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PASADENA, Calif.--Juan Pablo Galavis seems a charming Bachelor on ABC's reality show, but he made some ugly remarks here Friday in discussing the show.
Asked by website TheTVPage.com whether ABC should air a season with a gay or bisexual Bachelor, he said, "I don't think it is a good example for kids to watch that on TV," calling homosexuals "more pervert in a sense."
Though he voiced respect for his own gay producer, he said same-sex couples with kids are "confusing in a sense...where is the thin line to cross or not? You have to respect everybody's desires and way of living. But it would be too hard for TV."
The comments come a month after Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson made anti-gay comments in a GQ interview, was promptly "suspended indefinitely" by A&E, only to be reinstated after a pro-Robertson backlash. The show returned last week with ratings similar to last winter's start but down sharply from its most recent (and record-setting) premiere last August.
ABC had no immediate comment.
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What an ass. I sure wouldn't want to be 'him' after this...
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)for repukes?
A HERETIC I AM
(24,317 posts)Plenty of narrow minded, bigoted Democrats as well.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)I admit I like watching the show but this will change my viewing habits.
Enjoy you fantasy suite without me Juan Pablo... classy huh?
Johonny
(20,674 posts)to win a guy (I.E. money and fame) and then dumps him as soon as the cameras turn off that's perfectly normal and teaches really good values to children.
Nailed it.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)This.
Well put!!!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)alp227
(31,959 posts)What an ignoramus.
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)I saw that show once when I was in a hotel and it was like watching a trainwreck. The women behaved like idiots and the dude was just... pathetic.
The whole concept is perverted.
The only reason it exists is to perpetuate bullshit heteronormative gender stereotypes.
edbermac
(15,919 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Step 1. Get him fired.
Step 2. ???
jmowreader
(50,447 posts)The Bachelor comes from the company that made its fortune with three basic products: movies about talking mice, movies about a duck afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, and about a hundred movies about beautiful young women who married rich, handsome men. The Bachelor is nothing less than turning one of Disney's princess movies into a reality show.
Straight women wouldn't watch a gay-bachelor show because it doesn't fit into the Disney fantasy mold, and gay guys would't watch it because they'd rather find a real-life Prince Charming.
dickthegrouch
(3,151 posts)New Gay-themed show starts Sunday night.
Personally I'm hoping for tips on meeting the right guy
jmowreader
(50,447 posts)That looks like something a lot of people would watch, but it's not "twenty gay men attempt to convince one gay man they're The One And Only."
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Initech
(99,909 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)supposedly NOT perverted? I think this guy needs to look up the word 'perverted' in the dictionary and then do some self-reflecting.
dsc
(52,129 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)of women to pick from to marry...is...gosh what...wholesome clean fun!?
What a fucking hypocrite.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)nt.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)That was a much needed improvement! Hell, I could watch the show if he wears it the whole time!
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)JI7
(89,172 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Is that grammatical?
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)But I guess the sentence is properly laid out.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)That is a totally pervy show!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Funniest thing on TV, if you ask me.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)"I swear to god you could drown a toddler in my panties right now"
Said on meeting Burt Reynolds, as I recall.
Nice commentary on other stuff, too.
libodem
(19,288 posts)I have to hug you, ya big perv, get over here...
But keep it above the waist!
Oh, who am I kiddin'?
libodem
(19,288 posts)I've had in years!!!
Zorra
(27,670 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)I think General Ripper found out about your preversion, and that you were organizing some kind of mutiny of preverts!
JI7
(89,172 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Why do Bigots get so much air time?
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)to find his true love among the ducks?