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Real Life Scandal With 'Orange Is The New Black'

Scandalous love affairs are certainty written into the plot of 'Orange Is The New Black'---but what happens when the writer starts dating one of the characters after leaving her own husband?

Yes, it sounds like drama you'd see on the show--- but this is all happening in real life!

Writer of "OINTB" Lauren Morelli said she realized she was gay while writing the show. "I'd found a mouthpiece for my own desires and a glimmer of what my future could look like," said Morelli.

Subsequently, Morelli left her husband of two years and started dating Samira Wiley, who plays Poussey on "OITNB."

-Lia Rosalsky, CW Philly

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