Dating Naked - General Discussion

[Tara Ariano]

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[StatMom]

Really? What's next, "Cooking Naked"? 

[David T. Cole]

Oooooo.

[Alex Zeidel]

Who is the chef in this metaphor?

[Ffiferoo]

I just got really into Naked and Afraid recently, so I felt pretty unimpressed when the daters didn't have to bond while starving and avoiding hazardous wildlife.  

 

I wonder if it's always going to be set up to try and get the original two daters together, or if it'll vary more in later episodes.  It does seem inherently harder for the second and third dates to make as big of an impression with the way the cumulative time spent with each person decreases depending on the placement of their date.  

[legaleagle53]

I double-dog dare them to do a same-sex edition!  :-P

[Alex Zeidel]

I double-dog dare them to do a same-sex edition!  :-P

It's naked Adam and naked Eve not naked Adam and naked Steve.

[Bondfool]

Anyone else disappointed Wee Wee wasn't Howard Kremer?

[legaleagle53]

It's naked Adam and naked Eve not naked Adam and naked Steve.

So where did naked Steve come from? :-P

[MrMattyMatt]

I watched this today while playing games on my Kindle, so I really didn't get the "naked" effect.  It was rather boring actually with the typical jealousy drama that's usual to these dating shows.  

 

Why wasn't the hostess naked too?  It's just all sorts of bizarre.

[vinnieprice]

What a trainwreck! Poor Wee Wee has issues and set herself up by not being open minded with the other guys. She was hooked on Joe for no good reason and didn't even give that second guy, Jack? a chance. When she saw how Joe was over that girl Jasmine she should have just been like "meh" and moved on. She wasn't honest with him anyways, to his face she's all "I dunno, maybe I'll want kids, whoo knooooows" and then in private she's all "omg my clock is ticking". Scary.

 

It's pretty twisted that they bring the new people back to meet the other dates. 

 

Ugh, I don't think I've watched VH1 in ten years, but here we are. Hello Darkness my old friend. Season Pass acquired.

[Bellalisa]

Jasmine was not into Joe, she just wanted to WIN. Struck me as beautiful girl used to winning and getting her way so glad she lost.

[Bellalisa]

These people are really ugly naked. I don't know what the point of the naked is. S. Carolina girl thought she was all that. I thought she was kinda fat. This show is dumb unless they let the viewer see them naked too.

[H.E. Pennypacker]

I think the concept of them dating three different people and choosing one, and having them all interact is much more interesting than the naked part!

Edited July 25, 2014 by H.E. Pennypacker

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[Bondfool]

Steven made me cringe so much I couldn't finish the episode.

[Bellalisa]

Dar seems to have convinced the blonde to unglue her bad fake hair extensions because she is not wearing them at the salsa dancing. Good because it looked sad.

 

I would do Dar. Just saying. 

[Alex Zeidel]

I would do Dar. Just saying. 

 

He's a sex idiot.

[vinnieprice]

I think Dar would be exhausting. Steven was totally clueless. The whole thing was painful, and I cannot stop watching.

[Art Vandelay]

I though Steven was hilarious and had. Great sense of humour. Felt bad for him with the waterskiing. Had high hopes for him with the second girl until she started going on about him not being manly enough. At least she got his jokes unlike Taryn.

Taryn was pretty much awful shacking up with both guys. Not surprising she went for salsa boy.

[Tara Ariano]

A perky blonde seeks the man of her dreams just as a rogue scouts for just the right woman.

[blackwing]

Discovered this trainwreck while doing a dvr search for "Naked and Afraid". Such a very odd show. Yes, it's an interesting concept and it's meant to be titillating, but the fact that we don't see any naked except for some bare butts kind of makes it like any other dating show. I'm sure it's weird and uncomfortable for them, but it doesn't really add anything for us.

Diane was beautiful. I call BS that she chose the geek. Ok so she had nothing to talk about with Keegan. But Scott seemed perfectly nice. I found it thoroughly irritating when the geek went over to Diane and Scott who were sitting at the edge of the pool and obnoxiously said to her "Hi! I'm Dan.". Passive aggressive much?

She should have dumped him for that alone. I think the fix was in by TPTB to show that she wasn't shallow. Here we had two normal, good looking dudes with good bodies and decent personalities, and she chooses the funny looking, skinny, insecure nerd with some kind of personality disorder.

Although Scott was a little odd. Single for a year and a half and he said he'd been on close to 200 dates? Desperate much? And what was with the dog tags? He said he was in the army from 2000 - 2004 and then he got out. Why does he still wear them? Especially on this show? To try and impress people that he was in the army?

I liked Diane better than the girl Keegan chose. That girl didn't seem like she wanted to continue dating him based on her hesitancy in responding.

The other girl was crazy. The reason why she smashed into the pole was because she probably wasn't supposed to have this 200 pound guy attached to her. More mass = more speed. She acted like he had done it on purpose.

Loved the host's responses to her.

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[Bellalisa]

He was an idiot lunkhead - keegan - and didn't pull the brake- he said you should have put your hands in front of your face! Oy vey

 

Where do they get these disfunctional people? Yes, the hostess SHOULD be naked too, glad this crazy bitch called her out on that.

[Tara Ariano]

A couple named Chuck and Camille bare all in their search for love in paradise.

[LoneHaranguer]

As hostess, Amy needs to be wearing something to distinguish her at a glance from a contestant, but it could be some sort of neckwear or headdress because I agree that she shouldn't be so covered up when everyone else is naked.

 

Have they mentioned where this island is? The show's casual attitude about safety makes me think they're not on U.S. soil. I've seen the same thing on prior VH1 shows shot in Mexico.

[blackwing]

I think it's been said that they are shooting in Panama.  And it's an actual nudist resort.  It would seem they rented out the whole place, otherwise others would just wander in.

[portfino]

Even by reality standards, I think this show is heavily fictionalized. There are a lot of hard (pardon the pun) cuts. And from the back and forth on Twitter Keegan and Dan seemed to like each other.

[blackwing]

Very predictable episode.  It was obvious Chuck was going to choose Kristen.  Kristen looked great for 42 years old!

 

Totally obvious that Camille was going to choose Rob.   I felt bad for Julian, who seems to have been completely ignored.

 

At the very least, I like that this show has chosen some black and Hispanic dates for the invariable white "main" contestants.

 

I read that there's going to be a Dating Naked wedding in a few weeks.  Hilarious.

[PlanetSassy]

Kristen's eyebrows scared me, and I was a little horrified that Chuck chose her.  I kept wishing he'd ask her how old she is.  42 and a waitress.. it was pretty obvious she did this show to get her break in show business.

[Bellalisa]

I think it is disgusting when they sit on the seats naked. Like when they showed Chuck's ass crack on the stool at the wine bar. I am not a germaphobe nor am I a prude but I would think a naked resort would be gross for the chair factor alone. All that ass and ball sweat and crotch stuff on the furniture. What would happen if one of the ladies got her period? 

I kind of enjoyed the black guy with the erect penis.

[LoneHaranguer]

 

I am not a germaphobe nor am I a prude but I would think a naked resort would be gross for the chair factor alone. All that ass and ball sweat and crotch stuff on the furniture.

IMU nudists carry a towel to sit on furniture in public areas.

[Bellalisa]

Well no one is sitting on a towel on this show. I only thought about the issue cause I saw Chuck's bare asscrack right there on the wine stool!

Edited August 9, 2014 by Bellalisa

[CottlestonPie]

Did anyone notice that Michelle was Mamacita from Real Chance of Love and one episode of I Love Money?  I was totally hoping she'd get hammered and fart all over the place like she did on Real Chance.  I probably should be embarrassed to admit that I watched that show, but here I am on the Dating Naked forum, so....

[LoneHaranguer]

I've been trying to figure out where I've seen Camille before. I think I recognize her corset piercing from Tattoos After Dark. We didn't really see it on this episode, but she's apparently a model for something called Suicide Girls, so there are quite a few pictures of her on the net.

[blackwing]

So Mike basically got dumped because he was a nice guy and took too much time being nice to crazy lady and her friend. I think Candace made the wrong choice. Marcus admitted that he broke up with his last girlfriend because he would rather party. He didn't say that he had changed.

Diane? Should watch this episode and understand why she is still single. Let's see, so many reasons. Starting with that irritating giggle and that awful accent. She was crazy possessive after just one date where she completely missed the signs that he wasn't into her.

Then she laughs when Candace picks Marcus over Mike? Yeah, that's really going to make people want her.

I can't decide who is crazier. Zip lining black eye girl, or Crying Mascara Diane. I rewound "this always happens to me sobbbbbbb wahhhhhh" 10 times.

[GeminiDancer]

I agree that Candace made the wrong choice, considering that she and Mike had a lot of chemistry. I'm wondering if Mike caught her signal to go upstairs with her.

 

Oh, Diane. She don't love herself.

[Bijou]

Diana needs to invest in some water proof mascara.

[possibilities]

Candice seemed to be still into games and was kind of superficial, though. So maybe Mike dodged a bullet.

[djlynch]

Candice seemed to be still into games and was kind of superficial, though. So maybe Mike dodged a bullet.

I think maybe he was just a little bit passive about not cutting Diane off and leaving when she didn't shut up, but it didn't seem to occur to Candice at all that maybe he didn't immediately jump up and follow her because he was trying not to be rude to the other people he was in a conversation with at that moment.

[blackwing]

I know this forum isn't that active, but thought I'd indicate that I think tonight is the episode with the couple that is going to get married.  Check out this link: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/05/dating-naked-wedding-special/   Warning, semi-spoiler, it doesn't show the faces but it shows the tattoos on the guy, shouldn't be too hard to match up.

 

Interesting bits:  it says the identity of the couple will be revealed on tonight's show, so it makes sense that the couple is one of the couples from tonight.  There are 10 episodes, and they claim to have matched successful couples on 6 of the 10 shows.  All of these couples who have managed to stay together for all of 2 or 3 months (show taped in June) will be shown on this wedding airing in September.

 

How.... awkward.  Imagine telling your kids that mommy and daddy met while filming a TV show together naked.

 

[StayingAfterSunday]

I know this forum isn't that active, but thought I'd indicate that I think tonight is the episode with the couple that is going to get married.  Check out this link: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/05/dating-naked-wedding-special/   Warning, semi-spoiler, it doesn't show the faces but it shows the tattoos on the guy, shouldn't be too hard to match up.

 

Interesting bits:  it says the identity of the couple will be revealed on tonight's show, so it makes sense that the couple is one of the couples from tonight.  There are 10 episodes, and they claim to have matched successful couples on 6 of the 10 shows.  All of these couples who have managed to stay together for all of 2 or 3 months (show taped in June) will be shown on this wedding airing in September.

 

How.... awkward.  Imagine telling your kids that mommy and daddy met while filming a TV show together naked.

If 6 out of 10 really are still together, maybe there is more than a bit of truth to what they say in the show about you can't really get to know somebody until you "bare it all," or something like that.  Granted, a couple of months doesn't translate into "long-term relationship," but it still portends more favorably than the majority of dating and matchmaking shows.  Look at Patty Stanger with "Her Millionaires;"  I doubt she's even had one successful placement, short-term or otherwise, in the five-plus years this show has aired.

Either way, thank you so much for the information, Blackwing. I am really liking this show, and am finding it to be as fascinating as it is outrageous.

 

What a concept!

Edited August 22, 2014 by StayingAfterSunday

[LoneHaranguer]

 

How.... awkward.  Imagine telling your kids that mommy and daddy met while filming a TV show together naked.

Could be worse. If it wasn't VH1 they'd be able to get the DVD.

 

 

Look at Patty Stanger with "Her Millionaires;"  I doubt she's even had one successful placement, short-term or otherwise, in the five-plus years this show has aired.

Patty sabotages herself by ignoring what the people she's trying to set up tell her, thinking she knows better, or to try to prove a point.

[tivofanatic]

People question the point of this show.  The answer?  Ashley and Alika.  They really seemed to grok each other (they understood each other intuitively).  Alika immediately spotted her sacred geometry tattoo.  I had to look that up.  Her tattoo had much more depth than the spirograph drawing it appeared to be.  I initially thought Ashley would be better with JR, but he would have slipped up again by getting a flu shot or using an aerosol deodorant, and that would have been the deal breaker.  

 

Angelica strikes me as a person who can't be talked out of obviously bad ideas, but wants the attention of the deciding phase.  I've seen enough casting specials to know how many rounds of callbacks it takes to be on a show.  You know her virginity was the main reason she was picked, and unless you approach the situation like a nudist going skinny dipping it won't work.  Everything about that girl rubbed me the wrong way.  She treated Greg like a gigolo, and then wondered why he wasn't erect.  Angelica's worst behavior was saying that Greg's butt needed tanning.  So rude.  After that I had no sympathy for her vomiting off the side of the speedboat.  The best thing she could have done for Greg was leave on night two after she got all high and mighty.  The group is trying out nudist dates.  They're not swingers!  At least not this episode.  

 

Could you imagine how unbearable Angelica would have been on night three?  She would have torpedoed Greg and Tess like the running mascara girl from the other episode.  I'm so glad Greg got to go out with a normal woman.  Tess had the right approach.  Have low expectations.  Treat the situation like nudism and not porn, and you'll be fine.       

[tivofanatic]

Camille's roots annoyed me.  Unless she's going for visible roots, why not get a touch up before you immortalize yourself on TV?  Were you waiting for a special occasion, Camille?

[tivofanatic]

Angelica's freakout over seeing a live naked man for the first time made me wonder how I would act on this show.  I'm a 36 year old man, and I did locker room nudity for the first time in college.  The men's showers were army style, with no dividers or curtains.  I'd shower after swimming laps, and shrinkage made me self conscious, but I didn't dwell on it.  At this age, I'm still in decent shape, but when I have to change in a locker room now I do what Margaret Cho calls disaster nudity.  I put on my t-shirt before my underwear to look unsightly on purpose.  Meanwhile, some guys are taking their sweet time stepping on the scale and brushing their teeth naked.

 

Being naked in front of a woman is much easier because it's mutual and you can build up to it, but I could never do this show.  I'm a grower, not a show-er.  It's a pretty dramatic difference, and I'll be damned if I'll let a camera crew capture me at full mast.

 

Does anyone see you naked?  Where?  Do you think you would get used to a naked date situation pretty quickly?

[tivofanatic]

She's all right, but she doesn't stand out.  The only thing I really remember about her is playing it cool while the woman with the black eye told everyone off.  Why isn't the host naked?  Because Janice Dickinson wasn't available.  She was too busy skipping naked with new boobs on Botched.

[blackwing]

Everything about that girl rubbed me the wrong way.  She treated Greg like a gigolo, and then wondered why he wasn't erect.  Angelica's worst behavior was saying that Greg's butt needed tanning.  So rude.

I finally got around to watching this episode, and I agree that she just wasn't right for the show.  However, I don't think she was necessarily mean-spirited about it.  She said she was a free spirit, and that this was something she thought she could do, but I guess when it actually came time to do it and she saw penis that it all got too real for her.  I didn't think her comment about his butt was that bad (it did look blindingly white compared to the rest of him), it seemed to be good-natured ribbing, like a defence mechanism to help her get over her own self-consciousness about being naked.  I thought the comment from Ashley that Greg's penis was really small compared to the rest of his body was way worse.  I get that she didn't say it to his face, but it was worse, she said it to all the TV viewers and he doesn't hear it until months later.

 

As far as 6 couples matched and still being together, I thought that was good, until I figured that 1) it's only been 2 months, and 2) there's up to 20 potential couples if the guy and the girl choose other people.  Now in the first episode they picked each other, and then in the one with Mike the accountant he picked her but she picked someone else, so I know there's not 20, but still.  All of the "and they lived happily ever after" lines at the end of each episode always make it sound like the couple is still together, but they can't all be.

[blackwing]

AJ seemed like a decent dude.  Too bad he picked Liddy.  Liddy was messed up, she is so clearly passive aggressive and I can understand why she is single.  She got jealous at the drop of a hat because he was talking to Meg.  AJ and Liddy had decided the previous night that they weren't right for each other.  So he talks to Meg to get to know her better, and Liddy gets all jealous.  She announces she is going to bed and then cries when he doesn't knock on her door?  WTF.

 

That second guy Joe was so clearly out of place.  Whereas most of the guys on this show have been very fit, here we had an extremely pale and slightly overweight guy.  It was painfully obvious that Liddy didn't like him at all, and it was so pathetic when after not talking with him all night, he still tried multiple times to invite himself into her room.

 

The only thing interesting about Meg was her enormous fake bosoms.  I was a bit surprised she didn't do a pole dance after Liddy did, I'm sure she would have put her to shame.

 

Steve was a complete jerk, and it didn't help that he said at the final rose ceremony that he was more interested in dating the girl with the big cans than Liddy.  Again, obvious why he's still single.  He has a very high opinion of himself.

 

I really liked Xandra a lot.  I thought she was perhaps the coolest contestants we've seen on this show.  Witty and sassy and comfortable in her skin.  Seemed like she and AJ had a good connection.  Not sure at all what happened between the time their date ended in the afternoon and when they all met by the pool post-dinner.  She turned into a complete grumpnoid.  Acted really cold to him, and then outright refused to get naked and get in the pool.  Too bad, I think he matched better with her than he did with Liddy.