I don't claim to "know to the truth" about this. However, I'm not naive about how such a business operates either.
I can't possibly imagine that EVERY, or even the majority of models they have is either faking, or being overly-dramatic. Most people in the world are ticklish; ( 80-85% of females are ticklish, V.S. around 75% of males.)
~~ So, statistically many of their models are likely to be ticklish too.
BUT, the vast majority of people don't like being tickled, either. So there's that... Based on their ability to find as many models as Tickle Abuse does, surely then they've encountered this problem before. Even if a models are being paid for this - it's still not something many people would want to subject themselves to.
Personally, I dont really watch many videos, but If I were to take an educated guess: I'd say about 50% of their models' reactions are truly genuine, possibly a little less, like 45%. For most of the other half, they're likely to be exaggerating / acting. (For Monetary incentive).
~~ As for non-ticklish models, that probably happens much less frequently. Like, less than 5%. Considering how big TA is, this still equates to many videos.
It is a well-funded company, I'm sure they have ways of finding willing, ticklish models. Other "armature"(non-professional studios), however may not have the ability to do this, and so - they would be more inclined to pay actors, (so as to make as much profit as possible).
TA *can* afford good actors... But it's less cost-effective in the long run.
Only extremely good actors can do this without it being too obvious, but again, statistically - most of these actors are likely to be ticklish anyway.
*** If you were to watch a tickling video of someone acting, vs not-acting - it's not difficult to tell the difference. This is Especially true for ticklephiles...
I mean seriously guys, if anyone would know - we would. Right ? 😉
~~~ The model you talked about, must have a VERY good actress....
This is something that TA would want to avoid, because they do this for profit. If even a large enough fraction were not ticklish at all , they would loose their customers.
However... It is much more difficult to tell if reactions are being exaggerated if a lee is ticklish. It sounds genuine, because for the most part, it is.