Years on, it's still unsettling how in these scenarios everybody looks uncomfortable but Tessa. I've tried to bury the W Network's Tessa and Scott Tessa but still recall that what came through of the Tessa and Scott Tessa made one pretty queasy about the actual Tessa who signed off on it.
The video of Scott Moir mentioning his "fiancee" isn't embeddable yet, so I went with this robot report on youtube. He certainly made that announcement most naturally.
I've never stalked Virtue Moir for blog material, although as many know, that would not be difficult. More people know about them than don't know about them.
As place-holdery as the blog is currently, the point was never just or even primarily to highlight the gap between the reality and what they're selling. It's the cynical exploitation of their fan following; their early deployment of social media as if social media weren't democratic but something they could use as a one way street to exploit their fan following. It's the corruption - the faux sincerity and earnestness pushing lies, with a side order of entitlement and pan-flute accompanied sanctimony.
And it's the gaslighting, the complete inversion of what's actually happening. Fans are called over-invested, basically sex-and-romance-starved and delusional, while Virtue and Moir signal rationality with commendable empathy and tolerance. Let's not call it condescending.
There's a status element to it that's revolting.
Very few fans outside this blog publicly question their claims, which makes Virtue and Moir liars in portraying their fan base. Those who call Virtue and Moir liars are correct. Virtue and Moir are married parents.
