FBOY Island's JAMIE and PETER Speak On CJ Franco And Life in Limbro + Castle | Divij’s Den | Ep 15

FBOY Island's JAMIE and PETER Speak On CJ Franco, Life in Limbro, and Filming With Nikki Glaser
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This post contains spoilers for FBoy Island.
FBoy Island was far better than it had any right to be. As much a work of satire as a reality TV show, the cheeky reality series begins with three women, stranded on an island of men, half of whom are self-proclaimed “Nice Guys” and the other half of whom are certified “FBoys.” In theory, the women are trying to suss out the good men from the bad ones.
Except, the show is smarter than that makes it sound. And funnier. And, dare we say, more feminist?
The first season was full of twists: Halfway through the series, the producers went ahead and revealed which of the remaining contestants were FBoys, empowering the women to make informed (if not always wise) choices and changing the stakes of the game. One (or more?) of the contestants had girlfriends back home! Casey got eliminated, came back, and got eliminated again! The villainous Garrett didn’t get to keep his prize money!
By the finale, the FBoys had faced retribution. The Nice Guys-well, they did kind of finish last. Two of the three women picked FBoys, and one picked a self-proclaimed Nice Guy who had exhibited some suspicious FBoy behavior earlier in the episode. Two self-proclaimed feminists at TIME were totally addicted to this show and its new twists on a genre bogged down by sexist tropes. Here, we’ll unpack FBoy Island’s gender dynamics, the women’s choices in the finale and whether a certain couple who have the same initials might reunite in the inevitable reunion special.
What do we think of CJ’s (surprising) choice of New Jared over Casey?
Eliana Dockterman: I was very upset by this decision. All three women were more attracted to the FBoys than the Nice Guys-seriously, the Nice Guys were dropping like flies in those first few episodes!-but CJ seemed to be the only one to realize that reforming an FBoy is, if not impossible, a lot of work. She didn’t want to spend the time making Casey a good guy, which is fair enough. Notably, CJ is a few years older than the other women and carried herself as such-she didn’t take any BS from the men, including Casey. (He never actually apologized to her and, inexplicably, remained BFFs with the show’s villain Garrett even after Garrett torpedoed CJ and Casey’s relationship.)
That said, I was rooting for the two CJs to get together. They were the only couple in the group that I felt had genuine chemistry-the kind where you want to hang out with one another because you’re actually friends. Little moments, like CJ coming up to Casey to apologize during his exit interview or the gleeful look on Casey’s face when CJ fetched him from his lonesome cot, suggested that these two people might actually like one another in real life. That’s rare on these shows.
I also am not convinced New Jared is, in fact, a “Nice Guy.” He tried to start fights. The comment he made when Casey came back from CJ’s room was gross and sexist and reeked of slut-shaming. What are the standards by which these men define themselves as “Nice Guys” or “FBoys,” anyway? That possessive dude who kept whispering things in Nakia’s ear in the first episode was also a self-proclaimed nice guy, and he had very creepy vibes. I feel like men who think they’re nice guys but are actually jerks are more dangerous than the self-aware FBoys of the world.
Judy Berman: Yeah, I did not have any particular love for New Jared, and his classification as a Nice Guy mostly just made me wonder what the criteria were. If anything, a dude who is respectful to a woman’s face but turns around and does pathetic, misogynistic locker-room talk behind her back is worse than the standard FBoy.
In any case, I would be very surprised if this couple kept dating off the island… in part because I also didn’t feel like CJ and Casey had gotten each other out of their systems by the end of the finale. I mean, this is one of the great reality-TV couples of all time. He’s an allegedly reformed FBoy, she’s a woman who may be sincerely looking for love but who, let’s face it, also loves to play games. Their chemistry, as you noted, is off the charts. And as contrived as their story line felt at certain points (if you believe he un-eliminated himself without the producers’ help I have a bridge to FBoy Island to sell you), CJ rejecting Casey felt to me like another one of her gambits. There’s no law against them getting back together post-show, and if that happened, she’d go into the relationship with the upper hand-not to mention a whole lot of extra cash.

[@bf7592]

peter's funny as hell. producers should have pulled some strings for him.

[@daimonhampton]

Peter is so funny dude. I think he was improving during those skits

[@Orchid_1026]

Peter is really attractive and has a really good personality.

[@azurajeursey973]

Peter is such a sweet heart

[@GreetingsItsEva]

The three of you have really great chemistry. I think Jamie brings a lot of wisdom and levity to the two goofier ones. This was a great episode!

[@RyanSalm]

Producers should of done more for my man peter

[@kw9568]

Jaime is too fine and he's highly intelligent and have so much positive energy!!!

[@alexajetc]

I liked Jamie from the get go, and hearing more from him, I now admire him a lot ☺️

[@cookiesarelikecream]

I wish other reality shows like the bachelor had more diversity like this

[@cindybear2689]

Diversity is Awesome!!!

[@케이크러브-z6h]

Peter's very cute and funny. Jaime's such a sweetheart 💗💗

[@joli8416]

This is sooooo Good!!! Thank u soooo much for posting.... xx

[@JM32JM32]

Wanna hear more about dudes like Kevin that got zero storyline time, like what happened with that?

[@mohinibabe6916]

Mannnn my mom and I talked about that the wholeeee show you almost didn’t even get his name if you weren’t listening smh they did him wrong

[@luzalvarezsalamanca7271]

Peter Park 😍😍. Te amo bonito. Saludos desde Chile.

[@gabriellareyes8448]

Peter sooo hot!!!!

[@gabriellareyes8448]

Peter I’ll be your sleep buddy lol haha seriously tho

[@masonmaxey2742]

Divij my guy bro!

[@kw9568]

Divij spoke the truth about CJ!!! She was shallow, high maintenance and unintelligent. It didn't seen like there were any deep conversations with anyone.

[@kathburgos2771]

Limbro = bros in limbo ???

[@cindybear2689]

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[@staceybaez1363]

#Teampeter

[@AK-706]

Lmao this shits hilarious

[@luzalvarezsalamanca7271]

🙄🙄🙄😍😍😍 Estoy igual que Mia 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@kw9568]

Peter seem jealous of Jaime for some reason. 🤔

[@Zumcho]

Yeah, jealous or maybe just immature. You can tell Peter can't really understand where Jaime is coming from.

[@lesss4067]

@@Zumcho Its just friendly banter. if you had friends, you know its just jokes.

[@janepaige928]

Nah, Jamie is boastful and it's annoyance you are picking up from Peter in my opinion.