Originally Posted by Baz:
Just one final question ...in the cold light of day ....if it had been the other way around , and Callum had said that to Dexter ( and Dexter himself admits he said it , whatever the intentions/ connotations behind the remark ) ....what would the reaction have been I wonder? I think I can probably guess
Nobody is saying Callum is perfect ....but neither is he the devil incarnate
No matter who said the remark and whatever the context, it isn't a pleasant phrase. Dexter said he didn't remember using that exact phrase but it sounded like something he could have said. He also asked Callum, "Was I drunk?".
Callum was well aware that Dexter was telling him, 'You may be academically smarter than me, but I am more street wise and if you mess with me, I will wipe the floor with you'. There was no sexual inference at all, but Callum, when describing what the phrase meant to Gina, said (if I remember correctly) 'at best Dexter was saying he was mentally superior and at worst homosexual rape' (paraphrasing).
However, the reason I am so annoyed about it, was that Callum repeated the phrase (at least 8-10 times, and with an inflection and emphasis that simply wasn't there when Dexter said the phrase/something like the phrase), solely to discredit Dexter with the HMs and viewers.
Callum knew he had gone OTT in the Trash Task and was trying to justify it. He started off telling HMs that Dex blows him kisses and winks at him. When this didn't get the desired reaction, he decided to crank things up and brought up the previous conversation. I know Callum hates Dex but last night he sank to new depths, imo.
I still lubs you though, Baz.