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Bachelorette’s Justin Glaze Apologizes for Past ’Ignorant’ Tweets Using Homophobic Slurs, Promoting Colorism

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After securing a spot in Katie Thurston’s top seven on season 17 of The Bachelorette, Justin Glaze is apologizing for his past.

The contestant spoke out after coming under fire for homophobic and racist tweets he wrote in high school.“As I reflect on everything I just went through with this whole journey, oftentimes people ask me what I took from it.

And one of the biggest takeaways for me was just my personal growth, and one of those things is being able to hold myself accountable, which is something that historically I wasn’t able to do,” the 27-year-old Baltimore native said on “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast on Tuesday, July 13. “So, I have no issue with owning up and apologizing from the bottom of my heart for the really hurtful words

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