Matt took to his Instagram to break his silence over Rachael s racism row and wrote, It is important that I take time to address the troubling information that has come to light since we wrapped filming, Matt s statement began addressing the incredibly disappointing photos of Rachael Kirkconnell and the interview between Rachel Lindsay and Chris Harrison. The reality is that I’m learning about these situations in real-time, and it has been devastating and heartbreaking, to put it bluntly, he wrote clarifying. Chris s [sic] failure to receive and understand the emotional labor that my friend Rachel Lindsay was taking on by graciously and patiently explaining the racist history of the Antebellum South, a painful history that every American should understand intimately, was troubling and painful to watch, Matt wrote. He also joined the voices of the millions who have been talking about the rather whitewashed Bachelor franchise and wrote, It was a clear reflection of a