Is MTV’s ‘Siesta Key’ Fake? Only Kinda Sorta — Here’s What We Know

It’s back-breaking work, but our show, for the most part, really is a docu-series. Sure, there’s some “staging” of interviews: where they take place, what the best spot for light is, what points we want to get across, but other than that, it’s all “real.”

But because Siesta Key looks like a reality TV version of Melrose Place, it’s understandable why so many people would think that the show is masquerading as reality when it isn’t.