Francesca Farago recently discussed how dating reality shows are changing how the LGBTQ+ community is portrayed. She revealed in an interview that she dated a woman from ‘Perfect Match,’ and that her boyfriend, Jesse Sullivan, had received death threats for identifying as transgender.
Francesca Farago rose to prominence after appearing in the Netflix reality series ‘Too Hot to Handle,’ which premiered in 2020. She has since joined the cast of ‘Perfect Match,’ a new dating reality show that premiered on February 14. In the most recent episodes of the show, she was seen dating Abbey Humphreys. She had also had romantic relationships with Dom Gabriel and Damian Powers.
She claims that these dating shows have changed the way the LGBTQ+ community is portrayed. In a new interview, she also revealed that her boyfriend, Jesse Sullivan, receives death threats because he is transgender.
Francesca Farago rose to prominence after appearing in the Netflix reality series ‘Too Hot to Handle,’ which premiered in 2020. She has since joined the cast of ‘Perfect Match,’ a new dating reality show that premiered on February 14. In the most recent episodes of the show, she was seen dating Abbey Humphreys.
She had also had romantic relationships with Dom Gabriel and Damian Powers. She claims that these dating shows have changed the way the LGBTQ+ community is portrayed. In a new interview, she also revealed that her boyfriend, Jesse Sullivan, receives death threats because he is transgender.
She also revealed that her real-life boyfriend, Jesse Sullivan, receives death threats on social media. “My boyfriend is trans, and he receives death threats on his posts,” she said. And he’s just a regular dad. He’s so nice. Having these aspects of public hatred proves that the more representation we have, the more positive it will be because people will see that we’re just regular people.”
“I feel like representation is so important because it’ll show audiences that we’re normal people,” she said of queer visibility on a global streaming platform. “Just because we identify in a certain way doesn’t mean we deserve this much hatred.”
She recently stated that her boyfriend Jesse was ‘upset’ after watching the Perfect Match trailer and would not be watching it any further. He, she claims, is also’supportive’.
In a conversation with Variety, she talked about her experience in Perfect Match, and said, “I reached a point where I wasn’t sure if I wanted to remain in the house anymore because I just I didn’t know if there was someone for me there.
I knew who was there in terms of men, and I was thinking, I don’t know if I can waste anyone’s time by continuing to match with men I know I won’t get along with. Then I found out there was a chance I’d be matched with a female, and I thought, Well, in that case, I’ll stay.
Francesca Farago of Too Hot to Handle discusses how Perfect Match changed its format during filming:
Francesca Farago discussed how the new Netflix dating show Perfect Match expanded its format.
The reality star, who rose to prominence on Too Hot to Handle, appears on the new series, where she dates a woman, Abbey Humphreys, as well as men.
Francesca revealed that she was not told ahead of time that she would have the opportunity to date both men and women.
“I think that was something I kind of guided towards during filming,” she told Variety. “I reached a point where I wasn’t sure if I wanted to remain in the house anymore because I just I didn’t know if there was someone for me there.
“I knew who was there, men-wise, and I was like, ‘I don’t know if I can waste anyone’s time by continuing to match with these men that I know I’m not going to get along with’.
“Then I found out there was a chance I’d be matched with a female, and I was like, ‘In that case, I’ll stay.'”
“I wasn’t even sure it would happen because it was a heterosexual show. But I’m glad it happened, and I’m also glad that relationship happened. “I just changed the rules of the game.”
Farago, who is now dating transgender actor Jesse Sullivan outside of the show, also spoke out about the importance of queer representation, revealing that her boyfriend has received horrific death threats.
“Especially the way the world is right now, I feel like there is so much going on. The hatred directed at our community is insane. “Hate speaks louder than anything else,” she stated.
“People are still getting death threats and people are still getting attacked in public, and it’s very dangerous for people in our community, especially certain members.
“I feel like representation is so important because it’ll show audiences that we’re normal people. We do not deserve this level of hatred simply because we identify in a certain way.
“My boyfriend is trans, and he receives death threats on his social media posts. And he’s just a regular dad. He’s so nice.
“Having these aspects of public hatred proves that the more representation we have, the more positive it will be because people will see that we’re just normal people.”