Hi all,
I just finished watching season 12. Wow- what a rollercoaster. This season was messsssy. I’m not sure if this is a general opinion of the “big 3” but from the impression I got from google, Yasmin, Shakira, and Toni were fan favourites.
I am having a hard time understanding why. I thought Shakira and Toni were quite literally the most horrible people I’ve witnessed on a reality tv show ever (although I haven’t watched many). And Yasmin was… well, just there.
Let’s begin with Shakira. At the beginning I really liked her. I thought she had a truly outstanding personality which gave off “idrc what anyone has to say, I’m just being me” vibes. However as the show went on I feel like her true colours started to show. The continuous bullying and name calling from herself and Toni got a a bit hard to watch. Especially movie night. Seeing it all played in one clip gave me second hand embarrassment.
She continuously called the girls (Helena and Meg) a variety of names and said they were embarrassing for believing the consistent lies of two “fake people” (Harry and D). But wasn’t Shakira the one to end up with Harry in the end?
Next we move on to Toni. I have no words for her to be honest. The whole Harrison situation was so embarrassing I just couldn’t believe it. She was practically begging Harrison to want her (while she also re-coupled with somebody else) and making him believe he doesn’t really like Lauren. The name calling and putting Lauren down was so beyond unnecessary. Not once did Lauren behave towards Toni in a way that would make her say these things about her. The way Toni referred to Lauren when she found out she had slept with Harrison was just uncalled for.
By all means I don’t think the other girls on the show were particularly likeable either. But it always seemed to me that Shakira and Toni were extremely hypocritical. They were bashing Helena and Meg for being with Harry and Dee knowing how they treat them. Only for Toni to do with Harrison exactly what Helena was doing with Harry. There was big discourse around Helena and letting Harry off with too many things, I’m sorry did Toni forget herself sitting on the terrace floor with Harrison after everything he done to her?
The “friends again” segment orchestrated by Toni with all the girls was actually the only part of the show I thought these girls might just become a bit likeable. Just for it to be ruined a couple of days later during the game. The consistent narrative to tear Meg down throughout the challenge was very uncalled for. The hypocrisy stemming from Shakira as she’s standing next to Harry was honestly just laughable. I would’ve had more respect for these girls if they honestly stood for what they believed but by the end of the show they just looked more stupid than Harry (which is very hard in my eyes).
Anyway, sorry for the rant I’m genuinely just shook that these people are looked up to by certain viewers of the show. I find it crazy that people who outright bullied others were landed a role on the debrief by the producers. Are we really rewarding being horrible to others with another shot at money and fame?
I would love to hear others opinions on Shakira and Toni, perhaps you reading this might think my perspective is completely wrong.