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TRUE STORY

Uncovered: Trump Pick’s Sex-Fueled Days on ‘The Real World’

Former “Real World” contestant turned congressman and Fox News personality Sean Duffy seems to have had a very good time on the MTV reality show.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-WI, questions Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during his testimony before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress", at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2018.
REALITY BITES

Trump Picks ‘The Real World’ Star to Be Transport Secretary

It’s also the second time the president-elect has picked a Fox News star for nomination.

Matt Young

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‘CUE THE SUN’

‘F*cking With Reality’: The Rise of TV’s Guiltiest Pleasure

Veteran TV critic Emily Nussbaum takes us on a journey through the often disturbing evolution of reality television.

Nathan S. Webster

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FAIR IS FOUL AND FOUL IS FAIR

‘The Traitors’ Stars Still Haven’t Spoken After Elimination

Has Trishelle reached out to Peppermint after incorrectly labeling her a Traitor? She considered it, “But I was like, maybe it’s still too fresh.”

Laura Bradley

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15 MINUTES?

How All-Star Seasons and Fan Favorites Are Saving Reality TV

Bringing fan favorites back to spice up a stale franchise used to seem desperate. But shows like “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” prove they’re the best kind of reality TV.

Chika Ekemezie

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The Daily Beast’s Obsessed

This Week Has Been Hell. Here Are Some Nice Things to Watch.

Let’s not talk about this week. Instead, let’s just talk about the really fun, unabashedly feel-good series that are here to distract us.

Kevin Fallon

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SINGLE AND READY TO MINGLE

Inside Netflix’s Horny, Silly Stab at Pandemic ‘Real World’

The reality show features eight strangers… picked to live in a house… in Austin, Texas, during the pandemic. So why’s it so utopian and boring?

Kyndall Cunningham

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LIVE AND LEARN?

‘The Real World’ Botches Its First #MeToo Scandal—Again

‘The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles’ tried to relitigate a violation resulting in the first person ever kicked off a reality show. It was a disaster.

Kyndall Cunningham

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THE REAL WORLD?

Fox Host Still Thinks Dems Used COVID to ‘Steal’ Election

“Do I think there was cheating in my state of Wisconsin? Hell yes, there was cheating! Now did it change the results? I don’t know,” Sean Duffy proclaimed on Friday.

Justin Baragona

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‘FOR REAL’

Andy Cohen’s Reality-TV State of the Union

As “For Real,” his docuseries on the history of reality TV, comes out and the “Real Housewives” turns 15, Cohen tells us how the genre shaped his life—and where it’s going next.

Kevin Fallon

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STOP BEING POLITE

‘The Real World Homecoming’: How the Show Changed America

The Paramount+ reboot—reuniting the original 1992 cast of “The Real World: New York”—is a testament to its powerful legacy.

Kyndall Cunningham

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