Matt James spoke of seeing Rachael Kirkconnell for the first time on the program After the Final Rose while talking to Michael Strahan on Good Morning America on Tuesday.
The Bachelor admitted he was emotional and saw Rachael ‘hit me like a ton of bricks’ while talking to a number of subjects on the ABC show hosted by Emmanuel Acho while Chris Harrison was graduating second side after defending Rachael’s attendance at a 2018 college party on a plantation where she also dressed in a debate with Rachel Lindsay.
‘I felt the pressure of everything I was carrying all season, with what we were dealing with as a country and explaining why it was a problem for me and the relationship. which was very difficult, ‘said James to Strahan.
Difficult: Matt James spoke about seeing Rachael Kirkconnell for the first time on After the Final Rose while talking to Michael Strahan on Good Morning America on Tuesday
The Bachelor ended in heartbreak and controversy Monday night after James, the show’s first black lead, gave Rachael his last rose, then revealed he broke up with her while his pre-tapping times were still airing when ‘racist’ images of him were attending A party with a plantation theme was revealed online, along with evidence from unsuspecting social media posts that in terms of race.
‘I think when you go around someone, that’s what you’re hoping for,’ he told Strahan about his bad relationships and marital negotiations.
‘Whenever I’m in a relationship with someone, marriage is the ultimate goal and when you find out things like I did that puts you off that ultimate goal because, as said me during After the Final Rose – there are just things you could be without understanding what it means to be with someone like me. ‘
Despite a very challenging time and losing what he thought would be his future wife, he is extremely grateful for what happened.
‘I felt the pressure of everything I was carrying all season, with what we were dealing with as a country and explaining why it was a problem for me and the relationship. which was very difficult, ‘said James to Strahan
‘I think when you go around someone, that’s what you’re hoping for,’ he told Strahan about his bad relationships and marriage negotiations
‘I would say that, the conversations that have come out of everything that has been done are more important than anything that I may have left and if that means I leave under the circumstances that have been I left, that will be the case, ‘he said.
‘I would say that, the conversations that have come out of everything that has been done are more important than anything that I may have left and if that means I leave under the circumstances that have been I left, that will be the case, ‘he said.
Matt, who had been with Rachael since Thanksgiving Day last year when the show woke up, said he dismissed reports of her social media activity as ‘dark and bad’ rumors when they finally appeared in January.
But when an image surfaced of her attending a sorority ball photo on the subject of plantation in early February, Matt – whose post After the Final Rose was not recorded until this month – said he decided to retire after feeling that Rachael might not understand what it means to be black in America. ‘
‘If you don’t understand that something like that is a problem in 2018, there’s a lot I don’t understand. It’s as simple as that, ‘he said.
Rough: Despite a very challenging time and losing what he thought would be his future wife, he is very grateful for what happened
Attempt: The special program After the Final Rose marked the first time the former couple had come face to face since they separated, and saw Rachael apologize to Matt in person, and he says ‘love is her life’
The special After the Final Rose program marked the first time the former couple had come face to face since they separated, and saw Rachael apologize to Matt in person, giving described as the love of her life. ‘
She also said she takes the time to educate herself about racism.
Rachael apologized in front of guest Emmanuel Acho, a supporter for long-time host Chris Harrison who agreed to step down from hosting duties for a while after first jumping into Rachael’s defense, the then going back with his own excuse.
Throughout the special, Matt said: ‘You want to believe that you know your husband better than anyone else knows your husband. This controversy revolves around who Rachael is and events she might attend, photos she enjoyed and people she is associated with.
‘I’m trying to be there for her, and I dismissed them as rumors, because that’s what they were to me. You hear things that are heartbreaking and you just pray that they are not true. And then, when you find out they are there it just makes you question everything, ‘he said.
But when an image surfaced of her attending a sorority ball photo on the subject of plantation in early February, Matt – whose post After the Final Rose was not recorded until this month – said he decided to retire after feeling that Rachael might not understand what it means to be black in America. ‘