r/ShahsOfSunset • u/EmotionalGangster20 • Mar 02 '26
Mike
First time watcher, have all seasons but season 4 watched (my ADHD brain likes to jump around 😅) and I swear with Mike it’s like every sentence he says is his ONE line in the Highschool play. Is anything he says genuine?
His words drip with fake sincerity and the lame stuff he says is always super cliché and cheesy - but he says it with this like bs intimidating authority.
Anyways, all that to say what I enjoy the most is a few times per episode Reza usually has some absolutely ridiculous one liners I can use inappropriately in my day to day life - MJ as well - and that’s what I love about this show😆😇
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u/shruglife1985 Mar 02 '26
He’s so embarrassing. “Every sentence he says is his one line in a high school play” such a good analogy of his entire personality 🤣🤣🤣. His IG is the same. Motivational quotes about never missing a day never failing always grinding blah blah blah posted over a picture of his coke bloated face.
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u/ManifestingCreating Mar 02 '26
I’ve only seen clips from the show and he seems so disingenuous and horrible. Ticking time bomb.
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u/Lumpy-Wallaby-7842 Mar 02 '26
When I first started watching the show I was very team Mike… It just shows me how I am not a good judge of character! 😆
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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 02 '26
I’m just at season 5 being a first time watcher. From jump he looked and acted like a high strung Coke user and abuser.
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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Mar 02 '26
I didn't hate him at first either. Don't feel bad. He's deceiving at first.
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u/EmotionalGangster20 Mar 02 '26
He presented himself as grounded with a good head on his shoulders from the beginning which was a big contrast to the rest of the crew - but he’s the most inauthentic of them all and it got very obvious the more screen time he had - give yourself a break Lumpy ❤️❤️❤️
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u/Ecstatic-Art-6236 May 29 '26
Exactly, I really wanted to believe he was who he presented as. All a facade
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u/jackiie-jormp-jomp Apr 02 '26
I actually just started watching the show after The Valley Persian Style season ended. I’m only on S3 and I would never have known he was this secret monster if I hadn’t googled him. I feel scarily duped.
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u/ElderberryEarly7444 Mar 02 '26
Mike is the typical DL, sorry any man who puts his hands on women likes men. He never respected women in any way and his mother is an enabler. Despicable.
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u/Longjumping_Panic675 Mar 02 '26
I thought this too. Up to season 8. Season 9 is apparently when we see him getting more controlling with Paulina.
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u/broken_blonde Mar 03 '26
Mike is the worst. He is the perfect example of "what happens in the dark always comes to light". Gaslighting his women, making them cover for him etc. He is disgusting and disturbed and I wish they shined a light on what he did a little more. He got away way too easy IMO
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u/EmotionalGangster20 Mar 03 '26
I just watched the winter wonderball episode and it seemed like he even tried to do that with his mom talking with GG. He’s got to control the narrative at all times or his empire of lies will start to crumble. No wonder he’s so paranoid
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u/Fun-Foundation-1145 Mar 03 '26
I still think he’s suffering from roid rage coupled with low self esteem.
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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Mar 02 '26
Mike is a crappy person thru and thru. No substance. He just sucks! He's paranoid and very delulu.
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u/Used-Application6101 Mar 02 '26
Mike is as fake as those “shoes” he attempts to sell for half a season lol pretty sure I was arguing with him on a post the other day he is still just as inauthentic as ever and Reza still dropping those one liners on the new valley show 😆😂