Rachel Lindsay Calls Garrett Yrigoyen a “Piece of Sh*t” Over Racist, Sexist, and Homophobic Behavior
Rachel Lindsay called Garrett Yrigoyen a “piece of sh*t” during an interview on Everything Iconic With Danny Pellegrino.
Rachel discussed Garrett’s history of racism, sexism, and homophobia.
Rachel cohosts a podcast with Becca Kufrin, Garrett Yrigoyen’s fiancée.
Rachel Lindsay has spoken out about Becca Kufrin’s fiancé Garrett Yrigoyen and his racist, sexist, and homophobic behavior, saying on Everything Iconic With Danny Pellegrino that he’s a “piece of sh*t” who has doubled down on his offensive beliefs.
“I think he’s a piece of sh*t, and I have said to [Becca], ‘I will not f*ck with him,’” Rachel said, per Entertainment Tonight. “He has doubled down on his beliefs. This isn’t the first time he’s had problematic behavior. When he was on the season, he had a history of Liking things that were racist, sexist, homophobic, calling the Parkland students child actors—it was a lot, so this is who this man is. And he’s a piece of sh*t to me.” She jokingly added, “This is going to make headlines. Maybe I’m causing problems.”
Back in June, Garrett Yrigoyen asked his followers not to judge “all cops” amid protests against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Becca and Rachel ended up having a candid conversation about the comments during their Bachelor Happy Hour podcast, where Becca said she was trying to get Garrett to “see the bigger picture.” Meanwhile, Rachel pointed out that Garrett is part of the problem.
“Nothing that I’m about to say is nothing I haven’t already told you. Becca told me not to hold back. As a Black woman, it is very important for me to tell you how Garrett’s post made me feel....This is not an isolated accident with Garrett’s behavior and I never spoke about what Garrett did during your season. I never spoke about it and it was out of respect for you and your relationship….To me, this is what Garrett thinks, this is what Garrett is. He posted a black box. He never said, ‘Black Lives Matter.’ He posted fists of every color, which to me is like, ‘Everybody, all lives.’ And then the very next post is the thin blue line with a heartfelt, thought-out caption that he said with his chest. And to me, that is what you feel and that is what you believe. I don’t think Garrett is malicious, but Garrett is what the problem is.”
She also added, “You don’t think Black people have law enforcement in their family?….It’s very selfish and it is your white privilege to think that that is the message that you need to put out when Black people are just suffering in such a huge way in this country.”
Garrett doesn’t appear to have responded to Rachel or taken any accountability for his actions at this point.
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