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17 Toxic Male Characters TV Tried to Disguise

Television has an interesting way of making you see the good in people and completely disregarding the bad.

Whether they use comedy or love as a buffer, a completely horrible character can somehow still come off as a great one.

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This is pretty common when it comes to male characters on television. Either the show portrays their offensive actions as comical or makes you forget all about the horrible things they’ve done because they did it in the name of love. 

Frankly, there is no excuse for being a bad person, but television does a really good job at making you see shades of gray when it comes to certain men.

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We’ve created a slideshow below of 17 toxic male characters that TV tried to disguise.