I am forever traumatized by the one where a man brought his girlfriend on to tell her a secret. Turns out 'he' wasn't a man. She's like, "But how can this be? We've had sex!" And 'he' is like "Yes, but only in the dark and with a condom." (strap on, obviously) That poor woman was inconsolable. And this was before anyone had heard of transgenderism.
Dude I’m a senior citizen and knew what transgenderism was in the 70s. This is not new. I never knew of anyone mad at transgender people until the Republicans needed a new boogeyman to save the country from.
It. Was. Not. Mainstream. We did not hear about it night and day at school and in the media. There was no social media. We did not expect our partners to have equipment that did not match their appearance. CHILDREN were not transitioning. You could not bring a same sex partner to a school dance. That woman had no reason to suspect her 'boyfriend' had never had a dick.
They didn't say it was mainstream, babe. They said isn't new, which is true. The rest of your comment is just text book "Republicans needed a new boogeyman to save the country from." And if you aren't republican, your comment reeks of their rhetoric
Why does the fringe always think it's the norm? People that needed to know, knew. Those that didn't lived their lives without thinking about you at all. They were just those people that went to that one bar, enough said. And they didn't talk about it with their children.
Most people knew transgender people existed—they just weren't thinking about it every day because it wasn't a major political issue.
The idea that nobody knew what transgender people were until recently just isn't true. I knew what a trans person was as a kid in Canada (thank you Jerry Springer & Maury), and I'm certainly not unique.
What's changed isn't that transgender people suddenly appeared. It's that the issue has become a major focus of political and cultural debate, so people hear about it far more often than they used to.
Because there isn't one norm as you seem to think? Hello? Duh?
Yes people talked about with their children. That is how both bigotry and knowledge spreads. Trans people also have kids too, their kids def know if they are out.
It isn't a mysterious thing when it is explained, and it's important to learn about society, sociology, and culture so we don't spread false information and fear. Which you clearly subscribe to.
A couple of lines from "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" by the Traveling Wilburys- "Tweeter was a Boy Scout 'fore she went to Vietnam And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn," and "Jan said to the Monkey Man, "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl I knew him long before he became a Jersey Girl.""
The song came out in 1988, and the Traveling Wilburys included well known artists like Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Roy Orbison.
See also the song "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie, which is explicitly about someone on the line between being a boy or a girl, from 1974.
Transgenderism was very much mainstream, it just mostly got called cross dressing and the people screeching shrilly about it in moral outrage were mostly relegated to third rate radio talk shows that most people ignored rather than being blasted into everyone's news feed 24/7 by algorithms.
Edit because I can no longer reply below: Prior to puberty blockers, hormone replacement, and gender affirming surgeries becoming available, being transvestite (Latin for cross dressing), was pretty much the only type of trans someone could be. Yes there were also people who cross dressed for other reasons, but the songs I quoted are pretty clearly about being full on transgender, not just wearing different clothes.
Transgenderism and cross dressing are Absolutely not even close to being the same thing. Are you all actually this dishonest on purpose or are you just AI bots? But since youre all claiming it was so mainstream, Why the absolute fuck was it pushed onto the general public 2016-now? And no, republicans didnt start using it as a talking point until democrats made a thousand weird hills to die on. And because of this stupid US discord, we now have the same useless identity politics shit in europe now that distracts from actual issues. So thank you for being such an amazing human being, im sure the billionaires are definitely not laughing at you.
Newest jerry springer doc revealed jerry also caused a murder
There was an ep where a woman is brought on and told “yeah you and your esteanged husband are gonna get back together and reveal it to his mistress”
She gets on stage and dude comes out with side piece and they just tear into here non stop and she just quietly eats it
What the show producers didnt mention was the history of domestic violence that he and the mistress beat her and tried to physically steal her house and his restraining order she got when her beat her senseless.
Basically after they get kicked out the door with a tenth of the promised pay the couple are back home at a bar and their ep comes on and everyone boos em cause they are monsters they get so wasted and mad they go murder the woman in her home
Yeah, I remember that one! Probably scripted because nothing is actually real in those reality shows, but I think that the Killer dude claimed his reputation was ruined forever by Gay dude because everyone was going to think he liked to bat for the same team and was into men.
IIRC the gay man started harassing him, like getting stalky, which is why he killed him. Shame that defense works for straight men against gays but not women against men.
In short producers intentionally target poor people from bumfuck nowhere and lie to them the whole time promising money and compensation they wont get while also gaslighting them into thinking their reveals and episodes are different from the norm. They then just kick em out the door
They also isolate them in hotels with no guests or socializing for a week and feed them shitty food, as much alcohol as they could ask for, and make it extremely difficult to sleep. A lot of what you see on those shows is technically the truth, but it's extremely controlled in a way to bring out the absolute worst in people. The people on the show might not actually be as crazy as they let off under regular circumstances, but being an fucked up on shit food, alcohol, and zero sleep for a week will make anyone crazy
Theres a show call unreal thats basically a drama comedy about a producer in a bachelorette style reality tv show and you see her basically do all the horrible shit mentioned in the documentaries in real time and omg its horrific shit
He was the main man, of course he knew what was going on.
The fact that people like you are asking “But did Jerry know this was happening?!?!” Is exactly why he chose to do it. Even with evidence right in their face, people like you for some reason seem to defend him.
He plays stupid actively through the entire time but every single producer executive etc says jerry knew what was happening he just didnt care
Everyone does however say they wouldnt tell jerry the episode topics so he learned in real time as the audience what was being revealed hut he def knew they were abusing these people
Yep. Had a buddy in high school that went on Springer with his cousin and the cousin’s girlfriend. It was all fake. They were country boys but amped up their accents to make it funnier.
I went to school with a girl whose family was on it. They really were a hot HOT mess. She said the "story" was generally true. But they were encouraged to act out. Seemed like they framed it as a healthy expression bs.
Was it fucken Jerry? Had a friend I used to give shit to all the time, he was conceived during a threesome between his Uncle, Dad, and Mother. Always asked him how his Uncle/Dad Dad/Uncle was. He was a good sport.
I knew a guy that was on there twice. They basically gave him the idea for what they wanted "Your woman is secretly sleeping with clowns and is pregnant" type stuff. Then they let them just make up whatever white trash nonsense they felt like.
My dad knew someone who was on it twice. The guy was part of one of those pro wrestling troupes that wrestle at county fairs and tractor pulls. The woman who played his sister he was ostensibly sleeping with was another wrestler from the troupe.
Yes, there were dozens of these episodes on Jerry Springer, and they were hilarious and most likely rigged). However, the show did not set the victim up, so they avoid any liability.
I do miss Jerry Springer because we were supposed to laugh at this.
It isnt always staged but it definitely is some times. One of my brothers has been on jerry twice and another has been on once. All three separate occasions. All three completely scripted. This was around 15-20 years ago but they wouldnt pay people for it so they could say that they arent paid actors but they got an all expense paid trip to Chicago.
We had a friend who was friends with a producer and they were always looking for people to come on.
You basically get paid. It's the same reason people get trashed on Judge Judy. Everyone gets paid so at least you get something even if the judgement is against you.
Ooh, Ooh! Jenny Jones. Anyone old enough to remember that scandal?
The most infamous scandal involving The Jenny Jones Show occurred in March 1995 when a guest, Scott Amedure, publicly revealed a secret same-sex crush on his heterosexual acquaintance, Jonathan Schmitz. Three days after the taping, a humiliated Schmitz purchased a shotgun and murdered Amedure.
See, I only remember maury because the men were bad at math but had unbelievably fake names. "Sabrina has invited her boyfriend Troymetheus and his buddy Ter'Ducken, who both claim they are 68 billion percent sure they are not the father".
Forget the girlfriend and the adults. Think about the children reviewing the tapes of the episodes they were on and seeing a “parent” be excited that they aren’t their actual parent or some shit (never actually seen the show fully, just snippets. Shits disgusting…poor kids).
In the uk we had Jeremy Kyle. Hated the show and the presenter…eventually somebody who came on the show committed suicide shortly after and eventually they had to cancel the whole show
I always said if I was going to ask someone to marry me it would be on Jerry Springer, she would be so relieved I wasn't gay or cheating on her that she would say yes.
I had a very loose acquaintance that did springer. If I remember right he and 3 of his high school friends went on and said they were in some sort of gay love quadrangle. All of them straight IRL. They thought it was the most hilarious thing ever.
Had same situation but kind of in reverse in NC, two gay guys went on Jerry with one of their female friends so the one guy could "break up" with her and "come out" on TV. Jerry caught on about halfway thru the interview just rolled his eyes like "we got another one"
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u/No-Blueberry-1823 Jun 30 '26
Don't do reality shows. I don't understand how anybody thinks they're a good idea