{"id":602926,"date":"2021-07-26T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602926"},"modified":"2021-07-26T15:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:22:05","slug":"reddit-users-uncover-racially-insensitive-tweets-from-black-bachelorette-contestants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reddit-users-uncover-racially-insensitive-tweets-from-black-bachelorette-contestants\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddit Users Uncover \u2018Racially Insensitive\u2019 Tweets From Black \u2018Bachelorette\u2019 Contestants"},"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\">20<\/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%2Freddit-users-uncover-racially-insensitive-tweets-from-black-bachelorette-contestants%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=602926&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\/07\/Twitter.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Reddit users uncovered a handful of \u201cracially insensitive\u201d tweets from Justin Glaze and Andrew Spencer, two black contestants from ABC\u2019s \u201cThe Bachelorette.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Glaze and Spencer were accused by Reddit users of writing \u201cmisogynistic, fatphobic, and racially insensitive\u201d tweets during their teenage years. Spencer, who was sent home by Bachelorette Katie Thurston on last Monday\u2019s episode, also allegedly tweeted in 2014 that he wanted to be the next Bachelor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLet me be the next Bachelor,\u201d 19-year-old Spencer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/thebachelor\/comments\/ofz4h0\/problematic_tweets_from_andrew_s_fatphobic\/\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In tweets, Spencer told a friend to \u201cstop talking to fat h**s,\u201d stated that \u201cAll Blondes have little lips,\u201d and made fun of an individual for \u201cmarrying a Black girl.\u201d His tweets went on to say, \u201cYou gotta std nasty a** African\u201d and \u201cThat income taxes be black people real Christmas.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former contestant and professional football player also called former President Donald Trump \u201chilarious.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Spencer has not commented publicly on his former tweets.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fellow cast member Justin Glaze, who remains among Thurston\u2019s final four men, was scrutinized for \u201cignorant and hurtful\u201d social media posts. Glaze allegedly \u201cbelittled black women, promoted colorism, and used homophobic slurs\u201d in tweets dated between 2009 and 2011.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Examples of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/thebachelor\/comments\/ofygk1\/offensive_tweets_by_justin_from_katies_season\/\"><span>tweets<\/span><\/a><span> Glaze sent between the ages of 15 and 17 include, \u201cWhat is that f** wearing,\u201d \u201cjust threw up my dinner after seeing that gay a** belly dancer\u2026 tf,\u201d and \u201c\u2018\u2018they always show a well spoken caucasian cashier. they need to have a rude black b***h as a cashier once\u2019 \u2014 so true smh.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Glaze also stated that he could not date a woman with \u201ccrusty a** feet, hot a** breath like baby shit, body big enough to be an avatar n s**t, or if she dark as [the rapper] Flavor Flav.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Glaze has since apologized for his tweets on an episode of \u201cBachelor Happy Hour,\u201d a podcast hosted by former Bachelorette Becca Kufrin and guest co-host Tayshia Adams.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI have no issue with owning up and apologizing from the bottom of my heart for the really hurtful words that I used,\u201d Glaze <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/07\/25\/andrew-spencer-gets-fan-support-to-become-next-bachelor\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe last thing that I want to do is run from it. That\u2019s not who I am. I just want to speak from the heart, and hopefully, people will get an understanding of where I was then versus where I am now.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen I look back at 14-year-old Justin, I was in high school and quite frankly I was the type of person who for whatever reason felt the need to fit in and say funny things and keep up with what my peers were doing and saying,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe folks I had associated with would throw around really hurtful slurs that, at the time, I didn\u2019t really think anything of.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Social media users played a pivotal role in changing the outcome of season 25 of \u201cThe Bachelor.\u201d An online sleuth uncovered a photo of Rachael Kirkconnell \u2014 the winner of season 25 \u2014 attending an \u201cantebellum-themed\u201d party in 2018.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bachelor-host-apologizes-for-perpetuating-racism-after-asking-for-grace-for-embattled-contestant\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that the photo \u201cgave rise to a full-fledged investigation into Kirkconnell\u2019s background \u2026 that turned up an unverified allegation that she\u2019d shamed a former acquaintance for dating black men, and evidence that Kirkconnell\u2019s parents voted for Donald Trump.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bachelor-star-gets-back-together-with-contestant-he-cancelled-for-racism-months-ago\"><b>Bachelor Star Gets Back Together With Contestant He Cancelled For \u2018Racism\u2019 Months Ago<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reddit users uncovered a handful of \u201cracially insensitive\u201d tweets from Justin Glaze and Andrew Spencer, two black contestants from ABC\u2019s \u201cThe Bachelorette.\u201d\u00a0Glaze and Spencer were accused by Reddit users of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602926","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=602926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}