I don’t think anyone would be able to tell she’s trans. It’s either the extreme plastic surgery or the camera that they’re staring at. She looks better than the average patient on Botched. If she thinks she’s getting copped and outed, it’s because she’s being filmed in public, and in a conservative Soviet country.
It’s obvious that Geno and Jasmine are playing it up for ratings, but Nikki seems legitimately insane. No man will sleep with a woman who acts like a teenage boy and begs for sex every ten seconds. If the catch isn’t satisfying, you don’t want the fish.
They handled Gabe respectfully enough, but TLC’s portrayal of Nikki seems offensive and stereotypical.
You can take the ugliest person in the world and with tons of professional makeup and hair styling (color etc.), total makeover, you can make them beautiful. It takes Nikki 2 hrs. to get ready to go out the front door, even for just a walk. Nikki has fillers etc. and looks 100% trans. Nothing beautiful about this person, just scary. Everything is taken to the extreme including mannerisms. Therapy would not even help at this point (except for the viewing audience).