Anonymous wrote:Katie is on her IG saying she is sorry for being mean. And also that her chin is fine.
Anonymous wrote:Katie is on her IG saying she is sorry for being mean. And also that her chin is fine.
Anonymous wrote:Here's the message Katie's brother sent to Derek.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Michael may be a liar but at least he followed through on his commitment to the show. He moved in with his spouse and participated in filming which is more than Zach or Brandon did. Mindy, Meka, and Taylor deserved better.
Yes, that makes me feel worse about how negatively this is all going to affect him.
For Michael, nothing good will come of this. Recovery, evne with therapy, will be much more difficult now. And I don't see him getting a job now.
I agree. I feel bad for him, he clearly has deep seeded issues.
FYI - deep seated.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Michael may be a liar but at least he followed through on his commitment to the show. He moved in with his spouse and participated in filming which is more than Zach or Brandon did. Mindy, Meka, and Taylor deserved better.
Yes, that makes me feel worse about how negatively this is all going to affect him.
For Michael, nothing good will come of this. Recovery, evne with therapy, will be much more difficult now. And I don't see him getting a job now.
I agree. I feel bad for him, he clearly has deep seeded issues.
Anonymous wrote:I know Mindy well, and was in touch with her throughout the season. When I first saw Zach my impression was that he was a one. Ugh this stand kind of guy. I think my words were something like “he’s the guy you meet when your drunk and out at a bar at the beach who you sleep with and never hear from again”. But he also had some genuine moments during the wedding, and his family seemed super sweet. One thing you didn’t see on the show was that his dad asked Mindy to dance with him when Zach danced with his mom for.m mother/son, father/daughter dances, since her family wasn’t there.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Michael may be a liar but at least he followed through on his commitment to the show. He moved in with his spouse and participated in filming which is more than Zach or Brandon did. Mindy, Meka, and Taylor deserved better.
Yes, that makes me feel worse about how negatively this is all going to affect him.
For Michael, nothing good will come of this. Recovery, evne with therapy, will be much more difficult now. And I don't see him getting a job now.
Anonymous wrote:Michael may be a liar but at least he followed through on his commitment to the show. He moved in with his spouse and participated in filming which is more than Zach or Brandon did. Mindy, Meka, and Taylor deserved better.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I understand the concern for Michael but he decided to participate and put forth a false version of himself. I do not recall Meka mocking him on the show, she was just expressing frustration due to all the lies. I think the public’s reaction is similar. He seemed to have a good family and hopefully they will encourage him to seek help.
No, Meka isn't mocking him on the show, but she is certainly doing that on her AMA thread today. The point is that the viewing audience is mocking him, and it's all over social media and the internet. The producers of the show saw what was happening, and how sick he is, and they chose to keep him on the show and release the footage anyway. That's exploiting someone's mental illness. It is exploiting someone with deep insecurity and self image issues, someone who needs mental health counselling and help. That is different from snarking on someone's crooked teeth or bitchy comments or bad hair. It really is.
I think Michael lies because he is disgusted by himself and wants other people to see him as something other than what he is. Exposing him like this on TV is pretty much going to make it impossible for him to get help and fix himself because now anyone he meets will know what he is. I think he's mentally unstable enough that he probably had no concept of just how obvious his lies were to everyone around him. He really thought he was believed.
Those kind of lies are evidence of a very unwell person, someone who should be protected. The producers should have some kind of duty of care to a person they discover has a deep-rooted pschological problem.
There have been some recent, high profile suicides of former reality show participants. I think producers need to be held accountable for lack of responsibility in ensuring that people with psychological problems are not put into a position that is going to be harmful to them. And Michael falls in this category.