The Bachelor star Greer Blitzer took to social media this week to apologize for previous actions.
The 24-year-old medical gross sales rep opened up about feedback she made defending Blackface a number of years in the past.
“The journey to like is crammed with classes and these classes are additionally made on our journey of progress,” Blitzer, the recipient of the primary impression rose on The Bachelor Season 27 Episode 1, wrote.
“In my previous, I’ve made some uneducated, ignorant and albeit, flawed feedback on my social media accounts,” she wrote in Instagram Tales.
“Particularly, I used misguided arguments on Twitter to defend a scholar who wearing Blackface as Tupac for Halloween.”
“I’m deeply sorry to these I’ve damage, particularly these throughout the Black group, not as a result of these screenshots have resurfaced, however as a result of I ever shared these dangerous opinions in any respect,” she continued.
“Time and age don’t excuse my actions, however this isn’t a mirrored image of who I’m at this time.”
In September, a Reddit consumer shared screenshots that confirmed alleged pictures of tweets from the Bachelor star supporting a young person who was being referred to as out for sporting Blackface at a celebration.
“The scholars concerned did not even know what black face was so my level precisely. It wasn’t an intentional racist act,” Blitzer allegedly wrote on Twitter on the time.
“This earlier incident was dumb not racist? She didn’t paint herself black as a result of she felt superior to black ppl,” reads one other alleged tweet.
“Placing white powder in your face is not okay both. That did not make the information did it? I apologize if this offended you however it’s essential to perceive it was not initially alleged to be perceived that method in any respect.”
Greer’s first look on The Bachelor on Monday evening on ABC.
The episode discovered Zach Shallcross handing Greer the primary impression rose.
In consequence, there is a good likelihood Greer will seem for a giant a part of the season.
Shallcross has but to touch upon the scenario.
The collection continues Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.
