Ex Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay Claims Former Pal Raven Gates Wrote About Her 'Black Skin' -- WTF?!
26.01.2022 - 19:03
/ perezhilton.com
Rachel Lindsay is opening up about some of her experiences with former friend and fellow one-time Bachelor contestant Raven Gates!
The 36-year-old, who was the series lead on season 13 of The Bachelorette, is writing about her time on TV with Raven as part of Lindsay’s new memoir, Miss Me With That. Of course, Rachel and Raven first connected on the ABC show back in 2017 when they were competing for Nick Viall‘s heart prior to Rachel’s ascension to Bachelorette the next season.
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Sadly, just a couple years after both women competed on Viall’s season, Rachel confirmed that she and the 30-year-old Arkansas native were no longer friends. And while we still don’t know exactly what happened there, we do know Rachel is now speaking about the whole situation.
Writing in Miss Me With That, which was released on Tuesday, the Dallas native explained things got off on the wrong foot back during Viall’s run on The Bachelor. Lindsay recalled in the book how Raven used a journal during her time on the show, and was making a point to write in it every day.
One day, Raven took her journal out and read aloud what she’d written about the other women competing for Viall’s love. When Raven got to Rachel, the attorney recalled what happened (below):
Whoa! Uhhh, thanks?? Seems very strange to comment on someone’s race like that?! Lindsay immediately picked up on the commentary, and recalled thinking this about it at the time (below):
WTF?!
It’s not a great look for Gates. Just saying!
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Luckily, Lindsay proved to be the bigger person and was able to look past the strange