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Actually, They Are Here to Make Friends
In an age when casts prioritize camaraderie, competitive reality TV finally retires its most infamous cliché.
On this year’s breakout season of Love Island USA, Rob wants to leave after his romantic connection Andrea gets eliminated from the show, only to change his mind after his best friend Aaron breaks down in tears and begs him to stick it out. Except in 2024, The Golden Bachelorette is full of footage of boomer guys wiping tears from their eyes as they talk about the power of their new friendships and the cast of Love Is Blind season seven cannot stop posting photos of each other with adoring captions. It’s not news that older men struggle to create and maintain friendships, and it makes sense that a few weeks hanging out together at the Bachelor mansion provided these guys with a consistent, emotionally vulnerable connection that they haven’t had since the end of their marriages.
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