‘I’m disappointed’: Beauty and the Geek’s Josie Werner claims the show is ‘highly edited’

Beauty and the Geek star Josie Werner has spoken out about her time on the hit show, saying that some scenes are ‘highly edited’.

Speaking to Yahoo! Lifestyle this week, the blonde bombshell said she was ‘a little disappointed’ over how some moments from the live radio show challenge were edited out. 

Doing the challenge with Lachlan Mansell, Josie said that at one point she was made to look like she froze when he asked her one question when she actually didn’t. 

She added she spoke to geek Lachlan during the challenge about the reality of fitness influencers portraying unrealistic body standards to young women but said it didn’t even make it to air, despite them winning the challenge. 

‘I was a little disappointed when they didn’t air that, but I mean, whatever,’ Josie said.

She added about her time on the show: ‘I think it’s very important for people to remember that what you see on screen is not always real life.’

She added that she’s happy about the way she’s been portrayed on the show and just wanted to make sure she didn’t come across as ‘dumb’.

‘I kept telling myself, ”don’t be dumb, don’t be dumb. Be the smartest beauty”,’ she said. 

Meanwhile earlier this week, Josie defended her onscreen partner, geek George Goldfeder, 27, against accusations that he was pretending to be a geek and dumped his girlfriend to go on the show.

Josie told Yahoo! Lifestyle that George isn’t a ‘fake geek’ despite his extensive acting resume – which includes two movies.

Josie backed up her claims by listing George’s ‘geeky’ hobbies, which include comics, martial arts and Dungeons and Dragons.

‘He’s actually a geek, he really is. I think I would know, I spent the most time with him,’ she said.