The Gentleman

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Video transcript: “Why do girls hate me so much?”

“Girls have never seemed to have any interest in me, and I want to know why. I’m such a perfect, beautiful, fabulous guy. I should never have had any problems with girls, but I do, and I find that ridiculous.

“This video is a reupload. I had to take the last one down because it gained too much negative attention. I’ll keep uploading it until I get at least one honest answer from an actual girl.”

Hey, Elliot Rodger here. I’m up in the hills of Montecito right now. It’s truly a beautiful day, but as I’ve always said, a beautiful environment is the darkest hell if you have to experience it all alone. And sadly, I’ve been alone for a very long time. I’ve been attending college in Santa Barbara for about two and a half years now. In those two and a half years, I have experienced nothing but loneliness and misery, and my problem is girls.

There’s so many beautiful girls here, but none of them give me a chance, and I don’t know why. I don’t know why you girls are so repulsed by me. It doesn’t make sense. I do everything I can to appear attractive to you. I dress nice. I’m sophisticated. I’m magnificent. I have a nice car, a BMW. Well, it’s nicer than 90% of the people at my college. Um, you know, I’m polite. I am the ultimate gentleman, and yet, you girls, you never give me a chance. I don’t know why. You know, I put a lot of effort into dressing nice. These sunglasses here, they were $300, Giorgio Armani. So, I’ll put ‘em on. See? Hold on. Car. [car drives past] See? Look at how fabulous I look.

You know, I feel so invisible as I walk through my college because none of the girls there pay attention to me. I see so many beautiful, blond-haired, just so many beautiful blond-haired girls walking around everywhere in your revealing shorts, your cascading blond hair, your pretty faces. And I want one for a girlfriend. I want to take a girl out on a date and prove to her that I’m worthy. I want to feel that sense of being worthy of a girl’s love and affection.

I’m 22 years old and I’ve never had a girlfriend. I’m still a virgin. I’ve never had the pleasure of having sex with a girl, sleeping with a girl, kissing a girl. I’ve never even held a girl’s hand. Hell, I don’t even have a young girl’s phone number in my cell phone. And that’s just such an injustice because I’m so magnificent. I deserve girls much more than all those slobs I see at my college, who are somehow able to walk around with beautiful girls. I mean, even in the college town that I stay in during my semesters, as I walk around the common areas of those towns or the areas where all the college parties happen, I see these obnoxious guys walking with beautiful girls. And that pisses me off because I should be the one with the girls. I mean, look at me. I’m gorgeous, but you girls don’t see it. I don’t understand why you’re so repulsed by me. Why won’t you give me a chance? It’s ridiculous.

I mean, the other day I was doing some grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. I was, of course, all alone as I always am, which makes me feel so miserable. Anyway, I was doing my shopping and I see this, this like disgusting looking loser. Well, he’s a loser in my opinion, and he walks in with these two beautiful blond girls at his side. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was so insulted by that because I should be the one with the girls, but you never give me a chance. If you just give me a chance and get to know me, you’ll see that I am worthy of you because I am. Unbelievable. [walks away and throws his hands up in frustration]

I mean, this world is so beautiful but (sigh) it’s so sad and depressing when I have to experience it all alone, and I have to watch other guys able to walk around and enjoy their lives with beautiful girlfriends at their side. I can only imagine how amazing their sex lives must be. I’ve never had any sex or anything like that. It’s such an injustice. I don’t know why you girls hate me so much. I’ve always wished I could ask you this, and this is my way of asking you this. This is the only way I can ask you.