I really, really dislike the way Brandonn is portrayed above as some needy little puppy who literally thinks Karamo is his new BFF. I’m pretty sure he just said that for dramatic effect, in the context, to make his very joyful point, etc. I’ve seen the episode and Brandonn definitely has a full enough life without the…

I think the Brandonn guy just felt weird and made a movie reference. And then Karamo also felt weird and referenced it back.

Yeah this is a weird take, since I’ve read in multiple other sources that they do keep in touch with their makeover subjects. And I don’t think they’re obligated to be best friends for life with these folks, so whatever they do to follow up is above and beyond the average reality TV relationship.

Agreed. I’m getting really tired of Jezebel’s “let’s hate on everything, even nice things” attitude. I saw Karamo at a book talk in DC and he said, yes there are people they don’t keep in touch with (and likewise don’t reach out to them) but he has some people he does keep in regular touch with. The fact that he keeps…

Karamo actually has come out and said he haaatttteeesss the culture tag but the producers made him stick with it because it was the same as the first season.  I think his preference was like life coach or therapist (hes a licensed therapist and social worker!) but they were like... nope.  They also cut out a lot of…

I reject the assumption that “bonded for life” means you have to have like... a daily friendship exchange with someone. I’m bonded for life with people I haven’t talked to in years. There are strangers I’ve met out at a bar that I feel like I bonded to for life even though I’ve never seen them again.

I agree, that part was like right after he admitted to Karamo (and really for the first time to anybody) that he was experiencing depression. I don’t think he truly thinks they’re BFFs.

Tan’s just British. We tend to avoid talking to strangers and insult our friends, not natural to be this nice. And now we’ve got a possibly uglier clone of Trump as PM. I just want to cry today.

The “Did we just become best friends?” line was a reference to Step Brothers. I think it was more that after an intense moment, he was trying to introduce some levity by referencing a movie about how two people bond in a silly way. Really, he was deflecting more than he was connecting after their bonding moment. 

In re: “culture”, Karamo has background as a social worker and that’s essentially what he’s doing on the show. They just didn’t want to freak people out by using the phrase “social worker”.

Seriously. I actually think the way she worded that statement is fairly crafty. She’s not saying “I love Trump”, she’s talking about what people (erroneously) thought they were voting for (lower drug prices, less corruption) which *is* what Turmp was promising. And McConnell *is* opposed to what Turmp promised. It’s a …

Seriously, even another conservative Republican would be better than Mitch McConnell. NIXON in his prime would be better than Mitch. She can say whatever she wants just so she gets a shot at taking that treasonous bastard down.

...but McGrath is a self-described moderate who believes the Democrats currently running for president are veering too far to the left. She doesn’t support eliminating private insurance under a Medicare-for-all plan, nor does she support subsidizing healthcare for undocumented immigrants. She also describes herself as…

I don’t need her to be a leftist dream, I need her to be better than Mitch. It’s a pretty low bar. Campaigning in a way that talks to voters she needs to win over, conservatives who have probably voted red their whole lives (or voted southern democrat when that was still a thing) is smart. 

If we’re going down that path (and we often should), Black men and Women would like a word with you...

This is the correct headline. “White woman convicted of crime she obviously committed. Demands to see manager.”

When you convince someone who stops a suicide attempt to resume it, you’re as guilty as they come.

I get that this is a common joke/trope, but it’s based on making fun of children who have been sexually abused. Which...doesn’t feel all that funny to me. And I’ve heard from survivors that it feels like mocking them.

While seconding what others have said about the completely unessecary nature of heaping scorn on two harmless people for... being happily married (?)... I’d also like to point out how bizarre it is that it took you more than a year to write what is essentially a summary of a single podcast interview.

So, since this is only your second post ever, I'll just gently say that you've had a rough start. Try something more substantive than tearing down pretty nice people for clicks next time.