Creativity Quote by Cilla Black

There is a shrug baked into Cilla Black's line, and that shrug is doing cultural heavy lifting. "But reality television is here to stay" isn’t a defense of the genre so much as a recognition that the argument is already over. The word "but" signals she’s responding to a familiar complaint - reality TV as trash, as cultural decline - then calmly stepping past it. She’s not asking you to like it; she’s telling you to accept its permanence.

Coming from a musician and TV personality who moved comfortably between pop stardom and mass-appeal broadcasting, the subtext lands with particular bite: this is an entertainer acknowledging the industry’s center of gravity. Reality TV isn’t just a format, it’s an ecosystem that rewards cheap production, endless episodes, and the kind of intimate access that scripted shows can’t monetize as efficiently. "Here to stay" reads like a forecast and a warning: the market has spoken, and the market likes its drama unlicensed and its protagonists replaceable.

The line also carries a quiet commentary on fame itself. In Black’s era, celebrity was something you accrued through scarcity: a voice, a songbook, a few big moments. Reality TV flips that into abundance - constant visibility, constant narrative, constant churn. Her phrasing suggests an old pro watching the rules change mid-game, neither moralizing nor surrendering, just naming the new weather.