Did Kaylee on NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' come out of the closet on Tuesday night and did NBC edit it out? It sure seemed that way.
20 year old Kaylee from Shelley, Idaho, decided her time was up. "I kind of had a moment. I mean of course 'The Biggest Loser' is about weight loss, but for me, there was something else I was looking for, and that was to find myself. And to find confidence. And I found that this week." At the end of their last chance workout, her trainer Kara asks, "Do you feel strong?" Kaylee takes her hands and says, "I feel stronger than I've ever felt.... I'm changed. I know what's best for me. I found my voice and my voice is telling me that I'm done here. There isn't much more for me, I'm so close to my goal weight and I've found what I've been looking for emotionally, it's like, what else is there for me?" she says tearfully. Wait, what did she find? NBC cut to commercial before we could find out.
NBC, in general, is one of the more liberal networks on television. "The Office" provides satire regarding homophobia (Michael Scott or Dwight's reaction of Oscar being gay)
Michael Scott: Can you tell who's gay and who's not?
Dwight Schrute: Of course.
Michael Scott: What about Oscar?
Dwight Schrute: Absolutely not.
Michael Scott: Well... he is.
Dwight Schrute: Well he's not dressed in women's clothes so... -
It certainly does not carry the stigma of being home to an openly conservative news network, like Fox News.
So if she did come out on camera, why did they cut it out? Hypothetically, of course. Four years of critical examination of television, film, and all media have ruined my sense of wonder. Now I just demand to know the truth. (I guess I could have done that without four years of a liberal arts education. Oopz) 'The Biggest Loser' seems to have a notoriously Christian and conservative audience (not including this liberal Jew), and same goes with the players. This season, six of the 22 contestants are Mormon: including Kaylee and her dad Moses, along with four more.
This wouldn't be the first time a lady has come on The Biggest Loser, and while losing pounds, she discovered her true self as I believe Kaylee did.
TMZ has learned Rasha Spindel -- who appeared on the NBC reality show back in 2006 with her then-fiance Edwin Chapman -- recently divorced the guy after three years of marriage ... and is now engaged to a woman.
Of course, I'm speculating. Maybe all the 20 year old needed was to "find her voice". No matter what that voice is saying ("I like girls"). No matter that up until now, the show has given no specific examples of the voice she was lacking. It is as vague and cliche as saying "I found myself". Ok, but what did you find? What kind of person are you? What drives you? In the same vein, what kind of voice do you have, Kaylee? Are you funny? Are you a good friend? Are you outspoken?
Even if Kaylee isn't gay and her declaration of finding her voice wasn't about her (homo)sexuality, I think I (and the rest of the eight billion people who watch the show) would like to know what her voice is saying. We have invested in you girlfriend! If not by watching the entire season (and past) so far, at least for an hour and twenty minutes of this episode until you decided to open your mouth. Give me some specifics and maybe I'll shut up.
I guess I'll have to wait until the Morman community would accept Kaylee and TMZ gets ahold of it. When that happens, be confident that I will say "told you so!"
