DeMario Jackson doesn't do himself any favors when explaining his relationship with a girl who claimed they dated, and everyone is on team Kenny in his feud with Lee.
- Aug 1, 2017
AceShowbiz - Rachel Lindsay got reunited will her exes in "The Bachelorette: Men Tell All" before her final choice is revealed. In the Monday, July 31 special, the 31-year-old attorney faced a tough question from Dean Unglert, but it was her other exes who stole the show.
DeMario Jackson returned as he promised. While he was given a chance to explain the whole Lexi situation, he didn't do himself any favors. DeMario insisted they're not dating and called Lexi "a side chick." He added, "I have text messages with everyone."
The special didn't forget to address that feud between Lee Garrett and Kenny Layne. The other guys, except for DeMario, were clearly on team Kenny as Dean said, "I think it's pretty evident if you look at it objectively that Kenny might have been the most well-liked guy in the house, and it's hard to say the same about Lee, When you have 30 people on your side against one person, it's clear who's in the right and who's wrong. I will forever have Kenny's back in that situation."
While racism was believed to cause the tension, Kenny said that Lee's problem wasn't race but Lee's inferiority compared to the rest of the men in the house. Kenny explained, "Racism feels a certain way - it's insidious, there's vitriol to it. As I was trying to make sense of it, it really just felt to me that this dude was out of his league. To me, it was very reactionary. That's what it felt like."
Host Chris Harrison surprised Kenny by bringing out his daughter Mackenzie and giving them two tickets to Disneyland.
Chris then grilled Lee about his misogynistic, sexist and racist tweets, some of which read, "What's the difference between the NAACP and the KKK? One has a sense of shame to cover their racist a** faces," "Women were meant to hang around for a few seconds these days, dogs are meant to stick around. Get a dog, boys. Get a dog," and "Guys... When is the last time you actually saw a pretty feminist? There is a reason for this."
Josiah confronted him, "I want you to articulate to all of us why you came on a show where the Bachelorette was an African-American woman... People came before me so I could go to the same school as you, so I could drink from the same fountain as you, and you're comparing them to the KKK - people who hung my ancestors."
Lee initially said he was joking, but then denounced his offensive tweets. "I'm sorry for saying things when I was not educated and I was ignorant in those subjects," he said. "I think seeing how it effects people makes me sad as well. I have a lot to learn and I would love to learn about those things I'm very disappointed in the things I've put up, and I want to learn."
He continued, "I denounce that and I want to learn. I believe it is an absolute blessing to have a group of guys to help me. Where do we go from here? I'm sorry for what I said and did. That tweet was racist and I denounce it."
Next, it was time for Rachel to take the hot seat, sitting next to Dean who asked her why she dumped him just days after saying she was falling in love with him. "I meant it," she said. "I don't think I was taken over by emotions. In the moment, I did love you."
Rachel explained what made her decide that Dean was not the one for her. "It wasn't your family," she said. "It was just what I was going through personally, and based on that were the reasons decided to send Dean home."
Rachel continued to handle it like a queen when asked about DeMario. "Who?" she simply responded. On Kenny and Lee situation, she commented, "Kenny, I was disappointed in the way that you handled the Lee situation. Because Lee was Lee, I wish that you could have just realized that that was background noise and focused on the two of us."
She also schooled Lee, "You had such an amazing opportunity to be surrounded by different people and different cultures, and you didn't take advantage of that. I hope that in watching it back you realize that you were a part of something so great. But in case you didn't, please know that you can exit stage left and meet me backstage. I'd be more than happy to give you a black history lesson and a lesson on women's rights."
"The Bachelorette" season finale airs Monday, August 7 at 8 P.M. ET on ABC. Rachel will pick between Bryan, Eric and Peter.
