by Tom on January 28th, 2009

There IS Ugly Betty news to report, besides the benching. In the Ask Ausiello report mentioned in my previous post, we hear a little more spoiler-ish news about Betty’s new love interest. (Remember that?).

As we’ve reported, his name will be Matt, Betty will meet him at YETI, and he’ll be nerdy-hunky like Henry. Matt will be played by tastefully 3-named Daniel Eric Gold. He will make his first appearance on February 19th. Ausiello says, “Word is the YETI hottie is concealing a major secret, and it’s not that he’s loaded (although he isn’t terribly forthcoming about that bit, either).”

OK, let me say this right now: if Matt is married, or has a girlfriend that’s having a baby, or is the long-lost son of any of the characters of the show, I swear I’m going to walk to Silvio Horta’s house and kick his dog.*

I know many of you roll your eyes at the thought of another love interest for Betty, and many of you think it will spark new interest in the show if it’s handled well. I tend to be in the latter category. It’s become obvious that Ugly Betty is not going to become the Mary Tyler Moore show, after all. YETI is part of the show, but it really isn’t going to be the focus. A romance, done differently from the previous 3 or 4 (remember Walter?) would add a little spark.

Anyway, starting February 19th, we’ll see what the Ugly Betty writers are up to, romatically!

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