Just watched it...wow.
I think what Varner was going for, is that on some seasons a guy will hide being a cop or football player or something, and outing those people for lying can be a good strategy. He honestly thought, at that point, that was what he was doing. But obviously outing a transgender person is a whole different thing, and he had assumed outside the show everyone knew because it is such a long process. Even if that was the case, it doesn't mean that everyone in Zeke's future would know and that is what he obviously missed.
Bad on Varner for doing that, no excuse. But anyone putting any critical thought into this should feel bad for him, and not be malicious about it. It is gong to be harder on him than Zeke.
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