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"We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too"

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There is something deliciously self-aware in Mary Hart treating romance like a beat on the evening news. In one breezy sentence, she reveals the machinery of celebrity culture: relationships aren’t private experiences so much as content pipelines, and the person who can reliably feed that pipeline becomes indispensable.

The intent is practical, almost managerial. “We will often talk” frames gossip as routine reporting, a recurring segment rather than an occasional indulgence. Hart isn’t confessing nosiness; she’s describing a production method. The key phrase, “because,” tells you this is about utility. Liz Smith isn’t named for her charm or insight but for access: “an inside track.” That language comes from racing, not romance, and it turns love into a competition where the winner is the one with the earliest intel.

The subtext is a tidy bargain between power and proximity. Smith’s value is proximity to the famous; Hart’s is a platform that amplifies it. “Couples and relationships” is strategically broad, signaling that the real product isn’t one scandal but the ongoing narrative arc - who’s together, who’s not, what it “means.” Even the casual “too” hints at an ecosystem of sources and rivals, a newsroom of whisper networks.

Context matters: this is entertainment media at its most confident, when gossip columnists functioned like semi-official spokespeople for celebrity life. Hart’s line normalizes that arrangement, making it sound not grubby but professional - which is exactly how the machine keeps humming.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hart, Mary. (2026, January 16). We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-will-often-talk-to-liz-smith-about-couples-and-93412/

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Hart, Mary. "We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-will-often-talk-to-liz-smith-about-couples-and-93412/.

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"We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-will-often-talk-to-liz-smith-about-couples-and-93412/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Mary Hart (born November 8, 1950) is a Entertainer from USA.

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