Some couples have no business being together. Over the years, there have been plenty of toxic relationships on TV.
Some of those, every fan knows are toxic and wrong. We just have to look at Jaime and Cersei on Game of Thrones (wrong on so many levels) and Rory and Dean on Gilmore Girls.
Toxic love isn’t romantic, but it has been romanticized in so many ways. It’s led to fans rooting for specific couples, despite knowing that they are beyond wrong for each other. Although, one of the couples on this list may have been perfect, at least to help protect everyone else from their spiraling behavior.
Joe and Love in You
Yes, many fans were rooting for Joe and Love to make the most of their toxic relationship. In You season 2, Joe got away with murder and ran from New York. He gained a new obsession, Love Quinn. However, it turned out that the two were just as crazy as each other, and when they ended up marrying in You season 3, there’s no doubt that many of us were rooting for them.
For me, I was rooting for them because it would mean their toxicity wouldn’t affect too many other people. It didn’t stop Joe’s obsession with other women, though, and Love was too dangerous to allow Joe to wander. But it didn’t stop us from hoping they would find a way to remain together.
Chuck and Blair in Gossip Girl
We all knew Chuck was an awful guy. And yet, when it came to a relationship with Blair, so many of us rooted for them to be together. When rewatching Gossip Girl, I’ve had to wonder why I ever rooted for them in the first place. There was everything wrong with this relationship.
At the time, they seemed equally matched, though. There was something sexy in the power between them. They became the relationship to watch out for, because they could both be as manipulative and dangerous as each other. In some ways, Blair did make Chuck a better guy, and Chuck did help Blair gain a bit more confidence, but we really shouldn’t have been rooting for them!
Adam and Eric in Sex Education
As Adam realized that the reason he was bullying Eric was out of jealousy, we started to warm up to him. There was something between Adam and Eric. Adam was able to be himself around Eric in a way that he couldn’t with others, and that had us rooting for the two of them to end up together.
We knew it was all wrong. Adam was Eric’s bully. He’d made Eric’s life a misery for so long. Eric’s interest in Adam was everything that happens when it comes to abuse. In the end, Eric did the right thing in making it clear that he and Adam weren’t right together, but it hurt to watch that play out.