Television Breaks Its Silence: Vinny Arora Calls Out Lock Upp 2

Dheeraj Dhoopar's wife Vinny Arora has publicly criticised contestants on Lock Upp 2 for dragging Shivangi Joshi's personal life into gameplay, an unusually direct intervention from someone outside the show.

Television's own code has always been not to comment on a running reality show, since today's rival contestant is tomorrow's co-star. Vinny's statement broke that code openly, which is itself the bigger story inside the industry.

The show's ratings have only climbed since, which is the uncomfortable truth about reality television: outside condemnation and inside virality tend to move in the same direction.