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She put her foot in her mouth
While Monday's episode of The Bachelorette was airing, Leah Block, who appeared on Ben Higgins' season of The Bachelor and Season 3 of Bachelor in Paradise, dashed off an ill-considered tweet about the racial diversity of Rachel Lindsay's season.
"I'm sitting here watching @BacheloretteABC and my roommate just sat down on the couch and said "what is this? @LoveAndHipHop_? DEAD.," Block wrote, referencing VH1's soapy reality franchise that features a predominately black cast.
Block later deleted the tweet, but not before Lindsay saw it. Lindsay, who during the episode got overcome with emotion when talking about the pressure she feels as the first black Bachelorette, was not in the mood for Block's disrespect, and replied, "Let me know if she wants to meet Lee...they sound like they would have a lot in common #ihavetimetoday."
Lee, of course, is a contestant on Lindsay's season who has made racially insensitive tweets of his own and whose alleged racism is going to be a big part of the story in next week's episodes.
Block, having been called out on her racism, initially turned into a corn cob before apologizing on Facebook Wednesday.
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