Juan Pablo Galavis Says There Shouldn’t Be a Gay Bachelor Can you really say "I don't think it's a good example for kids" and still "respect" gay people? By James Poniewozik @poniewozikJan. 18, 2014
Those who fail to learn from Duck Dynasty are doomed to repeat it. In an interview Friday night, ABC’s current Bachelor, Juan Pablo Galavis, told The TV Page’s Sean Daly that it would be a bad idea to do a season of the show with a gay Bachelor. “I don’t think it’s a good example for kids,” he said, adding that the situation would be “confusing” and that gay people are “more pervert in a sense.” (You can listen to his whole answer here.)
I’m going to assume most of us never considered a show where a guy chooses from a harem of strange women to necessarily be a shining model for impressionable children. (This current season, some of the women on the show posed nude, strategically covered by shelter puppies. It, um, teaches kids the importance of caring for animals!) And this leaves ABC in an obviously tough PR position; it could be criticized if it does nothing, but unlike A&E it doesn’t have the option of giving its star a fig-leaf “suspension” before the show goes on the air.
All that will play out, and, who knows, maybe it will end up with someone organizing Bachelor viewing parties at Chick-Fil-A. What strikes me, though, is Galavis’ constant use of the refrain “respect,” five times in a less than two minute answer (“I respect them, but…” “…and I respect that 100%…”)................>>>>.............>>>>..............Read more: Juan Pablo Galavis Says There Shouldn’t Be a Gay Bachelor | TIME.com http://entertainment.time.com/.....helor/#ixzz2qqspySBI
Having never watched it (btw we have also never watched any of these so called "reality" shows) I can only assume it's programming for the pea-brained, complete with pea-brained participants.
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