The Bachelorette’s Josh Seiter Received Death Threats After Coming Out as Trans

Josh Seiter has opened up about the hate she has received since coming out as transgender.

“I have been threatened with death, people told me that they will hang me, they can’t wait to see me so they can kill me,” said Seiter, 37, in an interview with Seiter. Daily Mail on Monday, August 12. “All these messages I have in my [direct message inbox].”

Seiter, who appeared Kaitlyn Bristowethe season of The Bachelorette in 2015, adding that he has become used to people expressing their “bad” opinions to him over the years.

“I don’t take advice about the health of people who yell at me on social media. That has never happened in my life,” he said. “When I was a stripper, people said bad things about me. When I did OnlyFans, people said bad things about me.”

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One thing that surprised Seiter was the lack of allegations of not being warmly welcomed into the LGBTQIA+ community.

“Ironically, I actually found that the far left and the LGBTQ community was one of the most important things to me in all of this,” she said. “So that is a difficult issue for me because I have never been accepted, tolerant and open my hands as the left likes to preach.”

Seiter came out as transgender in May in an emotional Instagram post.

“I have struggled with my gender identity – and the feelings of guilt and shame that lead to it – for as long as I can remember. “I spent three decades struggling to keep this side of the story a secret,” Seiter wrote in a statement at the time. “I felt I had nothing else to do, as long as I grew up in a strong religious and well-fed family. Growing up, I tried my best to portray the expected image of a strong, manly son and brother.”

The former reality star explained that he no longer wanted to “hide” his reality to prevent the “mental breakdown” he was experiencing. Seiter revealed that he is also about to change and asked that his fans “accept” him now as they did before.

In August 2023, Seiter’s Instagram was hacked and the account falsely claimed to be dead. Days later, the post was taken down and Seiter released a video saying he was fine.

“Hey guys, as you can see I’m alive. My account was hacked in the last 24 hours. I was trying my hardest to get into it,” she said in an Instagram clip from August 2023. “Someone was playing a cruel joke and making fun of my mental illness and the struggles I went through with depression and suicide attempts. I apologize for the pain they caused when they made that document.”

Following the fake death, Seiter entered a mental health facility after she said she received abusive text messages.

“I wish I had the strength but I can’t go on anymore and I’m off social media forever and I’m looking into a mental health center now to try and get some kind of management for my mental health,” she said via Instagram. in September 2023. “I lose my phone the next hour. I love you all. For people who send me death threats, you win.”