‘Golden Bachelor’ Television Show Couple to Divorce 3 Months After Televised ABC Wedding

‘Golden Bachelor’ Television Show Couple to Divorce 3 Months After Televised ABC Wedding

Ba ha ha ha haaaa!

I’m not “anti-marriage,” I think marriage can be a wonderful thing, if you want to be married and are married to someone who sincerely loves and cares about you. But this… this is too funny. They get married only to divorce THREE MONTHS LATER.

What a waste of your time, your spouse’s time, everyone’s time to marry only to turn around and divorce within a short time span
(note: I am not disparaging people who divorce because their partner is abusive or a serial cheater – I totally support people who divorce under THOSE reasons, even if you only find out ten minutes into a marriage your spouse is an abuser. But for marriages where it seems the couple divorces within weeks for frivolous reasons, I have to laugh.)

On some level, marriage – and divorce – are financial and business related transactions.
If you divorce, you will have to pay a lawyer or some type of legal fees, you’ll have to decide (or fight over, if your spouse is a Cluster B disordered person) over who gets the house, kids, pet dog, or the china. The whole thing is very stressful.

On the note of abuse, you want to make damn sure, as much as you can, that if you marry, the person you marry will not be a

• serial cheater,
• passive aggressive,
• have a permanent victimhood mentality,
• be an emotional or physical abuser,
• nor someone who practices coercive control,
• someone who does not, cannot, or is unwilling to take personal responsibility for his (or her) own life, and any of his (or her) mistreatment of you
• nor someone who has emotional outbursts periodically over months to years, especially in the context of raging and screaming at you as a way of handling stress in their day (like they had a bad day at their job), where you become their free therapist, emotional punching bag, their “pinata,” or “whipping post”

– no Cluster B’s. And it’s normally the Cluster Bs who exhibit those behaviors constantly over time.

You can weed out a lot of Cluster B’s by not having sex with them prior to marriage (a lot of them use sex to entice or blind a target), don’t move in with them, or marry them, under at least a year time frame. (I may do another blog post on this topic later.)

(Link): ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist announce divorce 3 months after getting married

The pair tied the knot in a televised ceremony in January after meeting last fall on the ABC dating reality show.

By Minyvonne Burke
April 12, 2024

“The Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner and his wife, Theresa Nist, announced Friday they are divorcing three months after their televised wedding.

(Link): ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Stars Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist Are Divorcing After 3 Months of Marriage

Excerpts:

by Hope Sloop
April 12, 2024

The pair made the shocking announcement on ‘Good Morning America.’

The Golden Bachelor’s Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist have announced they plan to divorce.

In a new interview with Good Morning America, the 72-year-old reality TV star and his 70-year-old wife, who he married in a televised ceremony on ABC in early January, shared that they are ending their marriage after three months.

“Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations and we’ve looked closely at our situation, our living situation and so forth and we’ve kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it’s probably time for us to dissolve our marriage,” Gerry said, sitting beside Theresa while holding her hand.

As for what led to their divorce, Gerry vaguely noted, “The thing that strikes me the most in our conversations it’s been how dedicated both of us are to our families… I think both of us feel like it’s best for the happiness of each of us to live apart.”

…The exes noted that they have a prenup and would recommend it to others, stating that they don’t want to discourage others at a second chance at love.

(Link): ‘Golden Bachelor’ Couple to Divorce 3 Months After Televised ABC Wedding

Excerpts:

‘GMA’ interviewer Juju Chang’s takeaway after the sitdown: “It’s a head-scratcher.”

BY JACKIE STRAUSE
APRIL 12, 2024

Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist were the first Golden Bachelor couple and less than two months after their engagement was revealed on television on Nov. 30, 2023, they tied the knot in the ABC franchise’s first-ever Golden Wedding.

Now, about three months after the televised event on Jan. 4, the Bachelor‘s history-making couple has announced they are getting a divorce.

How the Sexual Revolution Has Hurt Women by Louise Perry

How the Sexual Revolution Has Hurt Women by Louise Perry

I read the entire article on Wall Street Journal’s site. I don’t know if I agree with every point in it, but some of it was okay. The article mentions the impact of pop culture (movies and tv shows) on people’s views of sex, but I don’t think I included those parts below.

(Link): How the Sexual Revolution Has Hurt Women

Excerpts:

In today’s hookup culture the sexual playing field is not even, but it suits men’s interests to pretend that it is. Women are entitled to be angry.

by August 2022
by Louise Perry

… the group of people who have done particularly well from the free-marketization of sex are men high in the personality trait that psychologists call “sociosexuality”: the desire for sexual variety.

… Worldwide [according to a questionnaire used by researchers used by researchers asking people how often they have sex, etc], there is a significant difference in average sociosexuality between the sexes, with men generally much keener to sow their wild oats than women are.

[Note: that point is in dispute by other studies and articles I’ve read, such as this one: (Link): When Society Isn’t Judging, Women’s Sex Drive Rivals Men’s ]

The vast majority of women, if given the option, prefer a committed relationship to casual sex.

…We see this play out in male and female sexual behavior. Men, on average, prefer to have more sex and with a larger number of partners, while the vast majority of women, if given the option, prefer a committed relationship to casual sex. Sex buyers are almost exclusively male, and men watch a lot more pornography than women do.

Men and women also differ dramatically in their baseline levels of sexual disgust, with women much more likely to be revolted by the prospect of someone they find unattractive. …studies find that, on average, the sexual disgust threshold is much lower for women than it is for men. …

Gross E-Harmony Dating Site Ad: Couples Who Pop Zits Off Each Other

Gross E-Harmony Dating Site Ad: Couples Who Pop Zits Off Each Other

I kept forgetting to do a post about this. I don’t remember exactly how many weeks ago I saw it, but there is a television ad for dating site e-Harmony where a woman breaks the pimple on her boyfriend’s (or husband’s?) back.

So gross. (I have embedded the video of this commercial at the bottom of this post so you can watch this monstrosity for yourself.)

It’s part of a “get who gets you” ad series.

I Study Single People For A Living. ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Got This 1 Thing Totally Wrong. By Bella DePaulo

I Study Single People For A Living. ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Got This 1 Thing Totally Wrong. By Bella DePaulo

(Link): I Study Single People For A Living. ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Got This 1 Thing Totally Wrong. By Bella DePaulo

Excerpts:

January 4, 2024
by Bella DePaulo

Thursday night, on live TV, Gerry Turner, the “Golden Bachelor,” will marry Theresa Nist. I’m happy for anyone whose dreams have come true. But I’m sad too. And mad.

“The Bachelor” franchise shamelessly promotes the conventional wisdom that true happiness is a prize bestowed only upon those in committed romantic relationships, and that single people, in contrast, are stuck leading lesser, sadder lives.

That’s not just untrue, it is harmful.

‘Family Feud’ Contestants Had to Take Herpes Tests When Richard Dawson Hosted: Book

‘Family Feud’ Contestants Had to Take Herpes Tests When Richard Dawson Hosted: Book 

I’m old enough to remember when Dawson was the host of this game show – I used to watch him host the show in the 1970s, and I think he was still the host in the early 1980s?

(Link): ‘Family Feud’ Contestants Had to Take Herpes Tests When Richard Dawson Hosted: Book

By Samantha Ibrahim
Published Nov. 29, 2023

Survey says … herpes!

“Family Feud” contestants allegedly had to take herpes tests during former host Richard Dawson’s reign.

The comedian — who died at 79 in 2012 — had a knack for kissing female players on the mouth during the show’s episodes. And in order to keep everyone sanitary, tests for the oral sores went down on set, according to the new book “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.”

Author Kliph Nesteroff penned that the iconic trivia show endorsed the new policy and had both male and female contestants “undergo a mouth test with a magnifying glass from medical distaff.”

Nesteroff recounted one player’s alleged experience, who recalled one production assistant announcing, “OK, everybody line up for your herpes tests,” in a dressing room.

Actor Brad Pitt’s Adopted Son Calls Pitt a “World Class A-Hole” and a “F*cking Awful Human”

Actor Brad Pitt’s Adopted Son Calls Pitt a “World Class A-Hole” and a “F*cking Awful Human”

I don’t like to blog about celebrity marriages or divorces too often, but every once in awhile, I see a celebrity related headline that seems to fit my blog’s themes more than other ones.

I don’t know if Brad Pitt is truly the great big jerk his adopted son is saying he is or not, but, the important thing to note is that the son seems to perceive Pitt as being one. And, above all, this goes against the usual propaganda I hear from my fellow conservatives, who unfortunately have a tendency to “over” promote marriage, parenthood, and the nuclear family, because they think “over” hyping marriage, natalism, and the family will “get back” at the liberals and progressives, who are perceived as being anti-marriage and anti-parenthood.

The reality is that many left of center persons accept marriage and parenthood just fine. There is a percentage of them on the far, far wacked out left who are vehemently and irrationally anti-nuclear family, anti-parenthood, and anti-marriage, that is true, but not every left of center person is a “foaming at the mouth” hater of marriage and “the family.”

Also, news flash other conservatives: the correct way one fights against extreme left wing anti-family (or anti-marriage) rhetoric is NOT by demonizing and insulting adults who are single and childless, hello.

I’m a never married, childless conservative, and I am beyond fed up with the constant conservative fear-mongering, shaming, or the insulting of, adults by a lot of conservatives who are single and childless.

Looking at this news story, I can determine that marriage and fatherhood did not bring Brad Pitt a problem-free, constant- joy- filled life. His son doesn’t seem to be thrilled to have been in a Nuclear Family at one point.

(Link): Brad Pitt hits back after adopted son Pax branded him a ‘world class a**hole’ and ‘f***ing awful human’

Excerpts:

Nov 21, 2023
by Natasha Anderson

Brad Pitt appeared to hit back last night after his adopted son branded the Hollywood actor a ‘world class a**hole’ and ‘f***ing awful human’ in an explosive Instagram post.

Pax Jolie-Pitt, 19, called his father a ‘terrible and despicable person’ who makes his four youngest children ‘tremble in fear’ in an explosive rant posted to social media for Father’s Day 2020.

Pax posted the broadside at Pitt to the stories section of his private Instagram account when he was 16, alleging that life with the Hollywood star was ‘constant hell’, DailyMail.com revealed on Monday.

Now, as the contents of the three-year-old post have been made public, sources close to Pitt claimed that the 59-year-old finds it ‘depressing to see this dragged up’.

How Not to Have Sex: Why We Shouldn’t Treat Virginity Like a Burden by K. Rosenfield

How Not to Have Sex: Why We Shouldn’t Treat Virginity Like a Burden by K. Rosenfield

(Link): How Not to Have Sex: Why We Shouldn’t Treat Virginity Like a Burden by K. Rosenfield

Excerpts:

[The author discusses a new movie called “How To Have Sex,” where a British teen girl views being a virgin as shameful or embarrassing, and she wants to have sex as soon as she can/
The author mentions that in films from decades past, the situation was quite the opposite, where girls and women were shown to be carefully guarding their virginity]

… I didn’t notice it at the time, but this seems profoundly weird to me now: that the process whereby you were supposed to go from guarding your virginity with your life as a teen to having sex constantly and casually as a young adult was rarely depicted or discussed. How was a young lady meant to advance from never done it to elite level intercourse, just by moving to the city?  …

[The author claims that sex education and movies did not adequately explain female sexuality, which left female virgins in the dark]

…And, as we see in How To Have Sex, it still is — but now it is not purity to blame, but sex positivity. Pushed upon today’s Zoomers is the notion that sex itself is meaningless, and therefore so is virginity.
Once you begin to argue that having multiple partners is no big deal, it’s hard to preserve any significance around having sex for the first time: one progressive sex-ed provider in the UK invites students to think of virginity as “a damaging social construct”.
For this, we may thank feminism: women, who risk the most from penetrative sex — often while enjoying it the least — probably benefit from a culture in which it is no longer seen as a special prize to be won. We may also thank the increased visibility of LGBT people, for whom equating the loss of virginity with heterosexual intercourse presents obvious problems.

And yet, the resulting landscape is one rife with profoundly mixed messages about sex.

Celebrity Says She Married Briefly Years Ago Because She Was Drunk and Bored – Yet Conservatives Berate Other Women for Having Good Reasons For Being Single Over 25

Celebrity Says She Married Briefly Years Ago Because She Was Drunk and Bored – Yet Conservatives Berate Other Women for Having Good Reasons For Being Single Over 25

In the overall scheme of things, I cannot tell you why I remain single into my 50s (I never married, in spite of being engaged when younger), but I can rattle off a few theories.

One reason of many that factored into my singleness, I suspect, is that I took marriage seriously. I was a one-time devout Christian, and to this day I remain a conservative (I am not a progressive, a liberal, nor a feminist).

I followed much of the Christian “how to get married” advice I was exposed to growing up – I was into the “equally yoked” rule for many years, a rule based upon a certain biblical interpretation which stipulates that Christians should only marry other Christians – and I prayed and trusted God to send me a spouse, etc etc etc. (I’m not going to rehash all the “how to get married” advice, as it would make this post too long).

I now realize how bogus “equally yoked” is as pertaining to dating and marriage, so I threw that interpretation into the trash can several years ago, much to the annoyance of several long-time Christian women who used to read this blog of mine regularly; one or two stomped off in a huff (they left me angry parting messages letting me know they’d no longer be visiting this blog).

I don’t believe in getting married just to get married, or because society, church, and idiotic, sexist, marriage-idolizing conservatives such as Al Mohler, Matt Walsh, Mark Driscoll, and Eric Conn, and many others, pressure, shame, guilt trip or try to fear-monger me into getting married.

I will not marry the first guy to come along, because ultimately, he and I may not be compatible (my fiance from years ago was not a good match for me – or for many women out there; he was incredibly self absorbed, treated his mother like his wife, and he was very financially irresponsible).

I will not marry out of greed or fear.
(From my research not just on singleness but on personality disorders, one thing I’ve learned is that a lot of people out there have a deep, pathological fear of being alone, so they will end up marrying the wrong person
– but in such cases, they usually divorce years later.
After divorcing, they discover being alone, living single, is preferable to being in a relationship (ie, marriage) with someone who is abusive, selfish, or negligent).

I wanted to get married to the right person and have that marriage last for a lifetime.

I didn’t want to divorce had I married, if that could be avoided. I am not a “marriage permanence” adherent, however, as so many Christians are, because I don’t believe the Bible teaches that divorce is sin, that divorce is always wrong in each and every case.

But if I did marry, I took marriage very seriously, I didn’t take it lightly, so I was not about to run off and marry the first guy I met, or a guy who began demonstrating issues and red flags, nor did I want to marry just to avoid societal shame and pressure, or to stave off loneliness.

I wanted to marry primarily for companionship, to have someone to enjoy life with, and I wanted the relationship to be reciprocal.
I did not want a one-sided marriage, where I’m meeting all the man’s needs (such as granting consistent validation and emotional support), but he was not doing the same in return.

I think I have a very grounded, good take on marriage.

A lot of conservatives are encouraging divorce in a round-about way by shaming or fear-mongering single women over the age of 25 for being single so loudly and so often now,
I am afraid that some of these young ladies (or maybe even some of the older ones who are exposed to this garbage) may then feel pressured or shamed into marrying the first guy to come along, or in marrying any man with a pulse, and such a marriage will end in divorce.

If you marry, it should be because you have the right match, you have many of the same values and life goals, you enjoy spending time with the other person, and because you genuinely love the person

Wrong Reasons to Marry (Not an Exhaustive List)

Some “wrong” reasons to marry (that will cause you to be miserable and/or your marriage to end in divorce) include (but is not limited to):

• marrying the wrong person,
• marrying when you don’t feel ready for marriage,
• marrying because conservative secular and religious figures are regularly pumping out anti-singleness commentary and dreck pressuring you or scaring you into marriage,
• marrying because your religious faith or parents expect you to marry, or they keep nagging you to marry,
• marrying the first guy to come along, or marry any guy, because you do want marriage, but it hasn’t happened yet, you’re in your late 20s, and all your friends are married now and you’re in a panic or are depressed about it,
• to provide a larger population to shore up, ensure, or increase a tax base to pay property taxes and social security for future generations
  (seriously, I’ve seen conservatives actually harp on about,
  “Oh god, I am so concerned, who is going to pay for my social security later, if today’s 20 somethings don’t marry and make babies, and who will pay property taxes?”
  – getting married or having babies only or primarily to pay into social security and such are not sound reasons for the individual to marry or have children – getting married or having babies for financial reasons that benefit a society is stupid, immature, and shallow)

So pop singer Britney Spears released a new biography in which she says she only married some guy to divorce him around one or two days later because she was drunk at the time.

Marrying someone because you are drunk is an incredibly foolish reason to marry. She also says she was bored at the time.

You simply do not walk into marriage out of boredom. That’s not a mature, solid reason to marry, and it doesn’t treat the institution with respect.

By the way, I don’t have anything against Britney Spears. It sounds to me as though she has a difficult upbringing.

Today’s Teens Prefer To See Platonic Relationships Over Romantic Ones on TV and in Films, Study Finds

Today’s Teens Prefer To See Platonic Relationships Over Romantic Ones on TV and in Films, Study Finds

The following article says that Gen Z and Gen Alpha want to see more types of relationships portrayed in movies and TV shows, ones that are platonic and not always geared towards the romantic or sexual.

I’m Gen X, I am a conservative (I am not “woke”), and I agree with them. I wrote a few blog posts about this years ago – almost every movie and TV show feels the need to “pair up” every single adult (or teen) character on a show in a romantic relationship, or have them engage in sex.

I’m in my 50s, I was engaged years ago but broke up with the guy, and I never did marry – I’ve also never had sex, for one reason of several, I believe that sex should happen only after marriage, because prior to marriage, it is a sin, it’s immoral, you can open yourself up to obtaining STDs, or a guy using you only for sex just to dump you right after, etc.

I do get extremely tired of only seeing people in romantic relationships – off hand, I don’t recall too many shows or movies that features a long-term single adult, or an adult who is celibate.

Conservatives in the 1980s would have been THRILLED that more young people – and adult singles of any age – are not fornicating, but conservatives (secular and religious) in the past five or so years have changed their tune
– I’ve seen many of them write sniveling essays (some of which I’ve blogged about on this blog) where they bemoan and pearl clutch in worry that teens and singles in their 20s and beyond are not having sex!

And no, I don’t just mean conservatives upset at the declining marriage rate, where they are putting sex in the context of “wait until marriage to have sex,” but I’ve seen them seriously disturbed or upset that teens, and any single age 20+ is not having sexual intercourse.

Let me tell you, it’s a GOOD THING that teens and 20s (and older singles) are chaste – it would be even better if these people were chaste for the correct reasons (i.e., recognizing that pre-marital sex is morally wrong, that sex matters, who you have sex with and when you have sex matters, etc), but I guess chastity for any reason is not a bad thing.

(Link): No sex please, we’re Gen Z — young viewers want deeper, more unique relationships in film, on TV: study

…Nearly half of Gen Zers (47.5%) polled in a new study said that showing characters do the deed on-screen is inconsequential to the plot of most TV shows and movies — with 51.5% asking to be shown more stories of platonic friendship.

(Link):  Young People Want TV, Movies With More Friends, Less Romance

A new study shows young adults expressing their “single-at-heart” values.

October 28, 2023

…More Friendship, Aromantics, and Asexuals; Less Romance and Sex
Here are some of the key findings about what the 13- to 24-year-olds are saying about movies and TV shows.

They want to see more content that focuses on friendships and platonic relationships:

52 percent agreed with this, and only 15 percent disagreed. (The others were neutral.)

For example, in the group chat, a 16-year-old said, “I don’t like that every boy and girl friendship has to be romantic at some point. Sometimes, people can just be friends.”

They think that romantic themes are overused:

Given three options (agree, disagree, neutral), “agree” was endorsed more than either of the other two answers: 44 percent

…The report highlighted this finding:

Fifty-six percent of American Gen Z say, ‘I’m noticing that more and more people in my circle are deliberately choosing to be single,’ signifying their belief that ‘being single isn’t something to fix—it’s its own happy ending.’

(Link): Gen Z wants less sex, more platonic relationships in TV and movies, new study shows

Excerpts:

The report found that 44.3 percent of the 1,500 adolescents surveyed think romance in media is “overused.”

By Emlyn Travis

Published on October 25, 2023

…A recently released UCLA “Teens and Screens” study, conducted by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers in August, surveyed 1,500 adolescents between the ages of 10 and 24 and found that most of them want to see less gratuitous sex in movies and television and more friendships instead. (Participants between the ages of 10 and 12 were not asked questions about sex and romance.)

… The study found that 51.5 percent of adolescents “want to see more content focused on friendships and platonic relationships”…

(Link): UCLA Study: Gen Z Wants Less Sex Onscreen, Prefers Platonic Relationships Depicted to Romantic Rollercoasters

The new UCLA “Teens and Screens” study, conducted by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers, found that across 1,500 members of Gen Z ages 10 to 24, young people wanted more relatable stories that emphasized platonic relationships instead of sexual content. To note, only respondents age 13 to 24 were asked about intimate content.

(Link): Too woke for sex: Today’s teens prefer to see platonic relationships over romantic ones on TV and in films, study finds

October 25, 2023
by Matthew Phelan

It used to be the older generation that was prudish, but now Gen Z would prefer to see less sex on television and less ‘heteronormative’ sex between men and women.

Gen Z teens and Gen Alpha adolescents are also sick and tired of oversexualized characters, cliché ‘love triangle’ plotlines, franchises and remakes — in part tied to past research showing that young people are having less sex than ever before.

That’s the finding of a new psychological survey that quizzed 1,500 young people between the ages of 10 and 24 on their evolving media tastes.

Nearly half of the 13- to 24-year-olds surveyed, 47.5 percent, said that they felt sex was unnecessary to advance the storylines of most TV shows and films.

And a majority, 51.5 percent, wanted to see more depictions of friendship and platonic relationships on their screens.

‘The Golden Bachelor’ is Fall TV’s Biggest Hit. Why the Senior Dating Spinoff is Landing with Viewers of All Ages

‘The Golden Bachelor’ is Fall TV’s Biggest Hit. Why the Senior Dating Spinoff is Landing with Viewers of All Ages

Notice that one of the reasons this show is successful – according to some expert they interviewed – is rather than chase after younger viewers, the network decided to appeal to who is already watching them in reality: people over the age of 59. The network is dealing with reality as it is, rather than trying to catering how they wish their audience was.

This is what churches and my fellow conservatives should do: to retain and win over new believers or new conservatives (or to keep from losing those already conservative), they need to accept that marriage rates have declined and try to reach single adults who are age 30 and older, which means catering to the interests, life stages, and problems of single adults. Which means: cut down on all the many pro-marriage sermons, the use of married couples (or parents) in sermons, Christian books, Christian blogs, etc.

The number of never married adults is increasing in the USA and in other nations. You are NOT going to appeal to never married adults by shaming them for being single, for shaming, guilt tripping, or trying to fear-monger or pressure them into marriage. It’s a waste of your time, and you’re only driving single adults away.

You need to accept that fact that we’re not in the year 1953 anymore, and for a myriad of reasons, people are either not marrying or are delaying marriage until much later, so it makes more sense to market to singles by accepting singles as they are. All the singles-shaming only succeeds in driving single adults away.

(Link): ‘The Golden Bachelor’ is fall TV’s biggest hit. Why the senior dating spinoff is landing with viewers of all ages.

Five reasons why ABC struck gold with its latest “Bachelor” iteration, according to a pop culture expert.

October 5, 2023
Taryn Ryder·Writer, Yahoo Entertainment

The Golden Bachelor is fall television’s first big hit — which really should come as no surprise. As one expert says, ABC is finally embracing “the demographic that actually watches them.”

Ratings for the premiere of the senior spin-off marked a three-year high for the dating franchise (The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise) in total viewers.
ABC announced this week The Golden Bachelor broke records on Hulu as the network’s most-watched premiere ever on the streaming service. A quick glance on social media shows The Golden Bachelor brought in its usual audience (people who’ve been fans of The Bachelor for decades), but also appealed to new viewers who are curious to watch widower Gerry Turner, 72, find love again.

ABC has another big hit on its hand — here’s why.

‘Naked Attraction,’ Brutal Full-Frontal Nude Dating Show, Quietly Added to Max

‘Naked Attraction,’ Brutal Full-Frontal Nude Dating Show, Quietly Added to Max

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(Link): ‘Naked Attraction,’ Brutal Full-Frontal Nude Dating Show, Quietly Added to Max

Singles eliminate potential dates by scrutinizing and critiquing their nude bodies in controversial series: “This is the craziest s*** I EVER watched on TV.”

BY JAMES HIBBERD
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It’s like being on Tinder, but so much worse.

One of the U.K.’s most infamous dating shows … was quietly added to the Max streaming service last week, and it’s already causing quite a stir.

The streamer has imported six seasons of Naked Attraction, a game show that promises to “start where a good date often ends — naked.” In each episode, a single “chooser” critiques and eliminates six potential dates standing on a stage by scrutinizing their fully nude bodies, which are gradually revealed one part at a time (faces are revealed last).

When only two potential dates remain, the chooser strips out of their own clothes too, giving the remaining two contestants the opportunity to critique them. The final couple then go out on a date, with their clothes on.

“Self-Proclaimed Bachelorette” Kristin Chenoweth on Being a First-Time Bride at 55: “It’s About Damn Time!”

“Self-Proclaimed Bachelorette” Kristin Chenoweth on Being a First-Time Bride at 55: “It’s About Damn Time!” 

Yep, you never know. If you’re a marriage-desiring single over the age of 30, you may still get married eventually.

This also throws a pall on the ageist, sexist shaming of my fellow conservatives (like Matt Walsh) who shames women for “pushing 50” and still being single.

I am in my 50s and have never married. I had hoped and expected to be married by the time I was in my mid-30s, but it never happened. I tried going to singles Sunday School classes at local churches, I tried dating sites, you name it – but I could not meet anyone eligible.

Most dating sites contain weird perverts, and most churches lack single men aged 30 to 79. Most men who attend churches are already married.

Personally, I’m not a fan of big age gaps in marriages – this article says she’s 14 years older than her spouse. But anyway…

Life simply does not always work out how we though it would or should, or not on our timing – and women like Chenoweth or me, who don’t marry at all past age 35, or not until over the age of 35, have to endure a litany of victim-blaming or sexist and ageist insults by asshat conservatives like Matt Walsh along the way.

(Link): “Self-Proclaimed Bachelorette” Kristin Chenoweth on Being a First-Time Bride at 55: “It’s About Damn Time!”

“This wedding isn’t a dream come true for me because I never dreamed it would happen.” 

September 3, 2023
By Rachel Burchfield

At 55, Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth was, in her own words, a “self-proclaimed bachelorette”: “I was never going to get married,” she told People. “I even got engaged before and couldn’t do it. Until I met Josh. Then I was like, ‘Why would I ever let this guy go?’ I’m so blessed.”

Chenoweth married musician Josh Bryant yesterday in a romantic—and very pink—wedding ceremony in Dallas in front of 140 people. The couple’s dog Thunder was the ring bearer and made her entrance, fittingly, to AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” before Chenoweth walked down the aisle in a Pamella Roland gown with a sheer nude and pink overlay, a bow detail at the back, and tiny pearl flowers on the bodice. “I didn’t want to wear white,” Chenoweth said. “Simple and elegant. I never thought I’d get married, so I went very nontraditional with the gown. I love it.”

Following the vows, guests sipped on specialty cocktails like the “Wicked Margarita,” a nod to Chenoweth’s role as Glinda the Good Witch in Broadway’s Wicked, and late-night snacks included Chenoweth favorites like 7-11 Slurpees and Dunkin’ Donuts.