2021-11-22
3 分钟It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette. You can binge all episodes of Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
It's morning in Ibiza.
A few clouds streak the powder blue sky.
Up on a mountainside, a gorgeous white villa bathed in sunlight.
And on the patio of that villa, a group of hot, young single men and a reality tv crew.
All cameras were there, trying to make sure we didn't miss a second of the action.
There's the karate instructor, the Royal Marine, the songwriter, the chef, the recruitment consultant, the lifeguard.
For the past three weeks, they've been competing for a cash prize and the love of a beautiful woman.
It's been a lot of fun and a little sexy and a little dangerous, and it's all come down to this, the grand finale.
It was a pressure cooker atmosphere.
But something is wrong.
I can still see her standing there, and she's sort of shaking as she's talking.
What the producers have been making for the past three weeks isn't an ordinary reality tv series.
What's about to go down is a total disaster, one that will change the lives of everyone there that morning, the production crew, the contestants, and the woman at the center of the show, Miriam Rivera.
Miriam was the focus of the program.
Miriam knew what she was doing.
She wanted fame, to be a superstar.
You can't just do that.
Just throw a trans girl into a straight man's lair.
That's putting, you know, a deer in a lion's cage.
From wondery and novel comes a new story about love.