This week, The Bachelorette exposed a double standard.
It came on Thursday night, when Ciarran Scott was hailed as a confident and comedic larrikin when he posed naked in front of Angie Kent, Yvie Jones and the other contestants.
It was a bit of fun.
But then 2019 Bachelor runner-up Abbie Chatfield posed a simple question: “Can you imagine if I had done this?”
Ah, yes. That would not have gone down well.
Listen: Mamamia’s celebrity podcast The Spill discuss Abbie Chatfield calling out The Bachelorette’s double standards. Post continues after audio.
You see, Abbie Chatfield was vilified on Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor this year, merely for her sexual confidence.
Not only were the other women on the show seemingly offended by Abbie’s confidence, but even more so were the viewers.
Yes, the audience demonstrated their dogged disapproval of Abbie, critiquing her when she wore a bikini, for the way she kissed Matt on a beach, and for the clothes she wore.
So we can’t imagine viewers would have been too pleased if she had posed naked, with just grapes covering certain areas. Nevertheless, they found it hilarious on Thursday night when Ciarran did so.
But Abbie doesn’t want us to imagine if she had done it. She wants us to see it, to prove it.
On Saturday afternoon, the 24-year-old property analyst from Queensland shared a photo of her “doing a Ciarran” with her 104,000 Instagram followers.
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Valid point and all but TBH some of the bikinis she’s worn on her Instagram are a hell of a lot more revealing than the grapes and leaves she’s covering her bits with here!
She makes a valid point about double standards but is becoming one of those people who spend far too much energy convincing the rest of the world that they're right at the same time. I fear it might be lost
Agreed. And maybe I'm cynical, but I feel like a lot of her posts are primarily designed to get in the headlines and prolong her 15 minutes of fame. Even all the bikini shot stuff from the other week looked as if it was staged with the photographer. And the "convenient" dating another ex bachelor/ette. Funny how many people come off reality shows and just happen to "date" someone else off a reality show for the sake of getting in the (tabloid) headlines again.
Trying to stay relevant? I feel like this could be the truth. Maybe she wants to be the next bachelorette to stay in the fame spotlight?