Farrah Abraham's Solo Appearance On VH1's 'Couple's Therapy' Raises Questions About The Show's Credibility

Farrah Abraham will be appearing on VH1's Couple's Therapy season 4 when the show premieres next week, but ahead of her debut, many questions have been raised. Earlier this year, the former Teen Mom was in talks to appear on the show's third season, but after being exposed by the man she had enlisted to play her boyfriend on the series, the network moved on. Abraham's ploy became quite the scandal online, so now that she has been brought on for season four, fans are wondering how credible the show really is.

Some people on the web questioned whether the network failed to caught Abraham lying about her relationship in season 4 of Couple's Therapy. Abraham and the man she claims had been her boyfriend since June, DJ Brian Dawe, were only spotted together a couple of times in Fla, according to photos published by E!Online. However, some believe that is not substantial proof that they were in a relationship.

In one particular article, author Sean Daly expressed his concern about the show's credibility, stating, "It's hard to tell who looks more desperate: Farrah Abraham, who attempted - twice - to bring a fake boyfriend on VH-1's COUPLES THERAPY or the show's producers, who seemingly turned a blind eye to the charade in an effort to capitalize on her notoriety."

"Farrah is such a narcissist that we have all come to expect this type of behavior from her. What's troubling is that the network and producers have decided to lower themselves to her level," Daly continued. "It was widely reported that Farrah was shopping for a co-star to appear with her on the show last year. That should have been reason enough for casting directors to delete her name from their Rolodex. Instead, they allowed her - and by some accounts Jon Gosselin as well - to perpetrate a fraud that cheapened their brand and, frankly, just looked desperate. Reality TV viewers have developed a pretty liberal view of what to accept as 'real,' but once we can no longer trust that the participants in a show called COUPLES THERAPY are even in a relationship, there will no longer be a reason to tune in."

Another blogger claimed to be "surprised" that VH1 would allow Abraham to join the show and doubted that her intentions were clean. "The press release on VH1.com seems to indicate that half of a couple didn't show up...and I'd bet that's because Farrah's other half didn't actually exist, primarily because she used someone to get herself a spot on the show," the blogger wrote.

Despite the criticism, the show's resident therapist, Dr. Jenn Berman, stood by Abraham and appeared to believe that she was actually in a relationship with Dawe at the time she signed of for season four.

"What I can tell you - and I am a bit limited, legally, about what I am allowed to say - is that she signed on for the experience with a boyfriend whose name I cannot repeat," Berman said in an interview with The TV Page. "This person, the boyfriend, spoke at length with producers, did pre-interviews, had a plane ticket, the whole thing... He was flown in but he never showed up. So she arrived not even knowing that he wasn't coming. She reached out to him and he didn't respond to her. I am kind of limited with what I am allowed to say, but he really surprised all of us. When she walked in I sat down with her and said, 'What do you know?' And she said, 'He is not returning my calls.' She was really, genuinely distraught and confused - as were my staff and producers."

Abraham has been in the media spotlight increasingly for the past years and specially after she released a sex tape in May, 2013. 

Couple's Therapy season 4 premieres on January 2, 2014 on VH1.