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In a high-tech world where everyone is living in the public eye and on social media, <em>VH1 Couples Retreat<\/em> takes a deep dive into the real conversations and candid, intimate moments that these very public couples have never revealed.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3360511616\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cast includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Yandy Smith-Harris and Mendeecees Harris (<em>Love &amp; Hip Hop<\/em>): After an incredible year of activism and an early release after four years of imprisonment, power couple Yandy Smith-Harris and Mendeecees Harris are reunited in the midst of the pandemic. 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