'Bachelorette' Suitor 'Liked' Posts Mocking Trans People, Parkland Students
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Through his now-deleted Instagram account, Garrett Yrigoyen allegedly 'liked' some controversial memes, one of which suggests that Parkland student David Hogg is a crisis actor.

AceShowbiz - Becca Kufrin's season of "The Bachelorette" has just started, but one of the suitors has found himself landing in hot water. Garrett Yrigoyen was among the frontrunners on the ABC dating show after he received the first impression rose, but things may change after the Huffington Post reported that the suitor has a history of liking controversial posts on Instagram.

According to the site, Garrett liked posts that mocked Parkland high school students, liberal women, trans people and undocumented immigrants. He has since deleted his account, which was made private on May 24. However, former "The Bachelor" contestant Ashley Spivey had all the receipts of his deed on the photo-sharing website.

Ashley took to her Twitter account to share a slew of screenshots of posts that Garrett liked. One of the posts mocked the appearances of women and immigrant children over border walls. The post he liked also included one that suggested that Parkland student David Hogg is a crisis actor.

"A contestant on this season of #thebachelorette liked all of these posts on Instagram and I’m thinking it will be very hard to pull for the type of person likes any of this. The pics this dude liked are as follows," Ashley wrote.

She added in a separate tweet, "Not sure why I was sent these pics but I'm sure it has to do with me always calling out bulls**t but I'm fine being that person."

While Becca and ABC haven't responded to this issue, former "The Bachelor" star Bekah Martinez slammed Garret on her account. "yooo you can say they're 'just memes' but they're just hateful, ignorant memes. the s**t you like/follow on the internet IS a reflection of your deeper beliefs and values. if he doesn't find truth in that ugly bulls**t, why would he like/follow those kind of accounts? don't @ me," she tweeted.

This comes as a huge shock as Becca is known as a supporter of Hillary Clinton. She even participated in the Women's March.

This is not the first time for a "The Bachelorette" contestant to be caught in social media issues. Lee Garrett, who competed in Rachel Lindsay's season, was found to have a history of racist and sexist tweets. Lee's case was addressed publicly on the show, while it remains to be seen whether ABC will do the same with Garrett's scandal.

"The Bachelorette" season 14 airs on Mondays at 8 P.M. on ABC.

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