Turns out that the ABC shows the "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" don’t like black people.
TMZ is reporting that two African Americans will be filing suit against producers for the show. The two plaintiffs, Christopher Johnson, who is an all American football player, and Nathaniel Claybrooks supposedly went to a Nashville hotel to audition for the role of The Bachelor and upon their arrival were taken to the side of the room and left out of the "normal audition process.” Johnson even goes as far to claim that a producer said to him, "What are you doing here?" before being left out of the audition. And since neither was called back, they believe it was because of their race was the deciding factor.
The funny this is, is that I have heard this story before about a different show from a friend.
A friend of mine, who will remain nameless, told me just the other day that him and another friend of his were going to audition for (not the Bachelor) a new dating show being filmed and where told straight away that they didn’t fit the mold they were looking for. But, however, they were not denied from auditioning for the show but the producers were pretty up front that they were more than likely NOT going to be called back because the producers were unsure on how to market them.
Both Christopher Johnson and Nathaniel Claybrooks say that they will be filing a class action law suit in federal court as early as Wednesday (04/18/2012). ABC, Warner Horizon Television, Next Entertainment, NZK Productions and creator Mike Fleiss will be named in the suit and will not be getting any roses for it.
In the show’s defense (which in truth isn’t one), I am not really sure who the hell wants to be on any of this stupid ass shows to begin with and I am still wondering on who just is watching this crap of the crap that seems to be on television. Because other than E’s THE SOUP no one talks about any of this crap. Oh, wait. ACCESS HOLLYWOOD’s Billy Bush does. But THAT is a whole different matter.
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