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The Debate Was So Stressful People Watched ‘The Bear’ to Relax

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Scores of people turned off the presidential debate because it made them too stressed—to the point that TV’s most stressful show calmed them down.

Laura Wheatman Hill
Laura Wheatman Hill 

Freelance Writer

A photo of Jeremy Allen White in The Bear
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Laura Wheatman Hill

Laura Wheatman Hill

Freelance Writer

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