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Phlex Franklin doesn't need my approval or opinion, but I don't feel particularly sorry for him, nor do I admire his 'sensitivity'. His confession speech was about how frightened he was of being exposed, how he was experiencing something of what gay people feel, etc. But missing was any sense of guilt that he had been leading James along, right down to the last seconds, playing the role of an interested suitor, fully intending to yank it away and get his money. There was no realapology to James for jerking him around, nor even an acknowledgement that there was anything wrong with his actions.
Franklin, if his conscience had ever bothered him, could have taken himself out any time pretty easily. He chose not to. While he (like James) got blindsided by the producers when James revealed that he knew about the 'twist', any discomfort he felt was entirely of his own making. And even at that moment, he seemed to wrestle with the idea of brazening it out and denying James's accusation.
The sad thing is that there are plenty of women out there who will be happy to date Franklin (oh, the poor puppy), even though he has shown himself capable of doing or saying anything to get what he wants.