Big Brother Argentina features a gay love story... sorta

Last Thursday, business administration student Sebastián Pollastro was kicked off the Argentinean version of Big Brother. Thought to be the “token gay” on the “diverse” reality program, Pollastro nonetheless found himself in the arms of another man.

Leandro Maldonado, a children’s party entertainer (I know, sounds pretty gay to me, too), started flirting with Sebastián in the early episodes and even kissed his neck in one of the challenges. This led to Sebastián and Leandro sleeping together and cuddling at night. Despite showing a fair amount of boy-on-boy affection, the ratings for the show in Argentina have never been higher!

So, Leandro and Seba (as he’s known on the show) sound cute and all, but the problem is that Leandro is apparently straight. Sebastián has been open about being gay since early on in the show, and even spoke about how he tried to commit suicide after his family rejected him. And knowing all of this, Leandro led him on by returning his affections every night despite claiming to not be gay.

Kinda heartless, non?

Some of the footage of them in bed is overtly homoerotic, especially seeing how close their faces are when they sleep together. After Leandro got kicked off a few weeks back, he confessed that he befriended Sebastián just as a strategy to get ahead of the game (insert collective "boo" here). There has been pressure from the other contestants as well as from the audience for him to formally apologize on-air to Seba. The poor kid has been crying about him most of the season. I'm sure there are plenty of volunteers out there willing to cheer him up.

Check out a clip of Leandro possibly defining everyone as bisexual. Although everything sounds much sexier in Spanish, here is a translation of the dialogue. Tons of clips are available on the show’s official site.

Sebastián: So, nothing?

Leandro: It doesn’t matter to me that you play for the red team and that I play for the blue team.

Sebastián: You are such an idiot.

Leandro: I don’t care about anything. If it were up to me, everyone would just fuck themselves and make a violet team.