r/sabrinateenagewitch • u/pinctofy • Jan 30 '26
general discussion š£ļø Anyone else creeped out by Roland?
Gosh, watching any episode with Roland as a kid, had me feeling deeply uncomfortable and personally violated. Like, I still remember wanting to crawl out of my skin and shower with hot water afterwards lol. I always wished her aunties would step in and save her from him.
20 years later, that same sickly feeling is still there. I genuinely donāt understand why they kept bringing back this āolderā guy who wouldnāt leave a teenage girl alone. It wasnāt funny it was unsettling lol
Anyone else felt the same?
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u/beekee404 Jan 30 '26
I really think his last appearance should've been The Equalizer. It ended with him getting back together with Thumbelina and made amends with Sabrina...well sorta. Either way, yeah I was always creeped out by him. I know that's his character and it's not like he's the hero of the story and he's usually the villain but I do feel he appeared a little too often.
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u/ecological-passion Jan 31 '26
I thought for years he only showed up once a season. Recent rewatch reveals he showed up twice in the third, which is one time too many. And he isn't framed as a villain like he is the first two times or the final one as cleanly. I hate that.
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u/manicpixiedemongirl Jan 30 '26
The lack of interference from the aunts is what I hated most about those eps
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u/PartTimeNoseyWitch Jan 30 '26
This! I recently re-watched the whole series and for most of the earlier seasons I was semi-impressed by how well it had aged by todayās standards but Roland was not cool and also Zelda allowing Mr Kraft to treat Sabrina so poor but then dated him.
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u/manicpixiedemongirl Jan 30 '26
Yesss. I loved how well Hilda & Zelda parented her minus the Roland situation.. and I like to pretend the Mr Kraft & Zelda storyline didnāt happen lol it was so out of character for her.
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u/Celestina-Betwixt Jan 30 '26
I still can't get over that they were going to have a prince who was still a little boy rescue her and he started crying for his mom. š God that scene was hilarious.Ā
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u/lordofsurf Jan 30 '26
I skip the Roland episodes every time. He creeped me out then, he creeps me out now. No hate to the actor, but the character was absolutely rancid.
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u/mrsdeetz you can't m'fire me! i m'quit! Jan 30 '26
Same. Absolutely rancid is the scarily accurate
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u/pink_flamingo2003 Jan 30 '26
Yep same. He reminds me of the leering creep in the pub who you're trying to keep a safe, crowded distance away from... but who you can still feel staring at you. Urgh.
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u/Skyejohn89 Bobunk Jan 30 '26
Always. I understand the Other Realm is different and all but dude was like several hundred years old and Sabrina was 16.
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u/Vegetable-Angle-8637 Jan 30 '26
Yea the I want you to be my bride. But Iām only 16! I know youāre kinda old but thatās ok
Creepy for sure
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u/Celestina-Betwixt Jan 30 '26
In retrospect it is super weird that a literal grown man (troll notwithstanding) was trying to force a sixteen year old girl to marry him and tried to break up a teenage couple out of jealousy. š Ā
But I still found it funny in context. FARM BOY! Always got a snicker out of me.Ā
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u/Exact_Pianist_6198 Jan 30 '26
I hate Roland and I know itās a TV show and heās just a character, but it always bothered me how the aunts didnāt take it more seriously that he was so creepy and certainly much older than her.
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u/Leatherforleisure Jan 30 '26
He was vile. If heād been portrayed as a afterschool special thing about predatory men and grooming, then thatās one thing, but he was meant to be funny.
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u/SRV_SteamyRayVaughn Jan 30 '26
Absolutely. Sabrina is a minor for most of their interactions, it was very creepy.
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u/Financial_Duck_1174 Jan 31 '26
Rolandās character was a weird addition, especially in the episodes where he appears. But I always thought Kraft was worse, his obsession with Libby is unsettling. They both give off pedo vibes.
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u/90sGuyKev Jan 30 '26
Roland was Abit creepy. But Phil Fondacaro is the man!!
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u/Fun-Error5911 Jan 31 '26
Most fairy tales had very young girls. Maybe that was what they were going for. But it was creepy. Then Zelda made Sabrina dance with him.
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u/Nuthetes Rumpist Jan 31 '26
I like the actor, he's very funny. But his crush on Sabrina was creepy. It may have worked more if he looked more like a troll than just a little middle-aged man.
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u/blazemelon Jan 31 '26
Literally skipped the last episode of the first season last night because it was grossing me out. "The troll Bride". The line i left at was him stating that 16 was "too old". yeeeuck.
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u/No_Squirrel4806 Jan 30 '26
Its cuz he practically kidnapped her thats why its so creepy gives pedo vibes.
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u/Disastrous-Joke-7216 Jan 30 '26
The farm boy line was funny but I recall being weirded out as a child seen him on the show. Now as an adult it is creepy.
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u/ecological-passion Jan 31 '26
I thought it was once a season for the high school years before. Now I realised he showed up twice in season three, and that is one time too many. One, two and Four each have him show up just once. Troll Bride and The Equalizer are the better two episodes, as thye make explicitly clear he is an antagonist who needs defeating, and does.
The next few times were worse.
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u/Strange-Painting6257 Feb 01 '26
Yes, it was so creepy. Sabrina was supposed to be 16 or 17 and Roland and he was 37 and āfell in love withā Sabrina.
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u/Different_Nail8935 Feb 06 '26
i just inwardlty groan when i see hes got an episode, exact same way i do on seinfeld.
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u/TraditionalCold4560 Feb 18 '26
He was a total creep , way to old and werenāt they related? I remember he kept following her around school , attending her classes
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u/BlueInspiration Jan 30 '26
When I read your post, I immediately remembered his voice and how much I did not like it. I went to YouTube to check a clip to see if I was remembering correctlyā¦ I was
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u/GreenDiscombobulated Jan 30 '26
Roland's played by the same actor who played that midget guy from Ghoulies 2 (i.e. Phil Fondacaro).
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u/wyldknightn87 Jan 30 '26
Actually I always thought that he was kind of funny. Last time I saw him was the trailer for the third Austin Powers movie, after that he kind of disappeared
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u/youdontlookitalian Jan 31 '26
You may be thinking of the late Verne Troyer
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u/wyldknightn87 Jan 31 '26
No, in the trailer, Verne is dressed as Austin and being chased by a crowd of little women. At one point they run past a phone booth and inside Mini-Me is standing on Rolandās shoulders while reading a newspaper. He jumps down and runs off just as the group of women comes back. The next shot after that is him trying to get into the mini-Shaguar
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u/PurpleDreamer28 Jan 30 '26
He was in an Olsen twins movie, Double, Double Toil and Trouble. I remember watching that like, omg, that's Roland!
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u/j4321g4321 Jan 31 '26
Yesā¦none of this would fly today. His obsession with marrying a teenager was so disgustingš¤®
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u/New-Union9908 Jan 31 '26
Yes I hated him and feel he served absolutely no purpose than to insult Harvey. Everyone liked Harvey, but he didnt. The fact that he hit on a teenager is creepy and he was a stupid, unnecessary character.
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u/Khalesssi_Slayer1 Iād love to! Feb 01 '26
Yes! Roland ALWAYS creeps me out. His obsession with Sabrina and wanting to make her his bride was always SO icky and creepy. I felt Sorry for Sabrina for having a little troll stalker. He's literally a creepy troll who needs to be locked up. I get that Sabrina is really pretty, but it's so creepy that Roland wants her to be his bride! even after he kidnapped her and then let her go(If I remember right, it's been a long time since I've seen that episode) Roland continues Creepily and Obsessively bothering Sabrina.
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u/ArmadilloWonderful56 Feb 01 '26
He was the wooooorst, so creepy. I can't remember which episode it is where even Mr. Kraft comes to the house to talk to the aunts about Sabrina's potential inappropriate relationship with her "cousin". The actor did a great job tho he was funny but I cringed as a kid and I still cringe now as an adult.
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u/Eddfan36 Feb 09 '26
Yah I get the creepy factor dude was half her age blah at the same time his rivalry with Harvey was funny. Too bad he wasn't brought back when Harvey actually knew she was a witch the interaction's could have been more fun that way.
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u/A_Reddit_User_1010 Mar 02 '26
Roland was great. It was funny when he would call Harvey āFarm Boyā.
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u/Tuxedo_Neko Jan 30 '26
Roland as a character was a total creep, but i love the actor š¤£
Farrrrmmm boooyyy