Bachelor in Paradise star Tammy Ly has clapped back at "slut-shamers" after her steamy makeout session with Thomas Jacobs in which she straddled him on a daybed during Monday night's episode.
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On the latest Bachelor in Paradise episode, Tammy was shown ignoring and walking by her first love interest in Mexico, Aaron Clancy, to chat with Aaron's rival, Thomas, on a romantic daybed on the beach.
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Although Aaron was watching the pair's interactions from a distance with his "bros," Tammy decided to straddle Thomas and make out with him pretty aggressively.
Not only did James Bonsall call Tammy "a dog" and Tre Cooper dubbed the bachelorette "a human trashbag," but it appears viewers of the show have criticized Tammy as well for her sex-positive actions.
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"My DM's are a very dark place and I do not read them," Tammy tweeted Monday night.
She also captioned a pretty picture of herself on Instagram, "I'm just trying to figure it out & find my happiness like the rest of us. #LetsNotSlutShameWomen #bachelorinparadise."
Aaron noticeably commented, "Be excellent to each other everyone," to which Tammy replied with a heart. She also asked her followers to "be kind."
Tammy also reposted a couple of her tweets via Instagram Stories.
"Hey remember when Aaron was making out w [Serena Chew] & I got upset but STILL respected the fact that Aaron was also exploring other relationships like we agreed to do? #Bachelor in Paradise," Tammy wrote.
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The Season 24 The Bachelor contestant added, "I use to pray for the hate comments to stop. But now I pray that I have the strength to not be hurt by the hate comments & God is giving me that."
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Tammy isn't the first person to shut down sex-shamers this season.
Maurissa Gunn fired back at trolls this past weekend for taking her physical relationship with Riley Christian to the next level at the end of their first one-on-one date on Bachelor in Paradise's seventh season.
Maurissa posted a video of herself wearing a "Sex Positive" T-shirt and confirmed she still loves sex and doesn't regret anything she had said on the show.
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After the August 24 episode aired in which Maurissa appeared to have sex with Riley in "The Boom Boom Room" in Mexico, Maurissa wrote to her followers, "The kind of criticism that I've been receiving... it's not okay."
"It's OK FOR WOMEN TO LIKE SEX! Sex is a 2 person act, so there shouldn't be a double standard regarding which gender can openly like it, and which gender should be timid about their enjoyment," she explained.
"What's even harder to believe is that the majority of the negativity and hate is coming from women. It's already hard enough being a woman in today's society, so we as women should do everything to lift each other up rather than bring each other down."
On Bachelor in Paradise, Aaron couldn't believe Tammy was flaunting her connection with Thomas, a guy whom Aaron really disliked from Katie Thurston's The Bachelorette season.
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As Tammy and Thomas made out and Thomas playfully called Tammy "a villain," Tre said he was "disgusted" with Tammy.
Aaron complained about how he felt insulted and didn't deserve to see that at all. Aaron also recalled Tammy kissing him in that way just a couple of days prior on the same daybed.
"I honestly can't believe she would kiss my mortal enemy in front of me," Aaron griped.
But instead of yelling at Tammy, Aaron took his aggressions out on Thomas, and Monday night's episode ended on a cliffhanger with Tammy about to confront the two arguing men on the beach before the season's second Rose Ceremony.
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