Stars Who Love Watching Reality TV

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Stars Who Love Watching Reality TV

Whether it’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians or The Bachelor, stars really are just like Us – they can’t get enough. For some celebrities, like Rihanna, reality television is the perfect watch after a long day. During the coronavirus pandemic, the singer admitted that there was one Bravo show that she couldn't stop watching. "I've never made a secret of my love for reality TV and, during lockdown, I've been rewatching Vanderpump Rules," the performer told Women's Health UK in February 2021. "I honestly can't get enough of it." Rihanna, who has previously opened up about her love for a variety of reality shows, explained that she enjoyed digging into new episodes after long days, especially amid a global quarantine, which began in March 2020. [jwplayer oMBePTW0-zhNYySv2] "When watching reality TV, I can lie on my couch and switch my mind off from that's going on," she continued. "It's my thing – and it's pure escapism." The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards confirmed Rihanna's love for all things reality when she recalled a time when one of her daughters met the Fenty owner. "One of my favorite stories is my daughter was at a karaoke place and someone came in and there's like a commotion, like a big entourage. She turned around and was talking to her friends and then she felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned around and it was Rihanna," Richards told the Los Angeles Times in June 2018. "And Rihanna goes, 'Oh my God, I'm obsessed with you.' And my daughter started to cry and she goes, 'I'm so confused, what's happening?'" Meanwhile, fans like Jennifer Aniston wouldn't mind getting a little more involved when it comes to their favorite shows. During an interview with InStyle, the Friends alum revealed that she wasn't opposed to taking part in the Bachelor franchise. "God, I don't know. I think they need a psychologist or psychiatrist, not just [former host] Chris Harrison — or whoever the host is now. There should be someone they can go and talk to," Aniston told InStyle for their September 2021 issue. Although Aniston wasn't interested in taking over hosting duties for Harrison, who was later replaced by Jesse Palmer, the Just Go With It star did like the idea of lending an ear to the participants. "OK, well, I'll do that. Gladly. I'll be the one picking roses in the rose garden," she joked at the time. The Morning Star also noted that even though each Bachelor show provided something different for its viewers, there is nothing quite like a nice getaway. “The best version of The Bachelor is the island — Bachelor in Paradise,” Aniston added in the interview. Scroll down for a list of celebrities who are all about tuning into the next episode of your favorite reality show: [podcast_block]

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Seth Rogen

In November 2021, the Pineapple Express actor dissed 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way’s Sumit Singh for being a mama’s boy. “Sumit is straight up HORNY that his mom moved into his house,” he tweeted, before letting his followers know: “This is a 90 Day Fiancé related tweet.”

It’s not the first time Rogen has gone public with his fandom for the TLC series. On Election Day 2020, he shocked fans when he tweeted, “It all comes down to Colty and his mother,” as the U.S. waited for the results in Nevada. It was a reference to Colt Johnson, who is a staple in the 90 Day Fiancé universe — and a Las Vegas local.

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Zendaya

The Greatest Showman actress found herself getting addicted to the original U.K. edition of Love Island while filming Spider-Man: Far From Home in England, later revealing that her beau, Tom Holland, introduced it to her.

"I didn't know about it until I spent five months in London shooting the second Spider-Man," she explained to InStyle in October 2021. "I was like, 'What is this?' And I was so against it too — I was like, 'Guys, this is ridiculous. You can't watch this every day.' Then I was sucked in."

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Jennifer Lawrence

J. Law has an obsession with reality TV. When asked who she’d want to have dinner with – dead or alive – she named Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Scott Disick, and Luann de Lesseps and Bethenny Frankel from The Real Housewives of New York City. Andy Cohen actually made it happen with the last two, bringing out the RHONY stars when Lawrence appeared on Watch What Happens Live in March 2018.

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Chrissy Teigen

In real life, Chrissy Teigen is friends with the Kardashians, so when it comes to guilty TV binging, she’s more into Vanderpump Rules. She skipped this year’s Met Gala and instead stayed home to watch the Bravo show. She even shared a photo of her then-pregnant belly – she was expecting son Miles with hubby John Legend – with the TV on! 

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Jennifer Aniston

In 2015, the Friends alum admitted to Access Hollywood that The Bachelor is her guilty pleasure, even though it’s a “train wreck.” She actually appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live during Nick Viall’s season to share her predictions! 

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Patti Murin and Colin Donnell

The Frozen star gushed over The Bachelor to Us recently, admitting that she was so happy her Broadway show was dark on Monday nights so that she’d never miss an episode. She and her husband both live tweet the series, and he claims he watches because she does. She told Us he actually loves it.

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Andrew Garfield

"When I'm working on something very intense — like [Spider-Man] was very intense to work on, believe it or not, and I'm doing a play at the moment which is very, very intense — whenever I'm not on stage I wanna watch reality television," the actor told Total Film in 2012. “I wanna watch, like, The Voice or The Bachelor … it's the greatest show on TV!"

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Eddie Redmayne

While being interviewed by Jennifer Lawrence, the Theory of Everything star revealed he loves the same things she does! “I come home from trying to pretend to know about astronomy and physics all day and turn on The Real Housewives ... I’ve been a closet lover of faux-reality TV since The Hills,” he told her in Interview magazine in 2015.

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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis

This couple love watching The Bachelor franchise so much so that they appeared on Rachel Lindsay’s season of The Bachelorette to help her find her match!

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Rihanna

When the Grammy winner posted an Instagram video of herself cracking up at Tom Schwartz in April 2018, the cast of Vanderpump Rules freaked out. “Easily the best clip on TV,” Rihanna captioned the video. Schwartz reacted with comments of crying and heart emojis while Katie Maloney wrote, “lol! Dude!”