Tara-Hater

Yes, it is no secret... I do not like Tara.

I have been getting a lot of comments about my "Tara hating". Clint has mentioned it, Fubar, and Craig even said my Tara bashing was unbecoming of me. Yeah, well, I'd be unbecoming on me too if... Wait. What? I slipped into a pickup line there for a second.

Here are my top 5 reasons that Tara SUX.

5. Used to flirt with Dane & Blaine ~ This is what first made me not like Tara. She would always flirt with Dane & Blaine. She had a meltdown whe each of them went home and acted like her life was over. Keep your chubby hands to yourself Tara. These are married men with a bunch of kids.

4. Cocky ~ Yes, Tara has earned the right to be proud of her accomplishments. She has dominated the challenges like no one I've ever seen. But, it also gets rather old to watch her win. It is the same formula every week: 1) the "Oh, I can't win this challenge" whine; 2) the slow start; 3) the "Hey maybe I can do this" phase; 4) she wins and gloats. It would be one thing if she just started off each time acting like she had a shot at winning instead of acting like she didn't have a shot. And taking the $10k prize was another act of cockiness. Yes, she pulled it off, but in a game where that 1 pound could have saved someone else from falling under the yellow line, it just seems wrong to take the $10k.

3. Cries all the time ~ This really annoys me. It would be higher on the list, but I can't hold it only against Tara since so many of the contestants cry all the time. Had she not seen the show before coming on here? Did she not realize that it was a competition? That people would be sent home? That she might end up without her partner on the ranch? She cries because people view her as a target (hello, why wouldn't they?). She cries because everyone gives her extra weight in the challenge. She cries over losing her partner (who, half the time she complained about) (AND she was one of two teams left intact, everyone else had already lost their partner). I'm just not sure why she has so much to cry about. She is doing awesome. She is losing tons of weight. She is going to look really good at the finale. Why all the waterworks?

2. Almost quit like 10 times ~ I hate when Tara always throws in the towel. She does it in workouts. She does it when she feels like people are ganging up on her. She did it when Blaine or Dane went home (I still don't know which is which). She wanted to quit the game after everyone gave her weight in that car challenge and looked what happened... She won. It is such a glimpse into how she got fat in the first place.

1. Playing the victim ~ Tara acts like everything is a personal travesty. People gang up on her. People think she is a threat. They voted her gimp partner out. She never even thought "Man, poor Laura has a stress fracture," it was all "Poor me, I'm here alone now." JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE EXCEPT MIKE & RON.

I definitely take nothing away from Tara as being one of the strongest players the game has ever seen. I just can't take her personality. So, am I a Tara-hater? Yes I am. And I wear the title proudly.