EmailField bug in Django

example.py

class AlternateEmail(models.Model):
    email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="alternate_emails")

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.email


"""
>>> from myapp.models import AlternateEmail
>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
>>> email = AlternateEmail()
>>> email.user = User.objects.get(pk=1)
>>> email.email = {'verified': True, 'email': 'joe@example.com'}
>>> email.save()
>>> print str(email.email)
{'verified': True, 'email': 'joe@asdf.com'}
"""