Rachel Lindsay Breaks Down The Exact Conversation She Had With Hannah Brown About The N-Word...

Rachel Lindsay is speaking out!

The former Bachelorette leading lady went on fellow reality TV alum Nick Viall‘s podcast on Monday to discuss the ongoing N-word controversy involving Hannah Brown. As you’ll no doubt recall, Hannah was caught saying the word while singing a song on a livestream video… and all hell broke loose from there.

Of course, this isn’t the first time Rachel has opened up about Hannah’s controversy here — days ago, Rachel took to Instagram for her own self-filmed video about the entire issue. And now, she’s back to talk more about it… this time on The Viall Files, where she did not hold back at all in re-telling the conversation she had behind-the-scenes with Alabama Hannah about her MAJOR mistake.

The season 13 star of The Bachelorette got real about what went on away from the cameras and social media, first telling Nick (below):

“When Hannah and I talked, she wanted to know what my thought was as to what she should do. She said, ‘I want to ask you.’ And she was very remorseful. She was very upset. She was embarrassed. She was admitting she was wrong, and she said she wanted to go on a Live. She was going to go first and then bring me on. Twice, she got off the phone with me to tell me, ‘OK, I’m going to go do it. I’m just going to go get ready.’ Hours later, nothing. Then, we would talk on the phone. And then, hours later, nothing again until it was ultimately decided she wanted to do a statement.”

Hmmm…

From there, though, Lindsay quickly got disappointed with Hannah’s response — and specifically her statement — due to how insecure the whole thing felt. Rachel clarified her opinion on that by adding more (below):

“The reason it disappointed me so much that Hannah decided to give a statement is because—her words—’A statement would be insincere.’ Hannah said that. ‘It felt icky to give a statement.’ And I believed her when she said it. And it was her team that was advising her to give a statement. And she said, in her heart, she didn’t feel it was that way, and she felt that God had wanted her to use her platform for a bigger purpose. And she was going to step up and do that. So, to see her ultimately text me and say, ‘I’m going to give a statement’ was extremely disappointing because, you yourself, said that that was insincere. So why did you therefore decide to do an insincere action? I’m very confused by that.”

Whoa!

And Rachel further addressed the rumors and accusations that she’d been bullying Hannah into an apology! Those are sort of ridiculous allegations, anyways, but Rachel still felt the need to clear the air on it as a black woman, and someone who was (rightfully!!!) offended by Brown’s action:

“But what else do you see when you see me? I’m black! I’m black. I’m black first and then I’m a woman. I am a black woman. It’s not about women supporting women. It’s about me representing myself as a black woman, and it is a derogatory term that is used against to oppress black people. So how, as being a black person, do I not speak out about this? It just baffles my mind. ‘You should be showing Hannah grace?’ Why isn’t that used on the flip side of things, you know? It’s crazy.”

Amen!!! Well said!

What do y’all think about this, Perezcious readers?!

Any more reactions to Hannah’s ongoing and very unfortunate controversy here??