Finding Prince Charming

[Kad]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 10:43am

Lord, what an embarrassing attempt at a Bachelor ripoff by Logo. Really can't get over how truly, irredeemably awful that first episode was.

[newintown]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 10:54am

I can't believe anyone actually watched it.

[Kad]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 11:16am

Since it immediately follows Drag Race, it just stayed on in my apartment as we all finished drinks, etc.

[newintown]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 11:18am

Their strategy worked!

[HorseTears]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 3:08pm

Apparently Prince Charming is a former lady of the night.  Not that, as Mr. Seinfeld would say, there's anything wrong with that.  He also, reportedly, refused to do business with black clients.  And, that's, perhaps, as the kids say, a touch problematic.  

 

??? "Someday... my prince will come...on me.

As long as I'm whiiiite..."  ???

 

 

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 3:39pm

That premiere episode was truly something else and it's all I've been able to think about this morning! 

Robert (Prince Charming, ha!) is so painfully bland and lifeless that I don't know how they chose him. Did no one think to do a screen test, or I don't know, converse with him for five minutes???

The contestants, with few exceptions, are one cringeworthy embarrassment after another. One favorite moment was when the hairdresser told Robert that he was even more beautiful on the inside than the outside- after being in his presence for like 3 hours! 

The black tie ceremony was so awkward; it looked like Robert was placing a noose around each of their necks. 

But, it was like the old cliche of an train wreck you can't look away from and I can't wait for next week!

[newintown]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 3:53pm

It does appear to be attempting to find a new level of shallow; but can there be a shallower than two dimensions?

[Kad]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 3:54pm

I liked whenever someone would describe Robert (including himself)- empathetic, goofy, etc. All I could think about was Arrested Development. "...her?"

[John Adams]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 10:03am

How long before the contestants start "dating" each other?

 

 

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 10:32am

After watching behind-the-curtain shows like UNREAL, it's very hard to take anything I see on FINDING PRINCE CHARMING as remotely a believable take on what actually happened at the garishly lit mansion for those silly weeks. I feel sorry for Mr. Sepulveda, Mr. Bass, and all 13 misbegotten contestants, if they don't realize from the get-go that their true selves will be replaced with whatever character the producers need them to play in the ensuing "drama". 

Still, like Whizzer said, I can't look away. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 11:11am

I don't feel bad for a single one of them. They all knew what they were getting themselves into.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 12:15pm

I only started watching it because of UNREAL, actually. It's fun to imagine what Quinn and Rachel are up to as these people make complete fools of themselves on TV. This show will forever be worth it for that moment when the guy freaks out thinking that Lance Bass is "Prince Charming." That is pure comedy gold.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 2:32pm

Did this make anyone else REALLY miss The A-List?

[haterobics]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 9:41pm

This sounds like such a train wreck, I just downloaded the first episode.

[haterobics]

Posted: 9/11/16 at 11:54pm

HorseTears said: "Apparently Prince Charming is a former lady of the night.  Not that, as Mr. Seinfeld would say, there's anything wrong with that.  He also, reportedly, refused to do business with black clients.  And, that's, perhaps, as the kids say, a touch problematic."

 

That's actually the least offensive thing they've dug up since this aired... warning, you really shouldn't click that link. Some things you can't unsee.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 10/9/16 at 11:36am

Could it be that I'm the only one on BWW still forcing myself to watch every episode as my own personal guilty pleasure (or maybe just to see how it all ends)?

Somehow Robby managed to wave his disclosure agreement with LOGO completely after he left the show in order to give the juiciest interview ever with Vulture yesterday: 

http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/finding-prince-charming-robby-lariviere-interview.html

Now that's the show I wish they would be filming instead of the pablum we're forced to settle for.

 

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/9/16 at 3:10pm

Is he the escort?

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 10/9/16 at 6:24pm

^ Sadly, no. That's Robert, the show's titular "Prince Charming", who allegedly did sex work sometime in his past. That would also be a fine subject for a reality confessional.

No, Robby La Riviere was last week's aufed contestant, a cute charming stereotypically queenie young man always ready with the fruity quip, who couldn't sufficiently prove to Robert that he had a serious side, so was booted. The beans he spills in that interview finally show us the true reality behind the sequined curtain. He deserves his own show.

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/9/16 at 7:21pm

Any reason to watch beyond the first episode? Is it a hatewatch, a trainwreck or just a mess?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/9/16 at 7:46pm

I can't stop watching. I don't know that I'd suggest it to anyone though. That interview is giving me life, and I hate myself for it.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/9/16 at 10:50pm

 

That's Robert, the show's titular "Prince Charming", who allegedly did sex work sometime in his past.

 

Why do you say "allegedly"?

 

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 10/10/16 at 5:53am

^ Well, I never hired him, and he's never copped to it himself, so I'd call that hearsay.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 10/10/16 at 7:36pm

I started watching this on youtube based on this thread.  It's so funny to watch after reading all the dirt on this guy and seeing his porn videos.  These guys are going gaga over someone who in reality all it takes is some extra coins to get him.

[newintown]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 9:05am

"Well, I never hired him, and he's never copped to it himself, so I'd call that hearsay."

Actually, he has fully admitted his rentboy past, saying first that he's not ashamed of it, and then that he doesn't want to talk about it (which probably means he is ashamed of it).

http://people.com/tv/finding-prince-charming-robert-sepulveda-jr-on-escort-past-and-nude-video/

I can't even watch the commercials for this Trump-style celebration of vulgarity, shallowness, and stupidity.

[Kad]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 10:03am

I don't care that he was an escort. It's just remarkable that someone so devoid of charm or personality could be an escort at all.