Rachel Lindsay, the first Black lead of ABC's 'The Bachelorette,' says she wants producers to do more vetting after she had a racist contestant on her season.
Lindsay also told Cohen that she experienced racism from viewers about the men she picked during her season, including choosing Bryan Abasolo as the winner.
"My husband is Colombian and so I got a lot of racism towards the fact that we were in an interracial relationship," she said."Just a lot of nasty messages, trolling."if changes were not made. Last week,"The Bachelor" revealed on social media that it had cast James as the new lead for Season 25. He will be the first Black Bachelor in the show's history.
"We are taking positive steps to expand diversity in our cast, in our staff, and most importantly, in the relationships that we show on television," the statement read."We can and will do better to reflect the world around us and show all of its beautiful love stories." Lindsay told Cohen that while she's excited there is a Black Bachelor, she does not like the timing of it.
"It does seem like a reaction to what is happening in our country," she explained."What I wanted was some acknowledgment and some recognition that they've been wrong and part of the problem and that they're going to vow to take the necessary changes to bring diversity internally and to more contestants of color on the show."Minyvonne Burke
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