While Justin Assanti may allege that the Steven Assanti fans saw on TV is the real him and that his behavior off-screen is no different, Steven has a different narrative. In an exclusive 2020 interview with Nicki Swift, Steven offered some opinions about the way in which TLC portrayed him and how the network filmed the show. Although Steven did vouch that everything on the show was real and nothing was scripted, he also claimed the producers did not show the whole picture and only painted him in a negative light.
"They just overdramatize it," he said. "They don't bother showing anything that is, that's good, because they filmed me and my family doing good things too, but they choose to show just the bad things."
While Steven admitted that his behavior was accurate, telling Nicki Swift, "I say it like it is. I don't give a s**t," he also claims they only showed the negative scenes and didn't put in any footage of his good moments.
"They would tell me that they would put it in somewhere, but they don't," Justin said. "What they do is they only show me going crazy, and yelling at people, and taking pain pills, and just all the bad stuff."
While we may never really know what went on behind the scenes during the Assanti brothers' season, at least they are now both leading happier and healthier lives.
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