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The Most Heinous Person on Reality TV This Week

These men were working our last nerve this week.

Maksim (Dancing With the Stars)
Bruno compared Chaz to a penguin, which was pretty awful, but he's already facing the wrath of Cher, so we can focus our energies on the childish behavior of Maks, who threw a tantrum on national television. He reamed out the judges for doing their job and then claimed that the show was all about him. His fellow dancers weren't exactly charmed by this behavior, and we're guessing that his broken toe is a little bit of karma.

Rodger (The Rachel Zoe Project)
He's kind of a tool to begin with (running around shrieking about someone killing his unborn baby with hairspray?), but this week he called his wife into the room to make him a sandwich. The wife who keeps him employed and in the lifestyle he's become accustomed to? The wife who just had a baby? The wife who didn't kill him for taking off for Vegas when she was nine months pregnant? And then he quibbled about rehiring someone who is clearly talented? Also: don't invite people over for a BBQ to show your gratitude and then yell at them for improper grilling practices, or actually eating the food that's been served.

Dad (I Used to Be Fat)
I don't even think we learned his name, but the parents on I Used to Be Fat know how to cut to the quick this season. This week's charmer walked out of his daughter's graduation (for no real reason) and left her at her college orientation in a different state with no money or way to get home because she wasn't paying enough attention to him. Instead of apologizing to her afterward, he told her that he was focusing on himself. Selfish jerk.

Zach (The Real World)
He hasn't exactly made his homophobia a secret, but Gay Pride Week is really bringing out the worst in him. He refused to go to a highlighter party because gay people might touch him and write on his clothes, and he can't handle that. He also refused to help out at an event to support gays in the military and called one of his friends to confirm his righteous decision. And when his new employers insisted that he work at a gay-themed event, he stewed angrily in the corner. Oh, and there's the little matter of him wanting to "beat the gay out" of Sam with a paddle.

Coach (Survivor)
We were all ready to rip into the snowboarders on The Amazing Race for their dismissive comments about Buddhism, but then Coach went and one-upped them. That man can always be counted on to take questionable moral ethics to the next level. He decided that instead of honestly revealing that he had already found the hidden immunity idol while, he gathered his team in a prayer circle and asked God for help in finding it. First, God likely has better things to do with his/her time than helping you get further in a reality show. Second, you are asking God for something you already have in order cover up your outright lie? God may have a special place for people like you.

Winner: Zach
Not only did he threaten to gay-bash a woman whose friend had just been in a terrible car accident because he didn't want to stop playing Ping-Pong, but he also got miffed when Ashley had a higher-ranking position at work than he did. Homophobic and misogynistic. Can we find one more thing to add before the end of the season?

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13 Comments

October 28, 2011 5:00 PM
Karen Williams
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I truly do not envy you your position- "Dad" seemed like he'd win, but yeah, the douchnozzle from The Real World seems like as big a social tumor as the parent in question.

Sorry there are so many to choose from.

October 28, 2011 6:25 PM
Craig
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The genius of this particular feature lies in the fact that there is an endless supply of heinous people on reality tv, so they'll never run out of inspiration.

October 31, 2011 11:12 AM
Fred Smith
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I see the meme about God getting out of the tub and/or having better things to do quite a bit on this site. I'm not a practicing Christian, but I think that saying that is just as dismissive of their religion as the snowboarders were of Buddhism. According to the Bible, God decides everything, even the outcome of dice rolls, so no, per that religion, he does not have better things to do and does indeed decide who wins reality show contests.

October 31, 2011 12:11 PM
michkabibbles
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replied to comment from Fred Smith

i think the point being made here is that Coach is "leading" his tribe with Christian prayer and lectures about loyalty while acting decidedly unChristian by lying and making fun of the people you're lying to. Coach is a hypocrite of the highest form.

Also, no offense intended, but I really do hope that whatever God you believe in doesn't pay an active part in helping someone win a million dollars in a game show.

October 31, 2011 2:43 PM
Nemesis
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replied to comment from Fred Smith

Well, it must be true if "The Bible" says so. Along with all that "if you don't believe in my religion, you're damned to hell" bullshit.

October 31, 2011 4:31 PM
Aquarius121
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Zach bugged the hell out of me. I've never met someone so outright about their homophobia. Most people at least *try* to look like a good person. Bleh. Hate the guy, and starting to dislike Ashley for following him.

October 31, 2011 6:18 PM
Chris
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LOL at "comparing someone to a penguin" being 'heinous'. I know Dancing With The Stars is built for pearl-clutchers but seriously...

October 31, 2011 6:19 PM
Chris
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LOL at "comparing someone to a penguin" being 'heinous'. I know Dancing With The Stars is built for pearl-clutchers but seriously...

November 1, 2011 3:06 AM
Fred Smith
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replied to comment from Nemesis

I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make in relation to my comment, but thank you for reinforcing that it is acceptable to be dismissive of Christian beliefs on this site and in other places, but doing so to another religion raises the need to "rip into" someone.

November 1, 2011 3:11 AM
Fred Smith
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replied to comment from michkabibbles

I get the point about Coach being a hypocrite and moron, but that was the second point made. The article says "Firstly..."

It doesn't really matter what I believe, because the reference is to the people on the shows, and if they are truly Christian and follow the Bible as they claim, then it is consistent with their beliefs that God decides EVERYTHING, including who wins reality shows. It just seems ironic to mock their beliefs while suggesting that other should be taken to task for mocking other religions.

January 20, 2012 6:37 PM
Hawk
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January 21, 2012 10:04 PM
Ziggy
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April 26, 2012 1:53 AM
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