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Dawn Taylor to Play Host and Executive Producer on New Reality TV ShowDawn Tay’s Inferno: Love Is Hell

Get a first look at the hot new reality TV show that puts true love under fire.

BY MAXINE DEAN, GLAMGOSSIP.COM

Hollywood, CA.After walking out of her last project and retreating from the public eye for the last three years to “focus intensely on herself,” Dawn Taylor, 48, the sassy and dynamic celebrity best known for her lead role in the sitcomCocktails & Confessionsand her salacious, modern-day “Dear Abby” style talk showDrama Trauma, is ready to take on the world of reality TV as the host of her latest project,Dawn Tay’s Inferno: Love Is Hell.

Love Is Hellis a competition-based reality show where loving couples compete in a series of challenges designed to test their commitment to each other. Inspired by the epic poemInfernoby Dante, which describes a journey through the nine circles of hell, each episode is themed around common human failings such as anger, gluttony, and greed, forcing couples to navigate obstacles that range from smolderingly sexy to deeply emotional, all aimed at uncovering how well each person truly understands their partner.

Dawn Tay’s Inferno: Love Is Hellis set to premiere in the spring as a ten-day special event, with new episodes airing daily and only hours after filming concludes, thanks to new proprietary editing technology touted by Get Real Productions executive producer Peter Dixon.

This marks Taylor’s first foray back into the spotlight after controversy surrounded her departure from what would have been her film debut inBeauty and the Beaker, a rom-com about a supermodel who falls for a scientist in postapocalyptic LA. Taylor took heat on the set for demanding a private security team of “hotties only,” ultimately walking off the set andquitting the project. Cast members and the director cited her as a precipitating factor when production subsequently shut down and executives shelved the entire film.

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486 COMMENTS

GLAMFAM12:wasn’t dawn cancelled lol

SECRETSXSECRETS:She was being STALKED. She could have been murdered dead!! She quit to save her life

GLAMFAM12:IIRC her fans sent her bougie cookies not a bomb

RIDEORGOSSIP77:creepy that they knew how to get to her imo

RYANW:ok but I too would like a hotties only team of bodyguards

SECRETSXSECRETS:THAT IS FAKE NEWS SHE NEVER ASKED FOR THE HOTTIES

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Chase bounces on his heels as I skim through the controversial comments section. “The winning couple gets a cash prize of a million dollars,” he says excitedly.

I love his enthusiasm, even if he’s being completely delusional right now. I humor him. “I do like the sound of a million bucks. So how would we win exactly?”

“With our powers combined,” Chase says, wrapping an arm around me and squeezing. “I’ll handle the physical stuff, and you’ll handle the mental stuff. We’ve got brains and brawns! We’re a dream team. The dynamic duo. The three musketeers minus one!”

“You know our odds of getting on a reality show are very slim, right?” I say gently.

“Normally, they would be,” Chase says, “but my old lacrosse bro works for the studio. He hit me up this morning. He said they’re looking for more diversity in the cast, and he thought we’d be a good fit since, you know.”

“Since I’m Asian,” I say.

“Oh, yeah, maybe that’s what he meant,” Chase says. “I thought it was because you’re a math teacher. They probably don’t get a lot of those on reality TV.”

Maybe it’s the roller coaster of a day I’ve had, or the adrenaline from literally saving my mom’s life, but I feel distinctly untethered from reality. Could this really happen? Could Chase and I actually go on a reality show and win?

There’s no way. But then again, I’m an expert at winning. Not at life, clearly—just look at my bank account. But reality TV isn’t real life. Plus, I’ve got a competitive streak a mile wide, and I’m killer at strategy. Put me in any kind of competition, and I’ll crush it. Board game night, team-bonding laser tag, academic quiz bowls, you name it.

I can’t believe I’m considering this. I’ve never thought about going on a TV show. What if I completely embarrass myself? What if I say something weird, or have a nip slip? What if they have to pixelate my boob on the top streaming platform in America, and my mom sees it?Competing on a reality TV show is so far outside my comfort zone.

But my comfort zone doesn’t have a million dollars.

“Let’s discuss it,” I say finally.

“Way ahead of you. Already applied,” says Chase. “Bryan said that the applications were coming in fast and furious, but he’d make sure we were at the top of the talent pool. All you have to do is sign the waiver. We’ll have to submit an audition tape too, but that’s just a formality.”

Chase texts me a link and when I open it, I’m met with a solid wall of text that goes on for over a hundred pages.

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