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Chris Harrison Makes Bachelor-Verse Exit Official After Race-Related Controversy, Exchanging the Final Rose for a Major Payday
The Bachelor franchise’s longtime host and producer reportedly negotiated ‘a mid-range eight-figure payoff.’
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Rachel Lindsay Alleges The Bachelorette Purposely Cast Black Men Who Didn’t Date Black Women
Rachel Lindsay, the first Black Bachelorette, has been consistently outspoken about the lack of diversity within the Bachelor franchise. In February, Lindsay went head to head with Bachelor Nation host Chris Harrison in an attempt to explain a contestant’s problematic past racist actions. And now in a recent interview, the Texas native is shedding light…
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Van Lathan Wants to Know If Given the Opportunity, Would You End Racism or Take $100 Billion Instead?
On the latest episode of The Ringer’s Higher Learning—which you should absolutely subscribe to since I would never steer you wrong—co-hosts Van Lathan and The Bachelorette alumna Rachel Lindsay ponder a question that’s been tormenting even the deepest recesses of the Internet since Tuesday. “The fates come to you, they say, ‘Hey, look. You got…
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Nischelle Turner Makes History as First Black Woman to Co-Host Entertainment Tonight
Longtime entertainment correspondent Nischelle Turner has made history this week, The Root has learned. Variety reports that the Emmy-winning journalist has now been upgraded and will officially host Entertainment Tonight alongside colleague Kevin Frazier—making her the first Black woman in the show’s 40-year history to do so. With Frazier and Turner at the helm, they’ve…
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The Bachelor Executive Producers Publicly Support Rachel Lindsay Against 'Severe' Racist Online Bullying
Rachel Lindsay, the first Black Bachelorette of the long-running ABC reality competition franchise of the same name deactivated her Instagram following racist online harassment following an interview with series host and producer Chris Harrison. The now-viral interview, which took place in mid-February, regarded racist allegations involving a contestant of the current season of The Bachelor…
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Andra Day Calls Out Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover: 'He Is the Hitler for Black People. The Man Was a Demon'
If you haven’t been listening to The Ringer’s Higher Learning, co-hosted by Van Lathan—who might be taking home an Oscar very soon—and The Bachelorette alum Rachel Lindsay, you’ve been missing your blessing. Twice a week, the undeniable chemistry between the two is on full display as they tackle everything from pop culture to politics. And…
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The Bachelor Dips Toe Into 'Diversity,' Chooses Black Male Lead For the First Time in History
In the past few weeks, many brands, companies, and lay white people have been falling over themselves to assure everyone that they care about black lives and now understand, in 2020, that black lives matter. Marvelously, some of these white people/brands/companies have even started to accept that they have power and are responsible for helping…
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Engaged, But Still Single: Rachel Lindsay Says It's 'Sad' She's Still the Only Bachelorette of Color
Rachel Lindsay found love in 2017 as the first black Bachelorette in ABC’s long-running romantic reality show. But while filming an upcoming reunion special with host Chris Harrison and 11 other past Bachelorettes, the lawyer-turned-media personality expressed disappointment that the franchise hadn’t become more diverse in the seasons since. “It was sad for me to…
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Rachel Lindsay Says She’s Under Pressure Being 1st Black Bachelorette
Oh, the pressure. Imagine signing up to put your dating life on display and then crying about it later. It seems as though The Bachelorette’s Rachel Lindsay is feeling the “pressure” as the show’s first black woman to be wookin pa nub in all the wrong places. During Monday night’s show, which I watched while wearing…
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Watch: Judge of Characters, The Root’s New Digital Show About the Best (and Messiest) of Black Twitter
At this point, we know the power of black Twitter. We set trends, we get folks fired and we are side-crampingly hilarious. So we figured, why don’t we dig into the black Twitter crates each week and serve up the best and messiest 140 characters we can find? Bonus: These tweets are usually about the…