Rachel Lindsay Details Moment She 'Felt Exploited' on 'Bachelorette', Calls Out 'Toxic Fandom'
Rachel Lindsayis getting real about her experience with theBachelorfranchise. The 36-year-old formerBacheloretteopened up in an op-ed forNew York Magazine, appearing in the June 21 issue, about her time onThe BachelorandBachelorette, recalling how shedeparted theBachelor Happy Hourpodcastlast month amid being “exhausted from defending myself against a toxic fandom.” Lindsay said elsewhere in her piece that her now-infamous, race-related conversation with longtime hostChris Harrison— who has sinceparted ways with the franchise— caused the fandom that “had always had a complicated relationship with” her to further “turn against” her....