Friday, August 15, 2008


Big Brother Bodybuilder

I'd heard of Big Brother, knew it was a reality TV show but wasn't at all interested in it until this summer when I heard a natural bodybuilder was one of the contestants.  I googled the show.  Saw that Jessie was a pretty boy from Iowa.  Some BB message boards I follow debated whether he was natural or not with some funny posts like "he's shrinking by the hour" and stuff along those lines.  I thought it was in the realm of possibilities that this guy could compete at a tested show.  He was of course not on the show due to his bodybuilding credentials but due to his pretty boy looks and willingness to flex for the cameras.  As a big gay bodybuilding fan I should have been happy, right?  Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Jessie couldn't have been a worse example of a bodybuilder for the mainstream public.  Dumb insecure muscle head with a fist full of syringes is the stereotype he could have fought.  A stereotype that is so wrong.  Most of the serious guys I know have an impressive knowledge of biochemistry and physiology who are fairly humble considering their physical appearances.   If these guys have any insecurities its usually about food.  Will I get all my meals into me today?  How much sodium is in that sauce?  Etc.  Not Jessie though.  He was too busy inserting himself into the girls' scheming to worry about much else.  The girls played him like Twister.

The other thing that make Jessie a bodybuilding anomaly is his inability to shut his mouth. The guys I know tend to not have a lot to say.  The strong, massively huge, silent type. :) Jessie though dug his grave by the mouthful.

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