Jordan Speaks OUT: Homophobia in Reality TV

Jordan and Daniel Pious were the winners of the latest season of CBS’s Amazing Race.  Jordon, the younger of the two is openly gay which made their victory perhaps a little sweeter for gay men who are fans of the show, but in a very open and candid interview with OUT Magazine, Jordan let’s us in on how it was to be on the set with Okalahomophobe Jet, one of the cowboy brothers from the Sooner state.

According to the interview:

Sure — you’ve been around them for a lot of time consecutively and, at the same time, in extremely stressful situations, which tend to show people’s true colors. So, do you think Jet’s interaction is an antisocial thing or is it more than that?
Jordan: I think he… has very, very set-in views on homosexuality and he certainly expressed that to me in derogatory ways. And he just isn’t — he was very focused on the race and he wasn’t looking to make friends or have conversation.
Daniel: I think Jet, in particular, had a problem with only three individuals on the race. It wasn’t a team thing. He didn’t like Carol. He didn’t like Brandy. And he didn’t like Jordan. He had no problem with me, but I think that you need to look no farther than the three individuals that he didn’t like just so happened to be the three homosexual individuals. There’s absolutely no doubt — I’ll make it crystal clear — that there is no coincidence in that.
Jordan: Right.

Let’s get specific. What derogatory things or comments?
Jordan: I mean, straight up, he called me a “fag.”

Read the entire interview at: OUT!