He can't praise himself enough. He brags about his power. He only bullies people he believes are weak, and he tells others that they should be scared.
He unapologetically spews vulgarities on national TV. He calls other people - women, especially - coarse and degrading names. He professes self-defense for his aggression toward those he perceives have slighted him.
He lies.
Recognize this guy? Of course you do ... it's Chad from the recent installment of "The Bachelorette' and the current season of "Bachelor in Paradise." (Who did you think it was?) "The Chad," as he is now known, alienated his housemates - who were also vying for Bachelorette JoJo's favor - with his overt verbal and physical aggression. In fact, he threatened Jordan, the man JoJo would later choose, with "When this is all over, do you think I can't find you?"
After hearing from her other suitors that The Chad was deceitful and dangerous, JoJo booted him from "The Bachelorette." To others, though, The Chad has a certain bad-boy appeal that attracts certain people, so when he resurfaced on "Bachelor in Paradise," some of the women were interested.
Things got ugly fast.
One woman, Lace, took a fancy to The Chad and he responded, but not before he and Daniel - one of The Chad's supporters - had rated and degraded the women they had to choose from. Within hours, Lace, grew weary of The Chad's boasting, his denigration, and his increased physical and verbal aggression.
Although they had been hot and heavy and it seemed to be going well, when Lace decided that she had had enough, The Chad called her vile names, shoved her, and frightened the rest of the cast enough that they intervened. The Chad then turned his abuse on them, and during his tirade, he mocked a young woman for her physical appearance. She is missing much of her left arm.
Even Daniel urged him to get control of himself, but The Chad took a swing at his most loyal supporter. In the end, The Chad was asked to leave by the very people who had invited him on the show in the first place. His messy exit was rife with much cursing and braggadocio. The Chad did not go quietly, and, in fact, he returned uninvited to wreak more havoc before finally being removed.
To this observer, the end with JoJo was way too long in coming, but she only knew The Chad that he himself wanted her to see. And though his bad behavior on "The Bachelorette" crossed even that show's boundaries, he was propped up by the same franchise with his invitation to "Bachelor in Paradise."
Predictably, that went way wrong, way fast, and the show's producers were forced to remove him, outside the normal Bachelor-themed rose ceremonies. What did surprise me, though, was The Chad's look of complete and sincere disbelief, and he looked around as though someone from the cast might defend him. Instead, they supported his ouster.
OK, I admit that watching "The Bachelorette" is a guilty pleasure, and I further admit that I tuned into "Bachelor in Paradise" because I heard that The Chad had finally imploded. Like a train wreck, I couldn't look away.
Of course, these are just so-called reality shows where characters act badly and expect no repercussions. But sometimes the other people involved actually do force a reckoning and the offending player has to leave the field.
Of course, all this is TV entertainment, a reality show. Such situations could never happen in real real-life ...
Or could they?
from Lakewood Sentinel - Latest Stories http://lakewoodsentinel.comhttp://lakewoodsentinel.com/stories/Show-votes-away-the-worst-of-people,234045?branding=15
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