When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany - REWIND: Love is Blind's Colleen Reed!

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

From Season 3 of Love is Blind, Colleen Reed joins Brittany to talk about their recent girl's trip to the Bahamas, finding love with her hubby Matt and getting to know him WITHOUT cameras around, why reunion episodes are so hard to shoot, Colleen's time as a ballerina, and what she didn't appreciate about her portrayal on Love is Blind! Originally aired: 07/12/24Please support the show by checking out our sponsors!GoPure: For a limited time, our listeners get 25% off goPure with code Realityhits at checkout. Just head to gopurebeauty.com, use code Realityhits, and you’re all set. And after you buy, do us a favor—when they ask where you heard about goPure, tell them it was from our show!Hiya Health: Receive 50% off your first order when you go to hiyahealth.com/REALITYHITSProgressive: Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust ProgressiveDiscover Your New Home at apartments.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

All right, hello, everybody, and welcome back to When Reality Hits. We are continuing our Bahamas Girl Trip Edition, even though we're not in the Bahamas anymore. But I have the beautiful and fabulous Pauline Reed from Love is Blind. Woo! Hey, guys. Thanks for being here. Thank you so much for having me, Brett. I love it.

How fun was the Bahamas? Oh, my gosh. I was, like, texting all my friends when I got home. And I'm like, I'm just waiting for my Bahama Mama to come back to, like, I'm waiting for my Bahama Mama for a bargarita, a shot. Like, I don't know what to do with myself. Like, I miss it so much. And I was just like the first day back. But I had so much fun. I'm like ready to go back already. And, you know, we haven't even been back that long. But still, it was so much fun. The boat day was probably my favorite day. Just Oh, my gosh. ...and snorkel and do all that stuff. It was so much fun. Definitely the boat day was the highlight of the trip. Oh, so fun. I'm happy.

Like, anytime I'm on a boat, I'm happy, but a bow in the Bahamas. Yes, the water. The water is like crystal clear. It's absolutely beautiful. I will say that snorkeling is not sexy at all, though. It's not sexy. And I was going to go. I did not snorkel, but I was going to, and then I wear contacts, and any time that saltwater

gets in my eyes, I'm a goner, like, I can't see anything. So I'm like, you know what? I'll just watch you girls do your thing. I want contacts, too, so I get it, but I'm about to miss that clear blue water. That was so, so nice. Okay, so let's get into some reality TV talk. Amazing. So you're from Love, Love, It's blonde. What season were you on again? I was on season three, Dallas. Three.

Okay. So you had, had you watched the show at all before you started? Like, did you know what you were getting into? So season two was filming the same time as season three. So I did not see season two, but I did watch season one, like everyone else in quarantine during 2020. Yep. And I thought, I remember watching season one. And I'm like, these people are wild.

Who would do this? This is crazy, but like amazing. television. And then as I was going through the process, I was like, wait, I feel like I can actually really benefit from this, just from the way that the process is and who I am as a person, what I was looking for in a partner. I was like, you know what? Maybe I'll just jump and like do it and take a leap of faith. So I kind of had an idea, but not like, because we only had the first season to really look at. Yeah. Yeah. But still, like, that's just such a crazy experience like is it something that you thought you would ever do in your life was it or was it

completely unexpected for you um i feel like my personality in in real life like a lot of people have had said to me like i feel like you should be like out there like i can take i used to be able to take criticism very easily but i would take criticism easily i was very bubbly still am but i just I feel like I did get those comments a lot, like in college and in high school, but I never thought like a reality TV show. Like I just remember. You need to be on TV. You need to go to when people say that kind of tough. Yeah.

I love it. You actually found love. You got married on the show to Matt. I did. And you just had your three year anniversary. Yes. We just had, we just celebrated our three years two weeks ago. Yeah.

okay so can you break it down what is the timeline like when you meet each other and then to when you get engaged and then how long is your engagement to when you get married so we're in the pods for like a week and a half a week and then um you get engaged at the end of the pod so at the end of two weeks you get engaged after meeting someone talking to someone through all and then we're in Malibu for a week in like our vacation setting um and then we actually get to stay together that's like right after you engage you know from there straight to Malibu yeah we go right from engagements to Malibu and then um that's for a week and then it was about three weeks in Dallas so I would say roughly four weeks from engagement to marriage goodness gracious it's so fast but

it worked for you it worked for us yeah but yes it was very fast for sure i remember talking to them the bahamas and you had mentioned that you waited i think like a year before you guys even moved in together is that yeah yeah it was correct because we felt we had we obviously had a lot of things to work through from the show we had just gotten married uh we had just basically met each other and we only really i mean we met we knew each other obviously we got married, but we knew a majority of each other with the cameras around. We didn't really know what the other person was without the cameras. And really, like, we were, when we were in Dallas, we were in each other's lives, but not really.

Like, we were still filming a TV show. Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. A lot of people listening won't maybe like understand what that is exactly like, but it adds a whole other layer. Like every single conversation you're having, you know is being filmed and that people Yeah. And like our lives surrounded around this TV show. Like we weren't, we didn't have any, I mean, we had stresses, but we didn't, we weren't focusing on them.

We weren't really like hanging out, truly hanging out with our family and our friends and getting to know the other person's lives. Like, we just didn't have that when we were filming. And I wanted to have a very organic relationship with him, even though it started It's so different. So we waited. I honestly, like, the math is not mathing right now, but more than a year we waited for sure, at least a year.

I think that's amazing. I think that's so smart of you to do. And I do feel like that was a good decision. I mean, obviously it's worked for you guys. But, I mean, I'm sure you would recommend it to all these other people who are finding love on love as blind. And I was, I was young. I was 25.

And you're still young. I was like, I mean, I'm like, I'm young, but I was like a child, you know? Like, I am such a different person. And Matt even just said this to me yesterday. He was like, I was such a different person three years ago. And I just, I really encourage a lot of the people who are going on love is blind. I mean, if moving in right away after marriage works for you, then like, kudos to you. but if it doesn't like don't let the outside world or the outside comments like get to you

and pressure you into doing something that is traditional like we started I've always said this since day one we started our relationship in an untraditional way why don't we do our marriage in an untraditional way now we are we just needed like time we just need time I think that's so smart because like you said it's all so fast cameras are around but still I'm so happy for you I'm happy that you found love. Do you, I mean, obviously for you, you think the experiment works. Because I know this is like a whole like kind of, it is like an experiment, I guess. Yes.

What can happen. But there's been a lot of successful couples, I feel like, come from it. There's been a lot of successful couples for sure. I do think that it works and it doesn't work for a lot. Like I really do. I don't know if love is blind because like, do you think love is fine? For me, it is. for me it works but like I don't see it working for everybody you know right okay so you kind of

mentioned comments a couple times has that been something that's been hard for you to deal with since being on a reality TV show like social media and just so not anymore but for sure in the beginning I just wasn't expecting it like before going on the show a lot of people in my life were saying you know can you handle it and I'm thinking to myself what could they possibly say about me? Like, I'm not, you know, I'm not very outspoken. I really stray from confrontation. You know, I'm not, I don't say anything about mean people.

So I was like, what are they going to say about me? And then when I, when the show aired and people were giving me negative comments just because I would say my profession, I was like, oh, crap. Like, I don't know if I can handle this. I mean, people will comment on anything. It's not matter. I mean, the amount of comments I get about my boobs is insane. I'm like, why are you commenting on my body?

Yeah, please stop. It's so strange. Like, I would never go on to your page or somebody I've just never met ever and comment about their appearance or just anything. It just doesn't really make any sense to me. But that's been one of the most difficult things for me as well because I feel like I'm a nice person that I don't understand why people would, like, come at me. It doesn't really, because I would never do it myself, so I could relate to it. It just isn't register. And now I know, it's like, well, if I put myself out there, then I should just expect the comments. But it was a learning experience. It was very hard. I, it's well known

that I had a panic attack at the reunion because of the comments, just because I, I didn't. People thought that I was having some sort of reaction towards Matt. But I was just, I was cutting off Matt's circulation because I was so scared of what was going to happen at the reunion, what people were going to stay at the reunion. So I just, I don't think I was ready for it. I don't think I was. Having done many reunions myself, that is the hardest day of the entire season. It's so hard.

I'm on many, many reunions. I don't know how you do it every year because I'm like, I'm good. That's in the past. I mean, so much drama because you have to talk about. every single thing that went on throughout the entire season and you have to face it all over again. So not only did you, not only did you deal with it when it aired or whenever you lived it, you have to deal with it when it aired and then you have to relive it again at the reunion. Yeah.

So I don't, kudos to you because I can never do that every year. I'd be like, sorry, I'm done. I feel like my skin is getting thicker over the years, but also like I still let things get to me. It's almost impossible. It's natural. It's natural for people to, when they come about looks or who you are as a person or when they get it wrong and you you just want to defend yourself but like I just don't think even defend yourself though because once you do that somebody's going to argue with what you defended yourself with if that makes sense and then it becomes like a whole other thing I mean people can't like um I've always because I watch reality TV yeah and being a person who watches it and observes reality TV you can't once you make up your mind about someone it's

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with how he seemed on the show. Do you want to, like, explain that a little bit? Yeah, so I, like, I immediately noticed that he would get very stressed out and have his guard up when the producers and the cameras were around. He just, he likes to be in control of his actions and, like, where he's going. And you might, you might be able to relate to this. Like, you're, when you're filming, you're, um, you're put in a room for several plus hours and you can't leave or, you know, and we didn't have our phones or anything. And so he just didn't like that he didn't know, like, that he couldn't control anything.

Yeah. And filming is a lot of, we like to say, hurry up and wait. Hurry up and waiting around. People don't know that part of it, you know. And yours is being different than what I dealt with. So. Yeah. It's almost not like we were, we were being treated like children.

kind of a little bit, but, like, I understand why they need, I understand the producer's job, but I could tell it was hard for Matt to adapt to that. And so he would not be stressed out with me, just stressed out with the environment he was in. So, yeah, he just, reality TV is not for Matt, for sure. He says that he would never, he'd never do it again. He would never do it again. So, well, he married you, so I guess he don't need to. He appreciates the experience for sure

I know that just like having the cameras and the producers and he's knowing when he knows when the producers want something from him and he doesn't want to talk about something so yeah that just the environment was very hard for him and so it was hard to see the comments when they would say stuff about him

because I know what's really going on and I could see like literally the cameras would go away and it was just like, like, a weight was lifted off and we would be able to have more real conversations. It's unfortunate that we wouldn't be able to have those conversations on camera, but that's just who we are as, like, people, you know? It's hard, it's hard to put, like, an act up in front of the cameras. Oh, I get it.

We couldn't do it. Reality TV is not for everybody, and it can complicate things big time. Like, you know, me and Jackson have done it for many years, but not that we are the couple to look up to or anything right now. But we've, you know, I noticed, like, when we're filming, Jack, he gets so much anxiety. Yes. Before we're getting ready, start filming, and he starts, like, lo, like, moving a lot and just, like, talking a lot. And it becomes, like, such an annoying thing for me, if I'm being, like, truly honest.

And it can make us start fighting. And then here we are filming. And I'm already, like, in a bad mood because of the way he just acted all day because he knew we were filming. You know what I mean? Like the whole, you know, we get used to it as we get going, but there's certain days where it would just like, I could just tell it was affecting. Yeah, it's hard. And you do have to like, you have to be very, you have to be aware that the cameras are around. Like, I remember there was a scene where Matt was just constantly, like, looking at his phone or was tired or something.

And I was like, Matt, like, the cameras are around. They're going to, like, look bad. And I think, I think it was like after the altar. and he looked annoyed with me. And I was like, no, like I, you know, and so it's hard to get him to realize that. Yeah. You know, you can be real and you can have, like, can show your authentic personality, but you do have to be aware that the cameras are around and be comfortable with that.

Well, yeah, but I mean, Jacks just don't care either way. He'll just, he just says whatever is on his mind is the opposite for him. He is just like, woo, roller coaster. Yeah. But still, I'm so glad. that it's worked out for you guys. You're three years in. Do you guys want to have any children? Is that something that you've talked about? We both want a big family for sure. Um, I want four. Because when you go on a roller coaster, you can't have, you know, an odd number. Everyone needs to be

together. I love that reason. That's the reason. Um, no, I grew up with, um, a sister and I loved it, but I've always, like, just wanted a big family. I always did that. Um, I was really close to my cousins and it was just amazing when we would get the whole family together so um if possible i would love to have four kids but it's not in our future anytime soon i still want to um really still like grow our relationship travel and you know even just with a dog like that's a lot of responsibility i can't even imagine with like kids yeah so um not in the future not in the near time future but for sure in the future once you start having kids you won't travel with your dog anymore yeah i'm telling you that's what that's what happened with me because i used to take my dogs

everywhere but now it's like cruise is just it's a lot to travel with a toddler but it's so fun he's like a riddle traveler i just got back from kentucky and we got stuck overnight in chicago on our way back why i had to push our podcast back um but he was so good and But he did not want to walk. So I'm having to carry a diaper bag, a huge bag that had like my laptop and stuff in it, and then carry it my three-year-old. He's like 45 pounds at least. That's when I would have a panic attack.

He's really big. And I had to walk like to the hotel in Chicago. I didn't bring a stroller this time because I just, that's also a lot for one person to do with a stroller, all the luggage, everything else. But I swear I will never travel without bringing a stroller ever again. Okay, so no, that was, bring stroller, because that was absolutely insane. I thought my back was going to give out. People were like, can I help you?

I was like, I'm fine. I just have to like sit down for a second. Yeah, I'm just thinking about this, hold on. Yeah. I'm like, I didn't even like sit for a second and then keep walking. Because whenever I was in Chicago, I had to walk like through three terminals to get to the hotel. Oh, no way. No, I'm done.

I'm calling a taxi or something. I'm done. It was crazy. but he was so good other than not wanting to walk that's such a polar thing to do he just was like mom he's so cute he's so incredible well i hope that you do get to have kids one day it's the best thing being a mom is the best thing that's ever happened to me so it's a love like you cannot even imagine until you hold your baby so i hope that that that will happen for you guys well okay so how did you get started into the love is blind like do you apply for that like is it something

how does that all come about um i both matt and i were reached out uh via instagram oh wow okay so my scouted you up it's not like especially matt like he had like 200 followers and i had you know your like average 1,000 like it's not like we were already had platform um of worth noting by any means but yeah they reached out and i remember contemplating like i don't think i can do this Like maybe I can, maybe I can't. And just one night after, I remember I had just performed, I was really tired. And I was, I've lived with two girls at the time. And we just, like, poured ourselves back glass of wine.

And we just, like, went through the application that they had sent me. And then from then on, it was just, like, back and forth of producer calls and Zoom calls and screenings. And then they were like, they had cast to me and they're like, you're going to be on a flight in a week to L.A. So it just kind of like that fast? It was that fast. Wow.

What if like you couldn't? Like what if your job would let you go or you know what if you did? I remember so I was actually so um my dance contract um is from like August September to June and we had filmed in May and I remember I had a show coming up and I like usually in like with a ballet company like that's really i want to talk about that to you in a minute so usually like if you can't do a show like you're fired you're out we're cutting ties like you're you're going against your current contract so i was back and forth with my producer that was like talking to me about going and you know they're saying it's a once-in-a-lifetime

chance like this and that and i didn't even want to bring it up to my artistic director because I didn't even want her to know that this was a thought in my mind. So finally, I just, you know, bit the bullet and I talked to her, and she was amazing. And she said, you can go and your contract will still be here when you come back. So for me, it was definitely a concern for my work if I would be able to leave for a month and miss a whole show. Yeah, because then you, like, would have to debate, like, is this going to be worth it? Like, but just think if you didn't do that and everything didn't line up, you wouldn't be, married for three years right now. I know everything happens like yeah my whole life is for a reason

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with Irish step dancing and my teacher at the time told me, you know, I'm really good and I could really improve my jumps if I go take ballet. And then I just ended up falling in love with ballet more than Irish step dancing. So I quit that. And then around when you're like, I would say a preteen, teenager, you start going away for summers to summer intensives and you train with companies. And that's where you start to debate if being a professional ballet dancer is something that you can attain. So as I got older and I was starting to like figure it out, I decided I'd rather go to college so I can get my degree. Because I would say a lot of professional dancers, We'll go, we'll be homeschooled and then go right into a company and get a contract.

And then once they retire, they either go back to school or they just go to teaching. So I wanted to kind of get my degree and go the professional route. So then I went to OU for ballet performance. And then as soon as I graduated, I got a contract in Dallas. So it just kind of, yeah. Look at you doing it all. It has to be super competitive. Like, I don't really know much about that world, but I've seen, like, movies and TV.

I think it's so interesting, but I can only imagine how competitive it is. Well, that's why I was talking about it a lot in the pods. And I was kind of frustrated of how they showed it, but the reason why I wanted to talk about it in dating and on TV is ballet has been my whole world. And I've learned so many lessons and, like, who I am as a person is because of dance. so obviously I'm going to talk about that in dating and like it's been changed your life you know like you had to work hard for that yes I had to work so hard and I mean it's almost like I'm just it's off the top of my head because the Olympics are on but it's it's very similar to gymnastics and you know how young those girls are and how young they start and and ice skating it's very similar

to that world that it's your whole life and like I just mentioned a lot of girls and boys will be homeschooled around high school time and then just devote their entire, you know, teenage, young adult life to dance. Like, all they know is dance. So that's why I kind of wanted to talk about it because you see shows and you see movies, but only a few, I would say, media, like Black Swan

and center stage really show that world. It's very, like, you only see a lot of it. I understand that, though. Like, like I said, that, I know shaped your whole world and you had to work hard on that. I'm surprised that people commented negatively about you speaking on that. Well, because I, um, it looks like I'm sexualizing myself. Uh, because I'm saying, oh, I can do the splits. And I will say to defend myself.

Oh, you're behind the pods and you're like, I could do this. Yes. And I will say to defend myself a little bit, it's because. when I was dating and I would tell people like it was a joke amongst my friends it was a joke when I was dating that as soon as I said I'm a ballet dancer I would always get can you do the splits so I wanted to be ahead of that and say yes I do the splits but I guess the audience viewpoint it looks like I'm sexualizing myself so that was frustrating yeah that is frustrating but like as people will comments find a way to turn anything into a bigger deal like people just need to relax sometimes like you Everything isn't that big of a deal. I know. I know. Like, it's okay.

People can still make jokes, not be serious 24-7. Like, yes. We just got to chill out. If you can change anything about your season, what would you change? Or would you change anything? I don't know if I would change anything. I think maybe giving myself a bit more of a backbone. I think I, we touched on it a little bit earlier, but I think if I, not, I'm not to

stick up against my heart not like that by any means but just to kind of like say no we're having these conversations on camera because then it would give a more clear picture of our relationship I think I was fine with pulling back and not letting the audience see everything because then it doesn't give us like a fair chance to show who we really are as a couple so I think if I would have just like had a backbone and said no we're having these conversations and been more a little bit more real on camera, I think that would have given, I think the audience would have like been rooting for us just a little bit more. A little bit more. I understand. But still, you made it. So you've proven. I made it. So not really then. I guess not really.

You're like, I'm good. We're three years again. Yeah. Um, okay. So what, if you could be on any other reality TV show of all the reality TV shows, you said that you like reality TV, correct? Love it. What TV show would you be on and why? If I was single, I would go on Love Island. They are crazy on there. I saw like a little clip of it with my mom. My mom loves Love Island.

I love love it. Yeah. Just for I could say, I got a text. That's what I can say, I got a text. Everybody's so hot. Ariana looks so good. Oh, my God. She looks fabulous.

He looks so good. like, keep that hair and makeup team because you are looking awesome. Yeah, yeah. And all that dancing, getting her body, right? She looks amazing. Or I would either, so if I was single, I would do Love Island just so I could say I got a text and wear the big microphones. Yeah. Or, like, if I could be a judge on, like, any sort of, like, competition show.

Like, I would be a contestant. I want to be a judge. Yes, I feel you. I think it would be so fun to be on, like, nailed it. There's like no drama, you know, that cake show where I need to do something that is not drama because my whole life is drama. I agree with the like being a host aspect. I think that would be so fun.

So since we just had our girls trip in the Bahamas, what would be your favorite thing about having a girls trip? Oh, I'm going on another girl's trip and next week. I am in the biggest. We're going to a 30A in Florida. Oh, fun. Yeah. But I love a girl's trip.

I just think it's so fun when you get together, when you get everyone together and, you know, it doesn't need to be long. It just needs three, four days perfect. Yeah. And I'm not, I don't even need, like, to be all dressed up and, like, going to dinner. Like, I just love getting together, everyone together and, like, your cute jammies. Yeah, like having a pizza, a bottle of wine. and you just do that for like four days like count me in you know in a beautiful place like i like no trauma like we're good and what i like about um the bahama is that the casino is on the first floor

and i'm such a gambler so like it's so fun to like be with your friends and then go to the blackjack table and then there's a pool outside like it's the energy was fabulous like i i love a girl's Yeah, we had a good group of girls, too. Oh, yeah, we had such an amazing group of girls. So good. I'm going to see you on Monday night, correct? You're coming to Jackson's. Yes, I'm so excited.

I'll see you again. Just for everyone listening on Monday night, this coming Monday, we started hosting Bachelor at Watch Parties, and Charity Lawson is hosting. Colleen is coming, and I'll be there as well. So come see us at Jackson's. And then on Tuesday night, If you're still in town, I'm going to, I'm hosting a, we'll watch like an old

episode of Vanderpump Rules, like whenever I first started and at Shorts in Sandy's. So I'm going to host there at, wait, I'm coming. Yeah, so Tuesday night, Monday night, come see us at Jackson, Tuesday night. We'll be at Schwartz and Sandy. So that'll be so fun. Okay, I have a Mary F. Kill question for you. Okay, give it to me. I asked all the girls these.

Everyone had different, different things. All right, this is the one for you because I hear that you love all of these men. Okay. Ryan Reynolds, Channing Tatum, or Bieber? Okay. Ryan Reynolds. Okay, I would, wait, Mary F. Kill? Yes.

Okay, I would, for sure, do the motion of the ocean with Channing Tatum. Yeah. For sure. Yes. um oh my gosh i'll kill ryan reynolds sometimes he annoys me just a little bit i thought you were going to go for mary ryan reynolds just because he seems like such like the husband type he's such a husband material but sometimes like it's like a little bit too much yeah just sexy though i love me so just a beaver i have beaver fever forever he's just getting

cuter and cuter as he gets older he's going to be a dad like i think he's going to be a dad like i think he's Oh, that's going to be so cute. All right, before we let you go, Colleen, I had a couple questions from fans. Okay. The first one is FL underscore Steph. Colleen, what is your advice for someone who is adapting to not dancing anymore? Oh, God, it's so hard. I would definitely sit in it for a bit.

I'm just like, it's okay to be sad. It's okay to be, you know, feel like you're missing. something because it's such a big part of our lives, obviously. Yeah. So it's okay to be sad and miss it and question if it's the right decision. I was constantly questioning it. But if you just really dive into why you're leaving dance and, you know, your next career steps and like I'm really into fitness right now that's not dance.

I'm really into Pilates at the moment. And if you build up your days, then not forget about dance, but just, you don't want to just sit around and not do anything. You definitely want to get your body moving for sure, and you'll be okay. But dance is always there. That's great advice. All right. We're going to end with a fun one because we were just talking about our girls' trip. This is from, let's see, Life of Katia.

What is your favorite resort drink? Bahama, Mama, I feel like. No, I would say if I'm on the beach, I love me a pinacolada. Yes. I love a peanut galada. But I can only have, like, one of those. Oh, for sure. They're too sweet.

Much sugar. Yeah. Then I love a skinny margarita, for you. You'll do a tequila shot with me, which I adore. I love chocolate. I love tea. We're ready for Monday because we're taking two of your shots. I've been, like, in Kentucky with a chocolate.

all my family and so I haven't really had any like well I went to jack's birthday last night but other than that I haven't like done any like nights out or anything in a while get ready I'm excited to see you and thank you so much for coming on our podcast thank you brett I had so much fun tell everybody where they can find you Instagram jelly bean Colleen Colleen and TikTok Colleen reek seven I yapp a lot I've been yapping today and yesterday so yeah come wait hold on what is yab am I too old like talking talking I was like, is there a new app called? Do you get a video game?

What is that? I like, do I need to be yapping? Do yap. You yap for a living. Oh, my gosh. Okay, thank you so much, Colleen. I will see you on Monday. And thanks everybody for listening to When Reality Hits with Britney.

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