Redditors who went on reality TV shows reveal how real (or fake) they were

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Admit it: You've always wondered how shows like "House Hunters" are made.

Do they really buy one of the houses? Is there suspense over which they'll choose, or is it manufactured? And who gets selected to house hunt anyway?

Inquiring minds on Reddit were curious if anyone was willing to share their reality TV show experience, and hundreds answered the call for an AskReddit entitled: "Redditors who have been on a reality tv show such as Hardcore Pawn or Pimp My Ride or Pawn Stars how FAKE was it?"

Although you might be expecting stories of drunken debauchery and producer mayhem a la "Unreal," most first-hand accounts were less dramatic — but a lot funnier than you'd expect.

"My younger brother was a side character on a show about a family that raised a rare breed of pigs, since he was friends with the family," user ClearingFlags recounted. "... My brother grew up in town and literally had never worked on a farm before shooting, and was introduced as someone who helped out a lot. They let one of the pigs out on purpose to catch it while being filmed, and the one that 'escaped' used a fake name that sounded better."

Curious how some people claim the sausage gets made? Check out the gallery above for some of the funniest responses to the reality TV query.