Caeylnn Miller-Keyes is standing up for herself and her fellow “The Bachelor” contestants.
The former Miss North Carolina stood up to online bullies in a moving Instagram post on Wednesday: “We live in a world where we never do anything right. Ever. Everyone always has an opinion.”
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“This show is super easy to make fun of, I get it, but viciously tearing people down is absolutely disgusting,” she continued. “Girls on my season are getting death threats, I’m getting told to go kill myself. That’s not okay.”
Miller-Keyes, 24, confessed “we are not perfect. We screw up (myself maybe more than others,)” but argued “this show is partly about finding yourself, and that means falling in the process.”
“You can have your opinions, but keep the extra hurtful comments to yourself,” she expressed. “The Internet can be very dark, and instead of feeding into it, try taking a step back.”
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The reality television star wanted to remind viewers that “we are real people. These emotions are real. You’re watching a TV show, but we felt all of these feelings in a very intense way. Remember that the next time you go to someone’s page to tear them down.”
Miller-Keyes placed fourth on Colton Underwood’s season of “The Bachelor”.
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