I don’t think anyone would be able to tell she’s trans. It’s either the extreme plastic surgery or the camera that they’re staring at. She looks better than the average patient on Botched. If she thinks she’s getting copped and outed, it’s because she’s being filmed in public, and in a conservative Soviet country.
It’s obvious that Geno and Jasmine are playing it up for ratings, but Nikki seems legitimately insane. No man will sleep with a woman who acts like a teenage boy and begs for sex every ten seconds. If the catch isn’t satisfying, you don’t want the fish.
They handled Gabe respectfully enough, but TLC’s portrayal of Nikki seems offensive and stereotypical.
What I can’t get over with this storyline is how Nikki hid the fact that she was born a man, and then laughs it off when she says she told him during an argument. That isn’t funny. Not even a little bit. I keep thinking, how is that not borderline rape? Sure, he consented to having sex with her, but he certainly didn’t consent to having sex with someone who is trans. I think Nikki knew that, and that’s why she hid the truth. That’s predatory AF. The age gap makes it evennn worse.
I mean, that’s some seriously heavy shit for Igor to have to come to terms with. What if he had had an entire identity crisis after finding out he was tricked into sleeping with a trans woman? People commit suicide for much less than this. And as for Nikki, people have gotten themselves killed over much smaller lies.
For the record, I have no issue with trans people, but I have a HUGE problem with deceiving people in any context.
Sorry, I know this doesn’t actually answer your question, I’ve just been so jaw-dropped by this whole storyline, and I had to vent.