Rachel Lindsay & Bryan Abasolo - Bachelorette 13 - Discussion - #2

Rachel called Jemele Role Model. And a strong, educated, woman who she admires as a professional, powerful female. That is a very supportive statement IMO.

I am all for women supporting women. IMO one of the most astonishing and sad things to me about Rachel's season is how horribly unsupportive soooooo many women of all colors were/are toward Rachel based on Rachel making the best decisions for herself in her life. Unfortunately IMO this happens way to often between women. If we don't hold each other up as women....IMO we just hold each other back.
JMO

ReneeM wrote:Because IMO she's trying to have it both ways. "Supporting" Jemele while also distancing herself from Jemele's comments. And ITA with what @CoolAngel posted, if it was part of her original statement, I probably wouldn't have batted an eye at it, the addition after the backlash is so suspect. It feels like she wants the benefits of getting political (people praising her for taking a stance) without any of the consequences (which is that you'll probably alienate some people) & it doesn't work that way. If Rachel really didn't want to get political she should've just stayed out of it.

ITA esp the bolded! I don't have a problem with the ones who don't share their views openly. To each his own. But if you choose to do it, then stand by your opinions unapologetically. In Rachel's case, the worst would have been her losing a few thousand followers and her comment section being a mess for one post. It's not that huge a price to pay if you want to show your support or make your opinions known IMO. I have more appreciation for Josiah's unapologetic 'I'm with her!  ' comment under that pic than Rachel's entire post.

All JMO

i saw a comment on reddit that bryan was dming another girl after filming ANDDD he was active on match.com .... heres the comment: "For those who can't watch: Roommate matched with him on Bumble, started talking to him "right before the show even started." He's still following her online and he DMs her from time to time.
You know I overlooked him being active on match.com after returning. I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and think that maybe he was only online to disable his account and got sidetracked but that combined with this new story makes me think he had several online relationships he wanted to continue in private "

I also saw tweets of people saying they saw his match profile but i thought TOG was the winner back then

and the girl who was talking in that video who you guys dismissed was right. He is following her roomate on instagram

@teamkristina  is this what you are talking about or is there a newer post?

https://www.reddit.com/r/thebachelor/comments/6t3epa/bryan_dming_other_woman_after_return_from_filming/

Mods, are we allowed linked to Reddit?

@sdmom yeah. its no big deal because they seem serious now. but days after getting ENGAGED? not even dating?... not a good look imo but i don't like this and it seems very insincere especially if you add the tm stuff jmo

Seabear wrote:Rachel called Jemele Role Model. And a strong, educated, woman who she admires as a professional, powerful female. That is a very supportive statement IMO.

I am all for women supporting women. IMO one of the most astonishing and sad things to me about Rachel's season is how horribly unsupportive soooooo many women of all colors were/are toward Rachel based on Rachel making the best decisions for herself in her life. Unfortunately IMO this happens way to often between women. If we don't hold each other up as women....IMO we just hold each other back.
JMO

I agree that Rachel showed support for Jemele being a strong, professional woman and it's definitely commendable. But IMO that is not the issue here. Jemele is not at a risk of losing her job coz people don't think she is educated enough or professional enough. Those are not things she needs defending against or support for right now IMO. Jemele's freedom of speech is being threatened and in today's world, it's a very very scary thing IMO. If you are not going to show your support for her right to freedom of speech at the risk of being political and alienating a few thousand followers, you might as well as not say anything IMO. That post is the most 'supportive yet unsupportive' post I have seen in a long time and it's heartbreaking coz I like Rachel and expect better from her.

All JMO

@teamkristina this was discussed a month ago

https://www.bachandbachettefans.net/t4394-rachel-lindsay-bryan-abasolo-bachelorette-13-discussion?highlight=Bryan+matching

@sdmom and you don't find it shady?

@teamkristina frankly, As long as Rachel is happy, I don't care. If it's true, that's her problem to deal with, not me.

he's known for being there for rachel but was he really there for her if he trade marked his nickname and was on bumble right before filming? And same applies for past couples who this happened to as well.

teamkristina wrote:he's known for being there for rachel but was he really there for her if he trade marked his nickname and was on bumble right before filming? And same applies for past couples who this happened to as well.

The best sleuths in the business have been all through both those topics in this forum.

JMO