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In the early 2000s, millions of households across the world tuned in to watch contestants

battle for the last rows or to be the final survivor on the island. I don't know how many

listeners know this, but I spent the first 14 years of my professional life working in

the film and television industry in Los Angeles. My first job was in the summer of 2000, and

I distinctly remember hearing the talk around town about this insane new show where the

producers were going to strand a bunch of people on a deserted island for 30 days. And

I remember thinking there is absolutely no way they're going to do that. No way. That's

crazy. And now, of course, here we are 20 years later and they're still doing it. But

that was the beginning of the reality TV game show craze. And as the popularity of those

shows grew, each new one needed to be bigger, flashier and more scandalous than the last.

But in the case of one infamous dating show, the real drama was happening off screen, and

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