Kept

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Kept is a reality television series that centered on Jerry Hall (supermodel and ex wife to Mick Jagger) searching for a kept man. The show premiered on the American cable network VH1 in late May 2005. When Hall narrowed the list down to twelve, she spirited them off to London and eliminated them one by one.

The show, aired in the United Kingdom on the channel VH1, caused a small controversy when adverts were banned from London Underground stations. The posters in question depicted Jerry Hall holding a leash, surrounded by several young semi-dressed men, and this violated London Underground's policy of adverts featuring people as sex objects. However, the posters were on display in other locations including mainline railway stations.

Notable contestants from Kept included actor Ricardo Medina, Jr. and professional mixed martial arts fighter Frank Trigg.

The final three consisted of Anwar, Austen and Seth. In the August 4 finale, Jerry was torn between Austen and Seth but ultimately chose Seth as he knew how to have fun and she thought he had matured throughout the process. Seth claims that he got his $100 000 in prize money but after filming stopped he never saw Jerry, the penthouse apartment, or the Lamborghini again.^[1]