Days after Channel 10 unveiled the three males tipped to entrance 2022’s season of the Bachelor, disturbing social media posts by one of many main males have come to mild.
Simply days after Channel 10 unveiled the three males set to be fronting the following season of their flagship actuality program The Bachelor, disturbing social media posts have allegedly been dug up from a decade in the past throwing additional scrutiny over the present’s launch.
Fb posts, first revealed by So Dramatic!, allegedly made by one of many present’s three Bachelors, Jed McIntosh, 10 years in the past have resurfaced on Twitter that mentions rape amongst allusions to predatory behaviour resembling ‘perving’ and ‘smashing p*ssy.’
It’s understood the screenshots have been initially posted by a newly created Twitter account.
On Monday the 25-year-old skilled drummer was revealed as one in every of three the bachelors on the lookout for love for 2022, alongside Felix Von Hofe and Thomas Malucelli.
When approached for remark, McIntosh supplied an announcement denying recollection of creating the posts, and expressed his shock at them resurfacing.
“I’m shocked seeing these posts,” McIntosh stated within the assertion.
“These posts are from over 10 years in the past and I don’t have any recollection of creating them.
Anybody who is aware of me is aware of this isn’t who I’m.”
He added: “As a child we are saying issues not understanding the gravity of the language used however I can adamantly say as an grownup I don’t agree with using language and sentiment of the posts.
I’ve the upmost respect for ladies, am a powerful advocate for assault victims and would by no means need to trigger any hurt or harm to anybody.”
Regardless of the disturbing nature of the posts followers of the present have been fast to level out they’re over a decade previous and Mr McIntosh would have been round 14 years when posting them, whereas others are calling for him to be axxed from the present.
It comes because the franchise confronted fierce criticism over what was seen as an absence of range in casting three white males to be the upcoming season’s “bachelors”.
Initially printed as ‘This isn’t who I’m’: Bachelor responds to shock screenshots
