{"id":1086211,"date":"2021-12-05T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1086211"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:29:06","slug":"the-bachelor-fans-rage-over-casting-of-straight-cis-white-male-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-bachelor-fans-rage-over-casting-of-straight-cis-white-male-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Bachelor\u2019 Fans Rage over Casting of \u2018Straight, Cis, White Male\u2019 Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-bachelor-fans-rage-over-casting-of-straight-cis-white-male-lead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1086211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/new-host-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ABC\u2019s <em>The Bachelor<\/em> franchise drew anger from fans Friday when it announced next season\u2019s lead will be&nbsp;Clayton Echard \u2013&nbsp;a 28-year-old white former NFL player from Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Critics bemoaned the choice for season 26, arguing the network hasn\u2019t worked hard enough to diversify the hit reality series after it was hit with controversy over implied racism back in March, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/03\/05\/the-bachelor-sinks-to-lowest-ratings-amid-racism-scandal\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a tired choice for a tired audience that is craving and demanding more,\u201d members of the Bachelor Diversity Campaign, a collective of fans who want to see the show step up its commitment to diversity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/new-bachelor-underdog-narrative-151625606.html\">told<\/a> Yahoo Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen this show before, quite literally over 20 times. This is not a knock to Clayton, who seems like a nice guy from our very limited introduction to him, but frustration that producers ignored more visible, impactful, and diverse contenders from this season and last in order to show us the same tired formula.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=cacHwVlQnYE\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=cacHwVlQnYE<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The group was at the forefront of calls for ABC to make changes to the show\u2019s format, which includes casting, in 2020 with a Change.org petition in favor of racial diversity \u201cboth in front of and behind the camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petitioners claimed the lack of a BIPOC lead was \u201cunacceptable\u201d and called for a number of changes to \u201ccombat racism\u201d in the show\u2019s future, including \u201cCast a Black Bachelor as Season 25 lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe criticism of choosing Clayton as the next Bachelor has nothing to do with Clayton himself. It can\u2019t be personal actually, because viewers don\u2019t know him. He was not a primary contender on the show and we weren\u2019t given a chance to learn his story,\u201d the Bachelor Diversity Campaign members said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the fact that he was chosen as the Bachelor over BIPOC contestants who went further in the process, and therefore had more screen time and audience exposure, highlights once again that ABC makes the show it wants to.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.327526132404\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woke Cancel Culture victory! Chris Harrison, host of \u201cThe Bachelor,\u201d says he is stepping down from his TV role and is \u201cashamed\u201d for his handling of a swirling racial controversy at the ABC dating show. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lKwAZ6RKfG\">https:\/\/t.co\/lKwAZ6RKfG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1360959971182182400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe question really is, why does ABC continue to want to make a show with a white lead when there are multiple Black contestants they had to pass by to do so?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Longtime&nbsp;host Chris Harrison permanently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/06\/08\/cancel-culture-victory-chris-harrison-permanently-exits-bachelor-franchise\/\">exited<\/a> the reality TV series franchise back in June as ABC strove for a reboot.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, 49, left for good after 20 years as host. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/06\/26\/woke-fail-the-bachelorette-premiere-ratings-hit-historic-low-after-host-chris-harrison-was-removed-over-racism\/\">Critics<\/a>&nbsp;accused him of racism after he defended a contestant who&nbsp;attended a&nbsp;sorority event featuring antebellum-style ball gowns.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC\u2019s The Bachelor franchise drew anger from fans Friday when it announced next season\u2019s lead will be\u00a0Clayton Echard \u2013\u00a0a 28-year-old white former NFL player from Missouri. 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