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M A A lot of You guys, welcome to another reality TV corner.

Originally, this was just going to be like a summer house minisode type of episode because we got a DM and next week

we'll do like the full reality TV corner like we have but it just we just got word TMZ just

posted that Mary Cosby's son died at age 23. It's so heartbreaking. I'm in shock. Like I literally

I cannot believe this. Like, I literally, I cannot believe this. Like, I, I, I, he's,

well, no, he's not our first. So, um, I'm like, I can't even make form thoughts. He's not the first

real housewives kid to pass away. Loriorry's son from the OC also passed away,

but also ironically from like drug stuff. This is just so, you know, I really, really thought

that he was going to be able to like overcome the drug stuff.

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