“The lady doth protest too much, methinks” was probably a sick burn at the time that Shakespeare wrote it as a line of dialogue in Hamlet, but is now largely just a phrase blurted out by the most obnoxious people alive at the worst possible times. Still, it captured something, the tendency of people to go far in the other direction when trying to lie about something. Like, say, if you’re Abbie on The Bachelor, and you’re trying so, so hard to convince people that you’re an honest person.
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You could play it low-key. “Yeah nah, not much of a liar, hey.” That’s not too bad. Or you could try and way, way oversell it, like, “I am the most honest person I know. Couldn’t possibly lie. The part of the human brain that allows you to lie is missing from mine. I’m actually allergic to lies. I don’t even know how to spell the word. What does it mean? Is it Danish?”
This is more or less what happened in tonight’s ep, and people were, frankly, not at all buying it.
https://twitter.com/DaisySandybanks/status/1164123203767136256
https://twitter.com/xwickedmindx/status/1164123741359493123
https://twitter.com/CherieNBenni/status/1164124042481160194
Honesty sick of hearing Abbie saying “honestly” “#TheBachelorAU pic.twitter.com/5z17Nxg3Ig
— Aly (@Aly95388610) August 21, 2019
Let’s put Abbie on a lie detector #TheBachelorAU pic.twitter.com/MmXmSDgUCM
— Colonel Kickhead (@colonelkickhead) August 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/rboro11/status/1164139617882427392
https://twitter.com/chelshart27/status/1164143033727606784
https://twitter.com/Alistair_Cover/status/1164147005968400384
Abbie tonight #TheBachelorAU pic.twitter.com/PNFqWo5Elg
— mona (@ladolcemona) August 21, 2019
Abbie says honestly so much it’s starting to lose all meaning….honestly! #TheBachelorAU
— Colonel Kickhead (@colonelkickhead) August 21, 2019
I, for one, believe her.
