He suggests the show's popularity was rooted in the cast's ability to remain themselves and stay in character, which the audience perceived as an authentic portrayal.

“So we were like oh I have to walk around as Corey so I have to it has to represent who I am. So that first season there was a lot of kind of fighting through, okay, what pieces of this is storytelling and is is pushing the story along and what pieces of it are us and who we are.”

She believes the show was successful because it was authentic and allowed them to present their actual family dynamics while avoiding the toxic tropes common in other reality TV shows.

“So there was a part of it that was playful, but then a part of it that was also us kind of saying, "No, this is who we are. This is what our family's about, and it's going to look different than maybe what you expected or what's out there on television right now."”