Weird History
How MTV's Punk'd Was Fak'd
2022 • E36 Mar 25, 2022 11m
Everyone who's ever watched an MTV reality TV show probably knows that some of that so-called "reality" is a little bit unreal. For every celebrity that totally lied on MTV's Cribs, there's a producer or two who faked a scene on Pimp My Ride. Reality TV lies are a dime a dozen – but then there was Punk'd.
Punk'd was arguably one of the realest reality shows on MTV. But producers had no qualms about cutting up their actual reactions and making it look like host Ashton Kutcher could not be beat.
Punk'd was arguably one of the realest reality shows on MTV. But producers had no qualms about cutting up their actual reactions and making it look like host Ashton Kutcher could not be beat.