UnREALs reality show-within-a-show,Everlasting,will do whatThe Bachelorhas never done before: Feature an African-American bachelor.
the show will be sticking with its regular format.
For us, we always break their story first, and then the reality show comes second.
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Thematically what we wanted to explore in season 2 was the sameEverlastingformat, but just changing the guy.
That new guy is Darius Hill, a 20-something professional football player.
His established fame aside, Darius casting onEverlastingis momentous even for a fictional reality show.
In an era when driving while black is dangerous, there are few things more pressing than this conversation.
We dont want to fall asleep at the wheel.
We really want to keep talking about stuff that were incredibly passionate about and we think is important.
In truth, Shapiro is incredibly nervous about the second season.
Breaking this story is so scary, she said ahead of the panel.
Not only will the show address race, but will also take on gender equality.
Unfortunately, Chets new mindset will filter down to Rachels ex, Jeremy (Josh Kelly).
Theres a lot of anger and a lot of vitriol when he comes back.
Hes coming back pretty angry and coming gunning for Rachel, Barbee added.
Hes still on the show because they cant fire him after everything that went down last year.
Shes stuck coming to work with him and hes not happy with her.
A certain dating competition show just premiered this week, Zimmer said.
For us, thats the hugest compliment ever.
Its all we ever wanted to do, is pull back the curtain.
Weve been able to do that, though it makes me very nervous about the second season.
UnREALis expected to return this summer on Lifetime.
