Tom Sandoval & Fellow ‘Special Forces’ Reality Stars On Why They Need To Unionize: ‘Why Am I Not Getting Residuals?’
etcanada.com“Vanderpump Rules” star Tom Sandoval is among several reality TV personalities participating in the second season of Fox reality competition “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test”.
In addition to Sandoval, his co-stars who also come from the world of reality television include JoJo Siwa (“Dance Moms”), “Bachelor” alums Nick Viall and Tyler Cameron, Savannah Chrisley (“Chrisley Knows Best”) Jack Osbourne (“The Osbourne”) and actress Tara Reid, who starred in her own reality show, “Taradise” and appeared in “Celebrity Big Brother”.
Interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter, the stars shared their thoughts on “Real Housewives” alum Brittany Frankel’s recent attempt to create a union for reality TV stars. READ MORE: Bravo Responds To Bethenny Frankel’s Allegations Reality Stars Are ‘Silenced’ With NDAs “I have mixed feelings,” said Sandoval. “Look, I think there should be a reality TV union.
There’s a lot of like, ‘If you won’t do it, someone else will,'” describing producers’ take-it-or-leave it approach to salaries. “There’s no eight-hour, 12-hour shoot days,” he continued, and pointed out that, unlike actors who receive residuals when a TV episode reruns, “when they re-show an episode of me on ‘Vanderpump Rules’, that’s not a good look and it brings up all these old feelings and old hatred of s**tty things that I’ve maybe done or somebody has done in their past.
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