TV’s 12 worst love interests

Seeing a love story unfold on screen can be a beautiful, heartwarming, life affirming experience. Seeing the wrong love story unfold is, like, one of the most annoying things that can happen while watching TV. There is no better example of this than the Che Diaz phenomenon. Fans not only hated Miranda’s new And Just Like That… partner, they delighted in hating Che, to extremes that have rarely been seen on television.

A bad love interest can make your blood boil and set your teeth to grinding. Sometimes the character is annoying on purpose (especially if they’re a temporary pit stop on the way to true love), but sometimes they just represent a bad miscalculation on the writers’ part about what the audience wants to see. Here, The A.V. Club picks our least favorite love interests on television, from the annoying to the insufferable to the totally unforgivable.

Che Diaz, And Just Like That...

Sara Ramirez had no idea what they were walking into while signing up for And Just Like That…. The Sex And The City revival does no favors to Che Diaz, who is the definition of a walking, talking caricature instead of a human being. Yes, Che finally adds much-needed diversity to the show, but at what cost if they aren’t given any traits besides a generic idea of being “woke.” There’s no point adding queer characters and love stories like Che and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) if it’s all flash and zero substance. Che is messy, ridiculously frustrating, and arrogant. On the plus side: The season two scene of them suddenly recording a Cameo while in bed will forever make me laugh. Their stand-up act chastising Miranda, though, is a whole different matter. [Saloni Gajjar]