As RuPaul’s Drag Race enters its home stretch, the gays’ other favorite reality series about outwitting, outplaying, and outlasting the competition is just heating up.
That’s right, we’re talking Survivor 44, which has quickly proven itself to be highly entertaining season of television and also just so happens to have one of the show’s most LGBTQ+-inclusive casts ever. Coincidence? We think not.
While we’re going to keep on rooting for the queer survivors (we must protect Yam Yam and Carolyn at all costs), there’s one other contestant who’s gotten a lot of attention from Gay Twitter™ in particular: 20-year old NASA engineering student Carson Garrett.
Don’t let the glasses fool you, this self-proclaimed “space nerd” is a secret twunk:
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*Spoilers ahead for Survivor 44 up through episode 4.*
To recap Carson’s journey so far, he started off as part of the Tika tribe, which took an early blow when member Bruce was injured in the initial challenge and pulled from the competition. In the second episode, Tika was sent to Tribal Council, and Carson made a last-second flip—aligning himself with the aforementioned Yam Yam and Carolyn—proving he was in it to win it.
In the most recent episode, Carson was one of three sent to Advantage Island where he was gifted an immunity idol that would last until merger, but also told he’d have to switch tribes, shipping off to Ratu. At his new home, Carson made some smart connections (while throwing his previous Tika alliance under the bus) and then helped his team to a win in the Immunity Challenge, ensuring he’d survive another day.
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All of that is to say, Garrett has already shown he’s got the Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent to take the win, but he’s also the kind of game-player that’s so blatantly strategic that he’s become quite divisive among the fans—even the gays!
For example, remember all those surprising muscles we showed you earlier? (Of course you do!) Well, he revealed he recently put on 30 pounds specifically so he’d be a more adept physical competitor on Survivor. Talk about strategy!
Oh, that “I’m the quirky little nerd” line? Carson knows exactly what he’s doing.
It’s a ruse we’ve seen on the show plenty of times before—the charming yet unassuming sweetie who’s just happy to be there—sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Some of Carson’s fellow competitors are already catching on, like former Tika tribe member Sarah who pegged him as a “dangerous” player. (Of course, she was just voted out, so that’s one less person for him to worry about.)
Over on Twitter, where Survivor has a very vocal contingent of gay viewers, folks are divided. Is Carson a savvy competitor worthy of a win? Or are people just so taken by his good looks that they’re willfully ignorant to the fact that he’s too shifty to stick around much longer?
Here’s what Team Carson has to say:
And here’s some hot takes from those who think this twunk has got to go:
Either way, Carson (as well as the rest of his Survivor 44 cast) is giving us some good TV. And, as long as he keeps posting screen caps of himself online, he’s giving us some good social content, too. Keep it coming, Tom Holland Carson!
thisisnotreal
umm…correct me if im wrong, but im pretty sure he isnt gay. which if true, would just make him another hot, young, white, straight guy that this site is encouraging us gays to lust after…i fail to see the lgbt spin on this one….
lather
I kept thinking the same thing. It’s it the bearded guy who is gay?
Guess it’s just one way to promote the show. Maybe they get paid for that.
RichAM
Plus that one tweet for a prayer circle from him? ACK! Hairless young ape is caught up in that Christo bullshit. No thanks. No body hair either. Hard pass. LOL
bachy
He’s an incel. They’re a chaotic mix of repressed straight pride and gay longing. Treacherous, incendiary politically unglued and fun in bed, but that’s about it.
ShiningSex
He’s so closeted. Gaydar off the charts.
However, looking at his family, I see why he’s still deep in there.
He’s kinda annoying too.
skeldare
Of course the editors obsess over the straight guy instead of any of the gay ones.
scotty
such a nice boy