Contestants from the (s)hit romantic reality TV show Farmer Wants A Wife have come out swinging against the network that produced the show, claiming that they were paid an unbelievably low amount per filming day.
In an interview with the So Dramatic! podcast, contestant Daisy shared that after running some numbers, she believed she was only paid less than the minimum wage hourly rate during filming days.
The publication revealed earlier that contestants were paid approximately $80 for their days on set. However, the number of hours that Daisy said she and everyone else had to spend on the set left meant her pay was spread thin across the long day.
“There were days on the farm where we would start filming at 8am, 8:30, 9am,” Daisy told the podcast.
“And we’d wrap up filming at like 2am.”
Doing some number crunching, if you divide the $80 per day pay by 15 hours of work and you get…
“Some days we were on like $5 an hour for filming,” said Daisy.
Yikessssss… That ain’t it, boss.
Podcast host Megan Pustetto exclaimed that the amount of work was “inhumane” and questioned the legality of the low pay.
“I don’t know how they get away with it,” the host stated.
The publication revealed earlier that contestants were paid approximately $80 for their days on set. However, the number of hours that Daisy said she and everyone else had to spend on the set left meant her pay was spread thin across the long day.
“There were days on the farm where we would start filming at 8am, 8:30, 9am,” Daisy told the podcast.
“And we’d wrap up filming at like 2am.”
Doing some number crunching, if you divide the $80 per day pay by 15 hours of work and you get…
“Some days we were on like $5 an hour for filming,” said Daisy.
Yikessssss… That ain’t it, boss.
Podcast host Megan Pustetto exclaimed that the amount of work was “inhumane” and questioned the legality of the low pay.
“I don’t know how they get away with it,” the host stated.
Well well well, isn’t that just sooooo surprising? Reality TV isn’t actually that real? Oh boy, if only someone could have warned them that producers use manipulative tactics.
This season of Farmer Wants A Wife Australia was panned by fans for veering too close to the trashy-reality TV territory of shows like Married At First Sight. Despite this, ratings for the show have risen.