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Collingswood dwarf couple sues over E! TV jokes

The Reynolds are not "fertile little tattooed pageant parents who enjoy baking."

The Reynolds are not "fertile little tattooed pageant parents who enjoy baking."

They're a married, professional couple from Collingswood, Camden County, both born as achondroplastic dwarfs, who struggled to conceive a child.

In 2006, a year after Cara and Gibson Reynolds's first daughter died, they agreed to an interview with the Associated Press to discuss issues surrounding couples with genetic conditions trying to conceive. A photographer took their picture, holding hands on their front porch.

Fast forward three years, and that same picture was being used by E! Entertainment Television's popular show, "The Soup," to spoof the onslaught of reality TV programs that had popped up about big families, dwarfs, cake and tattoos. "The Soup" came up with their own show, "Fertile Little Tattooed Pageant Parents who enjoy Baking," and used the photo with images of tattooed babies in sashes and lingerie superimposed all around the Reynolds.

Now the couple has filed a defamation lawsuit in Philadelphia court against Comcast, E! and "The Soup's" host, Joel McHale, claiming their doctored image wreaked havoc on their emotions long after it aired.

"Plaintiffs watched the piece and immediately experienced feelings of shock, anger, humiliation, and embarrassment," the complaint alleged.

Neither the Reynolds or their attorney returned phone calls for comment today and a spokeswoman for NBC Universal, a parent company of E!, declined to comment. A Comcast spokesperson did not return a request for comment.