# "Kept". And I didn't think it possible to be shocked by a Reality Show anymore. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869 "2005-05-14T21:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/1 "2005-05-14T21:55:42Z")
[Kept](http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/kept/series.jhtml) > [@](#): > > Jerry Hall begins her search for a Kept man by bringing twelve unrefined young Americans to London, England. The guys must show their level of commitment to Jerry by swimming across the Thames River. Later, they present Jerry with a personalized gift to prove their worthiness or risk being the first man to be left behind the velvet rope Why didn’t they just name it “Sugar Mama”? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/2 "2005-05-14T21:59:59Z")
Theme song: “Just a Gigolo”. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/3 "2005-05-14T22:16:32Z")
I feel a great heaving mass of “meh.” How is this any different from any other dating show with one “bachelor/ette” and many suitors? It’s one of those cases where it’s not clear whether it’s anti-male because the guys are treated like dogs or anti-female because the woman is held out as a prize. There’s a long history of that, and I’m glad to see [Chivalry](http://condor.depaul.edu/~dsimpson/tlove/courtlylove.html) isn’t, in fact, dead. Eleanor would be proud. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/4 "2005-05-14T22:24:28Z")
Dang. I _need_ a gig like that! (Though preferrably _not_ with Jerry Hall.) ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/5 "2005-05-14T22:33:04Z")
So I take it the winner gets to stay in the house and play with the toys, while the loser actually has to spend time with Ms. Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/6 "2005-05-14T22:46:37Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I feel a great heaving mass of “meh.” > > How is this any different from any other dating show with one “bachelor/ette” and many suitors? Those other dating shows are supposedly meant to result in marriage. Kept, implies a sexual relationship in exchange for money and toys. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/7 "2005-05-14T23:40:16Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Those other dating shows are supposedly meant to result in marriage. > > Kept, implies a sexual relationship in exchange for money and toys. I’m still not getting the distinction here. 😛 Stranger ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/8 "2005-05-15T00:52:35Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Those other dating shows are supposedly meant to result in marriage. > > Kept, implies a sexual relationship in exchange for money and toys. And I’m not getting the outrage. 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/9 "2005-05-15T01:07:49Z")
Considering we’ve already had a reality show, “Who Wants to be a Porn Star?” I think the shock level has been exceeded. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/10 "2005-05-15T01:31:12Z")
Maybe “shocked” was too strong. How about, “creeped out”. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/11 "2005-05-15T02:46:08Z")
I think we’re all still in the early stages of paving the way for (non-claymation) Celebrity Death Matches, Who Wants To Screw A Giant Panda?, and Sodomize Michael Jackson’s Infant! ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/12 "2005-05-15T03:02:50Z")
I don’t watch “Reality tv” but imagine how low the losers from this show are going to feel “I couldn’t cut it as a spineless, soulless, mimbo, toadie, old ladys’ boy-toy on national tv”. OUCH!, that’s gonna follow them around for a while!. “well Bob, tell me about your last position” (heh) Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kept-and-i-didnt-think-it-possible-to-be-shocked-by-a-reality-show-anymore/303869/13 "2005-05-15T16:50:54Z")
I wouldn’t swim the Thames if you payed me.