By Sophie Albertie
Remember Ned Fulmer? I wish I didn’t.
For those of you with less than 12 hours of screentime per day, wife-guy try-guy Ned Fulmer from Buzzfeed’s “The Try Guys” was banished from the internet some time ago for cheating on his wife with one of his coworkers.
Usually, adultery receives enough public shaming — everyone saw the clip of the two cuddlebugs at the Coldplay concert earlier this summer. The fact that Fulmer coined the phrase “wife guy” made things a whole hotter degree of worse. Nevertheless, there’s no need to worry about what happened to him following this situation.
Earlier this week, the YouTube channel “Rock Bottom with Ned Fulmer” posted its first video: An hour-long podcast with his ex-wife, Ariel, rehashing the very relevant situation. If anyone was wondering how much screen time Fulmer gives himself, the answer is more than enough. Most viewers are unable to make it through an incredibly uncomfortable three minutes where we as an audience are reminded that he ruined his reputation .. because he tells us himself.
If you are somehow one of the stubborn ones who see things through, there is no reward waiting on the other side of the two microphones. Ariel does confirm that she does not forgive Ned and will never forgive him. So brave.
In these trying political and economic times, the fumbling Fulmer begs the question: How do I make this about me?
Needless to say, it comes as no surprise that dislikes are turned off on the video. There are layers to this; the lack of accountability he takes in front of his ex-wife, the half-hearted monotone voice he maintains while repeating that he “screwed up”, the fact that this video even exists, and the fact that Ariel still has to answer questions about what Ned did to her anytime she meets someone new.
I argue that they are both equally to blame here. Two voices and an hour of free time make a podcast. Ned, quit while you’re ahead. Next time, clip your self proclaimed redemption arc at the first three minutes.
