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By Kenny Herzog
Special to MSN TV
It wasn't shocking when Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag (aka Speidi, aka White-Cheddar Beard and His Cosmetically Enhanced Lady Friend) became instant antagonists on NBC's "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!" But it did cement the duo's -- and in particular Pratt's -- status as iconic reality villains.
It's a tradition that dates back to the halcyon days of semi-scripted TV. Or
in other words, early seasons of "The Real
World." And truthfully, these programs' delicate dynamics are as much a
reality of human nature as they are camera-crew-induced claustrophobia. Anytime
a small group of disparate individuals are quarantined inside alien boundaries,
one of them is bound to rise like a phoenix of fury, simultaneously instigating
and collapsing alliances and making the genre eminently
watchable.
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Below are some of the reality competitors we've loved to hate, with a qualitative breakdown of their evil ways, innocent victims and whether they ultimately cut the mustard as a prime-time evildoer.
Who: Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
Shows:
"The
Apprentice," "The Surreal
Life," "The
Celebrity Apprentice"
Method of villainy: Craving
control, insulting other peoples' performance, inflaming contestants' ire by
maintaining an icy-cold demeanor, misconstruing common colloquialisms for racist
creeds.
Her favorite victims: Ereka, Tammy, Piers Morgan, Janice Dickinson.
Real villain or
impostor: If the former political consultant was really secure in being
a powerful woman who went from "the projects to the White House," it's highly
doubtful she would have sought breast-enhancement surgery and a
credibility-slaughtering appearance on "The Surreal Life." Impostor, we say!
Who:
Puck
Show: "The Real World: San
Francisco"
Method of villainy: Leaving booger residue
on walls, belittling roommates to feel better about being an unloved bike
messenger, eating out of the peanut butter jar with his fingers.
His
favorite victims: Well, everyone more or less got a turn.
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