Pete Buttigiegs replacement Sean Duffy harassed a lesbian for sex on reality TV
Despite repeated protests by a lesbian on MTVs Real World Boston, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the former reality TV and Fox News personality, continued to sexually harass her over their time together on the popular 1990s TV franchise.Duffy played up his role as the shows resident party animal at the expense of the woman and other castmates, with a penchant for hard-partying, cringeworthy pick-up lines, and a libido in overdrive that became a defining feature of the future MAGA loyalists on-screen persona. Related Pete Buttigiegs replacement begs governors to remove rainbow crosswalks, claiming they kill people He didnt offer any proof that rainbow crosswalks cause car crashes. Like fellow Cabinet secretary Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Duffy has an alcohol-drenched past caught on camera, but his was recorded over several seasons of the MTV reality show and crossover appearances. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today One incident captures Duffy dancing naked and getting his nipple licked by another female castmate he made advances on.The most disturbing plotline featuring the sex-crazed Duffy was his dogged pursuit of cast member Genesis Moss, an out lesbian who told him repeatedly that she wasnt attracted to him.Despite the multiple rejections, the 25-year-old law student seemed to have a fixation on the unattainable lesbian cast member even as he bedded other castmates in a show of his sexual prowess.Duffy tried to convince one female castmate to hit it with him on camera. In a crossover episode with Road Rules, he made a public show of a bathroom hookup with another.A Real World housemate bluntly described it: They went to town. They went in the bathroom. Had her up against the wall. You know what Im sayin. On Real World Boston, Duffy is seen pursuing Moss over the shows run relentlessly and making awkward advances over her protests. In one episode reported by the Daily Mail, he propositions her with a demand to feel my noodle.The cringey advance fell flat like the others.Duffy had better luck hooking up with a local girl in one episode, at the expense of a group of at-risk children he was supposed to be mentoring as part of a college internship. He was a no-show for the kids.Another incident was recorded where Duffy was seen drinking in front of the same group. He was fired from the internship over those incidents, as well as bailing on them for a ski trip party. Misogyny was also on display in heated arguments with Duffy and female castmates on the show. In one, Duffy calls his Black roommate a b**ch.Despite zero experience in the transportation sector or a management history, Duffy was appointed to the position overseeing 55,000 employees charged with overseeing the countrys transportation infrastructure.Duffy, a five-term House member from Wisconsin, who rose in politics on his appeal to the Tea Party and his fervent opposition to Obamacare (hes bragged about voting against the Affordable Care Act more than 50 times), has now been enlisted to promote the administrations immigration crackdown.In June, Duffy announced an audit of state commercial drivers license programs in search of undocumented immigrant drivers, and in May, he issued new guidelines to enforce an English-only requirement for commercial truck operators.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.