Matt James stepped up to make the most of his connection with Rachael Kirkconnell — after she stepped up to take ownership over the concerning sorority scandal of her past.
The former Bachelor leading man, and the woman who won his season of the reality TV competition show, are the focus of James’ new memoir, First Impressions: Off-Screen Conversations With a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness, which is set for publication in May.
And in a pre-released excerpt of the book first shared by Cosmopolitan on Wednesday, Matt lays out exactly what happened after cameras stopped filming and the anger over Rachael’s old antebellum plantation-themed party pictures subsided. Related: Matt James Wipes ALL His ‘Bachelor’ Content Off Instagram!
Yikes! James’ excerpt picks up in rural Georgia in early 2021, where he recalls how Kirkconnell called him while she was staying with family, and he was traveling, to warn Matt of the coming racist pictures.
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