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Rich Douek
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January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Oh, no disagreements there... I think that's absolutely the case.
January 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
And sure, if it hadn't been MTV and The Real World, it probably would have been someone else, but given what the brand became, I feel a lot less bad about it finally being buried.

It WAS great. It WAS a huge driver of culture.

But then it drove us off a cliff.
collider.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Buddy, I just came across the article and thought of a joke, I don’t know all the details.
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes. Google it.
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
They spent the first half of their existence building culture and the second half destroying it
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM