Aaron was lit up on social media for his comment that it couldn’t have been an issue because he hadn’t heard anything about it. He posted an emotional apology. Not sure how it may have affected Dan, but clearly not good for him personally or professionally, though if I recall he was asked early on to dial back the touchy feely stuff, so if he was, he should have been more sensitive to it. Missy and Elizabeth are getting the most heat on social media and have not responded publicly. Janet is getting the most support.

As to the episode, if Missy hadn’t felt under threat, they all would have voted for Dan. Elizabeth and Missy, along with Kelle, all DID seem to be uncomfortable with Dan, but to different degrees. Bottom line, they should have talked to him earlier about it, and shouldn’t have involved it in game play. I don’t think Elizabeth fully grasped the implications of her words and actions and looked completely shell shocked at the tribal council. But she was 100% wrong to voice concern to Janet and then switch her plan and then say Dan’s actions were no big deal to her.

What a mess.

I *think* she's saying that even though this false claim happened on a reality tv show, that it puts a dent in society's ability/ willingness to believe other womens when they've actually been sexually harassed/ assaulted. When women falsely accuse men for their own personal gain, it makes real accusations less believable. And this is bad.

Note: It might be even worse, from this perspective, because it happened on a large stage. There are lots of people who got to witness this dishonestly.

Sorry, that part was understood. What I wanted to know is why was Dan left out of their apologies? Wasn't he the actual victim? Do they not feel guilty lying about him being a sexual predator?

ETA: that's what I meant about hit me over the head with it. Seems I am missing something incredible obvious.

Kellee was genuinely upset with what he was doing. And what he was doing was not unnoticed by people watching even before this blew up. It is not so obvious that he is/was at all innocent.

But what is clear is that these two were willing to use it for their own advantage.

They made false accusations that will have real-world consequences for him. They do owe him an apology. I'm curious how that side of things is going to play out. The fact that they don't seem to have apologized makes me wonder if there is more to the story that will come out as the season unfolds. Or they have an social media has ignored it?

As Tri-Banter said, Dan was clearly not respecting Kellee's boundaries despite having her ask him to back off in the first few days. Even after being talked to by the producers he still didn't seem to get it. And his other interactions with some of the other women appeared to be creepy and over the line. This makes it really hard to see him as a sympathetic character.

Wow, this garbage is still on TV and people still actually watch it?