THE Bachelor fans slammed Matt James for pretending to propose to his girlfriend Rachael Kirkconnell and then blasted her with his Nerf gun.
Matt, 29, took to Instagram and shared his wild prank on Rachael, 24.
The Bachelor star called out his unsuspecting girlfriend, who was stretching her legs in the middle of the hallway.
Rachael had on a green puffer jacket and pulled her long hair into a bun.
The TV star said: “I have something for you.”
She said: “What do you have?”
Rachael started giggling as Matt continued: “Will you accept this…”
Then the Dr. Dre song, Still D.R.E., started playing.
In slow motion, Matt pointed the nerf gun and fired a dart into her jacket.
Rachael managed to hold onto her cup of coffee while tripping backwards.
Matt captioned the post: “Am I wrong for this?”
THE COMMENTS
Bachelor fans were not pleased with Matt’s fake proposal in the comments section as they were concerned about Rachael’s feelings.
One fan said: “Oh my god! You owe her a big ring for this!”
Another fan wrote: “So wrong! Payback is always worse. So sleep with one eye open.”
A third fan added: “She was so excited and you ruined it!”
A fourth person mentioned: “You wrong as hell!”
A commentator chimed in: “Damn. She was waiting for that ring. You did her dirty.”
AT THE RED CARPET
Back in July 2021, the reality star couple made their red carpet debut while attending the 2021 ESPY Awards.
The event was held at Rooftop At Pier 17 in New York City.
Rachael had worn a black gown with sheer fabric, which teased a plunging neckline.
Matt decided to put on a brown and black plaid suit.
The two leaned into each other as Matt flashed a peace sign at the photographers.
At the end of the twenty-fifth season of The Bachelor, Matt had picked Rachael over Michelle Young, 27, during the final rose ceremony.
DIFFICULT TIMES
The couple had fallen on bad times and had broken up back in February 2021.
Images surfaced of Rachael attending an Old South Antebellum party in college.
The TV personality received severe backlash for attending the event, which glorified the confederate nation at the time of slavery.
Rachael’s cousin Anastasia exclusively spoke to The Celeb Report and insisted that she is “not racist,” but also admitted the photos were “hard to defend.”
After the Final Rose ceremony, Matt confirmed the split and stated: “If you don’t understand that something like that is problematic in 2018, there’s a lot of me that you won’t understand. It’s as simple as that.”
Rachael then took to social media and issued an apology: “If you are in my comments or anywhere defending me or telling people that I did nothing wrong or that there is nothing to be hurt or offended about, please stop.”
She continued: “That’s not our place to tell people what they can and can’t be offended about. That’s wrong and that’s part of the problem so stop saying I did nothing wrong, that’s not true.
Rachael concluded: “If you really want to support me then encourage me to do better.”
