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When reality TV couple Tori Spelling and hubby Dean McDermott talked to the press to promote the upcoming season of "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood," ET couldn't resist asking them what advice they had for another TV reality couple who are very much in the news: Jon and Kate Gosselin.
"When things are played out in the press people don't know what the truth is," Tori, who admits she is a fan of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," tells ET. "Sorry to say but in the tabloids they are not a good judge as to what is true. And a lot of times, there is no truth to things. I know it is hard for us when things are played out, and you just want to scream to the public, 'This isn't true. I don't know why they are writing that.' But you can't."
"Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" is launching its fourth season on Oxygen, and so far, the couple has avoided the celebrity couple reality curse, in which couples who are the stars of a reality TV series ending up splitting. Examples include Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, Carmen Electra and David Navarro, and Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler.
"I have a theory on why it won't happen to us," Tori volunteers. "My theory is the way the dynamics are set up is that most of the time married couples don't spend all day and night together. They are not together 24/7. They go off to their separate jobs, or the husband goes off to his job and the mom is home, so it is a different dynamic. They see each other on nights and weekends. With us, we are together all the time anyway, so being thrown into a situation where we were suddenly together 24/7 -- that is just our reality. I think a lot of other couples can't handle it."
"Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" premieres on Tuesday, May 26 at 10 p.m. on Oxygen, but starting on May 21, fans of the series can catch the first act by logging onto oxygen.com.