This hunky farmer is looking for love in Canada’s queer inclusive reality dating series
Farmer Wants A Wife, and it was as hokey and heteronormative as its titled implied, following a bunch of “city girls” as the competed for the love of a country-fried hunk.When it was adapted for U.S.
television in 2008 for The CW, it doubled down on all the straight nonsense, and the series’ more recent revival on Fox hasn’t done much to shake up the format either.But our neighbor’s up north?
They’re doing it right!Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.In 2023, Canadian network launched their own spin on the reality show with a crucial change: It’s called Farming For Love, a more open-ended title that promised a far-less restrictive view of relationships, gender, and sexuality.
And, so far, it’s delivered!For starters, the show is hosted by hilarious lesbian comic Sabrina Jalees, a Toronto-born performer who’s had credits in series like queer comedy Search Party, Netflix‘s Human Resources, and CBS sitcom Carol’s Second Act.
