Virgin River fans have been vocal on social media about a character they love to hate, and it seems the disdain only grows with time. In a Reddit discussion, viewers expressed their frustration with Charmaine Roberts, portrayed by Lauren Hammersley, who is known as Jack Sheridan's (Martin Henderson) friend and former flame. The Virgin River character has drawn ire for her treatment of protagonist Mel Monroe ( Alexandra Breckenridge ) and the perceived threat she poses to Mel's romance with Jack on the Netflix show.
A Reddit user @ixte_ sparked the conversation with a post titled 'First watcher here! Thoughts on Charmaine?!' Expressing their displeasure, they wrote: "Alright, I'm in season 2, my mom convinced me to watch it, and, so far, I'm loving it! What I'm not loving though is Charmaine.." They continued: "She's a pain in the a**, condescending, rude, and a liar.
.. The way she keeps treating Mel, specially when it comes to Jack.
" The post highlighted a specific instance where Charmaine manipulates Jack, adding: "Her implying that 'Jack will spend the night with me here now, because he says he'll do anything to help me' after Jack EXPLICITLY shows her how UNCOMFORTABLE he is with doing that and how he DOESN'T want to...
I mean, a B****! Poor Mel...
she keeps sabotaging Mel and Jack's relationship!" (sic) Other fans chimed in with similar sentiments, reports the Express, with one commenter echoing the sentiment: "I hate her, and she just gets worse." "Honestly Charmaine is .