I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain

by Courtney Robertson

“Celebrity,” no matter how brief, is not a commodity. It’s a vehicle. And if driven correctly, this vehicle will take you wherever you want to go. It opens doors. When you are newsworthy, it becomes much easier to shed light on the things that are important to you. Two years ago I participated in a charity date auction to benefit CAPS (Citizens for Animal Protection). The date consisted of a helicopter ride to my family’s ranch for an afternoon of drinking champagne, riding horses, and shooting guns. I sold it for a measly $600. Flash forward to after I was on The Bachelorette, virtually the same date sold for $10,000. So the moral of the story is that if I have to be a dick on TV in order to be a better person in real life, sign me up every time.