--- title: "Bachelor" Contestants Speak Out About Racist Harassment description: Former "Bachelorette" Rachel Lindsay led an emotional conversation around the racist and threatening messages the women often receive. canonical: https://time.com/5794366/bachlor-contestants-racist-harassment/ author: Madeleine Carlisle article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-03T15:56:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T08:22:34.270Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Contestants Are Speaking Out About Racism, Harassment and Cyber Bullying og:description: "I feel like you hear us talk about the hate that we receive, but you have no idea what it is" og:url: https://time.com/5794366/bachlor-contestants-racist-harassment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta99e62881c46e959/698a0af9929fad3bfebf5c57/bachlor-contestants-racist-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: bachelor contestants racist harassment og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Contestants Are Speaking Out About Racism, Harassment and Cyber Bullying twitter:description: "I feel like you hear us talk about the hate that we receive, but you have no idea what it is" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta99e62881c46e959/698a0af9929fad3bfebf5c57/bachlor-contestants-racist-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'This Is Hate.' _Bachelor_ Contestants Are Speaking Out About Racism, Harassment and Cyber Bullying > Sponsored content. 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'The Bachelor' host Chris Harrison and former 'The Bachelorette' lead Rachel Lindsay during 'The Bachelor: The Women Tell All,' which aired March 2, 2020.Kelsey McNeal—Getty Images  by [Madeleine Carlisle](https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Mar 3, 2020 3:56 PM UTC On Monday, contestants from [ABC’s hit franchise](https://time.com/5168186/bachelor-book-interview/) _The Bachelor_ spoke about their experience with racist and hateful messages on social media, urging viewers that the behavior “has to stop.” In a respite from the contentious rehashing of the currently-airing season’s plotlines and dramatic moments, Rachel Lindsay — who in 2017 was the reality dating show’s first black _Bachelorette —_ joined contestants from this season of _The Bachelor_ on Monday during the show’s “Women Tell All” special. She led a segment discussing the [online harassment](https://time.com/5619999/instagram-mosseri-bullying-artificial-intelligence/) that many contestants (and, in particular, contestants of color) regularly face. Lindsey not only spoke about the harassment she received while on the show, but also read racist and threatening messages sent to the current contestants. “I feel like you guys hear us talk about the hate that we receive, but you have no idea what it is,” Lindsay said to viewers. “The only way I can actually make you feel it is for you to see it, so I want to start out by reading some of these messages that these women have received.” “You’re an emotional stupid bitch… kill yourself… you’re useless” one of the messages read. Another included the N-word. Lindsay and many of the other contestants teared up as she continued. “I know it’s uncomfortable for you to see, but just imagine how uncomfortable it is to get this in your comments and your DMs, every day, every week, every month,” she said. “Clearly what we’re talking about isn’t criticism. This is hate,” Chris Harrison, the show’s longtime host, said. He asked this season’s contestants to raise their hands if they’ve experienced “true hate.” All the women present raised their hands. The discussion comes weeks after Caroline Flack, former host of the U.K. reality television show _Love Island_, died by suicide. After her death, and amid wider concerns of the impact of reality TV on its participants, British politicians called for a de-escalation of tabloid culture and online harassment, the impact of which which they argued [had contributed to her death.](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/16/politicians-condemn-press-intrusion-after-caroline-flacks-death) Most reality shows now offer on-set counseling services for their contestants during production as well as “after-care” services. ABC did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment on the specific options in place for participants on _The Bachelor_, _Bachelorette_ and assorted spin-off shows which, like most shows of the genre, have skewed more towards highlighting tears, feuds, bombastic characters and scenes of heightened tension in recent years to retain viewers’ interest. This is not the first time the shows’ contestants have spoken out about online harassment. Caelynn Miller-Keyes, who appeared on _The Bachelor_ in 2019, [spoke out about](https://www.instagram.com/p/BuprAtpH5UW/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed) receiving threatening messages last year, revealing she had been repeatedly told to kill herself. Olivia Caridi, who appeared on _The Bachelor_ in 2016, [said in 2018](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/04/196132/olivia-caridi-the-bachelor-suicidal) that she received so much harassment she even became suicidal. “You have to set your filters to certain words so you don’t see them,” Shiann Lewis, one of this season’s contestants, said on Monday’s episode**.** Another woman, Tammy Ly, said she has often been afraid to pick up her phone, and even had death threats sent to her work email. “The things I’ve had to go through in my life because of the color of my skin and because of where I’m from, I’ve had to be really strong,” said contestant Sydney Hightower, who is from Alabama. “But when these things are said about you, those wounds from your past, they’re never fully closed.” _Variety_ reports that the segment on harassment came together after Hightower spoke out about the hateful messages she’d received while the show aired. Another contestant of color, Alexa Caves, said she received hateful messages for [wearing her hair naturally](https://time.com/4909898/black-hair-discrimination-ignorance/). But she added that she’s also received encouraging messages from viewers. “I \[also\] had so much love come in, and it meant so much to get messages from people saying it’s important to have representation and thank you,” she continued. “I think that it means a lot more to me. The love is a lot louder. You just can’t listen to that negativity.” "Bachelor" Contestants Speak Out About Racist Harassment ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5794366/bachlor-contestants-racist-harassment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5794366/bachlor-contestants-racist-harassment/"},"headline":"'This Is Hate.' 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