Reality shows are a guilty pleasure. Every reality show, if they’re any good, has at least one character who we LOVE to hate. Now this list was compiled about a year ago so there needs to be an update. Let’s add Shake from Love is Blind season 2 to this list please! In the meantime, let’s enjoy some of the absolute worst villains in reality TV history.
7. Johnny Bananas, The Challenge
We first met Johnny on 2006 on The Real World: Key West but it was on the spinoff The Challenge where his real jerk tendencies shined.
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 15: Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio attends the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards at Barker Hangar on June 15, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for MTV)
#6. Danielle Staub, The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Danielle Staub was the ultimate outsider, with a track record of trying to get in the middle of tight bonds and cause friction. She even had a table get flipped on her.
NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 08: Danielle Staub attends Cosmopolitan NYFW on February 8, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni/Getty Images for Cosmopolitan NYFW)
#5 Spencer Pratt and Heidi Pratt, The Hills
I LOVE The Hills but Heidi and Spencer are the absolute WORST. He was so awful to her in the beginning and she even lost her best friend Lauren Conrad over the relationship. But even in the show’s spinoff they’re still married but still causing problems.
LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 06: TV personalities Heidi Montag (L) and Spencer Pratt arrive at the special screening of “G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra” held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on August 6, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
#4 David
Puck is one of the earliest reality TV villains, star of The Real World season 3. He was arrested, smelled and was just plain gross. He was eventually asked to leave the house.
LOS ANGELES – MARCH 15: David “Puck” Rainey disrupts the show at MTV’s Real World Awards Bash at the Sunset Plaza House on March 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
#3 Omarosa Manigault Newman, The Apprentice
Omarosa was a horrible team player on The Apprentice and just impossible to get along with. She would return on future seasons including Celebrity Apprentice
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 01: Sky News gears up to provide special coverage of the U.S. Election with a rehearsal, as Omarosa Manigault Newman prepares for the special election program, AMERICA DECIDES, on Sunday, November 1 in Washington D.C. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Sky News)
#2 Arie Luyendyk, The Bachelor
From Season 22 of The Bachelor, Arie proposed to Becca but then later broke up with her to propose to Lauren.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – JULY 26: Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk attend White Fox Boutique Swimwear Launch Of 100% Salty at Catch on July 26, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images)
#1 Richard Hatch, Survivor
The original Survivor winner who schemed his way to the show’s first million dollars, while doing pratically NOTHING Oh, and he went to jail for not paying taxes on that money
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 08: Richard Hatch attendsRichard Hatch “The 2000s: A New Reality” New York Screening at The Paley Center for Media on July 8, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
