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Matt James will have a brand new look in the upcoming episode of The Bachelor, which airs next week!

A preview was shown for the upcoming “Women Tell All” episode, which was filmed after the events of the season, and Matt, 29, debuted a brand new beard.

We already saw the beard when Matt was doing press for the season, but this will be the first time we see it on the show.

On the latest episode of The Bachelor, Matt went on hometown dates with the final four women and then one of them decided to eliminate herself from the competition because she couldn’t see a future between the two of them. He then gave roses to the final three women who remained.

Watch the preview for the “Women Tell All” episode and the fantasy suite dates below.

The hometown dates on The Bachelor just took place and Matt James met the families of the final four women.

The dates didn’t go exactly as planned after one of the women decided to leave the show after she realized that she didn’t see a future between Matt and herself.

After this contestant decided to leave after her hometown date, the other three women showed up for the rose ceremony and were shocked to not see her there. Before he handed out the roses, Matt told the final three ladies to think hard before accepting the roses as they shouldn’t accept one if they don’t want to be there.

Before the episode aired on Monday night (February 22), Matt spoke out about the controversy surrounding one of the final four women and the comments made by host Chris Harrison in a recent interview about it all.

Click inside to see who went home and who the final three are… More Here! »

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.

Click inside to read his statement… More Here! »

Demi Burnett is addressing her social media controversy.

This week, a photo surfaced online of the 25-year-old former The Bachelor contestant wearing a jacket that had a Confederate flag on it.

On Tuesday (February 16), Demi took to Twitter to share a few videos where she apologized for wearing the jacket.

“F–k it. People are telling me I shouldn’t say anything, I’m going to say something about this,” Demi started. “So, there’s been this picture that’s been resurfaced of me wearing a jacket that had a Confederate flag on it. That jacket was given to me by my ex, his dad actually gave it to me, and I had no idea the weight that the Confederate flag held whenever I was wearing it.”

“I just wore it for that one night, and it was a Yeezy jacket,” Demi continued, referencing Kanye West‘s fashion brand. “I thought it was so cool. I was like, ‘Yeah, Yeezy.’ I didn’t even pay attention to that.”

Demi then went on to say that she was “ignorant” for wearing the jacket.

“That’s ignorance,” Demi said. “That’s ignorant of me not to pay attention to the Confederate flag. Even more ignorant of me to not even know how harmful that is to people.”

At the end of the first video, Demi admitted that she “royally f–ked up wearing that,” adding that she’s “so f–king sorry.”

Demi first appeared as a contestant on Colton Underwood‘s season of The Bachelor in 2019. She then appeared on Bachelor in Paradise that summer where she made history by being in the franchise’s first same-sex couple with Kristian Haggerty. The two announced their separation a few months later.

In the second video, Demi admitted that she’s been “an ignorant, self-absorbed sack of s**t for most of my life.”

“I genuinely had no idea what I was representing by wearing the jacket. I have no excuses, other than ignorant, self-absorbed sack of s–t,” Demi said. “Disgusted with myself. I suck for that. I suck very badly for that. I know better now. Did not know better then.”

Demi ended her video by encouraging her followers to “be better than me.”

“Don’t look up to me. Look up to being better than me, ’cause I f**king suck and I really f**king hate myself for being ignorant,” Demi concluded. “This is the time to change the world, make it better and I made it worse. So I’m really, really sorry.”

Demi‘s apology comes a few days after The Bachelor host Chris Harrison announced he was going to step away from the franchise for a “period of time” amid a racism controversy.

Rachel Lindsay is speaking out in response to The Bachelor host Chris Harrison‘s decision to step away from the franchise for a “period of time” amid a racism controversy.

Chris‘ decision to step away from the show happened after he defended The Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell against claims that she had been racist in her past behavior. During the interview with Rachel Lindsay, he said that the “woke police” was out to get her and that there is a difference in how one behaves in 2018 vs. in 2021.

Chris later apologized for his words, but the damage was done and Rachel, a former star of The Bachelorette who now works for Extra, said that she is leaving the franchise when her current contract is over.

Now, Rachel is speaking out in response to Chris‘ apology and his announcement to take time away from the franchise.

Click inside to find out what she said… More Here! »

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.

Click inside to find out who went home and who is in the final four… More Here! »

Lauren Zima is addressing the racism controversy surrounding boyfriend Chris Harrison.

The 33-year-old Entertainment Tonight host took to her Instagram Story on Saturday (February 13) to share a short message after the 49-year-old The Bachelor host announced he was going to be temporarily stepping down from hosting the dating competition series.

“What Chris said was wrong and disappointing,” Lauren wrote. “Defending racism can never happen. Accountability comes first, what’s next is learning and growth.”

Chris‘ decision to take a break from The Bachelor comes after he faced major backlash for defending current contestant Rachael Kirkconnell against claims that she had been racist in her past behavior. He said that the “woke police” was out to get her and that there is a difference in how one behaves in 2018 vs. in 2021.

In his apology, Chris said that he was “deeply remorseful” for what he said and apologized for his “ignorance.” You can read his entire apology here.

If you didn’t know, Chris and Lauren started dating in 2018.