Little people, big world Fans are still debating why Zach Roloff ultimately had to exit the show.
The Roloff family became a rare success in reality television. The 25th quarter of 2018 is a Lots of Achievement.
This came at a heavy cost, as major family rifts (many related to the show) forced the family members away from the cameras, the farm, and each other.
Zach and Tori Roloff exit Little people, big world. They feel they have no choice. but why?
Tori has a podcast with Zach Roloff
in their most recent episode Lift height During the podcast, Zach shared the impact being a reality star had on him as a child.
Hint: This is not a positive.
Among other things, he delves into what it’s like to grow up in a “fishbowl,” and what it’s like to be in the same situation as an adult with his wife and children.
When Tori asked Zach what it was like making movies as a kid, Zach recalled the palpable pressure.
“It’s weird because people always expect me to do something by now,” Zach reflects.
“When people say reality TV, I always think there’s something to be aware of,” he explains. “Because, at the end of the day, these people are paying for the staff here.”
Zakrolov’s childhood in “Little People, Big World” wasn’t all bad
He admitted that filming the show was “fun at times.” It’s not like one of those horrific “YouTube Family” nightmare stories – it just has major flaws.
Zack stresses that the experience can also be “stressful.” He didn’t need this as a kid.
It’s easy to say that Zach doesn’t really know what a childhood without reality TV was like, so he has nothing to compare it to. But…maybe that’s the point?
One thing that has followed him as an adult is what he calls the “fishbowl effect.” Zac said he “can’t stand” this aspect of reality TV.
“You’re in a fish tank [and] Everybody’s looking at you,” Zach described. He’s not talking about life on the farm, but the fact that the producers sat him and his family in the middle of the restaurant (for lighting and angles) while cameras and other restaurant patrons stared at “what a movie set is now.”
Zack stresses that this isn’t just a matter of filming in restaurants.
The “fishbowl effect” makes Zack afraid of going out in public
A string of cameras, boom mic operators and producers will command attention anywhere.
But Zack is also a nobody. So did his parents and his three children.
The stares sometimes become unbearable.
Even earlier this year, Zach and Tori discussed how they left Little people, big world Because reality TV “tear families apart.”
That’s true—especially for the Roloff family.
Some may be surprised that Zach and Tori are discussing this (or anything) on a podcast. But they don’t have a desperate need for privacy or a desire to be closed off. On the podcast, they control access levels – no one is following them in the restaurant to film them.
