SINGAPORE: When a rental date agency first reached out to Wayne via social media asking him to join them as a rental boyfriend, his response was, “Why not?”
The five episodes examine some rather stigmatised jobs, with host Rishi Budhrani trying his hand at the various roles — selling adult toys, being a debt collector as well as a new age healer and even attempting to create his own pole dancing video on subscription-Rental boyfriend Wayne sitting down with series host Rishi Budhrani after a workout.One such misconception that rental girlfriend Karen got about the job is that the clients are “weird or creepy people”.
Wayne also describes his parents as “very open-minded”, but says his friends judged him initially. “After some time, they realised I was still me, so slowly they accepted it,” he adds. Women, she notes, need a “little bit more help”. She herself remembers her mother telling her she would not need to know anything about sex because when she gets married, her husband “will know what to do”.
Some customers, especially older ones, may be “a bit shy”. His approach is to find out more about them and get them comfortable enough to talk about their issues before he recommends suitable products.Horny.sg tries to keep their shop as normal as possible so customers have a comfortable place to shop.