Most shocking revelations from ‘Reality Check’: Inside America’s Next Top Model’ Netflix documentary

WOW — as someone who has worked behind the scenes of reality shows, and watched antm growing up, its grossly disingenuous (and WEAK) to see co-stars nigel and jay pointing fingers when they were with the models most of the time? they judged, criticised and give their input each week, at the table, during shoots, for competitions in the house, with tyra making the final choice on set. as the only 2 points of contact, facilitating the key activities for models day in and day out, why didn't these dudes speak up at all, to defend, protect or interject cycle after cycle, but have something to say 20 yrs later? One of the biggest issues with vulnerable young women or children (or any group supervised by a collective body of individuals) is oversight, which falls on everyone. It begs to question, how accountable should OPRAH be held who had a school in South Africa for girls, who ended up being abused and trafficked? (she also gave a teary apology). BBC covered it as, "Oprah Winfrey school abuse: South African matron freed" (2010), with NPR breaking the news in 2007. Or, the accountability of receptionists and contract writers for Weinstein, or people around Matt Lauer (arranging unconscious interns to be driven to the hospital)? Or, signing agents and coordinators for Ford Models and John Casablanca for Epstein and affiliates? It's FABULOUS to bring up the topic, and shed light on the abuses that can happen on TV shows, but there's a much larger systemic issue here. And, how damaging is it for young women who were harmed or felt hurt on the show, to see that these two men who were with them so often, and in positions of power to protect or speak up for them then, are out simply pointing fingers? Then and now, it benefits their careers without actually standing up for anything or anyone. To deepen the blow, models themselves shared online that documentary makers didn't pay them for participating in project: Whitney Lee, Morgan Paige, Adrianne Curry, to name a few: ‘ANTM’ Winner Adrienne Curry-Rhode Slams Netflix For Allegedly Not Paying Former Contestants To Appear In ‘Reality Check’ Documentary: “They Couldn’t Give A Dime To These Girls?” (smh.: essentially, another manipulative TV production situation framed as 'helping young women'? yep. check. wash, rinse, repeat).