Rachel Lindsay Reveals She Had a ‘Racist Contestant’ on Her Season of ‘The Bachelorette’

Clare Crawley is getting a little gift from former Bachelorette stars Rachel Lindsay and Becca Kufrin.

Becca Kufrin and Rachel Lindsay are ready to pass the “Bachelorette Bible” to Clare Crawley ahead of her season.The former Bachelorettes revealed during the Tuesday, June 30, episode of their “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast that there is a book of wisdom passed from one lead to the next and Crawley, 39, will be getting it soon.“Right before you hopped on I did a little digging in a bunch of boxes in my apartment and I found the Bachelorette Bible that Rachel, Kaitlyn [Bristowe] and JoJo [Fletcher]

In one of the most beautiful moments in Real Housewives of Atlanta history, Noelle Robinson told Cynthia Bailey that she was queer. The moment was highly praised both on social media and by Andy Cohen during the RHOA virtual reunion; however, there were some people who weren’t as supportive online.

The Bachelor to do better when it comes to diversity—even calling it to be affiliated with the series. (She is the show’s only Black Bachelorette.

Rachel Lindsay simply isn’t going to let ABC get away with doing the bare minimum when it comes to fostering diversity on The Bachelor.

Rachel Lindsay was The Bachelorette in 2017 and she revealed to Andy Cohen that she “did have a racist contestant on my season.”

Rachel Lindsay, 35, is talking about the hateful racism she encountered as the first Black Bachelorette. “[I got it] from the audience…a lot of nasty messages trolling,” Rachel admitted to Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live. “I definitely experienced it when it came to picking the men. My husband [Bryan Abasolo] is Colombian so I got a lot of racism towards the fact that we were in an interracial relationship,” she added.

The Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay has a bone to pick with conservative pundit Candace Owens. Rachel, 35, a longtime critic of the MAGA firebrand, opened up about why she feels that Candace is “against everything black,” in an EXCLUSIVE podcast interview with HollywoodLife. The interview comes after Rachel retweeted someone who called Candace, 31, a “black white supremacist” for posting a video called I Do Not Support George Floyd.

During a special two-part episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, Porsha Williams noted that the ladies of The Real Housewives of Atlanta are working together to use their platforms to fight for racial justice. 

As the first — and still only — Black lead on either The Bachelor or The Bachelorette,  Rachel Lindsay, has had a lot to say about the franchise’s inclusion issues, even calling the shows “white-washed.” HollywoodLife.com spoke to the 35-year-old beauty about the topic on our June 10 podcast. In an EXCLUSIVE interview, Rachel reveals the suggestions she gave the show’s producers as to how to make the franchises more diverse.

Becca Kufrin and Rachel Lindsay didn’t hold back while discussing Garrett Yrigoyen’s social media activity amid the Black Lives Matter movement — and now the season 14 Bachelorette’s fiancée is weighing in on their emotional episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast.“Love you Becca, it’s unrealistic to sit down and have individual conversations with millions,” Yrigoyen commented on Kufrin’s Instagram post about the Tuesday, June 9, episode.

Rachel Lindsay has some thoughts. In an interview with ET's Lauren Zima on Tuesday, the former Bachelorette broke down a few of the men who fans think could potentially get the gig.

Andy Cohen broke his silence on the recent firings of four Vanderpump Rules cast members — including Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute — amid accusations of racial insensitivity.“There’s so much happening in the Bravo universe. I will say this — so much talk about Vanderpump Rules and then of course the reunion ended up airing last night,” Cohen, 52, told listeners on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy on Wednesday, June 10.

Fans of The Bachelor want less talk and more action!

Lala Kent spoke about her and fiancé Randall Emmett’s feud with 50 Cent for the first time on Vanderpump Rules during the Tuesday, June 9, reunion.Andy Cohen brought up the highly publicized feud on Tuesday’s episode, noting James Kennedy poked fun at the situation with an Instagram caption after he and Kent, 29, made amends.“I mean, I won’t say more than I can,” the Give Them Lala Beauty CEO began. “There was a very public beef between myself and a pretty famous rapper, and it got very bad.

Andy Cohen is making it clear that he has nothing to do with the firings of four "Vanderpump Rules" stars, but he says it was "the right decision.""There's so much happening in the Bravo universe. I will say this: so much talk about Vanderpump Rules and then of course the reunion ended up airing last night.