‘The Bachelorette’: Dale Moss Fights Back Against Trolls – Defends Clare Crawley

The Bachelorette’s Dale Moss spread a message of kindness after he and Clare Crawley were harassed by online trolls. Season 16 of the show is full of drama and at the center is Clare and his relationship. While the show is about finding love, many viewers didn’t like the way that Clare treated everyone else. Watchers think her favoritism towards Dale Moss showed disregard for the feelings of the other men. So, fans of the ABC show went online to voice their disapproval of their budding romance. And he had a message for those haters.

Dale Moss & Clare Crawley Blow Up The Bachelorette

From the moment they met, Clare Crawley fell hard for Dale Moss. Then, Clare gave him the first impression rose and took him on the first group date. Plus, she showered Dale with attention every time she saw him. The other men on The Bachelorette questioned whether they even had a chance at love this season.

In the second episode, a couple of them said they felt uncomfortable watching Dale together with her. The two disappeared together to Clare’s bedroom in the third episode. This left the rest of the guys twiddling their thumbs for over an hour. Then, Clare asked each of the guys about Dale Moss on the next group date.

At the end of the date, she said she didn’t get enough out of the men and kept the rose for herself. Once again, the men said they felt disrespected and rejected. So, Dale Moss’ relationship with Clare Crawley caused a lot of drama this season of The Bachelorette. The fans weren’t happy with Clare’s behavior.

The Bachelorette: Clare Crawley - Dale Moss

The Bachelorette: Viewers Harassed Couple

Over the past few weeks, Dale Moss and his counterpart Clare Crawley got reamed by viewers on social media for their behavior on The Bachelorette. Unhappy fans felt the couple was selfish and disrespectful to the rest of the cast. And they let the world (and especially Dale and Clare) know how they felt.

The duo received thousands of hateful and nasty comments. Some went so far as to dox her by posting Clare’s phone number and address and asked people to harass her for laughs. Dale Moss was berated for his behavior in the third episode of The Bachelorette. Later, he lied to the men to steal more time with Clare Crawley after he took her for an hour previously.

Fans of the show called out Dale on his social media. They accused him of being disrespectful. Most just expressed their disapproval of Dale’s actions on The Bachelorette.

The Bachelorette: Dale Moss

Ex-NFL Hunk Defends Clare?

Clare Crawley took the brunt of the online harassment directed towards her and Dale’s relationship on The Bachelorette. Dale fired back at their critics. But instead of berating them, he encouraged kindness. In his eight-minute-long video, Dale talked about the effect that words have on people.

In a digital age, Dale said that it’s easy to say what you want without thinking about how it makes people feel. He stressed that it’s important “speaking out, sticking up, and standing up” for what you believe. Dale said it’s important to address things that “are wrong.” While there were some negative comments to his video, most of The Bachelorette nation followers agreed with Dale.

He also said to critics that in the world now, we need “love not hate.” After months of enduring anger and hatred, Dale Moss’ response was taken well by his followers. He received hundreds of positive comments below the video. Watch to see Clare Crawley leave the ABC show this week.

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