I was completely ready to be passive about this, but this is just RIDICULOUS! Brief recap: Jedward appeared on shows such as 8 out of 10 cats and Alan Carr chatty man Christmas special, and were on the receiving end of blatant tv bullying.
I'm not from Europe, I'm from Malaysia, where all the TV shows are nice, warm, friendly, and ANTI-BULLY. Is UK not the place where most people picture sophistication? It is for me. But not now that this monstrosity appeared before me. I'm reconsidering. So basically you've ruined my (and most likely others') perception of british TV.
I'm a fan of Jedward, I'll freely admit that, but I do sometimes get the feeling that they've overstepped it, and I think it's a defense mechanism. But more on that later. How the HELL did they manage to get away with this? This is just ridiculous. COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS!!! Firstly, on both of these shows, incest was suggested. Incest. On public TV. Not even suggested, it was asked in a completely disgusting way, it just made me sick. So Ruth Jones got a tub of hair gel poured on her head, big deal. She's just lucky it was Jedward, because I would've thrown that tub straight at her face.
The nerve!! So what if Jedward weren't entirely normal? That's why we love them! To actually do something like this! Poor, poor Jedward. Not gonna lie, I'm on the verge of tears right now. They looked absolutely heartbroken in 8 out of 10 cats, and they were trying so hard to stay cheerful in the shows, it was heartbreaking. And the Alan Carr show was edited to let Ruth off the hook!
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| No, they weren't beat up, but I'm sure it hurt a lot more than physical abuse. |
I wish there was some way I could protest, or show support, but I can't, being both a minor and from a foreign country(with absolutely no rights). All I can do is buy their album, right? People who live in the UK/Ireland, show these guys some support! Go to the shows they're supposed to be in, and stand up for them! They can't stand up for themselves verbally, but please help them out. They don't deserve this.
Oh god, those people are such vile vicious monsters! And people are standing up for them instead of Jedward! Granted, the majority are on Jedward's side, but haters speak louder don't they?
Jedward's defense mechanism, (or John's) is that the more abuse they take, the more upbeat they try to be. They want to feel like they don't care what's being said, that they don't mind, but it's hard. Believe me it's hard. My defense mechanism is acting like I agree with everything the person is saying. For example:
Me: Wow, I've spent all week making this painting. Do you like it?
Person: You call that a painting? So this is what society has come down to. I cannot believe this pile of crap
you call "art".
Me: Oh, haha, I know, it sucks, I was just kidding about it being a week, it was actually like 5 seconds,
hahaha...ha.
While Jedward's response is basically trying to ignore the abuse while maintaining their composure the best they can, which may come off as them being stupid or cocky (it was an impression of them that I saw in the youtube comments. I just felt extremely sorry for them)
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| No, this was fine, it was a little bit of banter, but anything incriminating would make me so pissed off I would throw a vase at a cat. (picture taken from Tumblr) |
If people are going to act like that, and not all chat shows are like that at all, then maybe they should stop. People who don't understand them will think they're stupid, and people who love them just feel extremely uncomfortable and sad. I'm feeling an extreme heart wrench because I get abuse, and it's not even that bad, but I imagined people suggesting that me and my brother(one year younger, different sex, we get along extremely well) were..... you know, and comparing it to Jedward's case, which is WAY worse (twins, IDENTICAL, Same sex, inseparable, obviously brothers, and probably see themselves as one being in separate bodies).
How extremely scarring to have that said to you? I would never look at my brother or interact with him the same way ever again, constantly thinking about incest and just, urgh. Absolutely horrible. And on national television, in several separate occasions? I cannot imagine. I've been going on for miles and I'm STILL bitterly upset.
But I should stop. This has gone on long enough. It's 3 in the morning and I am feeling very emotional, I'll be back tomorrow after I've slept on it and hopefully will find an amiable solution to my grief and angst.
Still very upset,
