Rachel Lindsay Tells Becca Kufrin That Garrett Yrigoyen Is “What the Problem Is”
Bachelorette Becca Kufrin and Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay had an open discussion about Garrett Yrigoyen's Instagram supporting police.
Rachel said Garrett “is what the problem is” and asked Becca why she’s just now getting it.
Last week, Bachelorette Becca Kufrin’s fiancé Garrett Yrigoyen hit Instagram and asked his followers not to judge “all cops,” during a time when people around the globe are peacefully protesting against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Garrett’s comments were inarguably offensive, and Becca spoke to Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay about what he said during an emotional conversation on their Bachelor Happy Hour podcast.
While Becca said she didn’t agree with Garrett’s post, she did try to explain his behavior, saying, “Garrett is my fiancé and I love him and to his core, I believe that he is a good person. What he posted…I don’t align with and I don’t agree with.” She added, “I don’t think he meant it in a malicious way, I do think it was tone deaf and it was the wrong time and message and sentiment....I’m trying to get him to see the bigger picture.”
Meanwhile, Rachel pointed out that Garrett is literally 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," she said, per Us Weekly. "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.”
Rachel also expressed her frustration with Becca, saying, “I don’t understand why people are just now getting it. We’ve f*cking been going through this sh*t. I don’t understand why you say, ‘It wasn’t malicious’ or ‘I’m just now understanding things.’ You have to admit that you made a choice to not see it.…A message what Garrett posted totally contradicts the movement that we’re trying to push forward. And to see so many people Like it…the thinking that Garrett has is a bigger problem.”
She added, “The problem is the people who don’t realize what they’re doing is a form of racism, the problem is people who are putting things out there against the movement and the problem is doing things that perpetuate and play into a particular behavior, which is what I have an issue with the Bachelor franchise. Garrett’s post is the problem and the thinking that went into it. 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 has yet to apologize.
Here are guides for how to demand justice right now, how to find mental health resources if you’re a Black woman, how to talk to your relatives about Black Lives Matter, how to spot a fake protest story, and how to protest safely.
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