Tailgate Wiring Connector
 

Has anyone else (with a rear camera) found it virtually impossible to disconnect the wiring harness plug that allows one to remove their tailgate?

We own a '12 Longhorn 2500 -- with rear camera -- and we were recently forced to cut the tailgate's wiring harness to remove our tailgate. Has anyone had to perform this repair and, if so, what form of electrical connector did you replace the factory "I might as well be a straight bundle of wire" tailgate wiring connector with?