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We are confident that should he ever find this column, he will find it both confusing and mortifying.
Reality hosts tend to come in a few distinct models.
Theres the Rob Delaney/Michelle Buteau style host, who is in on the joke and half-mocking the whole thing.
There are host-experts, like the judges onTop Chef, thefellas onQueer Eye, or thesharks onShark Tank.
Every reality show would be better if it were hosted byMatt Berry.
There are some shows whereBerrys inclusionis such an obviously good idea that it hardly bears arguing.
And if that platform is displaying the personality of one Matt Berry?
Who evenknowswhat you might get!
Hes a bitmysterious, which would be so much of the charm.
Perhaps a little grumpy.
Enthusiastic, but maybe about things you might not expect.
Who better to puncture a reality shows glossy, false-feeling TV bubble?
This is the energy we want!
Barry would be incredible at the Netflix narrator-style reality-show hosting, ashis voiceover workalready makes clear.
Guest hosts are being cycled through.
But right now, the show is really exploring how different host dynamics impact the feel of the series.
You call this a mansion?
This might not be a role Berry would relish.
He might, in fact,hate every minute of it.
Sometimes sacrifices have to be made for art.
