The Untold Truth Of Wife Swap

Before you sign on to do “Wife Swap,” you may want to read through your contract. Although TV presenter Anna Courtenay understood that the show “Wife Swap” had some conflict and tension, she was reportedly not prepared for the emotional strain the show would take on her and her family back home, and she reportedly couldn’t just leave without financial consequences.

Courtenay appeared in an early episode in which she swapped lives with a family who lived on a tugboat with no electricity, no running water, and, much to her dismay, no clean towels with which she could dry her face. After a rough start on the show, Courtenay desperately wanted out, but, because of her contract and her experience in TV, she knew that she would be liable for production costs if she pulled out halfway through. While Courtenay decided to stay and finish her role on the show, she told the Evening Standard, “By the time I left the boat I was a wreck.” She noted, “And by that stage I simply was not strong enough, either physically or emotionally, to cope with it.”