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Happiness Quote by Katie Price

"I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor"

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Katie Price’s swipe at sitcoms with canned laughter is less a manifesto on comedy than a bid for cultural positioning. “I really hate” lands with tabloid-force certainty: it’s a clean, quotable rejection of something coded as fake, mass-produced, and a little behind the times. Canned laughter isn’t just an audio cue; it’s a symbol of being told what to feel. Her distaste reads as a claim to autonomy: don’t prompt me, don’t package my reactions, don’t assume I’m easily led.

The pivot to “real-life stuff” is doing double duty. On the surface, it’s a preference for observational humor. Underneath, it’s a subtle defense of her own public persona, built in the churn of reality TV, paparazzi, and confession-style interviews. Price has lived in the genre where “real” is both currency and performance, and the line suggests she’s in on the joke: what’s funniest is the messy, unedited collision of people, not scripted setups with a laugh track to sand down the edges.

“I’ve got a dry sense of humor” is the quiet flex. Dryness implies sophistication, restraint, an ability to sit above the obvious punchline. Coming from a figure often flattened into spectacle, it’s a small act of self-authorship: I’m not just the story you consume; I’m the one watching, judging, and laughing differently. The intent isn’t to theorize comedy. It’s to insist on taste, control, and a sharper inner life than the format of fame usually allows her.

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Price, Katie. (2026, January 17). I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-really-hate-sitcoms-on-television-with-canned-70438/

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Price, Katie. "I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-really-hate-sitcoms-on-television-with-canned-70438/.

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"I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-really-hate-sitcoms-on-television-with-canned-70438/. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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Katie Price (born May 22, 1978) is a Model from England.

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