they were transgender until the finale?
Well if you wanna find out- you can just ask the cast of
There’s Something About Miriam- because that's exactly what happened to them.
So if you haven't heard of this story, i cant blame you as this all started way back in
2004 - when the dating show aired in the UK. so this show seemed to be like any other bachelor-style
dating show, basically theres 6 guys who are competing for the heart of one girl, and at
the end whoever wins over her heart will win a romantic outing with her, as well as 10,000
pounds.
But this show, with an un-revolutionary story behind it- quickly became ground breaking
after the woman on the show miriam, revealed that she was transgender right after she announced
the winner and made everything a complete mess.
So i'm guessing the whole point of the show was gonna be the whole ‘theres more to a
person than looks, and its whats on the inside that counts’ and although we can see that
there may not have been bad intentions, sadly the men did not feel that way and mirim was
quickly turned into the butt of a joke.
1.4million people watched the final episode’s ‘big reveal’ back in 2004, and even now
remains one of the most shocking moments of reality TV, maybe ever.
During the show after the reveal, the winner accepted the prize money and a holiday with
Miriam, but later rejected the prize and joined other contestants in a lawsuit against show
creators, Brighter Pictures.
As you can imagine from their reaction, the contestants were never told of this beforehand
and felt completely blindsided by the show and miriam.
So after the show ended, the men decided to take their frustration out with lawyers, by
suing the producer for conspiracy to commit sexual assault, defamation and personal injury
due to the “psychological and emotional damage” they had suffered.
The case ended up getting settled, with some reports speculating that they were paid as
much as £500,000 each.
After the shows horrible reaction, it seems that the creators tried to bury it, with the
show being extremely difficult to find.
The creator Remy Blumenfeld recently commented on the past decision, saying quote - “It’s
hard to produce TV that gets people talking.
Miriam made headlines around the world,” and he continued saying he loved how the show
was so progressive.
He continued saying quote - “You have to remember that at the time,
transsexual people were very seldom seen on TV.
So just by casting a trans person in the title role, we were helping the audience to get
to know one trans character very well.
And while today, that in itself might not be groundbreaking, at the time it felt important,”.
And after that explanation i can kinda see what hes saying and i can imagine it was definitely
a big step for representation at the time, i guess theres just room to ask if it was
a misstep or not.
But some people harshly disagreed with the creator here, with equality campaigner Paris
Lees telling the New Statesman- “He’s talking out his arse!
All Miriam did was tell trans people: ‘We will put you in a swimsuit and sexualise you,
but we will laugh and feel ashamed about it afterwards!’ continuing- “It shows just
how low the bar was back in 2004 in terms of trans representation; when just to see
someone trans, even if they were the butt of a joke, was somehow seen as progress.”
So it seems like the world may be divided on this one, as there really are two strong
arguments here: On one side, miriam does not want to always
be looked at as trans and her and the show just wanted to help her find love, without
her past potentially ruining it.
But then on the other side we have the angry men, who felt hoodwinked and lied to and some
people that felt that the show made it look like trans people are all liars.
Also before i finish talking about miriam, i do also want to note that she passed away
in 2019.
But Honestly this story reminds me a lot of the nikkietutorials story that we covered
on the show a few weeks back, as the blackmailers felt that she was lying to her fans and her
boyfriend by not being open about her past, but at the end of the day she just wanted
people to see her for who she is now, not who she used to be.
And i think most people understood that and were on her side.
So i think with this story there is a lot of opinions that can be shared as there is
so many layers with topics like this, and since this is youtube and there is a comment
section i would love to hear everyone's opinions about this topic- especially if anyone watching
is trans, how do you approach telling someone that your dating about your past, and do you
think what miriam did here was okay?
Also speaking of comments, i wanted to shout out some comments from my celebrities caught
on mic video:
Fathima - It's kind of comforting when celebrities get
caught saying these sort of stuff... we get the truth behind
the facades!
Patti Harvey- These are great although I'm pretty certain
Obama knew he was being taped.
😆🤣 * Honestly maybe he is just an even bigger
savage then we thought and he just didnt care
Amie De Angelis- Trump King of shade, that shade being ORANGE
* Chefs kiss
Teresa Laynes- Yo MacKenzie!
Your mic is on!!
Ernest Borji- knee 😂😂😂 * Snap i know the dreaded wrong name pronunciation,
you guys have to rememebr for practically all of our research on these stories we are
reading articles not watching videos, so sometimes i get on screen and realize that i have no
way how to pronounce something but im already filming so its too late to go check!
Pls forgive me.
lil werido- Can I have a comment shoutout this channel
is awesome for that piping hot tea😎
Lastly, Zamira McConnell- I have never gotten a shout out 😂 I want
one from Mackenzie she is my new favorite!!!
Sorry Charlotte
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