Say this about Tyler Cameron:
The Bachelorette suitor does not lack for opinions.
When it comes to Luke Parker, however, these opinions do not always make a lot of sense.
A week ago, for example, Cameron compared Parker to O.J. Simpson, wondering when the sexist suitor and the alleged murdered would start following each other on Twitter.
This seemed a tad bit extreme, considering that Luke may have tried to guilt trip Hannah on numerous occasions for having an active sex life — but he never stabbed two people in cold, violent blood.
On Monday night, meanwhile, after a Men Tell All special during which Parker tried to defend his gross behavior on the show, only for Hannah and every other contestant to trash him as a psychotic liar…
… Cameron jumped on Instagram and sort of showed support for his long-time rival.
"I can’t help but have respect for anybody who goes on this show and puts themselves out there," Cameron said to open his Twitter message about Luke.
He then continued along this same theme, giving Parker props for remaining true to himself and his values and not really caring how he came across on national television.
"Your [sic] immediately placed on the chopping block for the world to come at you," wrote Cameron, adding:
"I have made a lot of jokes about Luke, myself, and other cast members on this show. They were meant to be taken light heartedly and not seriously.
"Luke we may not agree nor do we have the same beliefs, but I wish you nothing but success and growth in your future and hope that you achieve all that you want to achieve in this world.
"No one should be condemned forever."
Forever? No, that’s fair.
But for a few weeks? After someone spends every waking on-air hour standing high on some religious pedestal and looking down on everyone below him and sex-shaming a young, single women for having consensual sex?
We think that’s acceptable.
On this week’s Bachelorette special, Parker attempted to defend himself — only to dig an even bigger and more misogynistic hole than ever before.
"From day one coming here, I felt like I was on a rescue mission for Hannah," he said. "That’s how I look at it. I really felt like I was something that was going to be good for her as a future husband."
That may be the most condscending thing we’ve ever heard from a person before.
We’d spend a lot of time here siding with Hannah and speaking out in her defense.
But Brown doesn’t need us to do so.
She did an admirable job standing up for herself after the men, and especially Luke, told all.
"I feel like you still don’t understand what self-reflection means," she told Parker, continuing to confront him as follows:
You said that you learned from this, and I do hope that you did.
But I think that there’s a lot of fruit that needs to be grown from you …
I will never try to say that the feelings that I had for him weren’t real, because they were. It was the closest thing that I had to feeling like I was drawn to somebody that I felt like was love at first sight that I’ve ever experienced. I think a lot of that came from being really insecure about being the Bachelorette in the first place.
I remember when I got the call from you, I was so excited but also I had this doubt of, ‘Oh my gosh, am I going to be able to be this? Are the guys going to be disappointed?’ I didn’t know if I was going to live up to this standard that I thought I had to live up to and the first night there, there is this huge fear of what your intentions are.
Are they for fame? Are they for career? Are they for building a platform? Is it for you to just continue to be a personality? T
hat night, he made it clear and made me believe that he was there for me. There was safety in that, and he gave me hope from the beginning, and I held onto it a lot longer than I should have
Parker, of course, has talked endlessly about sex and how Hannah had too much of it with other suitors and was therefore acting in a very un-Christian manner, to which Hannah replied:
"Fantasy suites aren’t used for sex, Luke,” Brown explained perfectly.
“You didn’t have one, so maybe you don’t know, but the fantasy suites aren’t for sex. You’re making everything about sex and it’s not. … I’m so over being slut-shamed and [feeling] like that makes me not a woman of faith," she added.
"I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day … but that’s what grace is for. … And those fantasy suites, that’s not what they were about. They were about having a relationship where I grew really close to the men and knowing their heart.
"It’s not just about the physical, and that’s where you’re getting it really, really wrong."
Amen, right?!?
As for whether Hannah gets her pick of a husband right, visit our section of The Bachelorette spoilers to find out!