Love under fire for ‘casual racism’

GEORGIA Love’s ex-Channel 10 colleague Melissa Leong has criticised the former Bachelorette after a second offensive social media post surfaced online.

The MasterChef judge, who is Singaporean-Australian, expressed her disappointment on Wednesday and said she knew former Tasmanian newsreader Love personally.

“Shop attendant or lunch?’” posted on a video of a cat in a Chinese restaurant by someone I know, who also happens to carry a fair amount of influence,” Leong wrote.

“Casual racism from nice people is possibly the most betraying and insidious kind.

“Not angry, just completely bummed that this video exists and that it isn’t the first joke of this kind made by her.

“Georgia, I really hope your remorse is real and that you grow in the right direction, because this stuff hurts more people, more than you think.”

Leong, 39, was responding to two of the 7News reporter’s social media posts which are being investigated by her employer, Channel 7.

One meme was shared in 2013 and resurfaced this week amid backlash over a more recent post.

The old post shows an animal hospital next door to a Chinese restaurant called China Chef and a dog with the words “That’s suspicious”.

On Monday, Love shared a similar post on Instagram which showed a cat inside an Asian restaurant with the caption, “Shop attendant or lunch?!” and a laughing emoji.

She deleted the post after widespread criticism and apologised.

On Wednesday afternoon, an insider told News Corp that Channel 7’s investigation is ongoing and no decisions have been made. Channel 7 was contacted for comment.

Asian-Australian, Tarang Chawla, who works as a multicultural commissioner in Melbourne where Love is based, was also critical of the “casual racism”.