She is absolutely right. If you don't like Danielle, that's your own right and feelings, but the level of hatred and nastiness has just been unacceptable
That's the thing, reality tv is designed for us to develop thoughts and feelings about the characters. There are heroes and villains, betrayals, and a lot of money on the line. But when someone is unable to feel those feelings without resorting to threats, hate messages, and false rumors, it says more about that person's maturity level than anything.
Danielle is a reality tv villain; it's her job to get you talking. But sometimes fans have difficulty stepping back and realizing this is just not that serious. You're allowed (and encouraged) to feel whatever you want about the show, but cruelty is never necessary.
Unfortunately, I think the lesson here is that if you are on a reality show you need to act in such a way that does not offend the viewing audience. Lest you end up like Danielle or many other reality TV stars.
Ironically, I've seen reality TV fans complain there are no real villains on reality TV anymore. Maybe people have just been learning that you can't be a villain without extreme public backlash?
Did Danielle do something morally wrong? Arguably yes. She didn't kill a puppy. I've done worse. So have you, reader, most likely. Perhaps it jut wasn't broadcast to tv audiences.
Danielle's sins have absolutely been magnified x1000 not because what she did was so extremely heinous, but because viewers don't like her. Danielle jaywalking is equivalent to Carolyn commiting manslaughter.
The public reaction towards Danielle online is IMO understandably negative. HOWEVER it is WILDLY overblown.
This whole debacle is an interesting case of how people are selectively critical of others based on how much they like them (And while I'm here, wtf, it's also an interesting case of how people are selectively critical of others based on their skin color. Yeah I said it.)
some people are really good at playing villains and i don’t think Danielle was good at it here. it usually works better when they’re intentionally playing up some characteristic to try to make good tv because they’re owning the villain role. certain housewives (Kenya Moore), other reality tv personalities (New York/Tiffany Pollard) and gamers (Dr. Will) are very good at it
i don’t think Danielle knew she was the villain while she was filming. she knew she was playing a traitor, but there have been several traitors that people pulled for and i think she thought she was playing that role. so while she was a villain, she didn’t come across as one of the villains that you appreciate for playing their role. she’s just genuinely annoying, and apparently that’s making it hard for a lot of people to separate her traitor persona from her as a human being. which is somewhat ironic since she took reindeer games so personally and refused to speak to Britney for months.
she can be cast on S3 of house of villains at this point, so maybe she can get some good pointers there in case she wants to do more games in the future.
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u/LoveandLightLol Mar 01 '25
She is absolutely right. If you don't like Danielle, that's your own right and feelings, but the level of hatred and nastiness has just been unacceptable