{"id":17410,"date":"2021-02-12T14:34:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=17410"},"modified":"2021-02-12T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:34:17","slug":"e-spills-the-tea-as-new-series-for-real-the-story-of-reality-tv-premieres-thursday-march-25-9pm-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/12\/e-spills-the-tea-as-new-series-for-real-the-story-of-reality-tv-premieres-thursday-march-25-9pm-video\/","title":{"rendered":"E! 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