Viewers question Blake in new Bachelor cast

Bachelor in Paradise was trending on social media last night which is good news for the new series.

But some viewers were criticising TEN for including Blake Colman in the cast.

Colman featured in the 2017 season of The Bachelorette, but it later emerged he had brutally assaulted a WA man in 2015. CCTV footage of the incident showed that Colman attacked from behind as a man was walking away from a confrontation, which took place outside a Perth Hungry Jack’s restaurant. The victim received four staples in the back of his head after the incident, with Colman convicted of assault.

Colman has since spoke remorsefully of the incident, but on Twitter last night some viewers were not in a forgiving mood:

“Blake was charged with assault after he left a man paralysed. He was also investigated for revenge porn after threatening to sell naked photos of Jen, who is also going to be on #BachelorInParadiseAU. Wtf channel 10, this is not ok.”

“OH YEAH THAT’S RIGHT CHANNEL 10 BROUGHT BACK BLAKE, THE DUDE WHO LITERALLY PUT A GUY IN HOSPITAL AND LAUGHED ABOUT IT. I hope he gets categorically rejected by everyone.”

“Blake’s wearing those god awful pyjamas to distract from the ankle monitor that he has to wear as a parole condition”

“#BachelorInParadiseAU is boring as all hell and made worse by the fact that they put Blake on it who should be in jail for threatening an ex with revenge porn and beating a man unconscious great work @channelten”

“Blake Coleman is an embarrassment to WA. He should not be given any air time ever again CH10.”

“@channelten interesting that you had Danny Green on im a celeb in support of his cowards punch campaign yet Blake has been allowed to Paradise? Where is the logic? Don’t you run background checks? It’s actually revolting.”

“Wow Channel Ten; way to support the #MeToo movement with casting Blake. Ratings over ethics?”

 

Reports claim Colman now acts as an ambassador for male anti-suicide group Happiness Co.

“I spent the two months just thinking about how can I always create a positive influence on people and that’s one of the reasons for going into the show — I needed to be more careful of how I treated people on the show,” he recently said.

Source: News.com.au