{"id":481346,"date":"2021-05-07T11:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=481346"},"modified":"2021-05-07T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:50:49","slug":"bachelor-star-gets-back-together-with-contestant-he-cancelled-for-racism-months-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bachelor-star-gets-back-together-with-contestant-he-cancelled-for-racism-months-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor Star Gets Back Together With Contestant He Cancelled For \u2018Racism\u2019 Months Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fbachelor-star-gets-back-together-with-contestant-he-cancelled-for-racism-months-ago%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=481346&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\/05\/GettyImages-1309508083.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>The course of true love never did run smooth, as the Bard once wrote. Especially when it has to contend with cancel culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After a final Bachelor episode saw 29-year-old Matt James sweep one lucky girl off her feet by telling her he could no longer see her until she \u201cput in the work\u201d of antiracism, the pair have at last been reunited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Woke fans were dismayed to discover during the Season 25 finale that the woman the first black Bachelor in the show\u2019s history chose was none other than the target of their outrage \u2014 Rachael Kirkconnell. Yet shockingly, the cattle-call for love once again did not result in a happily-ever-after ending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During the \u201cAfter the Final Rose\u201d special, the former Wake Forest wide receiver revealed that he\u2019d dumped Kirkconnell because he wasn\u2019t convinced she understood the gravity of crimes like once attending an<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bachelor-star-matt-james-reveals-he-dumped-winner-over-racism-allegations\"> <span>antebellum-themed fraternity party<\/span><\/a><span>, having parents who may or may not have<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.distractify.com\/p\/rachael-the-bachelor-trump-supporter\"> <span>voted<\/span><\/a><span> for Trump but at the very least wore MAGA gear, and sharing a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/bachelor-rachael-kirkconnell-brownfishing-qanon-graph-instagram-reddit\/\"> <span>PragerU<\/span><\/a><span> video on Instagram. But he suggested he might be open to giving her another chance one day, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work that needs to be done. I have to take a step back and allow her to put in that work, and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing her put in that work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Who wouldn\u2019t swoon at that?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Well, it appears that day has finally come. In an exclusive interview with<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/matt-james-bachelor-profile-rachael-kirkconnell-11620231869\"> <span>The Wall Street Journal Magazine<\/span><\/a><span>, James revealed that he and Kirkconnell are together again and enjoying such romantic activities as having \u201ccritical conversations\u201d about what James \u201c[needs] in a partner\u2014especially if that woman isn\u2019t black\u201d and discussing what it means to be an \u201cally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sporting a new lumberjack-style beard and posing for soft focus photos next to a white rose bush, the modern-day Prince Charming also spoke to the Journal about how he\u2019s keeping these days \u2014 investing in sustainable goods and cryptocurrencies and \u201creading and re-reading\u201d Ta-Nehisi Coates\u2019s book, \u201cWe Were Eight Years in Power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>James also had some advice for ABC on how to fulfill its commitment to better represent BIPOC on the show going forward. \u201cIf you have different people of color all across the board, it\u2019s going to help you tell a story that\u2019s more representative,\u201d he said. \u201cIf someone has never \u2026 been with someone who doesn\u2019t look like them, they\u2019re going to have a hard time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As for Kirkconnell, she hasn\u2019t commented to the press since revelations of her renewed relationship with James broke, but paparazzi<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/05\/04\/bachelor-matt-james-rachael-kirkconnell-look-like-couple-dating-rumors\/\"> <span>photos<\/span><\/a><span> of the pair cuddling close as they walk\u00a0 through the streets of Manhattan do her talking for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because nothing makes a girl feel special like the man of her dreams telling her he\u2019s willing to take her back because, \u201cIt\u2019s unfair to leave people without the ability to unlearn and be better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And they say fairytales don\u2019t come true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Megan Basham (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megbasham\">@megbasham<\/a>) is the entertainment reporter for The Daily Wire. She\u2019s a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who was previously an entertainment editor and podcast co-host for World Magazine.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The course of true love never did run smooth, as the Bard once wrote. Especially when it has to contend with cancel culture.After a final Bachelor episode saw 29-year-old Matt &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1309508083.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Bachelor Star Gets Back Together With Contestant He Cancelled For \u2018Racism\u2019 Months Ago","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1309508083.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Bachelor Star Gets Back Together With Contestant He Cancelled For \u2018Racism\u2019 Months Ago","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}