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After 15 years and plenty of public pressure for greater diversity, ABC has named the first African-American to headline one of its hit dating series.
Rachel Lindsay, 31, a Texas lawyer and popular contestant on the current season of The Bachelor, was announced as the next Bachelorette Monday on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live. The 13th season will premiere May 22, ABC announced.
Lindsay, who appeared on Kimmel with Bachelor/Bachelorette host Chris Harrison, will be the the first black lead on either dating show when she takes center stage on Season 13 of The Bachelorette, handing out roses and choosing and dismissing suitors. Lindsay has been one of the women seeking to win the affection of Nick Viall on The Bachelor, which launched in 2002 and is now in its 21st season.
The upcoming Bachelorette, generally a runner-up or other popular contestant from the previous season of The Bachelor (and vice versa), is usually named after The Bachelor finishes its season. The announcement is a pretty good indication that Lindsay, who received Viall's first-impression rose and made the final four during Monday's Bachelor episode, doesn't end up as his true love.
Robert Mills, who oversees ABC's alternative series, praised Lindsay in a statement accompanying Monday's announcement.
?We?re thrilled to have Rachel Lindsay as our next Bachelorette,? he said. ?This coveted role is always reserved for a fan-favorite from the previous season, and Rachel is no exception and has been the fans? choice since she exited the limo. She is an accomplished, confident and beautiful woman who knows what she wants in life. We all look forward to joining her on the joyous journey as she looks for that one special man.?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/02/14/abc-names-first-black-bachelorette-rachel-lindsay/97879058/
diversity!
Book Queen..
The whites are gonna RAGEEEEEEEEEEEEE
i dont watch this show but i may now just to give it a ratings boosts when she is on it to make up for the ppl who dont watch cause she is black
Also i love that she is from Dallas and a Lawyer BOOK SIS!!!
Hhhhhhhhhh
I might try to watch this mess just in case the whites try not to so the ratings can dip :dead:
Vvvvvvvvvvb
I need to see the guys first
If it's a bunch of white straights, kill me. I refuse to be bored
Never watched this show. Not about to start, either.
Quote from: GRAND SUPREME MARSHALL on February 14, 2017, 09:55:02 AM
Vvvvvvvvvvb
I need to see the guys first
If it's a bunch of white straights, kill me. I refuse to be bored
u want them to be black gays? :shannonsmissing:
oh ... this is nice
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on February 14, 2017, 07:28:01 PM
Quote from: GRAND SUPREME MARSHALL on February 14, 2017, 09:55:02 AM
Vvvvvvvvvvb
I need to see the guys first
If it's a bunch of white straights, kill me. I refuse to be bored
u want them to be black gays? :shannonsmissing:
youre so special....
no
just varied races of straight men
:damselindistress:
how has this not happened before in reality tv bistory? this is like, lets say the real world had finally introduced a black person after 32 seasons. Makes no sense.
Quote from: GRAND SUPREME MARSHALL on February 14, 2017, 09:55:02 AM
Vvvvvvvvvvb
I need to see the guys first
If it's a bunch of white straights, kill me. I refuse to be bored
imsure there will be lots of options. More than likely there will a black male bachelor show after too so this should be interesting.
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on February 14, 2017, 07:36:47 PM
how has this not happened before in reality tv bistory? this is like, lets say the real world had finally introduced a black person after 32 seasons. Makes no sense.
i think its cause no black person has ever made it as far as she has. how their show works is out of the last few girls left, who ever the bachelor does NOT pick usually gets their own show and vice versa
she is on the current season of the bachelor and he is supposedly choosing from 4 girls and she is one of the last few left
She reminds me of Robin Givens slightly
I see that
Quote from: Vonc2002 on February 15, 2017, 07:53:47 PM
She was on jimmy Kimmel
g
This matted wig. They kill me finding these random simple bad looking ass black girls just to say they have diversity. Is that a damn GAP? No shade, but if you not gonna find somebody decent looking, I rather them not do it at all.
:udontlookok:
Quote from: Kurama on February 15, 2017, 07:55:55 PM
She reminds me of Robin Givens slightly
d
Yea....
:udontlookok:
im not here for interracial mess
Quote from: TheNextLew on February 15, 2017, 11:03:30 PM
im not here for interracial mess
mnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
ur a disgrace
Quote from: TheNextLew on February 15, 2017, 11:03:30 PM
im not here for interracial mess
Why not ?
Don't you sleep with men outside your race?
Quote from: TheNextLew on February 15, 2017, 11:03:30 PM
im not here for interracial mess
Yet you had a White wife and suck off Samoan guys.
Eddie
:guys:
fff
May isn't letting up today.
Quote from: TheNextLew on February 15, 2017, 11:03:30 PM
im not here for interracial mess
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