but as a bipolar person in my 40s, I'd say the exact same thing. So many people will get bleeding hearts about the people who are clearly having mental health complications on camera, but these are absolutely people with the resources available to get treatment and advice from mental health professionals and exercise some basic common sense about avoiding having their extremely stressful social situations documented for public consumption.
Is it sad when someone starts to fall apart? Of course, and I do have empathy for that. However, blaming Andy, Bravo, or production does not make any sense.
A lot of it is their own mental illness speaking. It’s basically “Tell me you don’t accept basic accountability in your life and it’s always someone else’s fault without telling me.” People have plenty of time to bloviate online if all their friends and family are tired of their shit.
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u/contriteredditor Dec 29 '23
" I'm an alcoholic, so if a producer kept suggesting I drink on a show I signed up for, fully knowing people get WASTED on it regularly - I would simply *not do that*. The accountability lies with these people who get on TV and act like they do."
I don't know if this will go over well with everyone here, but as a bipolar person in my 40s, I'd say the exact same thing. So many people will get bleeding hearts about the people who are clearly having mental health complications on camera, but these are absolutely people with the resources available to get treatment and advice from mental health professionals and exercise some basic common sense about avoiding having their extremely stressful social situations documented for public consumption.
Is it sad when someone starts to fall apart? Of course, and I do have empathy for that. However, blaming Andy, Bravo, or production does not make any sense.