Hmm.. now producers are okay with revealing they "coax stories out of the show and its stars?"

I don't think he should receive death threats, but I can certainly understand the temptation!

I think it isn't that difficult to receive death threats on social media.

It's interesting that James Gunn would say he is embarrassed to say he watches the show, because when he was on After Paradise, both he and Jason were raving about the show.

Coaxing stories out of the stars sounds kind of vague.  You mean real stories or made up stories?

I think this franchise is trying to distinguish itself from the completely manipulated situations we see happening on Everlasting (the show that's supposed to be The Bachelor).

I think they realize they can't pretend any longer that everything is spontaneous and organic.  Reality Steve, former contestants who've spoken out, and now the show UnREAL, have let the cat completely out of the bag.

It's laughable, though, that they're still purporting to say that the emotions are real.  Sure, they're real in the moment, but they only exist because the contestants have been "produced" and manipulated into having those contrived emotions.

I don't compare this show to any other show, but then I don't watch those other shows.  I don't think ABC worries about the comparisons as long as the show is a success.  I don't understand people who are so hard on themselves for liking the show.  It's just a TV show.  It's one of the few newer shows I watch besides DWTS if you consider them new shows, meaning we aren't watching reruns.

I think to a point the show is spontaneous and organic even though there are cameras there.  It's somewhere in between reality and scripted.  Imagine if we were in front of the camera.  How many of us would act ourselves and how many of us wouldn't?  How many of us would react to what is going on around us and let it affect us?  You might not be able to say unless you were in the situation.  It can't be true reality partly because it would be boring.  They have to edit and spice up the show.

Remember in the Godfather when the guy got the fish wrapped in newspaper and it meant he'd be "sleeping with the fishes?"  I guess the dead possum is the Kentucky version.  Love it!

Seriously, I don't know what kind of mind set allows people to strike at others like judge, jury and executioner.  Death threats?  Over a stupid tv show?  Slashed tires?  Granted, I can't stand the guy and view him as somewhat (if not entirely) a sociopath.  And I can't say he's any better a human than those striking back.  But, please.... they need to get a real life.

Glittersisgld wrote:I think it isn't that difficult to receive death threats on social media.

No, it is not!!  Proving that the fruits and nuts are out there!!  How many teenagers have tried to harm themselves (and some succeeded) over things they have received over social media?

I know I'm just an old fuddy-duddy, but we have lost the concept of what should be acceptable on social media, in conversation, and in life.  I had a child who was bullied in middle school because he needed medication during the day and had to go to the nurse's office to get it.  It was not "pretty" at all, and this was a while back.  It has only gotten worse since then.  JMHOFWIW.

The media has taken free speech and run it to extremes.  People have a "right" to send hate tweets but those tweets speak more to their own character.

Grammarianna wrote:

James Gunn 
Yesterday at 10:01am · 




As you might imagine, this is not a world I'm regularly a part of. I don't even tweet about watching The Bachelor because I'm embarrassed about even watching it. 

BBUWUWHAHAHHAh; same as me - I can't admit to any of my guy friends I watch.  

Funny story; one Monday night I called one of my buddies to ask if I could come over at watch the Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby and he replied back, 'sorry I think we have something going on...' which I thought was weird, 'cuz; he would usually specifically say what's going on......so a week or so later, I was at his house and talking with his wife in the kitchen, while buddy was grilling and I picked up her US, or People Mag - that had the Bachelor on the cover, and I made a comment.  Wife replied, 'That's one of our favorite shows - did you watch it last Mon?'......Ah ha, I busted him and made him confess that he watches the show.   He got me back, saying his wife has it on so he has to watch, but what was my excuse, since I'm single?#??

He doesn't have another TV?

This is in an interested article!  Thanks Grammarianna!  I now want to watch Un Real to see what it is all about.  I think coaxing stories out of the contestants could also be how they always find and play up the sad stories.  I mean every single first date (almost) has the sad story come out.  I'm sure this is the coaxing as it is not natural in any sort of regular dating interaction.  I sure wouldn't respond that romantically on a first date to hearing all of the person's tragedies. 

As for Joe -death threats are completely inexcusable.  I had hoped that he would see the show and reflect on his actions and hopefully have friends and family call him out on his behavior but I have never thought of reaching out to comment to him directly.  Hopefully facing his terrible behavior is punishment enough.  I don't understand why people would feel the need to threaten him.

Joe certainly doesn't deserve death threats even though he comes off as an obnoxious, entitled, low class idiot. When someone is exposing himself on t.v. the way that he has, he should expect all of the crazy people out there to attack him verbally. Unfortunately there are too many crazy people which is why he should have been more careful about what he said on t.v.

Death threats for a person on a reality tv show?! Some people really need to get a life...

What are they considering as "death threats"? We keep hearing about death threats - Kaitlyn said she got some too - but I haven't seen any tweets that said they were going to kill anyone. 

I've seen stuff like "I wish you would drop dead" or "You should go kill yourself." But I don't consider those actual death threats. Stupid, childish and inexecusable but not death threats. 

I can maybe believe there are some anonymous death threats but I haven't seen any personally.

Wouldn't they take the death threats off Twitter?  Maybe they got them through another source besides Twitter.