“Gold Rush” star James Harness served as the mechanic for Todd Hoffman’s crew for the first two seasons of the show. The fifth special of the show, titled “Revelations,” which aired shortly after the release of the show’s second season finale, indicated Hoffman fired Harness. In 2012, some time after seeing the teaser of the special episode that was yet to air, Harness had a chat with The Bulletin about his time on the series. Harness told the local Oregon paper that the teaser clip portrayed a false narrative regarding his departure from the show. As per Harness, Hoffman firing him was something that never took place. “[The teaser] shows [Hoffman] making a comment that ‘I guess this is where we part ways.’ Yet I’m not in the frame. I’m not there,” Harness remarked. He went on to add that reality is far from what they show in “Gold Rush,” saying, “It truly is not the way I remember it, and it distorts my memories.”
As is common with reality TV shows, a lot of footage gets left on the cutting room floor, and the full story isn’t always told. In an interview with Oregon Gold, series alum Jimmy Dorsey noted that he didn’t necessarily get the most favorable edit. “I think my inexperience in mining and the construction field is not something that they created,” he said. “You never see me actually turn a wrench. They cut out about ninety percent of the positive things I do.”
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