Rachel Lindsay calls out 'Bachelor Klan' for 'racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and homophobic' behavior - Fox News

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Former "Bachelorette" star Rachel Lindsay spoke out about her time as the franchise's first female Black lead and the toxic fandom surrounding the reality TV series she has dubbed "Bachelor Klan.".

Lindsay, who also appeared on "Bachelor in Paradise" and "The Bachelor," said the "Klan" is a group within the Bachelor Nation fandom she feels is "hateful, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and homophobic." She explained how the "Klan's" behavior online ultimately led her to cut ties with the ABC franchise. .

"My â€˜Higher Learning’ co-host and I have divided it — there is a Bachelor Nation, and there is a Bachelor Klan.

Bachelor Klan is hateful, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and homophobic.

FORMER 'BACHELORETTE' RACHEL LINDSAY BREAKS SILENCE ON CHRIS HARRISON'S EXIT FROM THE FRANCHISE.

'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison (right) conducted an interview with former 'Bachelorette' Rachel Lindsay (left) that received a great deal of backlash over his comments regarding a contestant who attended an Antebellum-themed party.

He told me that 50 million people had attended a party like this," Lindsay said.

"I maintained that attending such a party was not a good look, to which he responded, ‘Is it not a good look in 2018, or is it not a good look in 2021?’ As if things couldn’t have been considered racist in 2018.

I knew the audience was going to look at me as an angry Black female," Lindsay recalled.

I’m going to need specific examples of how I bullied you.’ She cited things like how I didn’t look her in the eye during a conversation.

I’m going to look cold. We did not come to any type of agreement.

Rachel Lindsay got engaged to Bryan Abasolo on the finale of "The Bachelorette.".

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