8/12/2023 0 Comments First impression rose matt james![]() Host Emmanuel Acho with Rachael Kirkconnell on “After the Final Rose.”Ģ018 was, of course, the year that Rachael posed for a photo at an antebellum-themed party. When Rachael acknowledged the activity and apologized for it, Matt said he realized that “Rachael might not understand what it means to be Black in America.”Īs tough as it was to break up with her, “if you don’t understand that something like that is problematic in 2018 there’s a lot of me that you won’t understand,” he said, noting that he grew up in the South, with memories of events, people and places that weren’t welcoming to him. She and Matt didn’t get engaged at the end of filming, but they were in a relationship and Matt told Emmanuel that when allegations first started going around about racist social media activity on her part he dismissed them as “rumours.” white, though Matt didn’t use that word) would have to worry only about finding love on the show, Matt said he felt like he carried the weight “of everything that was going on in the country at that time frame regarding social justice, everything going on in the franchise surrounding diversity and inclusion.”Īdd to that he had to be on his best behaviour, he said, because “for a lot of people that was the first time having someone like that in their home,” by which he meant having a Black man on their TV.Īll that was sobering enough, but things got really raw when it came to Rachael. With one question - “How much pressure was it being the first Black Bachelor?” - Emmanuel Acho started a conversation on “After the Final Rose” that laid bare the unfair burden placed on Black men, of “making people comfortable with your blackness, and going above and beyond to show that in stature and in personality you’re not as threatening as you come off as,” as Matt put it. Those seem trifling now compared to what we saw Monday, which at times was searing, gut-wrenching and heartbreaking - and I’m not talking about Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell breaking up. Remember all those times we were told a “Bachelor” or “Bachelorette” season finale was the most dramatic ever? Or those “After the Final Rose” episodes that seemed really tense because the couple had broken up or weren’t getting along? SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW HOW “THE BACHELOR” SEASON ENDED DEFINITELY DO NOT READ THIS YET. PHOTO CREDIT: All photos Craig Sjodin/ABC Host Emmanuel Acho and Bachelor Matt James on “After the Final Rose.”
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