Finally feels real! Gabby Windey and Erich Schwer couldn’t be happier about being able to show off their romance in public after the Bachelorette finale.
09.09.2022 - 19:17 / deadline.com
Perhaps its time for Executive Producer Mike Fleiss to employ a full-time forensic anthropologist. After The Bachelorette‘s Gabby Windey made it clear this week that Erich Schwer was the man she wanted, internet sleuths dug up a picture of the 29-year-old bachelor in Blackface from his high school yearbook.
Cue: Instagram apology from the New Jersey man who decided to go on broadcast TV to find love.
“I wholeheartedly apologize for the insensitive photo of me in Blackface from my high school yearbook that has been circulating,” he captioned. “What I thought at the time was a representation of my love for Jimi Hendrix, was nothing but ignorance. I was naïve to the hurtful implications of my actions to the Black community and those closest to me, and will forever regret my offensive and damaging behavior. I am deeply ashamed by my actions and understand that my apology is only the first step in taking accountability.”
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On Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, Windey made it clear that Schwer was the one who would receive the final rose. It’s likely Schwer will share some more apologies during next week’s finale.
For some time, ABC has released the names of bachelors and bachelorettes early — ostensibly to help root out any skeltons before the show premieres. But apparently, it took a minute for viewers to dig up the dirt on Schwer.
CW: racist Erich in blackface is reprehensibly disgusting
Finally feels real! Gabby Windey and Erich Schwer couldn’t be happier about being able to show off their romance in public after the Bachelorette finale.
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Erich Schwer has issued an apology. After an old photo of Gabby Windey's final suitor in Blackface resurfaced, the 29-year-old real estate analyst took to Instagram to address the controversy.«I wholeheartedly apologize for the insensitive photo of me in Blackface from my high school yearbook that has been circulating,» Erich wrote alongside a black square on Instagram.
blackface as well as an afro wig surfaced — drawing questions and criticism.Schwer apologized Thursday on Instagram, acknowledging the “insensitive” photo and “offensive and damaging” behavior. “I wholeheartedly apologize for the insensitive photo of me in Blackface from my high school yearbook that has been circulating,” he wrote.”What I thought at the time was a representation of my love for Jimi Hendrix, was nothing but ignorance.”Reps for “The Bachelorette” did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.“I was naïve to the hurtful implications of my actions to the Black community and those closest to me, and will forever regret my offensive and damaging behavior,” he continued. “I am deeply ashamed by my actions and understand that my apology is only the first step in taking accountability.”The apology received mixed responses from fans, some supporting the way Schwer acknowledged the incident and apologized, taking accountability.
One of the men on the current season of “The Bachelorette” is apologizing after a photo emerged from his high school days in which he’s depicted in Blackface.