{"id":287694,"date":"2020-02-05T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1119576"},"modified":"2020-02-05T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:15:00","slug":"bachelors-victoria-fuller-apologized-for-white-lives-matter-campaign-before-cosmo-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/bachelors-victoria-fuller-apologized-for-white-lives-matter-campaign-before-cosmo-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor’s Victoria Fuller Apologized for “White Lives Matter” Campaign Before Cosmo Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victoria Fuller<\/strong> has come under fire for wearing “White Lives Matter” merchandise in a past modeling campaign. <\/p>\n

The resurfaced advertisement was apparently for a marlin conservation group. The picture showed The Bachelor<\/em> contestant donning a “WLM” hat. Another photo showed a model wearing a T-shirt with a Confederate flag and fish on it, and a third shot showed a model donning a T-shirt with the words “White Lives Matter.”<\/p>\n

“The company ‘We Love Marlins’ is in support of catching white, blue & black marlins and releasing them back into the wild,” Fuller wrote on Instagram last month. “In regards to a sensitive topic, I come from a very diverse background & am in support of all races! Virginia Beach is a VERY large fishing town where marlin tournaments are held every year! Glad to clear this up.”<\/p>\n

While Fuller has remained tight-lipped since the backlash began, she did issue an apology after the Instagram account @bachelorclues shared the photos. <\/p>\n

“I’m sorry if you or anyone else’s feelings were hurt,” she wrote in the comments section after being criticized by a follower. “That was never my intention.”<\/p>\n

She also acknowledged how she could “definitely see how this could be offensive.”<\/p>\n

“I apologize immensely,” she wrote in a separate comment. “It was never my intention to lessen this matter.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this week, fans watched Fuller win a digital Cosmo<\/em> cover during a group date photo shoot competition. But after the photos from Fuller’s past campaign resurfaced, the magazine decided to pull the cover<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Unequivocally, the White Lives Matter movement does not reflect the values of the Cosmo<\/em> brand,” editor-in-chief Jessica Pels<\/strong>, who selected Fuller for the cover before the ad resurfaced, wrote in part of a letter. “We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, and any cause that fights to end injustices for people of color.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The Bachelor<\/em>‘s Peter Weber<\/a><\/strong> recently defended Fuller<\/a> during an interview with Build<\/em>. The season 24 star said he didn’t “really know many facts about the whole situation” and that he could only speak on the time they spent together.<\/p>\n

“I truly enjoyed my experience with her,” he said. “I really feel like she’s, you know, a good person and she’s got a lot of endearing qualities.” <\/p>\n

He also said he hoped “people can form their opinion on her based on what they see between the two of us and her time on the show.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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