Jonathan

[BMom]

I had really strong feelings about Jonathan tonight.He’s a terrible example of how a man should act. He was emotionally abusive in this leg. My husband asked if he’s this much of a jerk when he knows cameras are recording, how badly he must act afterward. If they lose(or win) I’d break up immediately. Are they married?

 

[seacliffsal]

I believe that they are married but they separated for a while.  I think in their intro they said they are using this experience to rebuild their relationship (or something similar).  I may be wrong as this was referenced in the first episode, but it is what I seem to remember.

[Me from ME]

Agreed. He is the worst. If they win I will feel similarly as I did when Flo won her season. Not sure if it was mentioned here or elsewhere but evidently when he saw himself on tv he came to the conclusion that he had undiagnosed autism. I think the worst thing is that his primary reaction is blaming her although, he did take some responsibility for his screw ups.

UGH.

[Auntie Anxiety]

Don’t know if Jonathan`s post-show diagnosis was correct or not. To me it`s just one more example of him not taking responsibility for his emotional and verbal abuse of Ana. I bet he doesn`t treat anyone else like he treats her, which would imply that he is autistic (Or whatever) toward only her? That doesn`t make sense to me.

[bunnyface]

There is another poster insisting none of us know what autism is like so we can't blame Jonathan.  I don't have autism but I am close with several people who do, and I have lived with them for prolonged periods, and what they have and what Jonathan is exhibiting are two different things.  Maybe he's autistic, maybe he isn't, but he is abusive to his wife and a jerk in general and that doesn't go hand-in-hand with a diagnosis of autism.  A diagnosis of narcissism maybe, but he's not telling us that.  This whole season will be ruined for me if he wins it.  

[kav]

2 hours ago, Auntie Anxiety said:

Don’t know if Jonathan`s post-show diagnosis was correct or not. To me it`s just one more example of him not taking responsibility for his emotional and verbal abuse of Ana. I bet he doesn`t treat anyone else like he treats her, which would imply that he is autistic (Or whatever) toward only her? That doesn`t make sense to me.

It looks different for each individual person.  Does not matter if you think his diagnosis was "correct or not", he received it from a professional and that is all that matters.  Getting the diagnosis IS helping HIM understand why he acted the way he did on the race in the stressful situations that he was in.

[Auntie Anxiety]

58 minutes ago, kav said:

It looks different for each individual person.  Does not matter if you think his diagnosis was "correct or not", he received it from a professional and that is all that matters.  Getting the diagnosis IS helping HIM understand why he acted the way he did on the race in the stressful situations that he was in.

People are misdiagnosed all the time. That’s why it’s important to get a second opinion, no matter what your issue is. 

[Facts Only]

1 hour ago, kav said:

he received it from a professional and that is all that matters

Does anyone know that for sure ?