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Matt James, the first Black star of The Bachelor, is speaking out in a new statement about his experience on the show and the controversy surrounding contestant Rachael Kirkconnell.

For those that don’t know, Rachael received backlash after photos surfaced of her attending a plantation-themed party. People also discovered that she “liked” photos that featured friends posing in front of Confederate flags.

The Bachelor host Chris Harrison then gave an interview in which he defended her and he said some really terrible things, which led to him stepping away from the remainder of the season.

Now, Matt is finally breaking his silence on everything that happened.

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The latest episode of The Bachelor just ended and there were so many women sent home!

There were 11 contestants at the beginning of the episode, including a surprise new contestant who arrived at the end of last week’s episode.

Two rose ceremonies happened during the night and Matt James had a lot of difficult decisions to make as we head into the hometown dates next week.

There are now four women remaining in the competition to win Matt‘s heart and he will be meeting their families in the next episode.

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Matt James is opening up about his friend Hannah Brown‘s dating life and how she has a new boyfriend!

The current star of The Bachelor and the former star of The Bachelorette became close friends last year when they quarantined together in Florida. Matt is best friends with Tyler Cameron, who was Hannah‘s runner-up on the show. They rekindled a friendship after their time on the reality series.

“Hannah is my girl. I talk to Hannah on a regular basis,” Matt said while appearing on The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast.

He added, “I actually met her new boyfriend, who’s incredible. He’s awesome and she’s happy and she deserves to be happy.”

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The bullying has hopefully come to an end on Matt James‘ season of The Bachelor after he sent multiple women home due to things they said to others in the house.

During last week’s episode, Matt was finally told about the bullying that was happening in the house, including the claims that new contestant Brittany Galvin is an escort.

At the beginning of the episode that aired on Monday night (February 1), Matt kicked off the cocktail party by telling the women that bullying is not acceptable. He then pulled one woman aside and sent her home after she owned up to starting the escort rumor.

Later in the night, Matt learned of another woman who was a bully and he confronted her. She was later sent home during the rose ceremony.

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There are even more women on Matt James‘ season of The Bachelor – and there’s a reason!

ABC executive Robert Mills is speaking out about the five additional contestants added into the latest season, and he’s shooting down speculation that it’s just for drama.

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“We got a record number of submissions. We couldn’t fit everyone in night one, and we had some really interesting girls. These were women that we had already met with. It was decided pretty much before filming began [that they would join later]. It was good to throw them in the mix. It wasn’t just to shake things up,” he told Variety.

Brittany Galvin, Michelle Young, Catalina Morales, Kim Li and Ryan Claytor were the five ladies who arrived at Nemacolin Resort in Pennsylvania during Monday’s (January 25) episode. And by the end, Matt gave all of the new additions besides Kim a rose, sending two of the original contestants home.

Find out more about the brand new additions!

There are currently 18 women vying for Matt James‘ heart on his season of The Bachelor, but he is about to meet some more ladies.

Five women will be making surprise entrances on the upcoming episode of the show, which will air on Monday (January 25) at 8pm EST.

ABC just released a video that introduces fans to the five women and full bios for all of them were revealed as well.

The network said, “Five new women will arrive to try to win the love of Bachelor Matt James—much to the dismay of the 18 women who already felt like they weren’t getting enough time with the eligible man. Will one of these women suddenly have sparks with Matt? And does one of them have a secret that could change the course of the season?”

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The Internet is full of some very amazing detectives, and Bachelor fans believe they figured out who wins Matt James‘ season.

Through some intricate sleuthing, fans discovered that Matt appeared to be listening to a Spotify playlist made by one of his remaining contestants.

Matt was caught listening to a playlist titled “night drive” made by one of the remaining women. It has 75 songs on it, and it’s unclear if it was curated for Matt, or he was just digging the vibes.

Click inside to see which contestant is rumored to win Matt James’ season based on the Spotify evidence…More Here! »