The X Effect: MTV Programming at Its Finest

30Mar08

Have any of you seen MTV’s new pseudo dating show, The X Effect? I decided to be a loser this Saturday night, so I stayed home and fell upon this little gold star of a show. Basically, MTV tricks people in new relationships to spend the weekend alone at a romantic resort with their ex-significant other, all while their new boyfriend or girlfriend is spying on them. I was pretty shocked to see a show like this, begging these people to cheat on their bfs/gfs by liquoring them up and treating them to sexy activities, like pole dancing. The whole time I’m watching this shit I’m just like, “Is MTV for real?” Do people really want to be on TV this bad? Just try to put me in a hotel room with an ex-boyfriend; I’m probably either going to kick the shit out of him or walk out. I’ll tell you what I won’t be doing with him though, ESPECIALLY if I have a new boyfriend–sipping mojitos and drinking champagne in a jacuzzi like a grade-A whore.

However, this show HAS to be fake. It fucking has to be. There is no way anyone can sit and watch their boo make out like crazy with another person and STILL decide to stay with them at the end. Either that, or only crazy desperate freaks are on this show and won’t leave their cheating mate for fear of being alone. Just watch this clip and know you’ll know what I’m talking about. And on this particular show the cheatees decide to become the cheaters, yet both couples decide to stay together!!! What the fuck? The most ridiculous quote at the end was when the girlfriend of the cheating guy was just like, “This is your one ‘get out of jail free’ card.” Since when did people get ‘get out of jail free’ cards for cheating? This isn’t Monopoly, you silly bitch! Have some respect for yourself, jesus. Your boyfriend just cheated on you on national television, you could at least push him in the pool. Coward. Worst show ever. Shame on you MTV! FOR SHAME.

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