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Bravo's Southern Charm and Vanderpump Rules are the anti-romance reality shows, says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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The NBA legend/pop-culture columnist/Dancing with the Stars competitor explains: "While The Bachelor franchise peddles rose-colored romantic fantasies of happily ever after, Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules and Southern Charm deliver the down-and-dirty daily lives of the messy quest for love, lust and shabby fame; in other words: what really happens in millennial relationships after the meet-cute fades. What they reveal about their attitudes about romantic relationships may be the most honest, heartfelt and horrifying of any of the reality shows."
TOPICS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bravo, The Bachelor, Southern Charm, Vanderpump Rules, Reality TV
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