{"id":1404394,"date":"2019-08-15T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1064882"},"modified":"2019-08-15T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:30:00","slug":"pageants-psychics-a-crazy-italian-family-heres-a-first-look-at-es-meet-the-frasers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/music-news\/pageants-psychics-a-crazy-italian-family-heres-a-first-look-at-es-meet-the-frasers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pageants, Psychics &amp; a &#8220;Crazy Italian Family!&#8221; Here&#8217;s a First Look at E!&#8217;s Meet the Frasers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019714\/rs_600x600-190814090734-600x600-meetthefrasers2.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.620575221239\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"25.16592920354\">\n<p><strong>Alexa Papigiotis<\/strong> and <strong>Matt Fraser<\/strong> are not your average small-town couple. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dating a psychic with a crazy Italian family\u2026is definitely not easy,&#8221; confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/photos\/21787\/miss-teen-usa-2017-contestants\/782319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 21-year-old pageant queen<\/a> in this exciting first look clip from E!&#8217;s new reality series <em>Meet the Frasers<\/em>, officially set for a 2020 premiere. Sitting beside Alexa on a couch in Cranston, Rhode Island, is Matt\u2014AKA psychic boyfriend\u2014who doesn&#8217;t argue with her about that.<\/p>\n<p>The banter kicks up shortly after, as the clip cuts to a fleeting shot of Matt admiring his outfit in the reflection of a full-length mirror. &#8220;I look orgasmic!&#8221; he exclaims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you&#8217;re obsessed with yourself,&#8221; his girlfriend calls out from the next room, though the former Miss Teen Rhode Island still thinks they&#8217;re the &#8220;perfect couple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, that&#8217;s not true because I still can&#8217;t s&#8211;t in front of her,&#8221; Matt sighs, and this time it&#8217;s Alexa who has no comment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"66\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"22\">\n<p>Dying for more cross-talk zingers from the likes of these two? Great. Because, while the 28-year-old medium is up to his ears in professional ventures right now\u2014including but not limited to a sophomore book deal with publishing house Gallery Books, set to release his collection of life lessons, <em>When Heaven Calls<\/em>, next spring\u2014<em>Meet the Frasers<\/em>&nbsp;will primarily spotlight the voices at play in Matt&#8217;s personal life. And it sounds like they mostly belong to his (very outspoken) immediate family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming 30-minute, sitcom-style show will feature a boisterous cast of characters, all of whom are related to either Matt or Alexa.&nbsp;On Matt&#8217;s side, there&#8217;s younger sister <strong>Maria Fraser<\/strong>, a quick-witted cynic with wisdom to share, mom <strong>Angela Fraser<\/strong>, a psychic herself who doubles as her son&#8217;s manager and dad <strong>Rod Fraser<\/strong>, a retired Navy Captain and Fire Commissioner who&#8217;s skeptical about this whole &#8220;communicating with the nether realm&#8221; thing, which should be interesting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"66.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"23\">\n<p>On Alexa&#8217;s side, there&#8217;s &#8220;perfectionist&#8221; little sister <strong>Ava Papigiotis<\/strong>, who&#8217;s helping her sibling get prepped for the big Miss Rhode Island pageant, mom <strong>Sharon Ciolli<\/strong>, who (much like Alexa herself) thinks Matt and her eldest should tie the knot ASAP and stepdad <strong>Anthony Ciolli<\/strong>, a retired nightclub owner and self-proclaimed &#8220;former mobster&#8221; who only has eight toes. And more on that in the new year!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This series offers a hilarious look inside a loving, dynamic and always outspoken family,&#8221; E! Executive Vice President of Development and Production <strong>Amy Introcaso-Davis<\/strong> said in a statement. &#8220;Matt and Alexa are homegrown celebrities on the rise, with personalities big enough to take over the small city of Cranston, Rhode Island, and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Get to know <em>Meet the Frasers<\/em>&#8216; leading duo\u2014and catch a glimpse of the &#8220;big personalities&#8221; in store come 2020\u2014in the full sneak peek video above!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><em>Meet the Frasers<\/em> premieres 2020, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1064882\/pageants-psychics-a-crazy-italian-family-here-s-a-first-look-at-e-s-meet-the-frasers?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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