Her face says it all doesn’t it folks? I can’t tell if this is a reason I should be watching My Big Fat Fabulous Life or a reason I should look the other way. You see that’s the conundrum that these insane reality shows put us in. One the one hand you realize how absurd it is for Whitney Thore to be dating someone she’s related to. The logical part of your brain sits there and processes it and says, “OK this is a complete waste of your time.” On the flip side, the lazy part of your brain says, “just watch it, it’s entertaining!”
If our brains didn’t have these sides and just used logic then how the hell can you explain the success of Honey Boo Boo or Teen Moms? You can’t. These types of reality shows are no different than Soap Operas. They are an escape and the fact that someone out there is actually living this life? It has an alluring quality. OK back to Whitney dating her cousin.
Whitney meets up with Nathan, whom she met online. “Well, there’s probably something I should share with you–very interesting information that I found out,” Nathan says in the sneak peek, obtained by Us Weekly. “What, did you go to a psychic or something?” Whitney asks, laughing. “No, but I think we’re distant relatives,” Nathan replies. “We are related. We’re, like, second cousins or something. I was telling my mom–she asked about the date, and I mentioned your name…I forgot how the connection was, but she knew everybody’s name, and she was telling me how we’re tied together somehow in our family, and I was like, ‘What?'”
Needless to say Whitney was none too pleased about it all. Whitney doesn’t take kindly to the news, accusing Nathan of making up the connection to get out of dating her, but he maintains it’s all true. Unfortunately, Whitney doesn’t buy it.
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