Ex-Bachelor Matt Agnew goes off on Waleed Aly in a lengthy post

Usually one to stay quiet on social media, ex-Bachelor Matt Agnew has ripped into The Project host Waleed Aly in a lengthy Instagram post.

The debate rages on.

If you tuned into The Project on Wednesday night, you would have witnessed a pretty heavy debate between hosts Waleed Aly and Rachel Corbett.

The two were discussing Chrissy Teigen’s lengthy apology after being called out for numerous bullying accusations.

While Corbett says she doesn't believe in cancel culture, she was adamant that the star had to take responsibility for her actions.

However, Aly placed a lot of the blame on the Twitter platform, saying it encourages bad behaviour.

Now, ex-Bachelor Matt Agnew has weighed in on the debate, completely slamming Aly’s opinion.

Matt Agnew doesn’t agree with Waleed’s stance on social media. Picture: Getty Images

Posting the clip on his Instagram, he captioned it: “This absolutely does my head in,” he wrote. “Yes, social media is dangerous and algorithmically encourages controversy and outrage as these things directly correlate with clicks.

“But anyone with a shred of empathy and human decency will not wade into the realm of making death threats or telling people to kill themselves.”

Agnew didn’t agree with Aly blaming ‘the machine’ claiming people need to “take responsibility” for their actions.

“Despicable, abhorrent behaviour is irresponsible and further enables garbage behaviour as it allows the shifting of blame,” he added.

“This makes me so mad that this is even being debated. If all it takes is opening Twitter, Instagram, or [insert social media of choice] for you to start spewing vile hatred and telling people to kill themselves then the problem is not the machine; the problem is you.

“@_rachelcorbett is right. Cancel culture is dumb. Making mistakes is the quintessential learning tool for humans, and it’s important we don’t destroy people for making mistakes, and allow them an opportunity to learn and grow. Saying that, I also have a hard time fathoming how someone can make a mistake as repugnant as telling someone to kill themselves.”

During the heated segment on Wednesday night, Aly and Corbett were visibly frustrated with each other as they discussed the topic.

Waleed Aly fired up at Rachel on The Project. Picture: Channel 10

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“I don’t believe in cancel culture. I don’t think we should cancel people for their bad behaviour because it doesn’t give any encouragement to learn, grow, change, whatever,” said Corbett after a package detailing Teigen’s social media scandal.

“But I can fundamentally say as a person, you make mistakes in the past but making death threats. That’s something above and beyond. Can you really change from the person who used to do that at one point? Do you change that much as a person?”

Aly added: “Let’s be honest, the line between death threats and bullying is shrinking and becoming fuzzier as a result of social media. That’s what the platform is. (Chrissy) was joining pile-ons.”

“But that doesn’t absolve of her of personal responsibility. You can’t say it’s a fault of the platform,” said Corbett.

Aly disagreed. “I can say that, and it’s not the same as absolving her from responsibility. But it absolutely is a result of the platform.”

Rachel Corbett disagreed entirely with Waleed's viewpoint. Picture: Channel 10

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Project viewers weigh in: ‘Waleed’s argument is a cop out’

Viewers joined in the fierce debate online – and many sided with Corbett.

“Waleed is wrong, and Rachel is right. The platforms don’t change people, they simply allow people to more honestly express who they are, especially if they are anonymous. Also: Waleed spoke over Rachel a number of times pretty rudely,” wrote one viewer.

“I agree with Rachel – everyone is accountable for their own actions Waleed’s argument is a cop out,” wrote another.

Another commenter said “Waleed’s argument is like blaming Alexander Bell for getting a prank phone call.”

Chrissy Teigen’s social media scandal

Teigen, 35, returned to Instagram recently with a lengthy message to apologise for her past cyber-bullying of Courtney Stodden, among others.

Chrissy Teigen recently apologised for her past. Getty Images

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The post is also available to read on Medium.

“Hi all. It has been a VERY humbling few weeks,” she began. “I know I’ve been quiet, and lord knows you don’t want to hear about me, but I want you to know I’ve been sitting in a hole of deserved global punishment, the ultimate ‘sit here and think about what you’ve done.’”

“Not a day, not a single moment has passed where I haven’t felt the crushing weight of regret for the things I’ve said in the past,” she continued. “As you know, a bunch of my old awful (awful, awful) tweets resurfaced. I’m truly ashamed of them.”

Stodden, 26, accused Teigen of telling them to kill themselves in private DMs after publicly tweeting that Stodden should “take ‘a dirt nap’.”

Teigen publicly apologised to Stodden in May, but Stodden claimed they never heard from her privately.