They Finally Told Him It Was A Fake TV Show... 

That is so deeply sad to hear that he came out of it feeling that way and went through that. 😔 Feels like they did him dirty.

That is both extremely depressing, and the most likely scenario. I feel very bad for the guy, he did not ask for this. And he expressed multiple times on the show that it no longer felt worth it. And unlike Jury Duty, the joke in this show really was on him. He was always put in the worst position, and made to look as bad as possible.

Kind of a melancholic end.

Ow :((( Im glad he got sober though. Big W Matt. Regular smoking ain’t for everyone, so it’s good he saw a pattern in why he was using it, and stopped. An addictive personality can change everything. Hope he’s doing well nowadays.

five years later In January 2013, matt stated in a new interview released the day of the premiere of the show's third season that he had "come full circle" and had made peace with the experience. He noted that he still hears from fans of the show on Facebook, that in nine years, no one has ever said anything negative to him about it, and that the fear he felt about what people would think of him was "...something I drummed up in my head."

LOL

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He kind of kept his word because he didn’t HAVE to eat it. And he never did lol

What if he just went at it after watching everyone else eat their gross stuff, and ate it before anyone could stop him? Lmao

@@CMKloserIt wasn't real for that reason. The recap episode (I watched this a few years ago at this point) makes it clear that they considered giving him actual dog shit, but decided against it because it'd be dangerous

I had to pause at 43:00 just to look for a comment like this because I couldn’t believe chat was saying it was dumb to keep hutch around lmao

Captain obvious over here But does need to be pointed out to a Gunnar audience ig lol

If only the Hutch wasn't the *Hutch* , this would've worked... 😔

Same, you never keep loved ppl on the show, especially in 2000s reality TV.

You do know everyone in the show is an actor except matt who thinks its real right

Shame it led to a addiction of alcohol and drugs and mental iss-ues but least matt is doing good these days with a family of his own,wife and kids

​@@oompaCookieActually, they were all actors too!!

@@RealBradMiller bruh what u on

Holy shit that is such a good idea. It turns the joke on the audience and completely nullifies the chance of any and all possible psychological problems for people involved

​@@gem3763and then the producers and director/script supervisor says they're improv actors.

"I am God in human form, and I was judging all of you this whole time..."

Also you’d be far insane to think “wait is this one huge prank where all these people are professional actors and I’m the only real person here” than just to believe you’re around some weird people and experiencing a bizarre reality show.

That's probably why there was so much time between seasons and they didn't make many of them. If it's not fresh in people's minds, they're less likely to assume it's fake. Plus this was the first time there was a fake reality show so why would a contestant think it's fake? If it was a common concept, everyone on every reality show would probably have their guard up because then they know it's a real possibility they're the fool on a fake show.

mmmmmmm not really during the height more like during the rise but you get the gist...

@@charlesfuzak It honestly was lightning in a bottle

I'm incredibly curious to find out how the heck they're gonna do it in the modern age. There's no way acquaintances of the next contestant wouldn't catch on and try to let them know.

Look up where matt is in 2023

Squid games

Imagine if your LIFE is like this! Fakin wakadoodles

That would be even better

That is very Nathan Fielder in "The Rehearsal". He'd totally do that.

Bro forced himself to eat dogpoop

The free 100k Dollars + free holiday didn't put a toll on Matt, but his drug addiction did.

@@prysrek8858don’t defend the show… it caused him so much grief

@@Os-gy5kd yeah, it's definitely the free 100k and free holiday, which caused him so much grief. and not HIS DRUG ADDICTION.

@@prysrek8858what do you mean free? They used him for a show? He earned that at the least.

@@mrmivpushkin "they used him for a show". Shocker! He signed up for a reality TV show, without knowing that he would get the 100k from the get go. Like what is your point?

I’m sure 100k helped with the trauma 🤣

The free 100k Dollars + free holiday didn't "traumatize" Matt, but his drug addiction did. Does it make sense what I'm saying, or am I tripping?

​@@prysrek8858you're tripping lol

@@dezzie6885 how do free 100k Dollars and a free holiday contribute more to the worsening of ones mental state than a drug addiction?

@@prysrek8858I understand what you're trying to say, but it isn't the "free 100k and free vacation," that he said traumatized him. It was feeling like the butt of the joke and a laughing stock in front of millions of people he didn't know. You know that embarrassing dream you have where you're naked in front of your class? It's that but instead it's in front of America.

​@@PolarBearProblems it's not like he didn't know he was filmed. He signed up for a reality TV show and that's exactly what he got, except for the twist, that he was destined to win. Being naked in front of your class is not a good allegory to having fun for a week with people who are paid to hang out with you. It's not even something you can make fun of him for. The opposite is the case. He didn't became a laughing stock, but he became THE man. But drugs sadly distorted his perception of reality.

The food scene has definitely made me question many people vs food videos, because I also know the players are actors. The later the seasons, the more I question the legitness of it all. Then they have the, "Eat in one second" videos, those are clearly real, but some reactions you wonder if the bigger negative reactions are because they want those views.

@Toxic.Mangaka Mate literally just google Matt, he's a fucking broadway director who aperently always had money and was just an industry plant. The fucker is G A Y let that sink in to the context of how "real" this tv show was.

I give him a bit less respect for afterwards immediately putting pressure on the women and not standing up for them at all though. Especially since he always seemed eager to defend the men on the show.

@@hopedespair8568 ye definitely a little weird but unfortunately he's not wrong, it's TV

everyone gets tricked, they tell matt hes the only actor and the other people who are actors thinks hes real

He apparently had a mental breakdown and slid into addiction afterwards. They definitely did him so much damage. Poor guy will never be the same.

@@GuineapigsreadingbooksAccording to the 2008 interview, he did get sober and is now married with a kid or kids. Works back in PA at the time of the interview. He turned it around thank goodness. I wish he could’ve sued in civil court for emotional distress. But yknow, different times

@@Tayl0r_ Different times but I think it takes a certain type of person with a certain support system/finances to sue for emotional damages. Most people who've been through something like that are just relieved to be back on their feet and know that going through the legal process would bring up more emotional issues for themselves than they could handle, and so put it behind them for their own sakes

Not to be that person...but you're definitely contributing to it being done again by watching this far into the series. They see how many views this content is getting on the socials, and that's part of why they're rebooting. So...I respect that you have a belief about it, but live your belief, please. I take care of r_ape and child victims for a living, so to me, this isn't psychological abuse. It's tough stuff and the person should definitely have a good therapist, but if you really want to talk abuse, talk about what the"bunnies" in the "mansion" they mention have gone through. Talk about the objectification and gaslighting it takes for the women they used throughout the show as sexobjects to get to that point in their lives where they're just a body to someone, to where their entire LIFE becomes a lie, permanently. Talk about the life expectancy of p_orn actresses. This? This could have gone bad or good, either way, in the end, depending very much on the psych profile you start with. Some people would choose this for themselves just to see how they would react, or even just because life already seems like a joke in so many ways. This guy was in a place of discouragement in his life when they picked him, already--he probably wasn't the best person to be picked for this, and the fact that they pushed him into morally questionable actions wasn't healthy for his resilience. Coulda been done differently. Morally questionable show, for sure. Could be dangerous for the wrong person, but so can being a "bunny," and no one seems to give two shakes about that. This, abuse? Come on. That's kind of a place of privilege to come from, really.

@@becominghero9754 I feel bad for the victims you council , Jesus you're insensitive. Don't you dare invalidate trauma. You don't get to decide what is traumatic. I'm a literal rape victim and I just finished a year of trauma treatment. I'm not about to tell anyone their trauma isn't valid because it might not compare.

You mean the one he immediately throws away when he's given a fat check? Yeah that was pretty funny lmao

​@@totallyrealname6376 Well, you don't need mental support balloons when you have a mental support check. LoL

Yea, that makes the train of thought of eating gross food to chicks making out make more sense. That was all that channel centered around, gross out content and women.

Same

literally same

I feel like I recognize that pfp

@@jvniper.v hehehe

@@s-idney js realized now that I admit that I have no chance at getting into college/j

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luckily now when they do these i think they do applications to find people that will be able to take it well or wont have long lasting damage from it

I think they did a behind the scenes or something where they showed the vetting process, they interviewed like 1,000+ applicants or something crazy like that.

@DKF_oli Oh no kiddin. Well they were some good judges of character. They got the right one.

I mean, he's perfect because he's the opposite of everything they typically look for on reality tv shows. He's a peacemaker, not toxic, supportive of others, and all around too decent to have survived a day had this been real 😢

@@LunarEleven very accurate everything you said. 👏

Matt is a genuinely great guy so they got lucky in casting a nice guy

Heartbreaking

Yeah, it'd mess me up for life

Not sure where the crossover with emetophobia is, although I'd guess that's an actual irrational fear response?

As soon as he ran in I knew it was cricks the goat 😂

Omg i didnt realize until reading this lol

You should)

Subscriiiiibe, dooo it, one of us, one of us, one of us

it's still 7.25 federally isn't that insane

@@c0ttage It’s insane and it’s sad

What does your therapist even say? "Look, the odds of that happening again are slim."

@@DriscolDevilbut never zero lol

Oh ya, as an ex addict who has done a smidgen of psychedelics, this terrifies me. Putting myself in his headspace right now is tripping me out 😦😱

Pretty much how it goes

It is.

What do you mean by sounds cruel? There's 5h+ of well documented content. Haha

It is!

Hell naw, tell me I'm adopted for half...

Ever heard of the Truman show?

I realize the rest of the show is nudity, strippers. I'm tired of being reminded of how ready people are to get off on reluctant women specifically

@@nari5161 dont watch it then?

No I think it was okay because it was kinda obvious they wanted something for the ratings. Kinda common sense

This should be top comment

I thought the same

I think i would just forfeit the TV. I can’t stand food I know in a different texture, let alone that sort of thing.

Hes so protective of kip lmao

What do you even mean? This wasn't that long ago, and even long before this, it has been recorded in history as most of civilization being "male-dominated" society. And how does one simply stating that make them woke? everyone is aware of that already. Can you even describe what it means to be woke, or what some qualifying characteristics are of being woke? I used to think I was woke, but the longer I live the more I see people like you saying things like what you have said here. Call me dead asleep then, I don't want to be part of that stupidity .

Society has been male dominated for thousands of years

I did too, please help 😭

I mean, most rational people wouldn’t immediately assume that everything was fake.

@@Guineapigsreadingbooks sorry, sorry, my Himbo King is Gunnar and the clues were for the winner of the show. I hadn't realized while commenting that Gunnar left the Himbo discussion in a twitch VOD

@@Dinosauringg ah, that makes a lot more sense. I haven’t seen the twitch, so I assumed you meant Matt.

She might have been able to still negotiate getting money, since she really did her injured.

That was Kristen Wiig, and she's done just fine since the show.

Guys I think they were joking

I agree (I work for the US government)