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If you are strong enough as a couple, reality shows can be a good thing for the relationship.

I didn't come from a background where I saw a lot of loving couples. All my aunts and uncles were either split up or fighting all the time. The only healthy relationships I saw were on TV.

Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.

When you're watching television, you don't want to watch a show where everything just works out. You don't want to see a relationship that's just blossoming and everyone's happy and sunshine and roses all the time. That's also not true in life.

I think every great show has that kind of romance that people just kind of yearn for.

Relationship movies are often made for a female audience.

I don't know what reality television does, but it breaks up relationships.

There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.

I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.