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‘Bachelor’ Frontrunner Apologizes for Defending Friend’s Blackface Incident
“The Bachelor” contestant who acquired a leg up on her competitors through the premiere is now taking severe warmth on-line, and it is pressured her to apologize for some resurfaced tweets defending a blackface costume.
Greer Blitzer, who acquired the primary impression rose on Monday night time’s episode, virtually instantly discovered herself the goal of Twitter sleuths who dug up her posts from 2016. Tuesday she responded by admitting she “used misguided arguments on Twitter to defend a scholar who wearing Blackface as Tupac for Halloween.”
Greer says she desires to apologize “to these I’ve damage, particularly these throughout the Black neighborhood” — claiming she is not sorry due to the screenshots, however as a result of she had these opinions within the first place.
ICYMI, Twitter customers discovered a handful of Greer’s tweets — which she’s now deleted — in protection of a buddy at Lamar Excessive College in Houston who put black paint on her face … allegedly as a part of an initiation ceremony.
Greer claimed these concerned had no clue what blackface was — or its historic significance — including somebody placing white powder on their face would not be as massive of a deal.
This is not the primary racial controversy Bachelor Nation has confronted — you may recall, finalist Erich Schwer apologized after a yearbook photograph of him dressed as Jimi Hendrix got here to mild … and Chris Harrison known as it quits after going through backlash for defending Rachael Kirkconnell‘s antebellum-themed pictures on an outdated plantation.
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Kanye West Says He Wants Threesome with Michelle Obama & Bianca Censori
Kanye West ranks Michelle Obama as his No. 1 draft pick for a ménage à trois with his wife Bianca Censori … although, it sounds like he might just be joshing (hopefully).
Ye made the confession on Justin Laboy‘s podcast Monday … this after the host asked who he’d want in the bedroom with himself and his wife. JL says he thinks he knows the answer — but then Ye blurted out the unexpected pick … the former First Lady.
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They both burst into laughter after Ye’s ridiculous (and inappropriate) response — with KW adding, “Gotta f*** the President’s wife!”
Like we said, Ye seems to be joking — so this shouldn’t really be taken seriously. Still though, it feels a little gratuitous … not to mention out of bounds. And yet … KW said it anyway!
Here’s another thing … out of all the presidents Ye could’ve picked, ya gotta wonder why he settled on Barack Obama. As you may or may not know … Kanye has a bit of an icy relationship with the ex-POTUS, so perhaps it’s not all that surprising he name-dropped the guy’s spouse.
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These two go way back — Barack has roots in Chicago, as does Kanye — but they’ve become less friendly over the years … especially after BO infamously called Ye a “jackass.”
In 2022, Kanye publicly said his bond with Barack had seriously faded … especially after he felt Barack had slammed him for saying things he didn’t think KW should be chirping about.
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Now, this …
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On 'The Tortured Poets Department,' Taylor Swift spares no one : Pop Culture Happy Hour
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Taylor Swift dropped an epic new album that spans two hours — and two high-profile breakups. The Tortured Poets Department delves deeply into two of the singer’s recent relationships — one with the English actor Joe Alwyn and the other with Matty Healy, who’s the lead singer of The 1975. And while Taylor Swift indulges in a few beefs on this record, the target she returns to most often is herself.
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