Rachael Kirkconnell addresses Old South party photos: ‘Please stop defending me’
LA TimesRachel Kirkconnell, seen on a “Bachelor” follow-up episode, addressed photos from 2018 on an Instagram Live led Monday by the organizers of the group From Privilege to Progress. Kirkconnell, whose “Bachelor” season starred the franchise’s first Black male lead, Matt James, became a source of controversy when photos from 2018 resurfaced during the course of the show. Television ‘The Bachelor’s’ first season with a Black lead is swept into a firestorm over race The controversy that erupted around the series this week drew in contestant Rachael Kirkconnell, host Chris Harrison and former “Bachelorette” Rachel Lindsay. The photos ignited a racial reckoning within “The Bachelor” franchise, resulting in the departure of longtime host Chris Harrison and a temporary split between James and Kirkconnell. Coupled with the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests that ensued Kirkconnell said, she realized there was more internal work to be done and added that she doesn’t “speak to certain family members anymore.” “That was probably the first time I realized there are layers to this.
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