by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Editor’s Note: I only write this because the brief video I did on this subject got a whopping 1.4k views. So, here goes.
My hot take on the #gabbypetitio #GabyPetito situation. pic.twitter.com/clG3tGrHpc
— Shelt Garner (@sheltgarner) September 19, 2021
I struggle to understand why the Gabby Petito case has captured the nation’s imagination. It seems pretty cut-and-dried since the couple was video taped having a fight before she went missing.
My best guess is — they had a fight, things got out of hand….and here we are.
But that’s just my hunch. It could be we’re reading way, way too much into things because we’re creating a cliched narrative where one doesn’t exist. But the boyfriend is not doing himself any favors by vanishing.
And, yet, people do weird things for weird reasons. But it doesn’t look good for him at the moment. I think some of the fascination with this case is how stereotypically “happy white couple” they were on social media. It’s like the SNL gag on Weekend Update where the happy couple is anything but.
My heart goes out to her family. Only time will tell.
