{"id":83899,"date":"2024-03-19T19:16:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/bachelors-serene-russell-backs-rachel-nance-after-women-tell-all\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:16:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:16:26","slug":"bachelors-serene-russell-backs-rachel-nance-after-women-tell-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/bachelors-serene-russell-backs-rachel-nance-after-women-tell-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor&#8217;s Serene Russell Backs Rachel Nance After &#8216;Women Tell All&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Paul Archuleta\/Getty Images; Disney\/Richard Middlesworth<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Serene Russell<\/strong> is showing she has fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/bachelor-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bachelor Nation<\/a> member <strong>Rachel Nance<\/strong>\u2019s back after the season 28 contestant received racist hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so sad because when you\u2019re in this position you have a lot to process anyways \u2014 it\u2019s hard [to] understand the magnitude of what the regular experience is like \u2014 let alone being racially and culturally attacked,\u201d Serene, 28, wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, March 19. \u201cSharing your innermost thoughts and feelings knowing the world will see it is incredibly difficult \u2014 it\u2019s insane that we are still dealing with this disproportionate prejudice in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serene first appeared on <strong>Clayton Echard<\/strong>\u2019s season 26 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/tag\/the-bachelor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The<\/em> <em>Bachelor<\/em><\/a> and went on to get engaged to now-ex <strong>Brandon Jones<\/strong> on season 8 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/bachelor-in-paradise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bachelor in Paradise<\/em><\/a>. She noted she\u2019s \u201cso proud\u201d of Rachel, 26, \u201cfor being willing to speak on this important matter even though it\u2019s cast a shadow over her entire experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile addressing this so people can (hopefully) learn \/ letting Rachel process this is important; let\u2019s remember that there is so much more to her as a human than the things people said to her when we see her in the future,\u201d Serene said, adding that her heart goes out to Rachel and her family. \u201cNo one should have to experience this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the message, Serene reposted a clip of Rachel from the <em>Women Tell All<\/em> on Monday, March 18. During the episode, Rachel became emotional while recalling the racist hate she has received after <strong>Joey Graziadei<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/bachelor-recap-3-women-are-falling-in-love-with-joey-after-hometowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave her a rose<\/a> over <strong>Maria Georgas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just been getting a lot of hateful messages as soon as the episode aired,\u201d Rachel said through tears. \u201cA lot of racist comments towards me, calling me the N-word, calling me Jungle Asian, all because I got a rose. It\u2019s just been very frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the <em>Women Tell All<\/em> taping, <em>Us Weekly<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/bachelors-rachel-speaks-out-after-reunion-with-joey-at-women-tell-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked Rachel about the backlash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/biggest-bachelor-nation-scandals-of-all-time\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/arie-becca-breakup-promos.jpg?crop=147px%2C15px%2C1104px%2C624px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Arie Becca Bachelor Break Up\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/arie-becca-breakup-promos.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/biggest-bachelor-nation-scandals-of-all-time\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Biggest Bachelor Nation Scandals of All Time<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tFrom breakups to makeups and everything in between, Bachelor Nation has seen it all \u2014 and it hasn\u2019t always been pretty. Loyal fans of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette often put in the work to uncover secrets from contestants\u2019 pasts as they search for love on the ABC reality franchise. During Matt James\u2018 historic season, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou have to think about it in this way: we\u2019re exhausted at these ceremonies, right? And we all understand that we\u2019re tired. So if you see the interaction, Maria and I, we\u2019re fine. We kissed when I left and it was all good,\u201d Rachel replied. \u201cIt was a valid question in my opinion. I think we\u2019re all nervous going into the ceremony, and she was also valid to pull him. So you can do whatever you want in this world, and I do think it\u2019s sad that I was getting some heat for that, but I said what I said and I\u2019m not going to cower away from that. And Maria was fine with what I said.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>After fantasy suite week, Rachel didn\u2019t receive a rose from Joey, making his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/bachelor-recap-joey-and-kelsey-a-discuss-her-we-need-to-talk-note\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final two contestants<\/a> <strong>Kelsey Anderson<\/strong> and <strong>Daisy Kent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Bachelor<\/em> concludes on ABC Monday, March 25, at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/here-for-the-right-reasons\/episodes\/7eed207e-64c2-4f5d-a46c-397b58ca28e0\/embed?theme=dark-blue\" class=\"optanon-category-C0002-C0003-C0004-C0005\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/bachelors-serene-russell-backs-rachel-nance-after-women-tell-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Archuleta\/Getty Images; Disney\/Richard Middlesworth Serene Russell is showing she has fellow Bachelor Nation member Rachel Nance\u2019s back after the season 28 contestant received racist hate. \u201cIt\u2019s so sad because when you\u2019re in this position you have a lot to process anyways \u2014 it\u2019s hard [to] understand the magnitude of what the regular experience is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}