Jason Biggs Mocks Dead ‘Bachelorette’ Contestant
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Anne Cohen May 22, 2014
Jason Biggs is coming under fire for comments he tweeted out during the season premiere of “The Bachelorette” on Monday.
The self-described “Jewiest-look non-Jew” mocked the death of Eric Hill, one of Andi Dorfman’s prospective “ones,” who died April 23 in a paragliding accident.
Crazy rule change- instead of voting off the contestants, this season #TheBachelorette gets to kill them off.
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) May 20, 2014
Here’s what I can tell you without watching- 8 of the 20 guys are in the closet, all of them workout, and 2 can do simple division.
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) May 20, 2014
And 19 of them are still alive. #TooSoon
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) May 20, 2014
Biggs, who will be reprising his role of nebbishy Jewish fiance Larry Bloom in Season 2 of “Orange is the New Black,” is apparently an avid viewer of both “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.”
To answer his question — Yes, definitely too soon.
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