'It was designed to appear genuine but it’s really trying to invoke a response from people and troll people,' Josh Seiter said.
Multiple outlets, including Cox Media Group, had reported Seiter’s death on Monday based on the now-deleted Instagram post allegedly attributed to family members.
“When I saw that I had been hacked and this thing had been posted, and it was designed to appear genuine but it’s really trying to invoke a response from people and troll people, it’s very upsetting to me,” Seiter toldin a telephone conversation on Tuesday. “I think it’s egregious, I think it’s disappointing. But I’m not shocked that there’s someone out there thought it was funny to, in this way, make fun of mental illness, make fun of suicide.
Seiter was a contestant on the 11th season of “The Bachelorette,” vying for the affections of Kaitlyn Bristowe,reported. He was eliminated after the first week of the show, according to the entertainment news website. Josh Seiter, a former contestant on ABC’s dating reality show “The Bachelorette,” says he is “alive and well” after a statement announcing his death was posted to his verified Instagram page on Monday — triggering international coverage.
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