Sanctioned stalking

Sanctioned stalking

Posted on January 11th, 2009 by Glenn Giangrande

After watching the Titans throw and fumble away their playoff game versus Baltimore on Saturday, I was all footballed out. So for the first time in my life, I watched an entire episode of The Bachelor from start to finish. It just happened to be the season premiere, and from a male perspective, how could I be unhappy? One guy, 25 women to look at from the start, including one former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader… gotta like those numbers!

The object of the ladies’ affection is a fella named Jason, who apparently appeared on the previous season of The Bachelorette and came up short in his quest for love. Throughout the night, whether they were talking to Jason or each other, almost every female talked about how they had been “so attracted to Jason” while watching him on television and many boasted of feeling like they had developed connections with him from afar.

Um… isn’t that a little stalkerish? The fact that it’s network approved shouldn’t make it any less weird. If I were to show up in front of some arbitrary actress I like, flaunting our supposed similarities, and trying to give her a rose, I’d probably wind up gang tackled by large security guards.

Reality television doesn’t get any more unreal.