Greer Blitzer is addressing THOSE racist screenshots…
ICYMI, we reported Monday that the 24-year-old Bachelor contestant had some fairly unsavory screenshots of her tweets leaked from again in 2016. Within the now-deleted posts, Greer defended a fellow scholar at Lamar Excessive Faculty in Houston, Texas (not Greer), who dressed up in blackface as Tupac for a celebration, which was allegedly organized as some type of twisted initiation ceremony by upperclassmen, in keeping with KPRC. On the time, the truth star claimed the sophomore, “didn’t even know what black face was,” so it wasn’t, “an intentional racist act.” She added that the woman “didn’t paint herself black as a result of she felt superior to black [people],” after which dug herself into and even deeper gap, complaining:
“Placing white powder in your face isn’t okay both. That didn’t make the information did it?”
The place do they discover these individuals??
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Now, Greer is addressing the state of affairs head on.
In a Tuesday Instagram Tales submit, the medical gross sales rep, who obtained Zach Shallcross’ first impression rose throughout the Monday evening premiere of season 27 of The Bachelor, issued an official apology for her “ignorant” feedback:
“The journey to like is crammed with classes and these classes are additionally made on our journey of development. In my previous, I’ve made some uneducated, ignorant and admittedly, unsuitable, feedback on my social media accounts. Particularly, in 2016, I used misguided arguments on Twitter to defend a scholar who wearing Blackface as Tupac for Halloween.”
She continued:
“I’m deeply sorry to these I’ve harm, particularly these inside the Black neighborhood, not as a result of these screenshots have resurfaced, however as a result of I ever shared these dangerous opinions in any respect. Time and age don’t excuse my actions, however this isn’t a mirrored image of who I’m at present. I don’t stand by or condone the damaging opinions and behaviors I shared throughout that stage of my life and can endlessly remorse making these offensive remarks.”
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Whereas it’s a well-worded apology, we will’t assist however take into account she wouldn’t have ever expressed regret had the leaks not resurfaced. As one Reddit consumer identified:
“If she’s sufficiently old to be on the present then she’s sufficiently old to mirror on her previous behaviour and take it down earlier than making use of to be on a very talked-about actuality program.”
Proper?? Sadly, it simply appears to be on-brand for the notorious relationship present…
What are your ideas on Greer’s apology, Perezcious readers? Do you imagine it’s real? Do you settle for it? Tell us within the feedback down (under).
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