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Five Reasons 'Too Hot To Handle' Is So Bad It's Good

Ciara Sheppard

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Five Reasons 'Too Hot To Handle' Is So Bad It's Good

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Too Hot To Handle is one of those shows that treads the line between unfathomably trashy and so damn watchable.

The eight-part Netflix dating show has all the hallmarks of the kind of tele you'd tell your new date you hate, but secretly binge.

We watch as a bunch of young, hot, international, self-described 'commitment-phobes' are chucked in a stunning Mexican villa for what they assume is a steamy summer...before they are tasked with the so-called impossible: refraining from sex.

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If they do engage in sexual activity, money is shaved off the prize fund.

The premise alone is enough to make you question your life choices as you hit 'play', yet - like many - I managed to gulp the whole thing in just two sittings over the weekend.

God it was bad, wasn't it? Yet like driving past the wreckage of a car crash, I couldn't seem to take my eyes off.

Here are just five reasons Too Hot To Handle is the worst (but oddly the best) show ever.

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These guys suck (Credit: Netflix)
These guys suck (Credit: Netflix)

1. No one is that horny when there's $100k at stake

You know when you meet someone new and you just want to rip their clothes off, then immediately put $20,000 through a shredder? *Heart eyes*

No, this isn't a thing. And yet this is basically what Francesca Farago and Harry Jowsey chose to do by shagging in episode six.

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The 25-year-old Instagram influencer and 21-year-old Aussie playboy had met mere days before, but decided their horniness was too much to handle, choosing to seal the deal when given the opportunity to spend a night in the private suite.

And just like that, 20 big ones were shaved off the prize fund. Baring in mind the couple had *already* lost the group $3,000 by kissing and later $6,000 by Fran giving Haz a blowjob.

The prize money went out the window when Fran and Harry got into the suite (Credit: Netflix)
The prize money went out the window when Fran and Harry got into the suite (Credit: Netflix)

I'm sorry but no one is so horny for another person that they'd rather have sex than literally THOUSANDS OF POUNDS.

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They know they can have sex later, right? To clarify, it's not a blanket ban on having sex for life, whereby a show runner follows them around into old age waving a contract in their hand and making sure they're not bonking.

They can have as much sex as they like when the show is over (they only filmed for 24 days, ffs), yet like a couple of horny 17-year-olds, Fran and Harry decided to get down to it.

In fairness to them, though, it's not like they were fussed about the prize money, and it sure did make good viewing.

The model - who used to date Diplo - even told Kelz she didn't need the money thanks to her lucrative influencer work, while Harry was made 50k richer just a year earlier when he won another dating show with his then-girlfriend.

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The couple have even confirmed their relationship since leaving the show, which kind of softens the blow.

Still: you guys suck.

Nicole who? (Credit: Netflix)
Nicole who? (Credit: Netflix)

2. What's with the Irish girl winning the money?

Sorry, but we couldn't tell you one thing about this contestant (pictured above) apart from the fact she is from Ireland.

After a quick Google, we can indeed confirm her name is Nicole O'Brien and she is a marketing executive living in London. You might not remember her because she did nothing. Zilch.

Ok, we might be being a tad mean, but Nicole had as little contribution to Too Hot To Handle season 1 as Chloe has to the progression of astronomical studies.

Still, Nicole's the one laughing as she still managed to bag a share of the prize money - $7,000 - while barely lifting a finger.

Even Hayley, Kori and Madison were kicked off the show for not investing in the process, yet she managed to fly under Lana's radar. We reckon Nicole's laughing to herself right now, thinking 'how to F did I get away with that?!' It's surely the easiest 7k anyone has ever made?

To give her some credit though, we love that she wing-womanned Chloe and I'm sureeee critics will argue she went on a 'journey of self growth' byway of looking at her vagina in a hand held mirror.

But seriously, come on. She did NOTHING.

"You naughty little possum, you!" (Credit: Netflix)
"You naughty little possum, you!" (Credit: Netflix)

3. Stop trying to make 'naughty little possum' happen

The day we see a 'naughty little possum' stitched in curly pink writing on a slogan tee is the day we give up. But it's going to happen, isn't it? You just know it's going to happen.

It's like Love Island all over again where we saw the likes of 'It is what it is' and 'My type on paper' adorn fashion collections, except this time it'll be Harry's annoying catchphrase.

Please, just no.

Plus - throwing this to the jury - would anyone actually want to be called a naughty little possum by their partner? As my colleague put 'if someone said that to me, my ovaries would curl up and die'. Same.

Matt deserved better (Credit: Netflix)
Matt deserved better (Credit: Netflix)

4. Justice for Jesus

Matthew Smith, the a 29-year-old model who earned himself the nickname Jesus, deserved better.

The Colorado native was easily one of the best characters on the show yet he was done dirty by producers who failed to put in any potential love interests who matched his higher mental plane.

I mean come on, this is a guy who rocked up to the first meet wearing harem pants and a beanie while surrounded by of waxed, oiled up chests. Matt zigged where others zagged, yet he was given no airtime.

Sadly, the former America's Next Top Model hopeful ended up walking, saying he'd learnt enough from the process, which just makes us love him even more.

Can we get Jesus his own spin-off show, please?

David was overcome with emotion looking into Rhonda's eyes when contestants did a soul-gazing workshop (Credit: Netflix)
David was overcome with emotion looking into Rhonda's eyes when contestants did a soul-gazing workshop (Credit: Netflix)

5. Rhonda choosing Sharron over David was scandalous

Rhonda, we need to have words.

Viewers will remember the love triangle between Rhonda Paul, David Birtwistle and Sharron Townsend, with the two men vying for the 27-year-old Atlanta beauty's affections.

David seemed pretty sincere about his feelings. At one point, the ex semi-pro rugby player, 28, was overcome with emotion while looking into Rhonda's eyes during a soul-gazing workshop.

Meanwhile, Sharron kept going on about how he's not sure how much longer he can go without sex, and even told the whole group: "I don't think I'm going to leave here in a relationship."

Come on! Imagine someone literally crying over how beautiful your soul is and then picking the guy who said he didn't want a relationship.

Rhonda chose Sharron instead (Credit: Netflix)
Rhonda chose Sharron instead (Credit: Netflix)

Too Hot To Handle was trashy, garish and we definitely lost a few braincells along the way - but who are we kidding, we're ABSOLUTELY tuning in for season 2.

Topics: too hot to handle, TV News, TV Entertainment

Ciara Sheppard
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