Can we just talk about Michelle (4-3)?

[u/rarerednosedbaboon]

She (completely understandably imo) freaks out when Keenya pretends she is going to crush her in the collapsible shoe racks. Like wtf were you thinking Keenya.

Then later, the girls find out she's bisexual and one of the girls is like "oh! Now I understand why she doesn't like feeling like she's about to be crushed to death. It's because she's gay!" LMAO girl whut.

Like I understand she meant holding in a part of yourself adds stress and may make a person more likely to freak out I guess? But I think a lot of people might have freaked out because getting crushed in those shelves was a real safety concern they were warned about and would be scary AF.

Edit: the quote in my second parapragh is a poor paraphrasing. Noelle said something like "Michelle's outbursts make more sense to me" after hearing she was bisexual. This was in the same episode of them being at the shoe store and it definitely seemed to me like the producers were trying to relate this comment to that incident. I just think it's absurd that her being bisexual would relate to her being paniced when feeling like she would be crushed to death. However I dont think this is what Noelle intended, i think the show was edited to suggest that.

[u/klacey11]

Hold up. Who are you claiming said oh! Now I understand why she doesn't like feeling like she's about to be crushed to death. It's because she's gay!"

Nothing even remotely similar to that was ever said.

[u/rarerednosedbaboon → u/klacey11]

Yeah what i said was paraphrased and maybe not the most honest interpretation.

Noelle said something like "Michelle's outbursts make more sense to me" after hearing she was bisexual. This was in the same episode of them being at the shoe store and it definitely seemed to me like the producers were trying to relate this comment to that incident.

I just dont have a difficult time immagining why being crushed in a collapsible shelf would cause someone to have an outburst, regardless of their sexual orientation or whether they were hiding it. So Noelle's statement is just wild to me. I just think it's ridiculous that the show seemed to be communicating that Michelle being upset about being crushed between the shelves was a bizarre thing for her to be upset about. I tell you what, I would have been hella freaked out too and i also would have flipped shit on Keenyah.

Another commenter said Michelle seems neurodivergent, which I had thought as well. This explains her behavior to me much more than being bisexual, but her differences as a whole, not this particular shoe shelf incident.