In a separate Instagram Live video, Lindsay claimed she reached out to Brown directly. She said she wanted to let the season 15 celeb know how she was feeling and challenge
In a separate Instagram Live video, Lindsay claimed she reached out to Brown directly. She said she wanted to let the season 15 celeb know how she was feeling and challenge her to use her "platform to correct that mistake."
During an interview on The Viall Files, Lindsay claimed she had "multiple conversations" with Brown—including via phone calls, texts and direct messages—and said the Dancing With the Stars winner asked for her input.
"She was very remorseful. She was very upset. She was embarrassed. She was admitting she was wrong, and she said she wanted to go on a Live," Lindsay told host and fellow Bachelor Nation member Nick Viall. "She was going to go first and then bring me on. Twice, she got off the phone with me to tell me, 'OK, I'm going to go do it. I'm just going to go get ready.' Hours later, nothing. Then, we would talk on the phone. And then, hours later, nothing again until it was ultimately decided she wanted to do a statement."
She also explained why she was "disappointed" that Brown decided to apologize via a statement instead of via Instagram Live.
"The reason it disappointed me so much that Hannah decided to give a statement is because—her words—'A statement would be insincere.' Hannah said that. 'It felt icky to give a statement,'" she continued. "And I believed her when she said it. And it was her team that was advising her to give a statement. And she said, in her heart, she didn't feel it was that way, and she felt that God had wanted her to use her platform for a bigger purpose. And she was going to step up and do that. So, to see her ultimately text me and say, 'I'm going to give a statement' was extremely disappointing because, you yourself, said that that was insincere. So why did you therefore decide to do an insincere action? I'm very confused by that."