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Six guys decide to demean themselves by hiring on to a Reality TV show, There’s Something About Miriam<\/i>, where, Bachelorette<\/i>-like, they romance a curvaceous brunette with three weeks of machismo postering and intimate wooing — holding hands, giving massages, caressing and cuddling, kissing, writing love poems … all to win \u00a310,000 and a week on a yacht with Miriam.<\/p>\n
Only problem is, that’s no woman<\/a>. It’s a man, who’s planning a sex change operation.<\/p>\n The six contestants are now suing.<\/p>\n Even the winner, selected by Miriam, has refused the cash prize. The contestants have clubbed together to sue producers and try to stop the show being aired. While I’m more than happy to see any such exercise in Voyeurism TV (particuarly that of the Big Hoax variety) get its lumps, I can’t feel all that sympathetic toward the six guys. Anyone who signs up for a show like that are setting themselves up to “look foolish” from the get-go.<\/p>\n One said after filming ended: “Exploitation doesn’t come close to it. 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\nThey are taking action against Brighter Pictures – owned by Big Brother makers Endemol UK – claiming conspiracy to commit sexual assault. The group also claim defamation, saying they were unfairly made to look foolish.
\nThey are also claiming breach of contract and personal injury in the form of psychological and emotional damage.<\/p>\n