Too Hot to Handle was able to work because of its two-drink maximum per night

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“They limited us to two drinks a night, and they had to give them to you,” contestant Bryce Hirschberg said recently on the Hollywood Raw with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn podcast. “So they were very much, believe it or not, looking out for us during this whole thing. They didn’t want us to look bad.” As Maria Sherman points out, "the only way a show with such an absurd concept as 'Don’t f*ck and you will be awarded $100,000' could work is by ensuring some level of sobriety. If an open bar were made available, reputations could’ve been destroyed."