Sadly, Jedd Wyatt wasn’t the only rotten egg Hannah Brown had to deal with during her stint on The Bachelorette. As BuzzFeed reported, viewers were not having it when competitor Luke Parker told Brown that he would’t feel comfortable if she had sex with any of the other contestants during Fantasy Suite week, even going so far as to claim she wouldn’t be a good Christian if she did. Oof.
While appearing to slut-shame anyone is clearly problematic, Brown fortunately had no problem telling him off. Standing up for herself, Brown told Parker, “You’re questioning me, and you’re judging me, and you feel like you have the right to, and you don’t at this point … I have had sex, and Jesus still loves me.” Adding that she had already engaged in sexual relations with another contestant, she added, “Obviously with how you feel, me f**king in a windmill, you probably wanna leave.”
In the end, Parker faced backlash for his comments, while Brown was praised for how she dealt with the situation, leading ABC executive Rob Mills to tell Variety, “I think it sends a message that we are up to date with the times. Women need to feel that they are as equal to have sex or not have sex, and not be ashamed of talking about it.”
Written by: Nicki