Rachel Lindsay leaves ‘Bachelor’ podcast as franchise grapples with issues of race
3 years, 7 months ago

Rachel Lindsay leaves ‘Bachelor’ podcast as franchise grapples with issues of race

LA Times  

Rachel Lindsay, ABC’s 2017 “Bachelorette,” is leaving the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast that she has cohosted since July 2019, first with fellow alum Ali Fedotowsky and then with Becca Kufrin. 💗 pic.twitter.com/HE5kfml5eh — Bachelor Happy Hour April 28, 2021 Lindsay’s franchise-related stress peaked earlier this year when “The Bachelor” — in its first season with a Black male lead, 29-year-old Matt James — got caught up in a firestorm involving racism, online abuse and questions about the future of besieged “Bachelor” host Chris Harrison. Television ‘Bachelor’ star Matt James is ‘focusing on’ a relationship with Rachael Kirkconnell “The Bachelor” star Matt James tells People magazine he has seen contestant Rachael Kirkconnell “a handful of times” since their season ended in controversy. Lindsay, who married Miami chiropractor Bryan Abasolo in 2019 after meeting him on the show, also cohosts the Ringer’s “Higher Learning” podcast with reporter Van Lathan.

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