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This is The Eds with Eddie Judge and Edwin Arroyave.

Welcome back to the Eds.

I'm Eddie Judge.

And I'm Edwin Ariave.

And today we're going to dive into how reality TV affected our personal lives and how we've seen it affect other couples. We want to explore this interesting

topic to learn whether it was a blessing or a burden. You ready? Let's do it. I guess we'll

start with you, Eddie. Okay. So reality TV has been a part of your life for such a long time

with Tamara.

What effects do you think it has had on your relationship?

You know, the biggest effect I think is that it's made us really aware of who we are as people and hyper aware of who the other person is, right?

And what I mean by hyper-aware is I know the person on TV is not my wife because she's creating

this bigger-than-life character.

And the person I know off- is a totally normal wonderful person loving caring

great mom a wonderful wife and friend and it's it's been interesting to see her go back and

forth right and see the dynamic and see see where it really shines and when it really

hurts her, you know what I mean? And I think the biggest lesson is obviously that I've taken

away is that any time somebody talks about her as a mom, that really puts her in a funk. And,

you know, even though the shit that's being said on TV

is not true, it still affects her in real life, right? So another thing I've noticed is, you know,

when it comes to business or work or companies or whatever, you know, you have, you, in my days of working, you go to the office, you do your job,

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