A Virginia couple known for being potential cast members of the latest Bravo show “The Real Housewives of D.C.” Tareq and Michaele Salahi, were reportedly able to get into an exclusive dinner at the White House although they were not on the guest list when President Obama hosted a state dinner on Tuesday to honor Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Other attendees included government members like Vice President Joe Biden, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. Members of the media and donors to the Obama campaign were also in attendance.

Ed Rollins, a Republican political operative, told the New York Times, “These people want a reality TV show, give them one. It’s called ‘Dealing With the Federal Prosecution System of the District of Columbia.’”

While the couple did go through the same security checks that all other guests went through to ensure the safety of the president and other high profile attendees, it is disturbing to know that people were able to enter the White House uninvited.

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“This is really consistent with the corner cutting that’s been going on in the Secret Service ever since the Department of Homeland Security took over in 2003,” said Ron Kessler, author of “In the President’s Secret Service.”

The Secret Service stated that all high-profile individuals were protected at all times and that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the Salahi’s breach of security. This, however, is still a serious issue.

While nothing happened to the president or his guests, the fact that people were able to get that close to him means that someone did not do their job properly.

This probably would not have been an issue had the Salahis not been foolish enough to post photos of themselves posing with the likes of Biden, Emanuel and Singh on Facebook with a caption stating that they were, “honored to be invited to attend the First State Dinner hosted by President Obama & the First Lady.”

They know they were not invited and should not have been there, but they put up those photos anyway. This was more than likely a publicity stunt for them to get on television. Radical behavior is becoming all too common when it comes to people trying to get on reality shows.

The “Balloon Boy” hoax is the most recent example of this excessive behavior. The young boy who was supposedly trapped in a balloon floating over Colorado admitted on “Larry King Live” that his parents told him to hide in the attic while they lied to authorities just so they could get their own reality show.

Americans and their obsession with watching someone else’s “reality” are what encourage people to behave like the Salahis. People will continue to push the envelope all for the sake of getting their 15 minutes of fame as long as reality shows encourage erratic behavior and viewers continue to watch it happen.