
Originally Posted by
spockwhat;3809706; Kay, one last time:
Are Melissa and Lance lying? Yes. I don't think anyone doubts that.
Do the trainers have a right to call them on it? Sure. To their face. But on the scale in front of everyone? It's not something Jillian and Bob normally do, and it's not right, imo. I get the feeling that Jillian's anger is a culmination of everytime anyone has ever stepped on that scale with immunity and not lost any weight. All that anger directed at one person is hardly fair, and in a way, I hardly blame Melissa for getting her hackles up and lying and standing her ground. I'd be annoyed if Jillian decided every player in the past had a right to play this game, except me.
They do look ridiculous lying like they are, but I don't totally blame them either. It's not always black and white.
This show is completely set up to make a villian out of someone. Lance and Melissa won immunity, and their reward for doing so? They get to punish three other teams. Not something usually handed out with immunity, that's a "temptation" challlenge kind of thing. Did anyone listen closely to Aly's speech before the weigh-in? She pointedly said to Melissa and Lance in an unkind way: (quoted loosely) "Because of YOU someone doesn't get to vote, because of YOU, someone has a two pound disadvantage..." Uh, not because of them. It was caused by the producers, L and M only had to figure out who was getting them. Sue them for winning immunity, I guess.
Finally, after the green team lost the weigh-in, they stepped off the scale and started screaming at Lance and Melissa (with swear words thrown in for good measure). Put in Melissa's shoes, I would be like, what the heck? too! I don't blame her for pointing out that the green team lost even without the two pound disadvantage, after having been spoken to that way.
I'm not saying Melissa and Lance are perfect, far from it. But it's not just black and white to me. Melissa is annoying, but she knows what position she's in and she's not cowing down. I can live with that.