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Irony - The Bachelor style

Allow me to introduce to you the new star of the not-very-realistic reality television show The Bachelor. His name is Juan Pablo Galavis and is just the latest centerpiece of a show which depicts the art of sleeping around to find one true love as the best possible route. Yes, when I think about setting a good example for kids, the first thing that springs to mind is this very show. Speaking of which, Mr. Galavis was recently asked if featuring a gay bachelor on the show would be a good idea or not. His response was as follows:

"No... I respect [gay people] but, honestly, I don't think it's a good example for kids..."

No, of course not... But simultaneously dating and fooling around with ten different women is... Anyway, Mr. Galavis, you were saying?

"Obviously people have their husband and wife and kids and that is how we are brought up. Now there is fathers having kids and all that, and it is hard for me to understand that too in the sense of a household having peoples... Two parents sleeping in the same bed and the kid going into bed... It is confusing in a sense."

Yes, this quote of his is quite confusing, as it doesn't make a lot of sense. Fathers are having kids now? This is news to me. Does Mr. Galavis truly think that the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Junior was based off a true story? Anyway, Mr. Galavis, I have a feeling I cut you off again. Is there anything else you'd like to add?

"There's this thing about gay people... it seems to me, and I don't know if I'm mistaken or not... but they're more 'pervert' in a sense. And to me the show would be too strong... too hard to watch."

Very eloquently stated, Mr. Galavis... By the way, is your father George W. Bush by any chance? So, it's more "pervert" for a gay bachelor to simultaneously date and fool around with ten different guys to find his "true love" than it is for a heterosexual bachelor to simultaneously date and fool around with ten different women? How is that exactly? Speaking of hard to watch, given these less-than-poetic quotes, it'd be extremely difficult for me to watch Juan Pablo Galavis in the show this season.

In all honestly, I detest the show The Bachelor and wish it would finally come to its demise. However, while it's still airing, I have a difficult time understanding a star on the show decrying the possibility of a homosexual bachelor being given a chance in the future. It would have been one thing for Pope Francis to have made such a comment and quite another for a man simultaneously dating and fooling around with many different women, saying, "Hey, yo, a gay dude as the bachelor? That's just not right, man. That sends the wrong message to the kids. Oh, I gotta go. I gotta go out with these five chicks and see which one makes out the best. Wish me luck!"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/18/juan-pablo-gay-bachelor_n_4622691.html
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