Rachel Lindsay expresses disappointment in Bachelorette colleague Hannah Brown after a lengthy conversation over the N-word

Variety

“To be honest, I’m tired. I’m so tired of feeling like I have to be the one to say something,” Lindsay, the first black Bachelorette, said on her Instagram Live after her chat with her fellow former Bachelorette. Lindsay and Brown reportedly agreed to talk live on Instagram Live about Brown's use of the N-word while singing DaBaby’s “Rockstar” on her own Instagram Live. But Brown reportedly backed out at the last minute. Variety reports the two "spoke on the phone for quite a while" before Lindsay decided to express her frustration on Instagram Live. Lindsay added: “It’s not an opportunity to call someone out, it’s not necessarily an opportunity to drag them, it’s an opportunity to maybe educate them. … I thought, ‘Let me challenge this person to use their platform because last night it was used in a different way, so let me challenge them to use it in a better way.’ Maybe it was a mistake, maybe they didn’t realize the intention behind it … so let me give them opportunity to now use their platform to correct that mistake. I am personally hurt and offended that I gave someone the opportunity to do that and it wasn’t done. Now, I understand that an apology was made, but when I know what could have been done, when I know what I challenged someone to do … they refused to do it, or they did not do it.”