The inclusion of antisemitic and other offensive comments in an online promo for a new Toronto-based reality show is raising questions about the program’s future even before the cameras begin to roll.
Lake Shore, described as Canada’s answer to MTV’s popular Jersey Shore, promises viewers a healthy dose of drama as it follows eight “erratic and intoxicating” twenty-something Torontonians living in the same house, cavorting around the city’s nightclubs, while “exploring their sexualities.”
“I’m not racist because I hate everybody equally, especially Jewish people,” professes Sibel Atlug, a 23-year-old loud-mouthed woman cast as “the Turk.” The comments come during a mud-flinging free-for-all in which cast members share first impressions of their future housemates.
