Rachel Lindsay’s rose for the Bachelor franchise has officially wilted.
Lindsay begins the essay itself by referencing her infamous Extra interview with Harrison, whose departure as host of The Bachelor was announced on June 8.
Prior to her headline-making Harrison interview, Lindsay already had a thorny history with the Bachelor franchise.
I wanted it to be Black in every way.” Instead, Lindsay says she was “constantly put in situations” where she had “to tear the Black men down” on her season.
“I’ve often wondered if it felt like a 180 to the franchise when I became its biggest critic,” Lindsay writes, adding, “After all, they had cast me because, on paper, I made sense.
“They have constantly given it a product it wants: a Midwestern/Southern white, blonde, light-eyed Christian.” Lindsay contends that fans often fall into two categories: “There is a Bachelor Nation, and there is a Bachelor Klan.
The former lead does, however, say she’ll “uplift and support” Michelle Young, who will be the show’s next Black Bachelorette.
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