This guy found a way to make a 'comfortable' 6-figure salary by watching 'The Bachelor'
Reality Steve has become the go-to blogger of the dating shows, and public enemy No. 1 in the eyes of the shows' producers and network ABC, who have sued him twice.
Why? Reality Steve has been spoiling "The Bachelor" and its spin-offs for the past four years with amazing accuracy. He's become so infamous, The New York Times' Jon Caramanica just wrote a long profile about how he's turned his intel into a full-time, revenue generating business without having any other real employees.
Not only does Carbone often name who has been chosen by ABC's bachelor or bachelorette months in advance, he has mapped out entire seasons of the show.
"I can't believe I get this much information, every season. I still think it's weird that I get it," Carbone, 40, told the New York Times in an article published today all about his life as Reality Steve.
Carbone told the newspaper that he makes a "comfortable" six-figure income from his site, RealitySteve.com, presumably from ad sales. The site actually covers the entire reality TV genre, not just "The Bachelor" franchise.
Here are some insights into how Stephen "Reality Steve" Carbone does it: