"Survivor"'s Tribal Council Gay Baiting

Warning: Spoilers ahead for last night's episode of Survivor.

Probably the best thing you could say about Survivor contestant Shannon Elkins (pictured above left with tribemate Jud "Fabio" Birza) is that he has trash can lids for nipples. Assuming you're into that sort of thing. Other than that, the pest control technician from Lafayette, Louisiana is pretty much a sorry excuse for a human being.

Last night the La Flor tribe paid their first visit to tribal council and going in the votes were pretty evenly split with 5 people wanting to send hot and schemey cheerleader Brenda home and the other five allied to get rid of Shannon. 

Vaguely metrosexual "Sash" (maybe it's the nickname?) and the flirty and conniving Brenda

Things took a weird turn when Shannon seemingly out of the blue went after tribesmate Sash Lenahan, a 30-year real estate broker from New York City. 

"Hey," says Shannon, thinking he's come up with the perfect putdown, "I'm gonna get this out of the way right now. Are you gay?"

The entire team, even those allied with him, roll their eyes and Fabio (not nearly as dumb as he seems) warns Shannon to shut the hell up.

Having his sexual orientation questioned like that actually seeems to rattle Sash, who goes off on what a "player" he is and how successful he is with the ladies in New York.

Then Shannon and Sash get into the most absurd pissing match about who has bagged more "beautiful ladies."

Sash: I'm sure I've had way more beautiful ladies than you.
Shannon: Trust me you haven't.
Sash: I'd like to see you try and work your magic in New York.
Shannon: Well yeah, because New York is full of a bunch of gay people!

Jeff Probst wants to make sure he's hearing this right.

Jeff: So New York is full of gay people?
Shannon: They got a lot of 'em, Jeff. More than they do in Louisiana, that's for sure.

At this point viewers like myself are thinking: 1) Has Shannon ever actually been to New Orleans? and 2) If this gay-baiting jerkwad doesn't get voted off tonight then there is no damn justice in the world.

Well good news! Shannon gets voted out. The downside of course is that he's going back to Lafayette, Louisiana where he coaches children's soccer. What a great role model he is.

Since there aren't any out gay contestants this season, we're not actively covering Survivor: Nicaragua here on AfterElton.com. But for what it's worth I hope Fabio wins.