Viewers of Ten’s Bachelor in Paradise have fumed at the TV network over one of the promo ads it’s been running for the dating show.
In the lead-up to last night’s episode, Ten had been running a promo which portrayed that female contestants Megan Marx and Elora Murger were going to be revealed as an item.
Reminder that the initial promo literally pretended that a dude with long hair was a girl so that they could play on Megan’s bisexuality without actually validating it just for viewers I’m MAD #BachelorInParadiseAU pic.twitter.com/N1Hwnf1djw
— GRACE (@GraceGarde) April 17, 2018
However, the person Marx was shown to be kissing in the water wasn’t Murger at all, but in fact male Canadian contestant Thomas Perras, as last night’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise revealed.
“We seem to have an understanding of one another without any words” ? #BachelorInParadiseAU pic.twitter.com/P1JxyuQRxY
— BachelorInParadiseAU (@BachParadiseAU) April 17, 2018
Unsurprisingly, the sneaky move from Ten copped a backlash from viewers on social media, with some criticising the ad as “queerbaiting”.
#BachelorInParadise really been queerbaiting me for two weeks
— tayla (@taylajrobertson) April 16, 2018
Lol way to set up the sneak peak ads to look like Megan kissed Elora.. @channelten that’s pretty shitty to advertise queerbaiting it would have been nicer if there was actually some same sex couples #BachelorInParadiseAU
— Krystal Birch (@birchyyk) April 17, 2018
Here’s the part of the promo where Channel 10 deliberately cut together Megan talking about Elora with her kiss w/ a long-haired brunette, to make it seem like they were going to deliver a same sex couple. Turns out it was Thomas. Queerbaiting at its finest. #BachelorInParadise pic.twitter.com/ywKqzC0YUb
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) April 17, 2018
IT WAS A MAN WITH LONG HAIR. #BachelorInParadiseAU pic.twitter.com/x7Ioq7Koki
— flossy (@dentitexx) April 17, 2018
OMG MEGAN IS KISSING A WOMAN!
…A BEARDED WOMAN!?
Oh no wait, that’s right Channel 10 just queer-baited us for 2 months.
Soz. #BachelorInParadiseAU pic.twitter.com/aHzmDV2NwB
— Mark (@markp_) April 17, 2018
Reminder that the initial promo literally pretended that a dude with long hair was a girl so that they could play on Megan’s bisexuality without actually validating it just for viewers I’m MAD #BachelorInParadiseAUpic.twitter.com/N1Hwnf1djw
— GRACE (@GraceGarde) April 17, 2018
B&T has contacted Ten for comment.
