Sean Duffy Slammed Over 7-Month Filming Timeframe Of Road Trip Reality Show

BreakingBusinessBreaking NewsSean Duffy Slammed Over 7-Month Filming Timeframe Of Road Trip Reality ShowByZachary Folk,Forbes Staff. I cover breaking news.Follow AuthorMay 10, 2026, 03:09pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.ToplineTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy is facing criticism over his upcoming “Great American Road Trip” reality television show with his family filmed over the last seven months while he was serving as a member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet—but the former MTV reality star is insisting his family spent no taxpayer money on the program and won’t receive a paycheck for their participation.The transportation secretary, a former “Real World” star, is facing criticism for filming the program while gas prices remain high.AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsSpeaking to “Fox and Friends” on Friday, Duffy, a former reality television star of MTV’s “The Real World” and “Road Rules: All Stars,” said he spent the last seven months intermittently filming a road trip reality television show with his wife, Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy.The trip with some of their nine children is “a civic experience” to highlight destinations across the U.S. as part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, according to Duffy, who encouraged Americans to “gas up the car, pack up the kids, get behind the wheel and get out and see America.”Duffy’s announcement was quickly met with criticism from Democrats and other online commentators—with Duffy’s predecessor Pete Buttigieg calling the show “brutally out of touch” due to rising gas prices caused by disruptions in the oil market from the Trump administration’s war in Iran.In response, Duffy insisted the program was funded by the Great American Road Trip nonprofit organization and that “zero taxpayer dollars were spent on my family.”Duffy and Campos-Duffy, also a former “Real World” and “Road Rules” cast member, said the program was...