Ringmaster follows the progress of two very different but equally bizarre groups of social misfits who apply to reveal their sordid relationship secrets on the fictitious Jerry TV show. The film's story begins with Connie (Molly Hagan) and her promiscuous daughter Angel (Jaime Pressly), who performs sexual favours for guests at the seedy motel where she works, as well as sleeping with her mother's husband behind her back. Enraged, Connie seduces her treacherous daughter's fiance before realising there's an even better way to get her revenge... appearing on the Jerry show to tell all.

Meanwhile, Starletta (Wendy Raquel Robinson) is a young woman with a very thorny problem - her two best friends, Vonda (Tangie Ambrose) and Leshawnette (Nicki Micheaux), are getting down and dirty with her philandering boyfriend Desmond (Michael Jai White). In a whirlwind of accusations, excuses and lies, these squabbling misfits from the shallow end of the gene pool also get their sights on a showdown on the Jerry show.