The Bachelor The contestant, who is still in the running to win Matt’s heart, raised eyebrows after photos of her college days resurfaced on Reddit. In the images, which E! The news has not been verified, Rachael was seen attending a fraternity formal in 2018, which the Reddit user described as an ‘Antebellum plantation themed ball’.
She would later apologize in a statement on social media. “At one point I didn’t recognize how offensive and racist my actions were, but that’s no excuse for them,” Rachael wrote on Feb. 11. “My age or when it happened is not an excuse for anything. They are not acceptable. Or okay in any sense. I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist.”
Ultimately, members of Bachelor Nation spoke out and sparked a conversation about race and diversity in the franchise. Actually, Bachelor education contestants from Matt’s own season gathered to release a statement.