Big confession. I do not watch reality tv shows. Surprised? Probably not. I don’t need the drama. I did, however (in researching for this article) run across a funny video from BuzzFeed titled: If everyone acted like reality tv stars. Disclaimer: Excuse the ‘bleeps.’ I don’t advocate the type language on some of these shows. […]
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