Amazing Race gay couple hide on screen romance due to competing in “Muslim countries”

Amazing Race life partners Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, have come out defending themselves over claims that they are not affectionate on screen, in the current season of the reality show.

Josh and Brent posted a message on their facebook claiming:

“Of the five legs shown thus far, four have been in Muslim countries and homosexuality is illegal in every country we’d visited or passed through,’ they explained. ‘Since we are guests in these countries, we chose to not embrace or kiss for practical and respectful reasons.’

‘We were literally relying on the kindness of strangers and cab drivers and challenging their beliefs would not have been strategically smart nor neighborly,’ they added. ‘To be completely fair, perhaps many of the great people we met along the way wouldn’t have had any issues with our relationship. But unfortunately, we didn’t have the time to get to know them better personally.”

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