Even more damning accusations are being made about Rachael Kirkconnell, who is competing on Matt James’ season of The Bachelor. Every single season, the fans pay close attention to what each contestant did and said prior to being on the show. It has now become a standard procedure for any Bachelor Nation star to cleanse their social media profiles thoroughly, but it’s understandable that a few things will still slip through the cracks. Most people in their early 20s and 30s now have a very long history on the internet, which makes it hard to delete it all from existence.
Most times, the pieces of information (or “evidence”) that Bachelor Nation finds are not very serious or not entirely trustworthy. Still, there are often real people who will rise to the surface and talk about experiences that they’ve had with these particular contestants who are now on TV. In these cases, one can choose to believe everything that someone is saying or question if this person is now just chasing clout to grow their popularity online. As such, it is important to take every new piece of information with a grain of salt. On the other hand, it’s hard to completely throw out certain stories that could obviously be true.
The discourse surrounding The Bachelor season 25 star Rachael Kirkconnell started when a woman called Maddy Bierster shared a particular TikTok. In it, Maddy claimed that Rachael bullied her in high school for “liking Black guys.” The original TikTok was followed by five new clips, where Maddy alleged that Rachael and her group of friends bullied her throughout high school and was allegedly doing it yet again now that she exposed what they did to the entire world. In Maddy’s latest TikTok video, she shared several alleged DMs of people telling her very similar stories about Rachael. On Reddit, a fan compiled all of the accusations that pertain to Rachael Kirkconnell. Most of these pieces of evidence are pictures of Rachael hanging out with friends for Halloween, and her friends appear to be wearing costumes that could be considered problematic and culturally or racially insensitive.
There are also other Bachelor fans on Reddit that allegedly lived in Cumming, Georgia – which is Rachael’s hometown – and who claim that the city and its population are known for being very racist. All things considered, however, it is hard to pin the blame on Rachael for growing up in a city that has an allegedly terrible history with minorities or having friends that seem to enjoy wearing problematic Halloween costumes when they were younger. So far, the most direct accusation made about Rachael herself came from TikToker Maddy Bierster. And even then, this feels like a case of she-said-she-said thus far.
So all that the fans can do for now is pay close attention to Rachael Kirkconnell on The Bachelor and wait until her reality TV contract ends so that she can speak more freely about all of these rumors and accusations related to her.
The Bachelor season 25 airs Mondays at 8 pm ET/PT on ABC.
Sources: Maddy Bierster’s TikTok, Reddit
