‘The Bachelor’ Calls Out Racist Bullying From Its Fans

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Bachelor Season 28, “The Women Tell All.”)

For the first half of Bachelor Joey Graziadei’s “The Women Tell All” reunion, everything unfolded as expected. Season alums like Maria Georgas, Sydney Gordon, and Lea Cayanan rehashed old feuds, while others, like Jennifer “Jenn” Tran, shed bittersweet tears about the time they spent with the hottest and most emotionally intelligent man this franchise has seen in decades. About halfway through the night, however, the proceedings took a turn as host Jesse Palmer addressed the audience directly.

Prompted by a tearful disclosure from the season’s third runner-up, Rachel Nance, Palmer called out the rise in bullying that Bachelor contestants have endured this season. In Nance’s case, a lot of the online hatred was racist harassment.

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